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RHS Bridgewater

This week, Kathy Clugston is at RHS Bridgewater to answer a variety of gardening questions. She's joined by plant experts Neil Porteous, Marcus Chilton-Jones and Bunny Guinness.

How do I persuade my peace lily to re-flower? Should climbers grow inside or outside wiring? Can you cure my garden performance anxiety?

Ready to answer these questions, and also to share their tips and tricks on a variety of cuttings and cultivars are garden designer Bunny Guinness, garden consultant Neil Porteous, and curator of RHS Garden Bridgewater Marcus Chilton-Jones.

Kathy and Marcus take a trip into the wilderness of the RHS Bridgewater grounds to discuss the best trees to plant in a limited space.

Producer: Daniel Cocker
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
Executive Producer: Hannah Newton

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Jul 2023 14:00

Plant List

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(3 minutes. 59 seconds)

Q– How do I persuade my peace lily to re-flower?

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(6 minutes, 48 seconds)

Q– I’ve had a healthy passionflower for the past five years, but in the past month it’s taken a turn for the worst. Can you help?

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(10 minutes, 39 seconds)

Q–Should climbers be trained to grow inside or outside of wiring on walls?

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Trachelospermum

Wisteria

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(19 minutes, 48 seconds)

Q–I have a mature palm tree. The whole top has now gone brown, the leaves have dropped off and the bark looks like it’s been nibbled at, however there are some new shoots lower down. What’s happened?

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Trachycarpus fortunei

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Chusan palm

Cordyline

Phormium

Tetrapanax papyrifer

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Feature with Marcus Chilton-Jones and Kathy Clugston

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Chinese Quince

Crataegus ‘Plumleaf hawthorn’

Acer rufinerve

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Sequoiadendron

Monkey puzzle

Acer davidii

Acer tegmentosum

Acer griseum, ‘paperbark maple’

Arbutus

Magnolia stellata

Magnolia soulangeana

Cercis

Cercis siliquastrum, ‘Judas tree’

Cercis ‘´¡±¹´Ç²Ô»å²¹±ô±ð’

Cercis â€ÈÙ³ó¾±°ù´Ç²ú²¹²Ô²¹â€™

Cercis canadensis

Pine

Cydonia oblonga Portugal, ‘Quince’Ìý

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(24 minutes, 45 seconds)

Q– We have several acers in our garden, some in pots and some in soil. One of our potted acers has shed all of its leaves overnight. Why’s this happened?

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Acer palmatum

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(21 minute, 7 seconds)

Q–We have two greengage trees without fruit. Meanwhile, we have two Victoria plum trees and an apricot tree that all fruit well. What am I doing wrong?

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Prunus domestica 'Warwickshire drooper'Ìý

Prunus domestica ‘V¾±³¦³Ù´Ç°ù¾±²¹â€™

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Prunus domestica 'Oullins Gage'

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(31 minutes, 18 seconds)

Q–I grew two Aeonium ‘Schwarzkopf’. How do I propagate them?

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(34 minutes, 48 seconds)

ÌýQ–If you could only include one item to improve the diversity of your garden. Would you go for a compost bin, a pond or a water butt?

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(38 minutes, 30 seconds)

Q–I think I get garden performance anxiety. Do you have a cure?Ìý

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Aechmea

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