Ridgewell
How do I keep my gladioli coming back? 鈥奧hy are my hellebores covered in black spots? Why do my courgettes go mouldy so quickly? Kathy Clugston and the panel have the answers.
How do I keep my gladioli coming back? 鈥奧hy are my hellebores covered in black spots? Why do my courgettes go mouldy so quickly?
Kathy Clugston and a panel of plant and gardening experts are offering advice to an audience of keen gardeners in Ridgewell, Essex. Joining Kathy are grow-your-own guru Bob Flowerdew, garden designer Bunny Guinness, and gardener Matthew Pottage.
Later in the programme, we hear from Peter Gibbs about the increasing number of sponge cities in the UK.
A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
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1 minute, 33 seconds
鈥奌ow do I keep my gladioli coming back?
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Matthew Pottage
Tulip
鈥楪濒补诲颈辞濒耻蝉 脳 byzantinus鈥�
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Bob Flowerdew
鈥楪濒补诲颈辞濒耻蝉听murielae鈥� Abyssinian gladiolus
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6 minutes, 35 seconds
We have two mature walnut trees in our garden. They are about 40 feet from each other, but one comes into leave about four weeks before the other one. Why?
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Matthew Pottage
Beech
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8 minutes, 39 seconds
鈥奧hy are my hellebores constantly plagued with black spots on their leaves?
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11 minutes, 19 seconds
We've got a problem with courgettes. We try and grow them every year, but they go rotten before we can eat them. Why?
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20 minutes, 26 seconds
鈥奧hich crowd pleasing plants could you suggest for my north-facing low walled garden?
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Bunny Guinness
Pittosporum
Camassia
Fritillaria
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Bob Flowerdew
Privet
Ruscus acleatus 鈥榖utcher鈥檚 broom鈥�
Alstroemeria
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Matthew Pottage
Stachyurus 鈥楳补驳辫颈别鈥�
Danae racemosa
Lilium nepalense
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26 minutes, 42 seconds
How do I keep my lawn verdant all year round?
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32 minutes, 29 seconds
Which sorts of trees would you recommend to give the effect of a natural pergola, which provides shade, but with an interesting bark?
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Bob Flowerdew
Judas tree
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Bunny Guinness
Hornbeam
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Matthew Pottage
Sorbus aria 鈥榣耻迟别蝉肠别苍蝉鈥�
Lagerstroemia indica 鈥�crape myrtle鈥�
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36 minutes, 16 seconds
My osmanthus heterophyllus has burst out in leaf again, but no flowers.
Should I prune it to encourage flowering?
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Matthew Pottage
Osmanthus heterophyllus
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Bunny Guinness
Osmanths aquifolium
Kolkwitzia
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39 minutes, 49 seconds
鈥奍f you could only choose one, which would you choose: a greenhouse or a compost bin?
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