Episode 6
Monty works in his vegetable garden sowing seeds for a bountiful summer, Mark Lane creates a floral celebration and Flo Headlam joins the arborists at Westonbirt Arboretum.
There is a full hour of inspiration as Monty works in his vegetable garden sowing seeds for a bountiful summer, grows some more unusual vegetables and recommends varieties of summer bulbs to plant in the spring.
Mark Lane creates a floral celebration in a container and shares his recommendations for great planting partners for seasonal colour. Flo Headlam joins the arborists at Westonbirt Arboretum to find out how they manage their incredible collection of trees from around the world. Adam Frost meets a couple who have recently moved into a new-build house to show them step by step how they can transform their awkwardly shaped garden on a very small budget. Nick Bailey is out and about enjoying that most seasonal of flowers, the daffodil. Plus Monty reveals the first of the finalists in the Every Space Counts competition.
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Shallots
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Mark's spring containers
Duration: 07:09
Mark鈥檚 spring containers
Planting up a big container is a great way of adding a blast of colour to your garden. And provided there鈥檚 enough room, there鈥檚 no reason why you shouldn鈥檛 include a shrub or two to add a bit of height. Here鈥檚 a list of the plants Mark used.
Container
for shade
Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai' (Ornamental cherry)
Mahonia
aquifolium
(Oregon grape)
Dryopteris atrata
Dryopteris
erythrosora var.
prolifica (Copper shield fern)
Asplenium
scolopendrium
鈥楢ngustifolia鈥� (Narrow hart's tongue fern)
Brunnera
macrophylla
'Jack Frost' (Siberian bugloss)
Pulmonaria 'Majest茅' (Lungwort)
Vinca
minor
鈥楧artington Star鈥� (Lesser periwinkle)
Muscari
neglectum
(Grape hyacinth)
Erythronium 'Pagoda' (Dog's tooth
violet)
Primula
veris
(Cowslip)
Primula
vulgaris
(Primrose)
听
Container
for sun
Ribes
sanguineum 'King
Edward VII' (Winter currant)
Loropetalum
chinense
var. rubrum 'Fire Dance'
Cordyline 鈥楾orbay Red鈥�
(Cabbage palm)
Heuchera听'Sugar Plum'
Erica
arborea var.
alpina f. aureifolia 'Albert's Gold' (Tree heath)
Anemone
coronaria
'Harmony Orchid'
Primula
Ranunculus
asiaticus (Persian
buttercup)
Hyacinthus
orientalis
鈥楥arnegie鈥� (Hyacinth)
Anemone
coronaria
'Mount Everest鈥�
Choisya
ternata
'Sundance' (Mexican orange)
Euphorbia
x
martini 'Ascot Rainbow' (Martin鈥檚 spurge)
Deschampsia
flexuosa
'Tatra Gold' (Wavy hair grass)
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Monty Don |
| Presenter | Nick Bailey |
| Presenter | Flo Headlam |
| Presenter | Adam Frost |
| Presenter | Mark Lane |
| Production Manager | Michael Rogers |
| Series Producer | Sharon Fisher |
| Executive Producer | Paolo Proto |