GQT at Home: No Mow May and Dahlia Decay
Kathy Clugston hosts the gardening Q&A with a panel of experts.
Kathy Clugston hosts the gardening Q&A with a panel of experts. Houseplant queen Anne Swithinbank, plantsman Matt Biggs and award-winning garden designer Chris Beardshaw answer the questions sent in by listeners on grasses gardens, planting orchards and recovering parterre gardens.
Away from the questions, we get an update on Matthew and Jane Wilson's cut flower garden, and Juliet Sargeant sets the GQT listenership a challenge - No Mow May.
Producer - Daniel Cocker
Assistant Producer - Millie Chu
A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
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Q 鈥� I sowed my chilli seeds in January 鈥� I was delighted that the little green shoots were showing, but something has been eating the leaves. What might this be?
(1 minute 22 seconds)
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Q 鈥� I have what I think is a Yucca. The plant is tied to a beam 鈥� the minute I cut it away from the beam it will topple over. Have you any suggestions to what the future of this plant could possibly be?听
(5 minutes 4 seconds)
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Chris 鈥�
Yucca elephantipes
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Q 鈥� I鈥檓 looking for help recovering a box hedge parterre garden.
(8 minutes 25 seconds)
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Chris 鈥�
Buxus
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Q 鈥� My beds are in need of some TLC. How do I refresh my soil without damaging the plants that are already there? 听
(12 minutes 2 seconds)
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Feature 鈥� An update on Matthew Wilson鈥檚 cut flower garden
(14 minutes 48 seconds)
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Q 鈥� This is my first year growing dahlias from tubers. However, two out of the seven have rotted. Do you have any suggestions as to where I went wrong, and what I could do better next year?
(21 minutes 50 seconds)
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Q 鈥� I鈥檓 going to make a grasses garden. What can you recommend in the way of grasses that keep their flowers through the winter? Equally, what thin plants should I grow between the grasses that will make, if not a full screen, at least a visual distraction?
(25 minutes 25 seconds)
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Matt 鈥�
Miscanthus andante
Miscanthus 鈥楰leine Fontaine鈥�
Tulips
Camassia
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Chris 鈥�
Miscanthus 鈥楩濒补尘颈苍驳辞鈥�
Calamagrostis 鈥楰arl Foerster鈥�
Panicum 鈥楬eavy Metal鈥�
Pennisetum 鈥楧ark Desire鈥�
Eryngium agavifolium
Verbena bonariensis
Eupatorium 鈥�Purple Bush鈥�
Joe-Pye weed
Verbascum olympicum
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Feature 鈥� Juliet Sargeant sets the 鈥楴o Mow May鈥� challenge
(30 minutes 28 seconds)
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Q 鈥� I鈥檝e found this lying at the base of my hydrangea but haven鈥檛 a clue what it is. Any ideas?
(34 minutes 5 seconds)
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Q 鈥� I鈥檝e just moved into a house with a slightly crumbling hard-surfaced tennis court. I have always dreamed of chickens running around under fruit trees. Would it be possible to dig big holes in the tennis court, add some soil and compost and plant trees into those?听
(37 minutes, 37 seconds)
Broadcasts
- Fri 7 May 2021 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sun 9 May 2021 14:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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