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GQT at Home: Alliums, Geraniums, and Cardiocrinum giganteum

Peter Gibbs hosts this week's horticultural panel show.

Peter Gibbs hosts this week's horticultural panel show. Joining him from their homes to answer gardening questions are Humaira Ikram, James Wong and Matt Biggs.

This week, the panellists discuss leggy Alliums, give tips for a Sunflower competition, and reveal their gardening sins.

Away from the questions, Pippa Greenwood talks about the Big Butterfly Count and Kirsty Wilson tells us about the Himalayan Lily. For more information about the Big Butterfly Count visit: bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/

Producer - Hannah Newton
Assistant Producer - Jemima Rathbone

A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.

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42 minutes

Plant List

Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.

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Q 鈥� What are these six and half foot (198.12cm) Alliums? I have never seen this sort of behaviour before.

(1 minute 49 seconds)

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Humaira 鈥�

Allium 鈥楽ummer Drummers鈥�

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James 鈥�

Allium ampeloprasum

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Matt 鈥�

Foxglove

听

Q 鈥� I have a cutting of hibiscus in water. Do I leave it in water and hope the roots will happen or do I try planting it when the flower have dropped off?

(5 minutes 58 seconds)

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Matt 鈥�

Hibiscus

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Q 鈥� For two years my son and I have entered into a sunflower growing competition with relatives who live on the South Coast last year, but neither sets of sunflowers grew well. We just chalked it up to one of those years. However, this year ours have barely grown at all. Any tips welcome!

(8 minutes 5 seconds)

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Humaira 鈥�

Sunflower 鈥楤lack Magic鈥�

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Matt 鈥�

Sunflower 鈥楻ussian Giant鈥�

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James 鈥�

Sunflower 鈥楽unzilla鈥�

Sunflower 鈥楰ong Hybrid鈥�

听

Q - I've recently moved into a new house called 鈥楲ilac Cottage鈥� and would like to plant some lilac on my property. There is, however, limited planting space, out the front, and it's north facing. All that I've read about lilac suggests it only thrives in full sun. Are there any forms of varieties of lilac I could plant?

(12 minutes 17 seconds)

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Matt 鈥�

鈥楤loomerang鈥� Lilac

鈥楯osee鈥� Lilac

Syringa Laciniata

Syringa Meyeri 鈥楶补濒补产颈苍鈥�

Clematis

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Humaira 鈥�

Pulmonaria

Liriope

Geranium 鈥楻ozanne鈥�

Epimedium 'Lilafee'

Clematis 鈥楴ew Love鈥�

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听

Feature 鈥� Pippa Greenwood pays tribute to the Big Butterfly Count

(16 minutes 40 seconds)

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听

Q - Does the moss I have collected from my patio, have any use in the garden? Can I add it to the flower or vegetable beds or add it to the compost heap or should I just put it into my brown recycling bin?

(20 minutes 55 seconds)

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James 鈥�

Bryum argenteum, Silver Moss

Bonsai trees

听

Q - 听I would like to add a planted roof to my 10cm (3.94in) deep bin store. Can you suggest what plants I should be planting in?

(24 minutes 18 seconds)

听

Humairi 鈥�

Sedum

Thyme

Chamomile

Wild Chives

Eschscholzia californica, Poppy

听

James 鈥�

Cordyline

听

Matt 鈥�

Sempervivum, House Leeks, Hens and Chicks

Sempervivum 鈥楶耻谤诲测鈥�

Sempervivum 鈥楬补测濒颈苍驳鈥�

Sempervivum arachnoideum

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听

Feature - Kirsty Wilson pays tribute to the Himalayan Lily from Edinburgh

(29 minutes 49 seconds)

听

Cardiocrinum giganteum, 鈥楬imalayan Lily鈥�

听

Q - My question concerns what to do with spent soil for the container gardener. Can it be dried out and rehabilitated and re-used for anything at all?

(33 minutes 37 seconds)

听

Q - What gardening sins have the panel committed in the past?

(36 minutes 56 seconds)

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Peony

Dandelion

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