GQT at Home: Cuddly Conifers and Creamy Miscanthus
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Matt Biggs, Bunny Guinness and James Wong are on hand to answer the gardening queries.
This week our panellists share what unexpected wonders their gardens are displaying this Autumn season, whilst handing out a plethora of tips on pruning, training, and seeing your plants through the Winter.
Meanwhile, we join Juliet Sargeant as she shares the joys of watching Autumn set in and travel to East Sussex to hear Claire Ratinon's pitch for why everyone should grow their own vegetables.
Producer - Hannah Newton
Assistant Producer - Bethany Hocken
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.
听
Q 鈥� What鈥檚 going on in the panellists鈥� gardens?
(1 minute 26 seconds)
听
Matt 鈥�
Virginia creeper
Forsythia
听
Bunny 鈥�
Kale
听
James 鈥�
Waterlily, 鈥楬elvola鈥�
听
Q 鈥� Do
plants shut down photosynthesis in full light? Can my strawberry plants
overheat?
(3 minutes 7 seconds)
听
Matt 鈥�
Strawberry gauva
Lemon, 鈥楩our Seasons鈥�
听
Bunny 鈥�
Borage
听
James 鈥�
Grapefruit
听
Q 鈥� How do can I help my Camellia flowers show in amongst the plant鈥檚 leaf display? Any pruning tips?
(5 minutes 37 seconds)
听
Q 鈥� How to train and prune my Pyracantha?
(8 minutes)
听
Q 鈥� Are there any overhanging plants that can survive over the winter months?
(10 minutes 51 seconds)
听
James 鈥�
Ivy
Gaultheria
Cyclamen
Hellebore
听
Bunny 鈥�
Sedum 鈥楧ream Dazzler鈥� (SunSparkler Series)
听
Matt 鈥�
鈥楶补苍蝉测鈥�
听
Feature 鈥�
Juliet Sargeant waxes lyrical about watching Autumn set in
(14 minutes)
听
Hogweed
Veronicastrum
Clematis tangutica
Crab apple 鈥楻ed Sentinel鈥�, Malus
Cork oak
Redwood
Prunus serrulata
Silver birch
听
Q 鈥� Is
there anything I can do to retain my Gleditsia 鈥楽unburst鈥檚鈥� golden
leaves for longer? How hard should I prune it back when I鈥檇 like to raise the
canopy?
(17 minutes 24 seconds)
听
Q 鈥� Why is my ornamental grass, the Miscanthus 鈥楳orning light鈥� not flowering?
(22 minutes)
听
Matt 鈥�
Emmenopterys henryi
听
Feature 鈥� Claire Ratinon joins us from East Sussex to encourage everyone to grow your own
(26 minutes 10 seconds)
听
Meteor
鈥楰elvedon Wonder鈥�
Garlic
听
Q 鈥� Could the panel suggest some shrub varieties to potentially replace our Conifer?
(30 minutes 10 seconds)
听
Bunny 鈥�
Myrtle
听
James 鈥�
Japanese maple
Schefflera taiwaniana
听
Matt 鈥�
Athyrium otophorum var. okanum
Dryopteris erythrosora
Q 鈥� Can you identify this plant that flowers for one day?
(37 minutes 26 seconds)
听
Matt 鈥�
Tigridia pavonia
听
Bunny 鈥�
Daylily
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