Darley Dale: Flood Proof Plants, Hangry Heathers and Fast Climbers
What trees are flood and arid proof that will still be here in a hundred years? How can I rejuvenate my gappy heathers? What fast-growing plants could we plant to hide a wall?
What trees are flood and arid proof that will still be here in a hundred years? How can I rejuvenate my gappy Heathers? What fast growing plants could we plant to hide a wall?
Peter Gibbs and a proud panel of gardening experts venture to the Whitworth Institute in Darley Dale where they field questions from an eager live audience of gardeners. Tackling everything from hangry heathers to planting dilemmas, the panel includes head gardeners鈥� Bethan Collerton and Marcus Chilton Jones, and garden designer Bunny Guinness
Later in the programme, James Wong provides 鈥妔ome practical advice on how to keep your plants happy indoors this season.
Senior producer: Matthew Smith鈥�
Junior producer: Rahnee Prescod
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.
Q 鈥� What would you recommend we do in our flood prone and arid prone areas that next time we have a little gap that will still be here in a hundred years鈥� time? (01鈥�47鈥�)
Marcus Chilton Jones 鈥�
Liquidambar听styraciflua, sweet gum
Liquidambar听formosana, Formosan gum
Taxodium听distichum, swamp cypress
Ginkgo听biloba, maidenhair tree
Bethan Collerton 鈥�
Conifers
Glyptostrobus听
Bunny Guinness 鈥�
Betula听nigra, river birch
Tilia听脳听europaea, common lime
Quercus听ilex, holm oak
Quercus听suber, cork oak
Q 鈥� I wondered whether it might be an idea to put somehow to do videos on our society website. If so, how could we do this on a budget without involving too much work for the committee? (06鈥�54鈥�)
Q 鈥撯�奍 have a large bed of heathers, which have become woody and gappy - How can I rejuvenate my Heathers? (07鈥�08鈥�)
Feature 鈥� James Wong provides some practical advice on how to keep your plants happy indoors this season. (15鈥�22鈥�)
Q 鈥� Please can you suggest what we could plant to hide a wall, that would be fast growing and reasonably decorative? (19鈥�51鈥�)
Bunny Guinness 鈥�
Ficus听carica听(F), fig
Trachelospermum, star jasmine
Marcus Chilton Jones 鈥�
Narcissus, daffodil
Hydrangea听quercifolia, oak-leaved hydrangea
Parthenocissus听quinquefolia, virginia creeper
Parthenocissus听tricuspidate, boston ivy
Schizophragma听hydrangeoides, japanese hydrangea vine
Hydrangea听petiolaris, climbing hydrangea
Bethan Collerton 鈥�
Emaclaya quodata
Cephalaria听gigantea, giant scabious
Q 鈥� 鈥奍'm trying to move away from annuals to perennials in containers but struggling to keep the continuous splash of colour. Any suggestions would be welcome? (26鈥�00鈥�)
Marcus Chilton Jones 鈥�
Nerine, guernsey lily
Amarine
Bethan Collerton 鈥�
Carex听'Evergold', Japanese sedge 'Evergold'
Anemanthele听lessoniana, pheasant's tail grass
Bunny Guinness 鈥�
Geranium听maderense, giant herb robert
Abutilon听'Victorian Lady' (d)
Canna
Salvia
Amistad
Erigeron听karvinskianus, mexican fleabane
Pelargoniums
Q 鈥� How do we get our Wisteria to flower? (33鈥�00鈥�)
Q 鈥� Wshat鈥檚 your favourite gardening myth? and is there any truth to it? (38鈥�18鈥�)
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