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Episode 16

Monty Don advises on the pruning, dead-heading and staking of roses. Joe Swift and Adam Frost see how they can help some novice gardeners turn a neglected area of their garden into a useful space.

It’s all about the maintenance this week at Longmeadow, as Monty cuts back and divides spring flowering plants, gives advice on the pruning, dead-heading and staking of roses and shows how to keep ponds looking good for the summer.

Joe Swift and Adam Frost meet up in Leicestershire to see how they can help a couple of novice gardeners turn a neglected area of their garden into a useable and useful space; Nick Bailey goes to Ham House in Richmond to see how they are coping with the ravages of box tree caterpillar and meet an expert who has advice about the latest techniques to tackle the problem, Arit Anderson visits a garden in Suffolk to find out about the concept of rewilding and how cultivated and wild plants can be combined harmoniously and Mark Lane is at home in Kent, showing us how he gardens successfully by using a few adapted tools.

59 minutes

Adam and Joe lend a hand

Adam and Joe lend a hand

Nicholas Hook and Ruth Guntrip got a double dose of help with their unloved terrace when Adam and Joe both turned up to give them some advice after they had been in touch looking for some support. The couple had been struggling to create the haven they were after and with a fair amount of design prowess between the 2 of them, Adam and Joe created the perfect terrace to escape to. If you liked the look here are a list of the plants they used.
Deschampsia cespitosa - Tufted hair grass
Corylus maxima'Purpurea'  - Purple-leaved filbert
Erigeron karvinskianus - Mexican fleabane
Sambucus nigraÌý´Ú.Ìýporphyrophylla 'Black Lace'
AstrantiaÌý'¸é´Ç³¾²¹'
Astrantia 'Star of Passion'
BacopaÌý'³§²Ô´Ç·É´Ú±ô²¹°ì±ð'
HeucheraÌý'±á³Ü³¦°ì±ô±ð²ú±ð°ù°ù²â'
Salvia officinalis'Purpurascens' - Purple sage
Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'
Allium hollandicum'Purple Sensation'
Brunnera macrophylla'Jack Frost' - Siberian bugloss
Trachelospermum jasminoides - Star jasmine
Pyracantha Saphyr Orange
Sorbus aucuparia – Rowan
Cosmos bipinnatus Sonata Carmine
Fagus sylvatica - Common beech

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Monty Don
Presenter Arit Anderson
Presenter Nick Bailey
Presenter Adam Frost
Presenter Mark Lane
Presenter Joe Swift
Series Producer Sharon Fisher
Executive Producer Gary Broadhurst
Production Manager Caroline Morgan-Fletcher

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