Dumfries & Galloway
Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Dumfries and Galloway.
Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Dumfries and Galloway. James Wong, Matthew Wilson and Christine Walkden answer questions from the audience.
This week, the panellists discuss encouraging plants to grow in a stone garden wall. They also advise on over-wintering a fig tree and consider the best plant varieties for a garden with low drainage.
Matt Biggs meets GQT listener Sarah Davison, who is blind. She guides Matt round her garden and shows him how sight isn't essential to gardening.
Producer: Dan Cocker
Assistant Producer: Rosie Merotra
A Somethin' Else production for 成人快手 Radio 4
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Plant List
Q 鈥� How can I encourage Campanula and other pollinating plants to grow in a stone garden wall? (2 minutes 16)
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Matthew 鈥�Erigeron karvinskianus (Mexican Daisy)
Campanula portenschlagiana
Sempervivum
Shade tolerant alpines
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Christine 鈥� Meconopsis cambrica (Welsh poppy)
Erinus alpinus (Fairy foxglove)
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James 鈥� Agar gel (seaweed-based gel)
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Q 鈥� I am struggling to grow summer-fruiting raspberries. What am I doing wrong? (7 minutes 30)
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Q 鈥� We have a small wildlife pond. Can you recommend the best way of controlling the Blanket weed or algae without disturbing the wildlife? (9 minutes 42)
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Matthew 鈥� Water-lily (Nymphaeaceae)
Marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)
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Q 鈥� I have thrown countless packets of seeds directly onto the flowerbeds. but only 1% of them grow. Is there a special technique to this? (13 minutes 38)
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Feature (16 minutes)
Hydrangea
Erica
Pineapple Broom Tree (Cytisus battandieri)
Daphnia
Mock-Orange Tree (Philadelphus)
Sarcococca hookeriana (Winter-gem)
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Christine 鈥� Edgeworthia chrysantha (Paperbush)
Matthew 鈥� Mint
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James 鈥� Mahonia
Espeletia (Frailejones)
Stachys byzantia (Lamb鈥檚 ear)
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Q 鈥� Why does my Sarcococca (Winter box) have no scent? (25 minutes 51)
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Q 鈥� I would like some ideas for planting in an area with low drainage. (29 minutes 30)
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James 鈥� Houttuynia cordata (Fish mint)
Water mint
Iris
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Christine 鈥� Narcissus cyclamineus (Cyclamen-flowered daffodil)
Cardamine pratensis (Cuckooflower)
Caltha palustris (Kingcup)
Primula
Dwarf Astilbe
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Matthew 鈥� Ilex 鈥楴ellie Stevens鈥�
Lysinachia clethroides (Gooseneck loosestrife)
Lythrum salicaria 鈥楲ady Sackville鈥�
Osmunda Regalis (Royal fern)
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Q 鈥� My fig-tree is in a large pot and brought into the greenhouse over winter. Is there anything I should be doing to look after it until the spring? (36 minutes 44)
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Q 鈥� We have had so much success with the chillies we are thinking of branching out. A young mathematician suggested Romanesco (Roman cauliflower) 鈥� we have only seen pictures can you help us out please? (37 minutes 42)
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James 鈥� Miracle berry (Synsepalum Dulcificum)
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