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GQT at ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ: Seeds, Sets and Protecting Butterfly Eggs

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts chaired by Kathy Clugston.

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts chaired by Kathy Clugston. Matthew Pottage, Pippa Greenwood and Matt Biggs answer questions sent in from listeners from across the country.

This week, the panellists discuss how plants know when it is raining (no-one mention Wyndham). They also tackle the controversial subject of what to do with overgrowing ivy and divulge their greatest gardening regrets.

Beyond the questions, Bob Flowerdew has some super saving tips, and Cherry Carmen takes us to the seaside with her advice on coastal gardening success.

Producer - Jemima Rathbone
Assistant Producer - Bethany Hocken

A Somethin' Else production for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 My brother told me that if you put a beetroot at the base of your daffodil pot, you’ll get red Daffodils in the SpringÌý – is this true?

(2 minutes 10 seconds)

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Q How do plants know it’s raining, and what mechanism do they use to close their petals and protect the pollen?

(5 minutes 14 seconds)

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Q I’d like to plant several perennial evergreen crawler plants – what suggestions do the panel have?

(7 minutes 45 seconds)

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Matt –

Hedera pastuchovii, ‘Ann Ala’

Clematis armandi

Passiflora caerulea

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Matthew –

Clematis, 'Winter Beauty'

Trachelospermum jasminoides

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Q When is the best time to prune a Buddleja without destroying Butterfly eggs?

(12 minutes 4 seconds)

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Matt –

Buddleja davidii

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Feature – Bob shares his top tips for saving your seeds and your sets

(15 minutes 30 seconds)

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Q How to tackle overgrowing Ivy on my Beech trees?

(19 minutes 5 seconds)

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Q What advice do the panel have for moving house plants outside?

(24 minutes 48 seconds)

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Q Could there be an organism that lives within the tissue of a plant and produces Honey dew? How can I get control the production of Honey dew?

(29 minutes 29 seconds)

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Feature – Cherry Carmen imparts her top tips for gardening beside the seaside

(33 minutes 22 seconds)

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Crambe cordifolia, Sea kale

Stachys byzantina, Lamb’s ears

Tamarix

Pennisetum alopecuroides, Fountain grass

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Q What flowering plants can I replace my Broad Beans with?

(37 minutes 16 seconds)

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Matthew –

Amaranthus, ‘Fat Spike’

Cleome, Spider flower ‘Violet Queen’

Mirabilis jalapa, ‘Four O’clock Flower’

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Pippa –

Echinacea

Rudbeckia

Dahlia

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Q Are there any plants that the panel regret introducing to their garden?

(39 minutes 42 seconds)

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Matt –

Eryngium, Sea holly ‘Picos Blue’

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