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Balkeerie, Scotland

Kathy Clugston and the team are in Balkeerie, Scotland to answer horticultural questions from the audience.

Kathy Clugston and the team are in Balkeerie, Scotland. Fielding questions from the audience this week are Matt Biggs, Kirsty Wilson, and Chris Beardshaw.

From the land of thistles and bluebells, the panellists share some fruity suggestions for establishing an orchard, dig up some design ideas to create colour and interest throughout the winter, and discuss where to begin when carrying out their sometimes long list of gardening tasks.

Away from the questions, Chris Beardshaw visits the new parterre at the sprawling Pitmedden Garden.

Producer: Dominic Tyerman

Assistant Producer: Aniya Das

Executive Producer: Louisa Field

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Oct 2022 14:00

Plant List

Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.

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Q – Can you take cuttings from a Rhododendron?

(1 minutes 41 seconds)Ìý

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Q – What would the panel plant in Scotland to keep our birds going through the winter?

(4 minutes 19 seconds)Ìý

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Kirsty –

Dipsacus, Teasel

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Matt –

Sunflower

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Chris –

Crataegus prunifolia

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Q – What pot plant will survive total neglect and overwatering and become a valued member of my niece’s student house share?

(5 minutes 26 seconds)

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Matt –

Selaginella, Resurrection plant

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Chris –

Ficus elastica

Cymbidium, Orchid

Mushroom

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Q – We have a narrow (18inch) raised flower bed that we can see from our bedroom. What can we see that can offer colour and interest through the winter?

(8 minutes 47 seconds)

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Chris –

Taxus

Beech

Erica

‘C²¹±ô³Ü²Ô²¹â€™

Narcissus lobularis

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Q – We would like to establish a small orchard in our garden. What varieties of apple, pear and plum would the panel recommend?

(13 minutes 15 seconds)

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Kirsty –

Apple, ‘Red Devil’

‘Victoria Plum’

‘G°ù±ð±ð²Ô²µ²¹²µ±ð’

Damson

Apple, ‘Cox’

Pear, ‘Conference’

Prunus spinosa

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Chris –

Apple, ‘Keswick Codlin’

‘R³Ü²õ²õ±ð³Ù³Ù’

‘B³Ü±ô±ô²¹³¦±ð’

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Feature – Chris Beardshaw visits the new parterre at the sprawling Pitmedden Garden and chats to Head Gardener, Scott Smith.

(17 minutes 42 seconds)

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Q – I would like some tips on growing Dierama, Angel’s fishing rods, please. My garden soil is clay-based, and I would like to plant them in gravel on the edge of my pond.

(24 minutes 01 seconds)

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Q – Please could you suggest plants that would thrive in a small community garden? The garden is raised and measures 12ft by 8ft. We have two silver birch trees present, in the middle, which have resulted in the soil being very dry.

(28 minutes 58 seconds)

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Kirsty –

Epimedium

Bergenia

Geranium macrorrhizum

Geranium ROZANNE

Cyclamen coum

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Chris –

Lamium orvala

Trachystemon orientalis

Dryopteris wallichiana

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Q – I have a rose grown from a cutting. This summer, the leaves started to turn yellow with green veining. It’s growing up a wall. What is happening?

(33 minutes 45 seconds)

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Q – Whenever I start a new project in my garden, I feel guilty that I haven’t finished the weeding or tidying first. How do members of the panel decide what to spend their time on when carrying out their gardening tasks?

(37 minutes 52 seconds)

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