Freshwater
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. This week from Freshwater on the Isle of Wight, former home of poet and gardening enthusiast Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Kathy Cluggston and her team of horticultural experts are in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight, inspired by the poetry of former local Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Joining Kathy on the panel today are grow-you-own guru Bob Flowerdew, pest and disease expert Pippa Greenwood, and curator at RHS Wisley Matthew Pottage.
Producer: Dominic Tyerman
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Hannah Newton
A Somethin' Else production for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4.
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Plant List
Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
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Q – What can I do to keep plant labels permanent?
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Q – How do I keep my cardoons under control? Can I transfer them to different pots?
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Q – Why are my butternut squash becoming discoloured?
(7 minutes 50 seconds)
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Q – What alternatives to Pansies could I plant to brighten up my garden during the winter?
(11 minutes 33 seconds)
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Matthew –
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Cyclamen persicum
Solanum pseudocapsicum or Winter Cherry
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Pippa –
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Winter flowering Heathers
Violas
Bulbs
Crocus
Narcissus
Snowdrops
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Bob –
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Ivy
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Feature – Peter Gibbs visits Kew Gardens for a backstage tour of the Tropical waterlily
(16 minutes 24 seconds)
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Q – Are there any climbing plants that like climbing trees?
(26 minutes 24 seconds)
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Pippa –
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Clematis Montana
Clematis Elizabeth Montana
Freda
Rambling roses
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Bob –
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Grapevines
Akebia quinate
Hops
Climbing rose
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Matthew –
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Wisteria
Virginia creeper
Boston ivy
Rosa banksiae 'Lutea'
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Q – What interesting native plants could we grow in our new school gardens?
(31 minutes 42 seconds)
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Bob –
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Teasels
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Matthew –
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Bamboo
Willows
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Pippa –
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Damsons
Bullace
Salix alba
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Q – Why do my Suffolk red seedless grapes have seeds in them?
(36 minutes 28 seconds)
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Q – What would you buy a professional gardener for their birthday?
(38 minutes 16 seconds)
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Gardeners' Question Time
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts