Wildmoor Heath
Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Berkshire. How do you successfully prolong the life of an orchid? What can I do to keep my indoor tropical plants in good condition during winter?
How do you successfully prolong the life of an orchid? What can I do to keep my indoor tropical plants in good condition during the winter? What plant do you consider to be overlooked and underrated?
Peter Gibbs is in Wildmoor Heath, Berkshire for this week's programme, with his panel of horticultural experts including garden designer Matthew Wilson, proud plantswoman Christine Walkden, and passionate plantsman Matthew Biggs.
Fitting with the recent cold weather, James Wong is joined by Head of Arboretum and Temperate Collections Tony Hall and Arboretum Supervisor Rebecca Lane, as they give him a tour of Kew Gardens' brand new Winter Gardens
Producer: Bethany Hocken
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Hannah Newton
A Somethin' Else production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
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Q – How and when do I reduce my 25ft miniature lilac to a manageable size?
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Q – How do you successfully prologue the life of an orchid?
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Q – What can I do to keep my indoor tropical plants in good condition during the winter? Ìý
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Q – Why do my suedes keep growing elongated upwards rather than filling out?
(8 minutes 37 seconds)
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Feature – James Wong’s explores Kew Garden’s new Winter Garden with Tony Hall and Rebecca Lane.
(11 minutes 34 seconds)
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Matthew Wilson –
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Pinus mugo 'Mops'
Pinus sylvestris 'Watereri'
Heathers
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Matthew Biggs –
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Japanese Wineberry
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Christine Walkden–
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Sarcococca
Chimonanthus wintersweet
Daphnes
Winter flowering Honey suckles
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Q – What plant do you consider to be overlooked and underrated?
(21 minutes 28 seconds)
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Christine Walkden –
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Litmus
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Matthew Wilson –
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Echinacea
Heucheras
Phlox
Penstemon
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Matthew Biggs –
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Diascia
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Pulsatilla vulgaris
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Q – When and how do I prune my pittosporums to a decent shape?
(24 minutes 30 seconds)
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Q – What can I grow up this 8ft high east facing brick wall?
(29 minutes 01 seconds)
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Christine Walkden –
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Antanidia quinquefolia
dicentra scandens
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Matthew Biggs –
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Chaenomeles
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nivalis'
Chaenomeles speciosa Moerloosei
schizophragma hydrangeoides
Rosia
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Matthew Wilson –
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Rose 'Mary Delany'
Golden Hop
akebia quinate
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Q – What’s the point in rewilding?
(34 minutes 09 seconds)
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