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Birmingham: Emotional Plants, Green Manure and Scents

Do plants have feelings? When should I plant green manure? Why do leaves drop more in autumn? Kathy and the GQT team return to Birmingham to answer these and more!

Do plants have feelings? When should I plant green manure? Why do leaves drop more in autumn than any other time of the year?

Kathy Clugston and a team of gardening experts visit Birmingham Botanical Gardens to solve the gardening issues of the audience. On the panel this week are ethnobotanist James Wong, proud plantsman Matthew Biggs and garden designer Juliet Sargeant.

Later, James Wong and Birmingham Botanical Gardens' Senior Nursery Horticulturist Bethan Collerton discuss some useful tips and tricks on how to protect your tender or less hardy plants during the winter months.

Senior Producer: Daniel Cocker
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Assistant Producer: Suhaar Ali
Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Plant List

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

Q – Does the panel think that plants have feelings, and do they talk to those plants? (01’57”)

Q – What should we plant around our bucket pond to make it look sort of nicer and more appealing? (06’22”)

Juliet Sargeant -

Xanthorhiza

Begonias

CannaΜύΓ—Μύgeneralis, canna lily

Matt Biggs -

Asplenium

BlechnumΜύspicant, hard fern

Primula bulleyana, candelabra primula

GunneraΜύmagellanica, devil's strawberry

Irises

James Wong -

FicusΜύpumila, creeping fig

SoleiroliaΜύsoleirolii, mind-your-own-business

Q – I've got a small vegetable patch. Is it too late to plant some green manure now? And if so, what sort of time should I plant some? (12’49”)

Q – I have a healthy aeonium which flourished this summer, but I've now brought it inside. What does it need in the winter months and should I re pot it? (17’25”)

Feature – James Wong discusses protecting tender/ less hardier plants during the winter months with Senior Nursery Horticulturist Bethan Collerton (22’04”)

Q – I have lots of holly bushes in my garden. I'm not very keen but my husband loves them. Why should I keep them? (26’46”)

Q – Why do leaves drop suddenly in autumn more than any other time of the year, especially when moving plants indoors? (32’14”)

James Wong -

Fuchsia

Cymbidium, cymbidium orchids

PleioneΜύformosana, windowsill orchid

Q – I have a hoya that is flowering and smells absolutely incredible. Are there any other scented houseplants you can recommend? (34’36”)

Matt Biggs -

HoyaΜύbella, beautiful wax plant

Viola, pansy

NarcissusΜύpapyraceusΜύ(13), paper-white narcissus

EpiphyllumΜύoxypetalum, queen of the night

Juliet Sargeant -

Hyacinthus, hyacinth

James Wong –

Stephanotis

Gardenia

JasminumΜύsambac, arabian jasmine

Choisya, mexican orange blossom

NeofinetiaΜύfalcata orchids

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