Postbag Edition: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Where have all the worms gone in my garden? How do I use a glasshouse? Can plants survive without being watered for a month? Kathy and the panel answer your gardening questions.
Where have all the worms gone in my garden? How do I use a glasshouse? Can plants survive without being watered for a month?
Kathy Clugston and a team of gardening experts explore the 70 acres of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, all while digging the GQT postbag to answer your gardening grievances.
Joining Kathy on this extensive tour are ethnobotanist James Wong, garden designer Neil Porteous, and Head of Gardens at Balmoral Kirsty Wilson. They're led around the garden by Head of Collections, David Knott.
Producer: Bethany Hocken
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Carly Maile
A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆约拍 Radio 4
On radio
Plant List
Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
Q 鈥� Can plants survive without being watered for a month? (04鈥�06鈥�)
Q 鈥� My soil lacks worms 鈥� why is this? And how can I repopulate the soil with them? (07鈥�05鈥�)
Q 鈥� What Mediterranean plans would survive in the rocky mountains of Colorado? (10鈥�41鈥�)
James Wong 鈥�
Opuntia, prickly pear
Neil Porteous 鈥�
Yucca aloifolia, yucca
Yucca听rostrata, beaked yucca
Puyas
Q 鈥� A Tropaeolum speciosum I planted years ago has taken over my garden! How do I get rid of it? (13鈥�29鈥�)
Feature 鈥� Discussion on glasshouses and maintenance (18鈥�08)
Neil Portoeus 鈥�
Cycas, sago
Encephalartos
James Wong 鈥�
Agave attenuate, foxtail agave
Q 鈥� How do I use a glasshouse? Can I grow tomatoes and cucumbers in it? (20鈥�28鈥�)
Kirsty Wilson 鈥�
Lathyrus odoratus, sweet peas (annuals)
Narcissus, daffodils
Neil Porteous 鈥�
Perpetual strawberries
Q 鈥� I can鈥檛 seem to grow curry leaves. Could you offer some tips and tricks? (24鈥�34鈥�)
James Wong 鈥�
Murraya koenigii, curry tree
Q 鈥� The roots of my ash tree keep invading my crops. What can I do to stop it? (28鈥�02鈥�)
Kirsty Wilson 鈥�
Lettuces
Rocket
Beetroot
Feature 鈥� Kirsty Returns to the Queen鈥檚 Mother鈥檚 Garden which she helped to design whilst working at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh
David Knott 鈥�
Rosa Gertrude Jekyll ('Ausbord'PBR) (S), rose [Gertrude Jekyll]
Kirsty Wilson 鈥�
Rosa听Olivia Rose Austin听('Ausmixture'PBR) (S), rose [Olivia Rose Austin]
Q 鈥� What other plants could I include in my railway garden that will provide height and fulfil my other requests? (33鈥�00鈥�)
Neil Porteous 鈥�
Veronica听'Pewter Dome' (H), hebe 'Pewter Dome'
Ophiopogon听japonicus, mondo grass
Liriope听muscari, big blue lilyturf
David Knott 鈥�
Ilex crenata, Japanese holly
Taxus, yew
Salix听'Boydii' (f), willow 鈥楤oydii鈥�
Salix听herbacea, dwarf willow
James Wong 鈥�
Pratia pedunculata
Kirsty Wilson 鈥�
Cyclamen
Cyclamen听hederifolium, ivy-leaved cyclamen
Cyclamen听coum, eastern cyclamen
Galanthus, snowdrops
Scillas
Muscaris, grape hyacinth
Q 鈥� What should I do with my thriving Christmas cactus? Should I pot it up 鈥� if so, when? (37鈥�50鈥�)
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