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GQT At Home: Episode Sixteen

Peter Gibbs hosts the gardening panel show.

Peter Gibbs hosts the gardening panel show. Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Chris Beardshaw answer the questions sent in by listeners via email and social media.

This week, the panel discusses the best ways to grow coriander at home, suggestions for a fragrance-free climbing rose and tips for growing a chamomile lawn.

Away from the questions, Kathy Clugston chats to keen amateur gardener and fellow ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ News presenter, Lukwesa Burak, and Humaira Ikram is back to give advice on planting for toddlers.

Producer - Darby Dorras
Assistant Producer - Jemima Rathbone

A Somethin' Else production for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Jul 2020 14:00

Plant List

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

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Q – We have coriander with every meal, and I’d like to grow it. However, when I’ve tried it’s come out very spindly. Any top tips on how I can make it more robust?

(1 minute 42 seconds)

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Q – I’m renovating a cave house in Granada province. Are there any grasses you’d recommend for the living roof? I’d like to bring colour and support the local fauna as much as possible.

(3 minutes 53 seconds)

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Chris – Eschscholzia

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Nigella

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Matricaria

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Dimorphotheca

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Q – Usually our attempts to grow strawberries are thwarted by insects eating them. However, this year, a patch of wild strawberry plants (around 2m square) have grown in some recently excavated soil – it’s brimming over with delicious fruits which aren’t being eaten. How can this be? Can wild strawberries be successfully grown?

(7 minutes 15 seconds)

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Chris – Alpine Strawberries

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Sedums

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Sempervivums

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Q – Can you suggest a fragrance-free climbing rose. I suffer with allergies which can react to anything with perfume or a flowery smell.

(10 minutes 40 seconds)

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Chris – Seagull Rose

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Alfred Carriere Rose

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Bunny –Bengal Beauty Rose

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Clematis

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Feature – ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ News presenter, Lukwesa Burak’s Garden with Kathy Clugston

(13 minutes 43 seconds)

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Oranges

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Avocados

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Mangoes

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Pawpaws

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Lemons

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Spinach

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Aubergines

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Chillis

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Roses

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Q – What do I need to do to get chamomile lawn on steps perfect?

(17 minutes 5 seconds)

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Bunny – Chamomile Treneague

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Chris – Thymus vulgaris

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Q – I’d like to train a potted citrus tree. What varieties could I leave out through winter and how big a pot would I need?

(19 minutes 50 seconds)

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Bunny – Grapefruit Trees

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Chris – Pomegranate

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Loquat Eriobotrya

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Q – I’m trying to develop a wildlife garden using local indigenous plant varieties. What should I do with the seeds?

(22 minutes 46 seconds)

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Bunny – Yellow Rattle

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Fig Trees

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Feature –Toddler Proof Plants with Humaira Ikram

(26 minutes 55 seconds)

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Yews

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Phormiums

Cordyline

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Euphorbias

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Ugli molinae ‘Chilean Guava’

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Aronia ‘Viking Chokeberry’

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Salvia ‘Royal Bumble’

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Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’

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‘Totally Tangerine’ Geum

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Chasmanthium Latifolium

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Lunaria Annua ‘H´Ç²Ô±ð²õ³Ù²â’

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Lunaria Annua ‘C³ó±ð»å²µ±ô´Ç·É’

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Nasturtiums

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Viola Odorata

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Rosemary

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Thyme

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Borage

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Q – I’m looking to get more green into my classroom. However, light in the room is sporadic at best. Do you have any recommendations for indoor plants that are big and bold but can handle artificial or low light conditions?

(30 minutes 30 seconds)

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Bunny – Fern

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Chris –Ficus Elastica ‘Rubber Plant’

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Kentia Palm

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Adiantum

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Aspidistra

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Swiss Cheese Plant

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Q – I’ve been growing bitter melons and it’s been going great. However, I have lots of male flowers and not many female flowers. What can I do to encourage more females?

(34 minutes 11 seconds)

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Bob – Cucurbits

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Q – Does the panel have any exotic plants thriving, in spite of location and weather, that they’d like to boast about?

(36 minutes 29 seconds)

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Bunny – Banana Musa Basjoo

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Plumbago

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Chris – Ensete

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Hymenocallis

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Daffodil

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Bob – Pineapples

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Watermelons

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