GQT at Home: Sunken Beds and Nostalgic Scents
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural Q&A. Matthew Wilson, Chris Beardshaw and Bunny Guinness answer questions from the virtual audience on a variety of subjects, from how best to propagate a rose to salvaging a sunken bed.
Away from the questions, Jacquie Felix-Mitchell teaches you how to create your own secret garden from scratch, and Ashley Edwards advises on what to sow now.
Producer - Hannah Newton
Assistant Producer - Jemima Rathbone
A Somethin' Else production for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 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 – Can the panel suggest seeds, preferably to flower later on this year, for a competition on Zoom?
(1 minute 11 seconds)
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Bunny –
Tumeric
Wasabi
Parsnip
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Matthew –
Gourd
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Chris –
Brassica elongate (Walking stick kale, Jersey kale)
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Q – A friend has asking me to help her propagate a rose. I would like advice on how to encourage growth in the spring to take cuttings.
(5 minutes)
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Q – My raised bed has sunk! What suggestions can the panel make to restore the level of my carefully planted bed?
(7 minutes 13 seconds)
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Q – Could you suggest any evergreen honeysuckle plants with white or cream flowers?
(9 minutes 52 seconds)
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Bunny –
Lonicera japonica ‘Halls Prolific’
Solanum jasminoides
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Chris –
Lonicera americana
Lonicera delavayi
Lonicera ‘Graham Thomas’
Lonicera dumosa
Clematis armandii ‘S²Ô´Ç·É»å°ù¾±´Ú³Ù’
Hydrangea seemannii
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Feature – Creating cosy spaces in the garden Jacquie Felix-Mitchell
(13 minutes)
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Fatsia
Beech
Acer palmatum
Bamboo
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Q – We’ve removed a garden shed and would like to plant 3 small trees. Any ideas?
(17 minutes, 12 seconds)
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Matthew –
Mespilus germanica (Medlar)
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Chris –
Cornus controversa (Dogwood)
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Bunny –
Hornbeam
White rose
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Q – I have had my first glass greenhouse delivered this week. Do the panel have any suggestions and ideas, apart from tomatoes, to get a novice greenhouse gardener started?
(22 minutes, 29 seconds)
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Matthew –
Zinnias
Calendulas
Lupins
California Poppies
Sweetpeas
Gherkins
Cucumbers
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Chris –
Geraniums
Euphorbias
Myrtus luma
Chillis
Daffodils
Nerine sarniensis
Peach ‘Bonanza’
Strawberries
Salad Leaves
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Feature – Ashley Edwards on what to sow now
(27 minutes, 48 seconds)
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Aubergines
Tomato ‘Tumbling Tom’
Tomato ‘Balconi’
Pepper ‘Mini Bell Mix’
Aubergine ‘Mini Bambino’
Aubergine ‘Pinstripe’
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Q – Is there anything we can do to get our magnolia tree flowering again?
(31 minutes, 39 seconds)
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Q – What is the one scent or flower that instantly takes you back to a perfect day memory?
(36 minutes, 52 seconds)
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Chris –
Tomatoes
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Bunny –
Lily of the Valley
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Matthew –
Poinsettias
Christmas Cherry
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- Fri 12 Feb 2021 15:00³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4
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Gardeners' Question Time
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts