Episode 13
Monty turns his attention to containers and citrus plants, Joe Swift meets the designer of an award-winning contemporary garden, and we catch up with three extraordinary sisters from Dorset.
At Longmeadow, Monty turns his attention to containers, planting them up for drama and summer colour in the jewel garden and showing us how to repot citrus plants.
In Hampshire, Joe Swift meets the designer of an award-winning contemporary garden to explore the techniques and the plants she has used to seamlessly integrate both house and garden. Meanwhile, we catch up with the three extraordinary sisters from Dorset who we met last year to find out about a whole new growing project they have started.
In Cheshire, we visit a garden where lack of space has not deterred the gardener from packing it full with tropical plants, and in Staffordshire, we get expert growing tips from the holder of a national collection of one of summer鈥檚 most delicate flowers, the angel鈥檚 fishing rod. We also find out what our viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.
Last on
Clip
-
![]()
Big-leaved plants
Duration: 03:13
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
-
![]()
00:44Eoghan Quigg
Learn To Fly
-
![]()
00:44Simone
Ich Lieb Dich Oder Nicht
-
![]()
00:45Amazing Karaoke
Titanium
Derek's tropical paradise
What Derek Ferguson has achieved with his garden in Cheshire is truly remarkable. At only 10.5m (35ft) x 6m (20ft), it鈥檚 not like he has a great deal of space to play with, yet his clever use of bold colours and large-leaved plants makes it feel so much bigger than it really is. If you鈥檇 like to create something similar in your garden, here are Derek鈥檚 top 10 recommendations to get you started.
Butia
capitata (Jelly palm)
Colocasia
esculenta (Taro)
Dicksonia antarctica (Soft tree fern)
Ensete
ventricosum
'Maurelii' (Ethiopian black banana)
Musa
basjoo (Japanese banana)
Phormium tenax (New
Zealand flax)
Phyllostachys nigra (Black bamboo)
Rheum palmatum (Chinese
rhubarb)
Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex' (Chinese rice-paper plant)
Trachycarpus fortunei (Chusan palm)
(www.rhs.org.uk)
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Monty Don |
| Presenter | Joe Swift |
| Production Manager | Janelle Backes |
| Series Producer | Sharon Fisher |
| Executive Producer | Gary Broadhurst |