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Chelsea Flower Show 2024: Postbag Edition

Kathy Clugston, Peter Gibbs and the panel are at the Chelsea Flower Show, enjoying the exhibitions and answering questions from the GQT in box.

Do I need to worry that I don't have slugs in the garden? How do I stop my buddleia from growing out of control? Is there a ground cover that can prevent weeds from growing in my yard?

Kathy Clugston is joined by experts Matthew Wilson, Anne Swithinbank and Pippa Greenwood as they navigate this year's Chelsea Flower Show.听While enjoying the various exhibitions through out the Chelsea grounds, the panel also dip into the GQT inbox to answer some of your horticultural queries.鈥ㄌ

Throughout the programme we hear from roving reporter Peter Gibbs, as he speaks with the founders of She Grows Veg, Lucy Hutchings and Kate Cotterill, about the rise in popularity of heirloom vegetables. And later he gets tips on how to create a child-friendly garden by speaking to garden designer Harry Holding.

Producer: Dom Tyerman
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for 成人论坛 Radio 4

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 May 2024 14:00

Plant List

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

Feature 鈥 Kathy Clugston鈥檚 interview with Monty Don (2鈥32鈥)

Q 鈥 Do I need to worry that I don鈥檛 have slugs in the garden? (4鈥06鈥)

Q 鈥 Does a mixture of moss and dead grass have any useful purpose, or shall we ask the council to remove it? (7鈥06鈥)

Q 鈥 My Z茅phirine Drouhin' rose have been infected by rose rust, can it be treated? Or should it be destroyed to prevent it from spreading? (09鈥24鈥)

Feature 鈥 Peter Gibbs speaks with owners of 鈥楽he Grows Veg鈥 Lucy Hutchings and Kate Cotterill about heirloom vegetables (13鈥44鈥)

Feature 鈥 Chat with garden designer of the National Trust鈥檚 Octavia Hill Garden Anne Marie Powell (17鈥01鈥)

Q 鈥 Is there a ground cover that we prevent weeds from overgrowing my roses? (19鈥48鈥)

Anne Swithinbank 鈥

Alchemillamollis, lady鈥檚 mantle

Matthew Wilson -

Geranium听脳听magnificum, purple cranesbill

Geraniumwlassovianum, wlassov's cranesbill

Q 鈥 How do I stop my buddleia from growing too tall in the summer? (22鈥59鈥)

Q 鈥 My fox gloves refuse to grow in pots but thrive in my vegetable patch. Why is this? (25鈥49鈥)

Feature 鈥 Peter Gibbs speaks with garden designer Harry Holding about a creating suitable garden space for children (29鈥49鈥)

Feature 鈥 Kathy and the panel visit the WaterAid Garden where they speak to garden鈥檚 co-designer (32鈥54鈥)

Tom Massey 鈥

Alnus听glutinosa听'Laciniata', alder 'Laciniata'

Echiumvulgare, viper's bugloss,

Irissibirica, siberian flag

Primulavialii听(So鈥), vial's primrose

Q 鈥 Is using the fallen waxy leaves of my holm oak tree in my soil doing more harm than good? (35鈥38鈥)

Q 鈥 Could the panel suggest some long flowering and fragrant plants that can grow in pots? (38鈥28鈥)

Tom Massey 鈥

Bulbine,

Hesperaloe

Euphorbiamyrsinites, broad-leaved glaucous spurge

Matthew Pottage 鈥

Succulents

Anne Swithinbank 鈥

Zaluzianskyacapensis听'Midnight Candy'听

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