GQT At Home: Episode Sixteen

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

 

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)

 

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)

 

Chris – Eschscholzia

 

Nigella

 

Matricaria

 

Dimorphotheca

 

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)

 

Chris – Alpine Strawberries

 

Sedums

 

Sempervivums

 

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)

 

Chris – Seagull Rose

 

Alfred Carriere Rose

 

Bunny –Bengal Beauty Rose

 

Clematis

 

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

(13 minutes 43 seconds)

 

Oranges

 

Avocados

 

Mangoes

 

Pawpaws

 

Lemons

 

Spinach

 

Aubergines

 

Chillis

 

Roses

 

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

(17 minutes 5 seconds)

 

Bunny – Chamomile Treneague

 

Chris – Thymus vulgaris

 

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)

 

Bunny – Grapefruit Trees

 

Chris – Pomegranate

 

Loquat Eriobotrya

 

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)

 

Bunny – Yellow Rattle

 

Fig Trees

 

Feature –Toddler Proof Plants with Humaira Ikram

(26 minutes 55 seconds)

 

Yews

 

Phormiums

Cordyline

 

Euphorbias

 

Ugli molinae ‘Chilean Guava’

 

Aronia ‘Viking Chokeberry’

 

Salvia ‘Royal Bumble’

 

Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’

 

‘Totally Tangerine’ Geum

 

Chasmanthium Latifolium

 

Lunaria Annua ‘Honesty’

 

Lunaria Annua ‘Chedglow’

 

Nasturtiums

 

Viola Odorata

 

Rosemary

 

Thyme

 

Borage

 

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)

 

Bunny – Fern

 

Chris –Ficus Elastica ‘Rubber Plant’

 

Kentia Palm

 

Adiantum

 

Aspidistra

 

Swiss Cheese Plant

 

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)

 

Bob – Cucurbits

 

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)

 

Bunny – Banana Musa Basjoo

 

Plumbago

 

Chris – Ensete

 

Hymenocallis

 

Daffodil

 

Bob – Pineapples

 

Watermelons