GQT at Home: Sunken Beds and Nostalgic Scents

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

Q – Can the panel suggest seeds, preferably to flower later on this year, for a competition on Zoom?

(1 minute 11 seconds)

Bunny –

Tumeric

Wasabi

Parsnip

Matthew –

Gourd

Chris –

Brassica elongate (Walking stick kale, Jersey kale)

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)

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)

Q – Could you suggest any evergreen honeysuckle plants with white or cream flowers?

(9 minutes 52 seconds)

Bunny –

Lonicera japonica ‘Halls Prolific’

Solanum jasminoides

Chris –

Lonicera americana

Lonicera delavayi

Lonicera ‘Graham Thomas’

Lonicera dumosa

Clematis armandii ‘Snowdrift’

Hydrangea seemannii

Feature – Creating cosy spaces in the garden Jacquie Felix-Mitchell

(13 minutes)

Fatsia

Beech

Acer palmatum

Bamboo

Q – We’ve removed a garden shed and would like to plant 3 small trees. Any ideas?

(17 minutes, 12 seconds)

Matthew –

Mespilus germanica (Medlar)

Chris –

Cornus controversa (Dogwood)

Bunny –

Hornbeam

White rose

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)

Matthew –

Zinnias

Calendulas

Lupins

California Poppies

Sweetpeas

Gherkins

Cucumbers

Chris –

Geraniums

Euphorbias

Myrtus luma

Chillis

Daffodils

Nerine sarniensis

Peach ‘Bonanza’

Strawberries

Salad Leaves

Feature – Ashley Edwards on what to sow now

(27 minutes, 48 seconds)

Aubergines

Tomato ‘Tumbling Tom’

Tomato ‘Balconi’

Pepper ‘Mini Bell Mix’

Aubergine ‘Mini Bambino’

Aubergine ‘Pinstripe’

Q – Is there anything we can do to get our magnolia tree flowering again?

(31 minutes, 39 seconds)

Q – What is the one scent or flower that instantly takes you back to a perfect day memory?

(36 minutes, 52 seconds)

Chris –

Tomatoes

Bunny –

Lily of the Valley

Matthew –

Poinsettias

Christmas Cherry