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The GQT team return to Balcombe for this week's horticultural programme.

How do you grow a decent-sized brussels sprout? When is the right time to prune a raspberry bush? What species of plant should be named after you?

Returning to Balcombe to answer these questions and more in front of a live audience are Kathy Clugston and this week’s panel - garden designer Juliet Sargeant, Plants expert Christine Walkden and Matthew Pottage, Curator at RHS Wisley.

And Christine answers your Cyclamen queries with an in-depth masterclass on the tuberous perennial.

Producer: Dominic Tyerman
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Louisa Field



A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Feb 2023 14:00

Plant List

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

 

Q – Is it too late to plant my Tulips?

(1 minutes 00 seconds) 

 

Q – What can I plant to absorb excess water caused by flooding?

(2 minutes 50 seconds) 

 

Matthew –

Cornus Sanguinea

Cornus Alba

Willows

Salix Alba

Taxodium distichum ‘Cascade Falls’

 

Christine –

Rubus Cockburnianus

Amelanchier alnifolia var. pumila

Clematis

 

Matthew –

Osmunda regalis

 

Q – What can I plant in my hanging baskets during Autumn and Spring to make them eye catching?

(6 minutes 31 seconds)

 

Matthew –

Cornus

Rubus

 

Christine –

Dryas Octopetala

Carex

Blue Fescue

 

Juliet –

Crocus

Jonquil

Snowdrop Galanthus reginae- olgae

 

Q – When is the best time to prune Autumn and Spring raspberries?

(10 minute 15 seconds)

 

 

 

Feature – Christine Walkden’s Cyclamen masterclass

(12 minutes 26 Seconds)

 

Matthew –

Cyclamen Hederifolium

 

Q – Have you got any tips for growing decent sized Brussel sprouts?

(17 minutes 10 seconds)

 

Q – What sort of plants would survive in the shadiest part of my green roof?

(21 minutes 5 seconds)

 

Christine –

Fetsuca

Libertia peregrinans

 

Matthew –

Polypodium vulgare

Cyclamen Hederifolium

 

Juliet –

Winter Aconites

 

Q – What can I do to keep my Magnolia Acuminata’s alive? Any tips?

(23 minutes 53 seconds)

 

Q – How do you stop an Ornamental Quince from sprouting shoots? And how do you get rid of them?

(31 minutes 8 seconds)

 

Q – How can I save my Apple Tree from completely falling over?

(32 minutes 52 seconds)

 

Q – What types of plants do the panel think should be named after them? And why?

(37 minutes 12 seconds)

 


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  • Fri 17 Feb 2023 15:00
  • Sun 19 Feb 2023 14:00

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