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Army Flying Museum

Kathy Clugston is at the Army Flying Museum to answer a variety of gardening questions. Joining her are Ashley Edwards, Juliet Sargeant and Pippa Greenwood.

To snap or to cut - what is the best way to dead head my roses? Why are my tomatoes falling off before turning red? Which plant would you relegate to the compost heap?

Kathy Clugston and her team of GQT experts are at the Army Flying Museum in Hampshire to answer all these questions and more. Joining her this week are garden designer Juliet Sargeant, head gardener Ashley Edwards, and pest and disease expert Pippa Greenwood.

Alongside the horticultural Q and A, we hear from Deputy Director and Head of Science of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, Chris Thorogood who talks us through Mediterranean-inspired gardening in the UK.

Executive producer: Hannah Newton
Producer: Bethany Hocken
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 Aug 2023 14:00

Plant List

(1 minutes, 46 seconds)

Q– When deadheading and pruning a climbing rose, is it okay to just snap off the rose that has died off, or should I cut it back to the leaf?

 

Pippa–

Daffodil

 

(4 minutes, 33 seconds)

Q–When collecting seeds, do you wait for the plant to die off and then dry, or could you cut it whilst alive?

 

Ashley–

Poppy

 

(7 minutes, 25 seconds)

Q–What ideas do the panel have for keeping a garden that could be moved every couple of years?

 

Juliet–

Peony

Lavender

 

Ashley–

Grass

Olive tree

Myrtle

 

Pippa–

Japanese maple

Camellia

 

(12 minutes, 5 seconds)

Q– After this year’s prolonged winter I lost my agapanthus and clematis. Should I replace the plants or plant things that would cope with the weather?

 

Juliet–

Pittosporum

Hoheria

 

Pippa–

Agapanthus

 

Feature- Chris Thorogood with Mark Brent

 

Chris–

Giant fennel

helichrysum

cistus ladanifer

mandevilla laxa, Chilean jasmine

Periwinkle

Fig

Tamarisk

Carob

Nerium oleander

 

Kathy– which sun-loving plants do you enjoy?

 

Ashley–

Artemisia

 

Pippa–

Cistus

Ceanothus

 

Juliet–

Sedum

Aloe

Agave

Aeonium

Schwarzkopf

Crassula sarcocaulis

 

(25 minutes, 45 seconds)

Q–I took a big risk pruning a eucalyptus earlier this year. I think it is sadly dead. What fast growing replacement would you suggest for a south facing garden with a clay soil?

 

Ashley–

Rowan tree

 

Juliet–

Populus alba

Sorbus aria lutescens

Koelreuteria paniculata

Hawthorn

 

Pippa–

Liquidambar

 

(30 minutes, 36 seconds)

Q–I’m currently growing pumpkins. Should I cut any of the leaves off? 

 

(33 minutes, 35 seconds)

Q–I’m growing tomatoes in my greenhouse, but the tomatoes are small and falling off before turning red. 

 

(37 minutes, 12 seconds)

Q–What plants would the panel accept graciously then consign to the compost heap?

 

Juliet–

Comfrey

 

Ashley–

Nigella

 

Pippa–

Mind-your-own-business

Fennell

Veronicastrum

 

 

 

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  • Fri 11 Aug 2023 15:00
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