Southwold: Weddings, Pelargoniums and Secret Snakes

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

Q – How do I stop my autumn raspberries from getting maggots? (01’15”)

Q – Why do some of my dahlias flower easily, but other don’t flower at all? despite growing in identical conditions (03’50”)

Q – Do grass snakes have any benefit to my garden? (06’24”)

Q – What wind resistance plants would you recommend for a shady container? (10’48”)

Ashley –

Dryopteris wallichiana, alpine wood fern

Hakonechloa, japanese forest grass

Matthew –

Carex 'Ice Dance' (v”), sedge 'Ice Dance'

Pachysandra terminalis, japanese spurge

Blechnum chilense, chile blechnum

Narcissus, daffodils

Narcissus 'Thalia' (5”), daffodil 'Thalia'

Sciadopitys

Pippa –

dwarf conifers

Hedera, Ivy

Crocus

Narcissus, daffodil

Q – Can you suggest what I can add to my peat free compost, as it drains too easily and dries out too quickly? (21’22”)

Q – Something has been attacking my Viburnum tinus – Will it survive? If so, how can I treat it? (26’48”)

Q – Due to the change in climate, should I be pruning my roses later in the year? (31’17”)

Q – Can you possibly tell me what I can plant between now and next June that will give me a lovely garden – in time for my daughter’s wedding? (35’09”)

Ashley –

Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia, eastern bluestar

Astrantia

Astrantia major subsp. involucrata 'Shaggy', masterwort 'Shaggy'

Melica, melick

Allium bulbs

Eremurus, foxtail

Pippa –

Abutilon, indian mallow

Antirrhinum majus, snapdragon

Dahlias

Matthew –

Alstroemeria Indian Summer ('Tesronto'PBR”), peruvian lily [Indian summer]

Eremurus robustus, giant desert candle

Galtonia candicans, summer hyacinth

Astilbe