Darley Dale: Flood Proof Plants, Hangry Heathers and Fast Climbers

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

Q – What would you recommend we do in our flood prone and arid prone areas that next time we have a little gap that will still be here in a hundred years’ time? (01’47”)

Marcus Chilton Jones –

Liquidambar styraciflua, sweet gum

Liquidambar formosana, Formosan gum

Taxodium distichum, swamp cypress

Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree

Bethan Collerton –

Conifers

Glyptostrobus 

Bunny Guinness –

Betula nigra, river birch

Tilia × europaea, common lime

Quercus ilex, holm oak

Quercus suber, cork oak

Q – I wondered whether it might be an idea to put somehow to do videos on our society website. If so, how could we do this on a budget without involving too much work for the committee? (06’54”)

Q – I have a large bed of heathers, which have become woody and gappy - How can I rejuvenate my Heathers? (07’08”)

Feature – James Wong provides some practical advice on how to keep your plants happy indoors this season. (15’22”)

Q – Please can you suggest what we could plant to hide a wall, that would be fast growing and reasonably decorative? (19’51”)

Bunny Guinness –

Ficus carica (F), fig

Trachelospermum, star jasmine

Marcus Chilton Jones –

Narcissus, daffodil

Hydrangea quercifolia, oak-leaved hydrangea

Parthenocissus quinquefolia, virginia creeper

Parthenocissus tricuspidate, boston ivy

Schizophragma hydrangeoides, japanese hydrangea vine

Hydrangea petiolaris, climbing hydrangea

Bethan Collerton –

Emaclaya quodata

Cephalaria gigantea, giant scabious

Q –  I'm trying to move away from annuals to perennials in containers but struggling to keep the continuous splash of colour. Any suggestions would be welcome? (26’00”)

Marcus Chilton Jones –

Nerine, guernsey lily

Amarine

Bethan Collerton –

Carex 'Evergold', Japanese sedge 'Evergold'

Anemanthele lessoniana, pheasant's tail grass

Bunny Guinness –

Geranium maderense, giant herb robert

Abutilon 'Victorian Lady' (d)

Canna

Salvia

Amistad

Erigeron karvinskianus, mexican fleabane

Pelargoniums

Q – How do we get our Wisteria to flower? (33’00”)

Q – Wshat’s your favourite gardening myth? and is there any truth to it? (38’18”)