Episode 16
Monty Don advises on the pruning, dead-heading and staking of roses. Joe Swift and Adam Frost see how they can help some novice gardeners turn a neglected area of their garden into a useful space.
It鈥檚 all about the maintenance this week at Longmeadow, as Monty cuts back and divides spring flowering plants, gives advice on the pruning, dead-heading and staking of roses and shows how to keep ponds looking good for the summer.
Joe Swift and Adam Frost meet up in Leicestershire to see how they can help a couple of novice gardeners turn a neglected area of their garden into a useable and useful space; Nick Bailey goes to Ham House in Richmond to see how they are coping with the ravages of box tree caterpillar and meet an expert who has advice about the latest techniques to tackle the problem, Arit Anderson visits a garden in Suffolk to find out about the concept of rewilding and how cultivated and wild plants can be combined harmoniously and Mark Lane is at home in Kent, showing us how he gardens successfully by using a few adapted tools.
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Mark's gardening tips
Duration: 06:14
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Box tree caterpillar
Duration: 06:24
Adam and Joe lend a hand
Nicholas Hook and Ruth Guntrip got a double dose of help with
their unloved terrace when Adam and Joe both turned up to give them some advice
after they had been in touch looking for some support. The couple had been
struggling to create the haven they were after and with a fair amount of design
prowess between the 2 of them, Adam and Joe created the perfect terrace to
escape to. If you liked the look here are a list of the plants they used.
Deschampsia
cespitosa - Tufted hair grass
Corylus maxima'Purpurea' 聽- Purple-leaved
filbert
Erigeron
karvinskianus - Mexican fleabane
Sambucus nigra听蹿.听porphyrophylla聽'Black Lace'
Astrantia听'搁辞尘补'
Astrantia聽'Star of Passion'
Bacopa听'厂苍辞飞蹿濒补办别'
Heuchera听'贬耻肠办濒别产别谤谤测'
Salvia
officinalis'Purpurascens' -
Purple sage
Thalictrum聽'Black Stockings'
Allium hollandicum'Purple Sensation'
Brunnera
macrophylla'Jack
Frost'聽- Siberian bugloss
Trachelospermum
jasminoides - Star jasmine
Pyracantha聽Saphyr Orange
Sorbus aucuparia 鈥� Rowan
Cosmos bipinnatus Sonata Carmine
Fagus sylvatica - Common beech
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Monty Don |
| Presenter | Arit Anderson |
| Presenter | Nick Bailey |
| Presenter | Adam Frost |
| Presenter | Mark Lane |
| Presenter | Joe Swift |
| Series Producer | Sharon Fisher |
| Executive Producer | Gary Broadhurst |
| Production Manager | Caroline Morgan-Fletcher |