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Spring Archive Edition

Peter Gibbs looks through the GQT archive for a spring edition of the show.

Peter Gibbs looks through the GQT archive for a spring edition of the show.

Featuring some questions and answers from across the years, as well as some old recognisable voices, there's advice on some of the best plants for a spring garden, options for different strawberry varieties, and tips for starting an allotment.

Bob Flowerdew visits James Wong's garden and Matt Biggs visits Val le May Neville-Parry at the National Collection of Clematis Montana.

Producer: Hannah Newton
Assistant Producer: Jemima Rathbone

A Somethin' Else production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Mar 2020 14:00

Plant List

Q - We inherited hundreds of daffodils when we moved to our house. The single variety flower very well, but some of the double variety form a flower-bud and then go brown, dry and do not flower. Why is this? (1 minute 25)

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Q – Do you throw away tulip bulbs after they have flowered in pots, or save them until next year? (3 minutes 26)

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Q – I have several pots of named snowdrops. This is their third year in pots. Will I be able to keep them in pots full term? (4 minutes 35)

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Q – Could you recommend some plants for a spring garden? (6 minutes 48)

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Christine – Iris reticulata

Iris histrioides

Iris danfordiae

Cyclamen hederifolium

Cyclamen coum

Chionodoxas

Scillas

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Chris Beardshaw – Gladiolus italicus

Cistus x oblongifolius

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Pippa – Narcissus ‘February Gold’

Hellebores

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Feature with James Wong and Bob Flowerdew– 12 minutes

Strawberry Plant

Quinoa

Black Raspberries

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Q – We have an allotment which has clay soil and is usually cold and wet this time of year. Does it matter if we start crops off later than the growing guides and seed packets tell us to? We’d like the soil to warm up a bit?Ìý (16 minutes 20)

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Q – How soon is it really safe to mow the grass after winter? (19 minutes 45)

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Q – What varieties of strawberries would you recommend for a longer succession? (20 minutes 25)

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Christine – Strawberry ‘Christine’

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James Wong –Alpine Strawberry – Fragaria vesca

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Feature - Matt Biggs with Val le May Neville-Parry visiting the National Collection of Clematis montana (26 minutes 30)

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Clematis ‘F°ù±ð»å²¹â€™

Clematis montana var. wilsonii

Clematis montana ‘van Gogh’

Clematis ‘Broughton Star’

Clematis ‘P°ù´Ç²õ±è±ð°ù¾±³Ù²â’

Clematis ‘Hidcote Purple’

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Q – What are your top 3 must dos for beginning allotmenteers? (33 minutes 38)

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Q – I have neither ability nor experience in gardening. What 3 things would the panel suggest I do to turn me from a complete novice to an accomplished gardener? (37 minutes 49)

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Anne – Intersectional peonies

Bearded iris

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