GQT At Home: Episode Eighteen
Kathy Clugston presents the horticultural panel show with gardening experts.
Kathy Clugston presents the horticultural panel show with gardening experts. Anne Swithinbank, James Wong and Matthew Wilson are on hand to answer questions sent in via email and social media.
This week, the panel discusses adding colour to your flowerbed, taking care of an orchid and gardening gloves suitable for heavy duty work.
Away from the questions, Peter Gibbs visits the exotic garden at RHS Wisley to chat to Matthew Pottage and Dr Helen Hoyle, and Pippa Greenwood has tips for inviting bees and butterflies to your garden.
Producer - Laurence Bassett
Assistant Producer - Rosie Merotra
A Somethin' Else production for 大象传媒 Radio 4
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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
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Q 鈥� Can you recommend a suitable variety of peas to sow, with tips for success? It has to be container grown.
(1 minute 25 seconds)
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Anne 鈥� Onward Pea
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Matthew 鈥� Mangetout
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James 鈥� Chickpeas
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Edamame
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Garden Pea
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Chickpea 鈥楶rincipe鈥�
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Q 鈥� Can the panel advise on my Christmas Tree. It is not experiencing even growth in terms of pine needles and some of the shoots appear dead.
(4 minutes 20 seconds)
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Matthew 鈥� Yew Taxus baccata
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Picea Albertiana 鈥�颁辞苍颈肠补鈥�
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James 鈥� Araucaria Heterophylla
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Q 鈥� I have an unknown pot plant that I keep on my kitchen windowsill. It used to belong to my Nan, and she kept it alive for many years. It now appears to be suffering. Any help in how I can care for it better?
(7 minutes 18 seconds)
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Anne 鈥� Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
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Q 鈥� I wish to add colour to a raised flowerbed however the soil quality is poor and there is limited space. Any suggestions please for perennials and bushes to fill the gaps?
(10 minutes 19 seconds)
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Matthew 鈥� Calamagrostis Brachytricha
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Foxglove 鈥楤right Illumination鈥�
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Agastache 鈥楤lackadder鈥�
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Delphinium 鈥楤lack Knight鈥�
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Anne 鈥� Escallonia 鈥楶ink Elle鈥�
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Feature 鈥揟he Exotic Garden at RHS Wisley 鈥� Peter Gibbs with Matthew Pottage and Dr Helen Hoyle
(13 minutes 14 seconds)
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Delphiniums
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Nepeta
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Roses
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Bananas
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Ginger Lilies
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Palm Trees
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Hollyhocks
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Cat Mints
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Phlox
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Lavender
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Q 鈥� Can you help get my orchids to flower again? I鈥檝e tried different approaches but to no success.
(19 minutes 58 seconds)
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James 鈥� Phalaenopsis Moth Orchid
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Anne 鈥� Miltonia Orchid
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Oncidium Orchid
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Pansy Orchid
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Cymbidium Orchid
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James 鈥� Slipper Orchid Paphiopedilum
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Q 鈥� We would like to grow some fruit around our curved archway (2m wide, 2m height and 1.5m deep with cross struts). Any suggestions? Is there potential for two or three trees to cross-pollinated?
(24 minutes 30 seconds)
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Matthew 鈥� Cordon Fruit Trees
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Pear 鈥楤eurre Hardy鈥�
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Anne 鈥� Crab Apple
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Red Windsor Apple Tree
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Red Devil Apple Tree
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James 鈥� Fragola grape vine
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Hardy Kiwi Plant - 鈥楥ocktail Kiwi鈥� Actinidia Issai
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Q 鈥� Can you help me? Why are my carrots all short and stumpy?
(28 minutes 52 seconds)
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Anne 鈥� Early Nantes Carrot
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Feature 鈥� How to Entice Bees and Butterflies to your Garden with Pippa Greenwood
(31 minutes 41 seconds)
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Winter box
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Snowdrops
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Q 鈥� We have a 4ft high liquorice plant that is thriving at the moment. How do we treat it so we can have this fabulous display of flowers and foliage every year?听
(35 minutes 29 seconds)
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James 鈥� Bonsai
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Wisteria
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Clover Flower
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Aniseed
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Q 鈥� Can you recommend some good gardening gloves that will last, cope with wild weeding but have some flexibility in them please?
(38 minutes 51 seconds)
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Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts
