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GQT at Home: Cuddly Conifers and Creamy Miscanthus

Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.

Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Matt Biggs, Bunny Guinness and James Wong are on hand to answer the gardening queries.

This week our panellists share what unexpected wonders their gardens are displaying this Autumn season, whilst handing out a plethora of tips on pruning, training, and seeing your plants through the Winter.

Meanwhile, we join Juliet Sargeant as she shares the joys of watching Autumn set in and travel to East Sussex to hear Claire Ratinon's pitch for why everyone should grow their own vegetables.

Producer - Hannah Newton
Assistant Producer - Bethany Hocken

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

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Oct 2021 14:00

Plant List

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

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Q – What’s going on in the panellists’ gardens?

(1 minute 26 seconds)

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Matt –

Virginia creeper

Forsythia

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Bunny –

Kale

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James –

Waterlily, ‘Helvola’

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Q – Do plants shut down photosynthesis in full light? Can my strawberry plants overheat?
(3 minutes 7 seconds)

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Matt –

Strawberry gauva

Lemon, ‘Four Seasons’

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Bunny –

Borage

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James –

Grapefruit

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Q – How do can I help my Camellia flowers show in amongst the plant’s leaf display? Any pruning tips?

(5 minutes 37 seconds)

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Q – How to train and prune my Pyracantha?

(8 minutes)

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Q – Are there any overhanging plants that can survive over the winter months?

(10 minutes 51 seconds)

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James –

Ivy

Gaultheria

Cyclamen

Hellebore

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Bunny –

Sedum ‘Dream Dazzler’ (SunSparkler Series)

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Matt –

‘P²¹²Ô²õ²â’

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Feature – Juliet Sargeant waxes lyrical about watching Autumn set in
(14 minutes)

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Hogweed

Veronicastrum

Clematis tangutica

Crab apple ‘Red Sentinel’, Malus

Cork oak

Redwood

Prunus serrulata

Silver birch

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Q – Is there anything I can do to retain my Gleditsia ‘Sunburst’s’ golden leaves for longer? How hard should I prune it back when I’d like to raise the canopy?
(17 minutes 24 seconds)

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Q – Why is my ornamental grass, the Miscanthus ‘Morning light’ not flowering?

(22 minutes)

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Matt –

Emmenopterys henryi

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Feature – Claire Ratinon joins us from East Sussex to encourage everyone to grow your own

(26 minutes 10 seconds)

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Meteor

‘Kelvedon Wonder’

Garlic

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Q – Could the panel suggest some shrub varieties to potentially replace our Conifer?

(30 minutes 10 seconds)

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Bunny –

Myrtle

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James –

Japanese maple

Schefflera taiwaniana

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Matt –

Athyrium otophorum var. okanum

Dryopteris erythrosora

Q – Can you identify this plant that flowers for one day?

(37 minutes 26 seconds)

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Matt –

Tigridia pavonia

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Bunny –

Daylily

Rosa banksiae

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