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Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. This week from the House of Lords.

I’m having no luck growing chillies from seed. What am I doing wrong? Which plants would the panel recommend to bring fragrance and colour? Which way should a fig tree face to produce the most fruit?

Ready to answer all these questions and more, Kathy Clugston and her team of experts have been invited to the House of Lords for this week’s programme. Joining Kathy to offer their best horticultural tips and tricks are Head of Oxford Botanical Gardens Dr Chris Thorogood, garden designer Matthew Wilson, and plantswoman Christine Walkden.

Among the questions, Kathy chats to Baroness Fookes about the importance of gardening today.

Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Senior Producer: Dan Cocker
Executive Producer: Hannah Newton
A Somethin' Else production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Nov 2023 14:00

Plant List

(4 minutes, 53 seconds)

Q–How do I keep my nails clean when gardening?

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Luffa

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(7 minutes, 58 seconds)

Q–Which way should a turkey fig tree face to produce the most fruit?

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(11 minutes, 40 seconds)

Q–I’m looking for a flowering shrub to plant in dry shade near a mimosa tree. What do the panel suggest?

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Physocarpus

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Sarcococca

Euphorbia myrsinites

Mary Delaney rose

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Arum Italicum

SophoraÌý

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(15 minutes, 12 seconds)

Q–I’m having no luck growing chillies from seed. What am I doing wrong?

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Feature with Baroness Foux?

(23 minutes, 0 seconds)

Q–Does the panel have any suggestions for how to encourage owners of front gardens not to cover them in concrete?

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(27 minutes, 17 seconds)

Q–How and when should IÌýprune callicarpa ‘Profusion’?

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(29 minutes, 53 seconds)

Q–I have a small north-west facing garden with two narrow raised beds. Which plants would the panel recommend to bring fragrance and colour?

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Jasminum nudiflorum

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Dryopteris erythrosora

Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’

Hellebore

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Woodwardia

Fatsia tetrapana

Sarcococca ‘Winter box’

Osmanthus

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(35 minutes, 59 seconds)

Q– My wife and I want to plant espalier fruit trees in our south-facing garden in Kent. What type of apricot, green gage and plum would do well in such conditions?

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Apricot ‘Tomcot’

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(36 minutes, 26 seconds)

Q–We have an albertine rose that has been handed down to our family as cuttings. Do any of the panel have anything in their garden that’s been handed down?

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Taxus baccata, English yew

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Narcissus ‘Cedric Morris’

Japanese anemone

Amelanchier

Pear tree

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Salix 'Boydii'

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