Birmingham: Emotional Plants, Green Manure and Scents
Do plants have feelings? When should I plant green manure? Why do leaves drop more in autumn? Kathy and the GQT team return to Birmingham to answer these and more!
Do plants have feelings? When should I plant green manure? Why do leaves drop more in autumn than any other time of the year?
Kathy Clugston and a team of gardening experts visit Birmingham Botanical Gardens to solve the gardening issues of the audience. On the panel this week are ethnobotanist James Wong, proud plantsman Matthew Biggs and garden designer Juliet Sargeant.
Later, James Wong and Birmingham Botanical Gardens' Senior Nursery Horticulturist Bethan Collerton discuss some useful tips and tricks on how to protect your tender or less hardy plants during the winter months.
Senior Producer: Daniel Cocker
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Assistant Producer: Suhaar Ali
Executive Producer: Carly Maile
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.
Q 鈥� Does the panel think that plants have feelings, and do they talk to those plants? (01鈥�57鈥�)
Q 鈥� What should we plant around our bucket pond to make it look sort of nicer and more appealing? (06鈥�22鈥�)
Juliet Sargeant -
Xanthorhiza
Begonias
Canna听脳听generalis, canna lily
Matt Biggs -
Asplenium
Blechnum听spicant, hard fern
Primula bulleyana, candelabra primula
Gunnera听magellanica, devil's strawberry
Irises
James Wong -
Ficus听pumila, creeping fig
Soleirolia听soleirolii, mind-your-own-business
Q 鈥� I've got a small vegetable patch. Is it too late to plant some green manure now? And if so, what sort of time should I plant some? (12鈥�49鈥�)
Q 鈥� I have a healthy aeonium which flourished this summer, but I've now brought it inside. What does it need in the winter months and should I re pot it? (17鈥�25鈥�)
Feature 鈥� James Wong discusses protecting tender/ less hardier plants during the winter months with Senior Nursery Horticulturist Bethan Collerton (22鈥�04鈥�)
Q 鈥� I have lots of holly bushes in my garden. I'm not very keen but my husband loves them. Why should I keep them? (26鈥�46鈥�)
Q 鈥� Why do leaves drop suddenly in autumn more than any other time of the year, especially when moving plants indoors? (32鈥�14鈥�)
James Wong -
Fuchsia
Cymbidium, cymbidium orchids
Pleione听formosana, windowsill orchid
Q 鈥� I have a hoya that is flowering and smells absolutely incredible. Are there any other scented houseplants you can recommend? (34鈥�36鈥�)
Matt Biggs -
Hoya听bella, beautiful wax plant
Viola, pansy
Narcissus听papyraceus听(13), paper-white narcissus
Epiphyllum听oxypetalum, queen of the night
Juliet Sargeant -
Hyacinthus, hyacinth
James Wong 鈥�
Stephanotis
Gardenia
Jasminum听sambac, arabian jasmine
Choisya, mexican orange blossom
Neofinetia听falcata orchids
Broadcasts
- Last Friday 15:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Last Sunday 14:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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