Gardeners' Question Time - Braintree: Indoor Gardening, Rich Compost and Propagating
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What would be your top tips for creating compost? What's the best way to propagate Lamine raspberries? What could I grow in very dry soil?
Kathy Clugston and a panel of plant and gardening experts return to Ridgewell, Essex and offer advice to an audience of keen gardeners. Joining Kathy are grow-your-own guru Bob Flowerdew, garden designer Bunny Guinness, and gardener Matthew Pottage.
Later in the programme, avid urban gardener Martha Swales offers advice on how to grow edibles indoors. Continuing our 'Edible Essential Series'.
Producer: Matthew Smith
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Plant List
Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
Q - What can I plant in my hanging baskets that would give a bright full display and will also attract bees? (01'31")
Bunny Guinness -
Verbena officinalis 'Bampton', vervain 'Bampton'
Matthew Pottage -
Delosperma
Lameranthus
Q- My climbing rose refuse to flower consistently, should I dig it up and cut my losses or feed the ground? (04'59")
Q- Will my two large Cycas revoluta plants recover from frost damage? (09'41")
Q - What would be your top tips for creating compost? (13'36")
Q- What's the best way to propagate raspberry 'Tulameen'? (22'48")
Q - When should I cut back my Honeysuckles? And how hard should I cut them back?
(24'48")
Bunny Guinness -
Lonicera japonica 'Halliana', hall's Japanese honeysuckle
Q- What could I grow in very dry soil? (26'45")
Matthew Pottage –
Ascanthus, bear's breeches
Ruscus aculeatus, butcher’s broom
Hydrangea petiolaris, climbing hydrangeas
Euonymus fortunei 'Kewensis', spindle 'Kewensis'
Bob Flowerdew –
Ficus carica (F), fig
Vitis vinifera, grape vine
Bunny Guinness –
Lavandula, lavender
Q - We’ve removed a Conifer hedge and replaced it with a fence. What can I plant against it? (31'26")
Matthew Pottage –
Pileostegia viburnoides, climbing hydrangea
Bob Flowerdew –
Ribes rubrum, common redcurrant
Ribes rubrum 'White Grape', white currents
Ribes uva-crispa, gooseberry
Lathyrus odoratus, sweet pea
Bunny Guinness –
Ficus carica Little Miss Figgy ('Lmf01') (F), fig [Little Miss Figgy]
Clematis armandi, armand clematis
Q - As a legendarily useless gardener, I've always believed that gardening is a dark art into which I have not been initiated. What's the best way in? (36'14")
Published on Friday, 25th April 2025.
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