Euston, London
Kathy Clugston and the team are in Euston, London answering your horticultural queries.
Kathy Clugston and the team are in Euston, London answering your horticultural queries. On the panel this week are Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and James Wong.
From managing an over zealous aloe vera plant, to nurturing a struggling trachelospermum jasminoides, and designing a garden in the style of Derek Jarman's unique creation in Dungeness, Kent, the panellists share their gardening know-how.
Away from the questions, Anne Swithinbank goes behind the scenes at Kew Gardens’ Arboretum Nursery with the Head of Tree Collections, Kevin Martin.
Producer: Dominic Tyerman
Assistant Producer: Bethany Hocken
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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
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Q – How big can an aloe vera plant get, and how long can it live inside on a windowsill? How often or how much should I water it?
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James –
Agave americana
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Q – I have discovered a surfeit of leftover potatoes on my allotment. Can I leave them, or shall I try and compost them?
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Pippa –
Potato, ‘Charlotte’
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Anne –
Pea
Squash
Chard
Lettuce
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Q – We have 7-year-old jasmine plant in a pot on our third-floor terrace. It has an infestation of sticky white bugs, branches that are quite leggy and spindly, the leaves turn red and drop off, it doesn’t flower, and we don’t get any scent. Can you help?
(8 minutes 4 seconds)
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James –
Trachelospermum jasminoides, Star jasmine
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Q – How can I propagate our two types of roses, the Papa Meilland and the 'Lavender Lassie'?
(12 minutes 15 seconds)
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Feature – Anne Swithinbank goes behind the scenes at Kew Gardens’ Arboretum Nursery with the Head of Tree Collections, Kevin Martin
(16 minutes 17 seconds)
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Pine
Japanese douglas fir, Pseudotsuga japonica
Pinus wallichiana
Yew
‘G±ð²Ô°ì´Ç’
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Q – I have an almond tree in my allotment. The tree now looks like it is on fire with strange bobbling and bright red leaves. Can you tell me what is happening?
(22 minutes 50 seconds)
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Pippa –
‘N±ð³¦³Ù²¹°ù¾±²Ô±ð’
Peach
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Q – At the front of the block of flats I live in is a long, thin planter on a brick wall, so it is out in direct sunshine during the summer months. The only thing that seems to survive these conditions is lavender. Have you got any suggestions for other plants I could put in the planter?
(26 minutes 43 seconds)
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Pippa –
Lavender, ‘Hidcote’
Lewisia
Sempervivum
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Anne –
French lavender, Lavandula stoechas
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James –
Angustifolius
Lavandula stoechas
Rosemary Prostrata Group
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Q – How often should you repot? What are the signs it’s the right time? And is there a right time of year to do it?
(30 minutes 21 seconds)
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Anne –
Hoya, Wax plant
Peace lily
Cacti
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Q – I would like to create a wild inspirational space à la Derek Jarman’s Garden on my neglected front garden on a busy main road in London. I’m from Australia and would also like to incorporate some Australian plants that are quite low maintenance.
(35 minutes 00 seconds)
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Anne –
Cistus
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James –
Australian woollybush
Protea cynaroides
Callistemon, Bottlebrush
Aloe polyphylla
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