Upwell
Kathy Clugston sees in the new year with a panel of gardening experts in Upwell.
Is it a bad idea to sow flower bulbs in the dead of winter? Can you move a peony without harming it? And what is the secret to growing great courgettes?
Kathy Clugston and a panel of horticultural experts, Christine Walkden, Bunny Guinness and Matt Biggs, welcome in the new year and answer your questions in Upwell, Norfolk.
Also on the programme, GQT producer Dan Cocker heads to The Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, to speak to horticulturalist Joe Richomme about how to safely move peonies.
Producer: Dan Cocker
Assistant Producer: Bethany Hocken
Executive Producer: Louisa Field
A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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Plant List
Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
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Q 鈥� This year I tried growing courgettes for the first time but we weren鈥檛 impressed with the crop. We tried some but they weren鈥檛 amazing. What are the secrets of successful courgettes?
(1 minutes 41 seconds)
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Q 鈥� I planted some cannas around 5 years ago in my south-facing garden. I love how tropical they are. What other tropical plants might work here in the Fens?
(4 minutes 34 seconds)
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Christine 鈥�
Hedychium
Rice-paper plant
Fatsia
Fatshedera
Colocasia
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Matt 鈥�
Musa basjoo
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Bunny 鈥�
Loquat
Trachycarpus听fortune, Chusan palm
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Q 鈥� I have a Clerodendrum听trichotomum 鈥楶urple blaze鈥� in my garden. Can the panel suggest how I can keep it short and compact, whilst still ensuring it produces its blue fruits?(8 minutes 40 seconds)
Q 鈥� I have two very small Rowan saplings. Can they be planted together to form a multi-stem tree? If so, how close should they be planted?
(12 minutes 9 seconds) 听 Q 鈥� For years I had tall white lilies in pots on my terrace. Last year they didn鈥檛 come up and on investigating 听I found that the bulbs had disappeared. What could have caused the demise of the lilies, and what could do well in the pots instead?
(15 minutes 47 seconds) Matt 鈥�
Ipomoea听lobata, Spanish flag
Ipomoea听leptophylla, Moon flower听
Rhodochiton听atrosanguineus
Eccremocarpus听scaber
Gloriosa听superba
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Feature 鈥� GQT producer Dan Cocker heads to The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to learn about their Peony Garden.
(20 minutes 26 seconds)
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Q 鈥� Is it too late in the year to plant allium bulbs in the cold, frozen ground? Both edible and flowers.
(25 minutes 30 seconds)
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Q 鈥� We鈥檝e grown a lemon tree from seed. We haven鈥檛 looked after it very well over the years, but this year we鈥檝e nurtured it. Will it ever grow any flowers and lemons?
(29 minutes 10 seconds)
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Q 鈥� I have a beautiful rose called Francis E. Lester that is loaded with hips. Should I wait to prune it so that the birds can enjoy it a little longer?
(33 minutes 46 seconds)
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Q 鈥� We have just bought a 2.4 hectare (24,000 m2) field. Can the panel suggest some trees we could plant in it?
(35 minutes 50 seconds)
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Christine 鈥�
Amelanchier
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Matt 鈥�
Malus, Crab apples
Malus 鈥楪olden Hornet鈥�
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Bunny 鈥�
Oak
Acer campestre, Field maple
Cydonia oblonga, Quince
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