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North Shropshire

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.

What should I plant on the roof of my houseboat? Should I grow lilies in containers or flowerbeds? What is the worst gardening idea you’ve ever had?

The GQT panellists are back in North Shropshire to answer these questions and more in front of a live audience. Ready to share their insightful advice on all your plant predicaments are landscape architect Bunny Guinness, horticulturist Christine Walkden, and garden designer Matthew Wilson.

Alongside the questions, GQT Assistant Producer Rahnee Prescod chats to London Terrariums founder Emma Sibley about the history and creation of these pocket-sized jar-dens.

Producer: Bethany Hocken
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Hannah Newton

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 Apr 2023 14:00

Plant List

Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.

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When designing a garden from scratch, what's the most important first step?

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(1 minute, 30 seconds)

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We’re having trouble growing leeks. The tops are shrivelled, the roots are mushy and there are reddish brown grubs beneath the outer layer, what is this?

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(4 minutes, 59 seconds)

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Bunny –

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Leeks

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I have a giant blue hydrangea. The flowers are so big they collapse. What can I do to stop this happening?

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(7 minutes, 40 seconds)

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Matthew –

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Hydrangea aspera, Villosa Group

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Hydrangea arborescens ‘A²Ô²Ô²¹²ú±ð±ô±ô±ð’

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Should I grow lilies in containers or flowerbeds?

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(12 minutes, 15 seconds)

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Lilium regale

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Lilium martagon

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Lilium martagon

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Cotinus

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Daylily

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Feature

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(15 minutes 22 seconds)

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Fittonia

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I want to plant a flower bed on my wet, mossy north-facing lawn. Should I dig grit to help the drainage or develop a no dig raised bed?

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(24 minutes, 3 seconds)

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I want to plant something decorative but hardy in my new pot. What would you recommend?

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(30 minutes, 10 seconds)

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Ginkgo biloba

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Fig, ‘Brown Turkey’

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Yew

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I live on a boat, so I have a floating garden on the boat roof. Bearing in mind the space restrictions, changing aspect, and changing exposure, what would the panel recommend I grow there?

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(33 minutes, 52 seconds)

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Christine –Ìý

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Succulent

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Mint

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Dryas

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‘M¾±³ú³Ü²Ô²¹â€™

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oyster plant

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Buckler-leaved sorrel

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Italian sage

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Silver sage

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Sempervivum, ‘House Leeks’

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Eschscholzia

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Tulipa strangulata

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What is the worst gardening idea that the panel have had?

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(38 minutes, 5 seconds)

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