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Festive foliage, Sweet Pea breeding and winter protection

David Maxwell meets Sweet Pea breeder Sydney Harrod and he speaks to Jim Bradley about the virtues of evergreens in the winter garden and Averil Milligan on festive foliage.

Winter gardening with David Maxwell. This week David meets Sweet Pea legend Sydney Harrod who has spent a lifetime breeding beautiful Sweet Pea in Londonderry. Sydney named between forty and fifty varieties including a series with local place names intended to encourage people to visit Northern Ireland during the Troubles. David also speaks to Jim Bradley about evergreens for structure in the winter garden. Averil Milligan joins him in studio to talk about festive foliage and Helen Mark catches up with Conrad McCormick.

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42 minutes

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Sat 7 Dec 2019 09:03

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  • Sat 7 Dec 2019 09:03

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