GQT at ±«Óătv: Festive Floral Ideas and Overwintering Wisterias
Kathy Clugston hosts this week's gardening panel show.
Kathy Clugston hosts this week's gardening panel show. Horticultural experts Christine Walkden, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw answer questions sent in by listeners from across the country.
This week, the panellists divulge their best tips for encouraging your plants to fruit and flower, and also look into a listener's query about the mysterious plant growing from a tree trunk in her garden - could it be an orchid?
Need some tips for your festive floral designs? Florist Hazel Gardiner shares her ideas for the most eye-catching arrangements. And GQT's vegetable virtuoso Bob Flowerdew has some seasonal suggestions for a productive winter plot.
Producer - Daniel Cocker
Assistant Producer - Bethany Hocken
A Somethin' Else production for ±«Óătv Radio 4
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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
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Q â Panel, are you leaf collectors?
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Q â Can the team tell me if I can overwinter my sweet pepper plant and can I expect any fruit?
(2 minutes 33 seconds)Ìę
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Q âYesterday I spotted this orchid growing out of my tree, in the garden. Iâve never seen this before. Iâm fascinated by how this has occurred.
(6 minutes 35 seconds)Ìę
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Q â Ten years ago I planted an expensive wisteria facing northwest, and pruned twice a year, as advised. I feed it with potash fertiliser, but it has never flowered.
(7 minutes 58 second)
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Q â When on a walk recently, I picked up a fallen chinese lantern. I hoped that I could sow the seeds from the decaying fruit hidden inside the leaves. What do I do next?
(11 minutes 28 seconds)
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Anne â
Physalis alkekengi
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Feature â Florist Hazel Gardiner shares her tips for creating festive floral displays
(13 minutes 56 seconds)
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Holly
Poinsettia
Anemone
Ilex, âWinter Goldâ
Magnolia
Teasel
Helleborus niger, Christmas rose
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Q â Festive floral ideas from the panel
(17 minutes 38 seconds)
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Chris â
Angelica
Willow
Cornus
Sweet chesnut
Beech mast
Pine cones
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Christine â
Hawthorn berries
Clematis, âTravellerâs Joyâ
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Q â Why is my seven-year-old damson tree so unhappy?
(19 minutes 20 seconds)
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Q â Any tips on whether I should repot my olive tree? If so, what compost should I use?
(23 minutes 46 seconds)Ìę
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Q â How should nerines be treated once they have been flowered and can they be divided?
(27 minutes 23 seconds)Ìę
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Anne â
Nerine bowdenii
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Feature â GQT's own vegetable virtuoso Bob Flowerdew gives us some seasonal suggestions for a productive winter plot
(30 minutes 34 seconds)
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Carrot
Parsnip
Leek
Saladin
Sweetcorn
Borage
Potato
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Q â What is âgreen manureâ?
(34 minutes 00 seconds)Ìę
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Q â Iâve quite a large compost box. Iâve noticed the contents have become very dense soggy. Should I have a lid made for it and, if so, does it need to be removed during the summer months?
(35 minutes 17 seconds)
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Q â I have an orchid, a date palm, and a red pepper all growing in the same indoor pot. I find itâs a helpful combination because if I overwater the orchid the red pepper drinks up the excess. What pot combinations would the panel suggest?
(37 minutes 37 seconds)
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Chris â
Crassula, Jade plant
Bromeliad
Senecio rowleyanus, âString of Pearlsâ
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Anne â
Lemongrass
Thai basil
Orange
Lemon
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Christine â
Palm
Cordyline
Scindapsus
Chlorophytum
Spider plant
Rubber plant
Monstera, Swiss cheese plant
Philodendron
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