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Chelsea Flower Show 2024: Postbag Edition

Kathy Clugston, Peter Gibbs and the panel are at the Chelsea Flower Show, enjoying the exhibitions and answering questions from the GQT in box.

Do I need to worry that I don't have slugs in the garden? How do I stop my buddleia from growing out of control? Is there a ground cover that can prevent weeds from growing in my yard?

Kathy Clugston is joined by experts Matthew Wilson, Anne Swithinbank and Pippa Greenwood as they navigate this year's Chelsea Flower Show.ÌęWhile enjoying the various exhibitions through out the Chelsea grounds, the panel also dip into the GQT inbox to answer some of your horticultural queries.‹Ìę

Throughout the programme we hear from roving reporter Peter Gibbs, as he speaks with the founders of She Grows Veg, Lucy Hutchings and Kate Cotterill, about the rise in popularity of heirloom vegetables. And later he gets tips on how to create a child-friendly garden by speaking to garden designer Harry Holding.

Producer: Dom Tyerman
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Carly Maile

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42 minutes

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Sun 26 May 2024 14:00
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Plant List

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

Feature – Kathy Clugston’s interview with Monty Don (2’32”)

Q – Do I need to worry that I don’t have slugs in the garden? (4’06”)

Q – Does a mixture of moss and dead grass have any useful purpose, or shall we ask the council to remove it? (7’06”)

Q – My ZĂ©phirine Drouhin' rose have been infected by rose rust, can it be treated? Or should it be destroyed to prevent it from spreading? (09’24”)

Feature – Peter Gibbs speaks with owners of ‘She Grows Veg’ Lucy Hutchings and Kate Cotterill about heirloom vegetables (13’44”)

Feature – Chat with garden designer of the National Trust’s Octavia Hill Garden Anne Marie Powell (17’01”)

Q – Is there a ground cover that we prevent weeds from overgrowing my roses? (19’48”)

Anne Swithinbank –

AlchemillaÌęmollis, lady’s mantle

Matthew Wilson -

GeraniumÌę×Ìęmagnificum, purple cranesbill

GeraniumÌęwlassovianum, wlassov's cranesbill

Q – How do I stop my buddleia from growing too tall in the summer? (22’59”)

Q – My fox gloves refuse to grow in pots but thrive in my vegetable patch. Why is this? (25’49”)

Feature – Peter Gibbs speaks with garden designer Harry Holding about a creating suitable garden space for children (29’49”)

Feature – Kathy and the panel visit the WaterAid Garden where they speak to garden’s co-designer (32’54”)

Tom Massey –

AlnusÌęglutinosaÌę'Laciniata', alder 'Laciniata'

EchiumÌęvulgare, viper's bugloss,

IrisÌęsibirica, siberian flag

PrimulaÌęvialiiÌę(So”), vial's primrose

Q – Is using the fallen waxy leaves of my holm oak tree in my soil doing more harm than good? (35’38”)

Q – Could the panel suggest some long flowering and fragrant plants that can grow in pots? (38’28”)

Tom Massey –

Bulbine,

Hesperaloe

EuphorbiaÌęmyrsinites, broad-leaved glaucous spurge

Matthew Pottage –

Succulents

Anne Swithinbank –

ZaluzianskyaÌęcapensisÌę'Midnight Candy'Ìę

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  • Fri 24 May 2024 15:00
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  • Sun 26 May 2024 14:00
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