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Monty tackles three seasons of gardening, while Carol celebrates one of the plant successes of an extraordinary summer - the canna.

Monty tackles three seasons of gardening this week when he makes additions to his spring garden, gives advice on how to dry and preserve herbs for winter and plants up a container to give interest from now until spring.

Carol celebrates one of the plant successes of an extraordinary summer - the canna - while Frances Tophill tackles a viewer's garden and suggests plants which will perform throughout the winter. Toby Buckland visits a garden in Devon with Japanese influences, and Nick Bailey visits a garden where nature has taken over and produced the conditions where a proliferation of different types mushrooms are thriving.

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RHS Nerines trial

RHS Nerines trial


Only a very few of the 25 species of Nerines are known to be fully hardy in the UK. Of these, N. bowdenii is one of the most reliable. As a result, a diverse range of cultivars have been developed over the years since it was first introduced into cultivation in 1898.

For each participant in the trial, three to five bulbs were planted with the tops of the bulbs just above the ground approximately 25cm apart. Starting in 2012, the trial was originally meant to run for three years. This was extended to allow the plants to become fully established with the trial finally ending in 2017.

A final report of the results has now been published, including a full description of each of the varieties which achieved the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

RHS Nerines trial full report

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterMonty Don
PresenterNick Bailey
PresenterCarol Klein
PresenterFrances Tophill
PresenterToby Buckland
Series ProducerSharon Fisher
Executive ProducerPaolo Proto
Production ManagerMichael Rogers

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  • Fri 5 Oct 201820:00
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