GQT At Home: Episode Sixteen

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

Q – We have coriander with every meal, and I’d like to grow it. However, when I’ve tried it’s come out very spindly. Any top tips on how I can make it more robust?

(1 minute 42 seconds)

Q – I’m renovating a cave house in Granada province. Are there any grasses you’d recommend for the living roof? I’d like to bring colour and support the local fauna as much as possible.

(3 minutes 53 seconds)

Chris – Eschscholzia

Nigella

Matricaria

Dimorphotheca

Q – Usually our attempts to grow strawberries are thwarted by insects eating them. However, this year, a patch of wild strawberry plants (around 2m square) have grown in some recently excavated soil – it’s brimming over with delicious fruits which aren’t being eaten. How can this be? Can wild strawberries be successfully grown?

(7 minutes 15 seconds)

Chris – Alpine Strawberries

Sedums

Sempervivums

Q – Can you suggest a fragrance-free climbing rose. I suffer with allergies which can react to anything with perfume or a flowery smell.

(10 minutes 40 seconds)

Chris – Seagull Rose

Alfred Carriere Rose

Bunny –Bengal Beauty Rose

Clematis

Feature – BBC News presenter, Lukwesa Burak’s Garden with Kathy Clugston

(13 minutes 43 seconds)

Oranges

Avocados

Mangoes

Pawpaws

Lemons

Spinach

Aubergines

Chillis

Roses

Q – What do I need to do to get chamomile lawn on steps perfect?

(17 minutes 5 seconds)

Bunny – Chamomile Treneague

Chris – Thymus vulgaris

Q – I’d like to train a potted citrus tree. What varieties could I leave out through winter and how big a pot would I need?

(19 minutes 50 seconds)

Bunny – Grapefruit Trees

Chris – Pomegranate

Loquat Eriobotrya

Q – I’m trying to develop a wildlife garden using local indigenous plant varieties. What should I do with the seeds?

(22 minutes 46 seconds)

Bunny – Yellow Rattle

Fig Trees

Feature –Toddler Proof Plants with Humaira Ikram

(26 minutes 55 seconds)

Yews

Phormiums

Cordyline

Euphorbias

Ugli molinae ‘Chilean Guava’

Aronia ‘Viking Chokeberry’

Salvia ‘Royal Bumble’

Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’

‘Totally Tangerine’ Geum

Chasmanthium Latifolium

Lunaria Annua ‘Honesty’

Lunaria Annua ‘Chedglow’

Nasturtiums

Viola Odorata

Rosemary

Thyme

Borage

Q – I’m looking to get more green into my classroom. However, light in the room is sporadic at best. Do you have any recommendations for indoor plants that are big and bold but can handle artificial or low light conditions?

(30 minutes 30 seconds)

Bunny – Fern

Chris –Ficus Elastica ‘Rubber Plant’

Kentia Palm

Adiantum

Aspidistra

Swiss Cheese Plant

Q – I’ve been growing bitter melons and it’s been going great. However, I have lots of male flowers and not many female flowers. What can I do to encourage more females?

(34 minutes 11 seconds)

Bob – Cucurbits

Q – Does the panel have any exotic plants thriving, in spite of location and weather, that they’d like to boast about?

(36 minutes 29 seconds)

Bunny – Banana Musa Basjoo

Plumbago

Chris – Ensete

Hymenocallis

Daffodil

Bob – Pineapples

Watermelons