GQT at Home: Hostas and Heucheras

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

Q – How old were you when you first started gardening?

(2 minutes 2 seconds)

Christine –

Crocus

Corm

Matthew –

Venus flytrap

Q – To protect the orchids that have started growing in the middle of my lawn, I want to move them. Any advice on when, how, and where to?

(4 minutes 16 seconds)

Christine –

Bee orchid

Anne –

Mycorrhizal, Fungi

Q – A few people have asked for some seeds from my newly grown sweet peas. How do I do this without stopping the flowering and will the seeds be the same as the parent?

(6 minutes 52 seconds)

Matthew –

‘Sweet Peas’

Anne –

‘Globe Artichoke’

Q – I’d like to create a feature in honour of Antelope Canyon, US, but I have no idea what plants to grow. Your help would be much appreciated!

(9 minutes 22 seconds)

Matthew –

Opuntia, ‘Prickly Pear’

Opuntia cylindrica

Carnegiea gigantea

Anne –

‘Hedgehog’ Cacti

Coryphantha

Feature – Matt Biggs explores Tottenham Hotspur’s Kitchen Garden.

(14 minutes 01 seconds)

Q – I would like to start growing a tower on my north facing fence in West London. The planting holes progress to deep shade at the base. What plants can I grow that will provide year-round interest and colour?

(20 minutes 02 seconds)

Anne –

Cordyline

Bergenia, ‘Ice Queen’

Tiarella wherryi

Auricula

Christine –

Heuchera

Hosta

Fern

Lamium

Ajuga

Matthew –

Phormium, ‘Platt’s Black’

Dryopteris, 'Jurassic Gold'

Convallaria

Polygonatum 'Striatum', ‘Solomon's seal’

Blechnum penna-marina

Q – When should I try and put my Jersey lilies lower in the ground? After the leaves die down or after flowering?

(25 minutes 11 seconds)

Anne –

Nerine, ‘Guernsey lily’

Nerine bowdenii, ‘Bowden Lily’

Christine –

‘Irene’

Amaryllis belladonna

Hippeastrum

Q – What is eating my lily pads and how do I stop it? I've tried submerging them for 48 hours, but the problem remains.

(28 minutes 07 seconds)

Anne –

Water Soldier

Feature – Pippa Greenwood shares the tree that sets her heart on fire, the horse chestnut.

(30 minutes 38 seconds)

Q – After you have your seedlings and are growing on in small pots or cells, should you water from the top or bottom? Does it depend, does it matter, and if so, why?

(34 minutes 04 seconds)

Q – Why are watering cans always green? Could the panel suggested more easily seen colour for gardening equipment, and what have you misplaced in your gardens?

(38 minutes 14 seconds)