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GQT at Home: Drying Flowers and Acer Bowers

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts, hosted by Peter Gibbs.

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts, hosted by Peter Gibbs. Joining him this week are Anne Swithinbank, Matthew Wilson, Christine Walkden and a virtual audience from across the country.

Romance is in the air as the panel discusses wedding bouquet flowers, and one listener's life long love affair with lavender. There may be a few confessions along the way, as the panellists reveal the new plant temptations in their life.

Away from the questions, Hazel Gardiner leads us through her sumptuous September floristry highlights, and Bunny effuses about her favourite tree, the Cork Oak, for our Great Trees of GQT series.

Producer - Hannah Newton
Assistant Producer - Bethany Hocken

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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42 minutes

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Sun 12 Sep 202114:00
BBC Radio 4

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Plant List

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

Q –What can the panel recommend to grow now, for a Christmas treat?

(1 minute 35 seconds)

Christine –

Cress

Radish

Spring onion

Sprouting seeds

Pea shoot

Matthew –

‘Maris piper’ potato

Kale

Swiss chard

Anne –

Bay Tree

Q – The flowering stalk of our Moth orchid has completely died down right to the base. When and will a new flowering stalk come?

(4 minutes 41 seconds)

Q – How best can I look after my Daphne odora, ‘Perfume Princess’? Is there any truth in the gardening rumour that it only lasts for three years?

(7 minutes 37 seconds)

Q – What flowers can I grow to persuade my sister to use real blooms for her wedding bouquets?

(11 minutes 37 seconds)

Matthew –

Miscanthus

Calamagrostis brachytricha

Hydrangea, Lacecap

Feature – Hazel Gardiner leads us through her sumptuous September floristry highlights

(15 minutes 30 seconds)

Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'Giant

Dahlia, ‘Café au Lait’

Dahlia, ‘Café au Lait Royal’

Hydrangea paniculata, ‘Limelight’

Japanese anemone, ‘Prince Henry’

Gladiolus

Ammi majus

Q – What fruit-bearing trees would you recommend for planting by a sheugh (Northern Irish term meaning ‘ditch’)?

(19 minutes 13 seconds)

Wilson –

Willow

Alder

Apple root stock: MM111

Christine –

Astilbe

Aruncus, Goat’s beard

Caltha

Trollius, Globeflower

Primulaflorida

Primula, Candelabra

‘Mulberry

‘Royal Gala’

Q - What are the panellists’ top tips for sustaining ‘Lavender’?

(24 minutes 4 seconds)

Feature – Bunny Guinness effuses about her favourite tree, the Cork oak, Quercus suber

(29 minutes 49 seconds)

Quercus ilex

Q – When is the best time to top off an Asa so that it will branch outwards to form a canopy?

(31 minutes 21 seconds)

Matthew –

Drummondii

Norway maple

Q – What new plant temptation has turned into a must-have, in recent years, for the panel?

(36 minutes 4 seconds)

Anne –

Geranium ‘Aszure Rush’

Geranium 'Rozanne'

Matthew –

Colocasia

Broadcasts

  • Fri 10 Sep 202115:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 12 Sep 202114:00
    BBC Radio 4

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