Chelsea Flower Show 2024: Postbag Edition

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 Zéphirine 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 –

Alchemillamollis, lady’s mantle

Matthew Wilson -

Geranium × magnificum, purple cranesbill

Geraniumwlassovianum, 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 –

Alnus glutinosa 'Laciniata', alder 'Laciniata'

Echiumvulgare, viper's bugloss,

Irissibirica, siberian flag

Primulavialii (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

Euphorbiamyrsinites, broad-leaved glaucous spurge

Matthew Pottage –

Succulents

Anne Swithinbank –

Zaluzianskyacapensis 'Midnight Candy'