Two Dales

Which seeds would you take to a desert island? How can I improve my success planting bulbs? Which easy-to-grow plants have you managed to kill?

Peter Gibbs and a panel of gardening experts are in Two Dales to share their top horticultural advice. Joining Peter are garden designer Bunny Guinness, RHS curator Marcus Chilton-Jones, and alpine specialist Bethan Collerton.

Later in the programme, Marcus stops to chat to Steve Porter, Head of Gardens and Landscape at Chatsworth House about the history of camellias and how best to grow them.

Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Producer: Matt Smith

A Somethin' Else Production for BBC Radio 4

Plant List:

Q — 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Which easy-to-grow plant have you managed to kill?

Marcus Chilton-Jones
Swiss cheese plant
Mother in law’s tongue

Bethan Collerton—
Gorse

Bunny Guinness—
Bacchia
Pelagonium

Q — 4 minutes, 41 seconds
 I've got a prickly pear cactus and the outer surface layer appears to be getting eaten in patches. Why?

QM
I want to re-plant a board backed by a 6ft wooden fence. What would the panel recommend?

Bethan Collerton—
Evergreen ferns
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’
Brunnera macrophylla ’Silver heart’

Bunny Guinness—
Lavender
Yew
Allium ‘Globe master’
Hydrangea seemannii

Marcus Chilton-Jones —
Physocarpus
Camellia
Lobelia
cotinus
Hydrangea seemannii

Q 15 minutes, 30 seconds
Cornus kousa ‘green sleeves’
Cornus kousa ‘milky way’

Bunny Guinness —
Cornus mas ‘Cornelian cherry’

Q -- 25 minutes, 37 seconds
 Could the team advise how to improve my success rate of my bull planting?

Q -- 30 minutes, 30 seconds
How should I prune a Victoria plum tree?

QF 37 mins 25
Which two packets of seeds would you take to a desert island?

Bethan Collerton—
Courgette
Rice

Bunny Guinness—
Edamame
Fig

Marcus Chilton-Jones —
Tomatoes
Sunflower