Episode 27
Gardening magazine. Monty catches up with seasonal jobs at Longmeadow this week when he divides some perennials and plants alpines for spring colour.
Monty catches up with seasonal jobs at Longmeadow this week when he divides some perennials and plants alpines for spring colour. He also travels to Dublin to meet Helen Dillon to find out why she is planning to leave her world-famous garden after decades of honing it to perfection.
In Scotland, Joe Swift begins his quest to find out why we should rekindle our love for rock gardens, while Frances Tophill perches precariously on a cliff in Cornwall as she joins a couple who have created a garden in extreme conditions.
Adam Frost continues his progress on designing his garden in Lincolnshire and Flo Headlam transforms a shady and neglected front garden in London. And garden designer Mark Lane shares his passion for colour in his garden in Kent.
Last on
Nepeta
Alpine plants and bulbs in Monty's trough
An easy to grow evergreen perennial. 聽Gren-grey hairy leaf rosettes with umbels of large pale pink flowers in April.
Androsace sarmentosa
Small loose rosettes of hairy leaves, spreading by runners. 聽Pink flowers with a yellow eye.
Armeria maritima 鈥楧usseldorfer Stolz鈥
Low tufted mound of grassy green leaves with deep pink pompon flowers for many weeks from late spring, usually repeat flowering in the autumn.
Erodium 鈥楩lore pleno鈥
Clump forming plant with scallop shape leaves and double pink flowers from late spring until autumn.
Erodium x kolbianum 鈥楴补迟补蝉丑补鈥
Compact silver-grey leaves and numerous white flowers veined pink with two distinctive dark maroon 鈥榚yes鈥. 聽Flowers April to June and beyond if conditions are right.
Saxifraga 鈥榃丑颈迟别丑颈濒濒鈥
A slow growing, cushion forming evergreen with small rosettes of leaves and arching stems with tiny white flowers in late spring.
Sedum cauticola 鈥楲颈诲补办别苍蝉别鈥
Trailing perennial with purple-tinged stems and opposite rounded to spoon-shaped grey-green leaves up to 2.5 cm (1鈥) long. 聽Star shaped purplish-pink flowers early autumn, flowers age to carmine red.
Tulipa iliensis
Flower petals lemon-yellow stained crimson on the exterior with a hint of sage green at the base. 聽Flowers March.
Narcissus assoanus
A true miniature jonquil with solitary, fragrant, rich yellow flowers and glaucous long narrow leaves. 聽Flowers March.
Flo Headlam's plant list
Prunus lusitanica
Plants in the front garden area
Pittosporum tenuifolium 鈥楾om Thumb鈥
Pittosporum tenuifolium 鈥楾andra Gold鈥
Polystichum polyblepharum
Alchemilla mollis
Liriope muscari 鈥楳oneymaker鈥
Heuchera 鈥楳idnight Rose鈥
Sarcocca confusa
Window box plants
6 x Hedera helix (variegated/trailing form)
6 x Calluna vulgaris 鈥楲oki鈥
4 x Cyclamen (Purple)
Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Presenter | Monty Don |
Presenter | Adam Frost |
Presenter | Florence Headlam |
Presenter | Joe Swift |
Presenter | Frances Tophill |
Executive Producer | Paolo Proto |
Series Producer | Chloe Rawlings |