Worsley
Kathy Clugston and her horticultural experts are here to answer your gardening queries.
Is it worse to over water or under water hanging baskets? Does rhubarb have a life expectancy? Are south facing gardens worthy of the hype?
Ìý
Kathy Clugston and the GQT team are in Worsley, at the stunning gardens of RHS Bridgewater to answer more horticultural queries. Joining her this week are garden designer Bunny Guinness, proud plantsman Neil Porteous and Marcus Chilton-Jones, curator of RHS Bridgewater.
Ìý
Peter Gibbs visits Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where Head of Garden Design, Richard Wilford gives him a sneak preview of the brand new design of their famous herbaceous border.
Producer: Dan Cocker
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
Executive Producer: Hannah Newton
A Somethin' Else production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4
Last on
More episodes
Previous
Next
Plant List
Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
Ìý
Q – Which of the two is worse – over watering or under watering hanging baskets?
(1 minutes 28 seconds)Ìý
Ìý
Q – What’s causing the leaves of my roses to curl up and how can I save them?
(4 minutes 49 seconds)Ìý
Ìý
Q – Is having a south facing gardens as good as everyone says or are gardens in other directions a better choice?
(7 minutes 22 seconds)
Ìý
Q – Why has my rhubarb stopped bearing fruit, and do they have a life expectancy?
(10 minutes 40 seconds)
Ìý
Bunny –
Ìý
Victoria Rhubarb
Ìý
Feature – Peter Gibbs visits Kew Gardens to hear about their new Herbaceous Border.
(15 minutes 30 seconds)
Ìý
Richard Wilford –
Ìý
Phlomis Russeliana
Ìý
Ìý
Q – What’s the best hedging that will thrive in damp soil?
(21 minutes 59 seconds)
Ìý
Neil –
Ìý
Phormium Tenax
Ìý
Marcus –
Ìý
Dogwood
Ìý
Cornus alba
Ìý
Sibirica
Salix
Ìý
Aspen
Ìý
Ìý
Bunny –
Ìý
Hawthorn tree
Ìý
Blackthorn
Ìý
Hornbeam tree
Ìý
Q – How do you deal with black flies on broad beans in a natural way?
(26 minutes 54 seconds)
Ìý
Q – Have the panel experimented with chopping and dropping foliage to create mulch?
(28 minutes 49 seconds)
Ìý
Q – What can I replace my Chaenomeles with that will thrive on a south facing brick wall?
(33 minutes 45 seconds)
Ìý
Neil –
Ìý
Clianthus Puniceus
Ìý
Silver wattle
Ìý
Bunny –
Ìý
Rose
Ìý
Daphne Jacqueline Postill
Ìý
Cydonia Oblonga
Ìý
Marcus –
Ìý
Cercis Siliquastrum
Ìý
Chaenomeles Cathayensis
Ìý
Ìý
Q – Where does the panel prefer to sit in their Garden and why?
(38 minutes 04 Seconds)
Ìý
Broadcasts
- Fri 4 Aug 2023 15:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 4
- Sun 6 Aug 2023 14:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 4
Six of GQT’s naughtiest gardening innuendos
When Gardeners' Question Time got mucky.
Podcast
-
Gardeners' Question Time
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts