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Southwold: Weddings, Pelargoniums and Secret Snakes

Do grass snakes have any benefit to my garden? How do I stop my autumn raspberries from getting maggots? Kathy Clugston and the panel have the answers to these questions and more.

Do grass snakes have any benefit to my garden? How do I stop my autumn raspberries from getting maggots? What I can plant between now and next June that will flower in time for my daughter鈥檚 wedding?

Kathy Clugston and a panel of experts are in the hot seat as they answer the gardening queries from an audience in Southwold. On the panel are head gardeners Ashley Edwards and Matthew Pottage, and pest and disease expert Pippa Greenwood.

Later, Matthew Pottage sneaks away to Wootens of Wenhaston Plantsman Nursery in Darsham, where he meets co-owner Jill Stafford to discuss Pelargoniums and how there's a variety for everyone.

Producer: Dominic Tyerman
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for 91热爆 Radio 4

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42 minutes

Plant List

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

Q 鈥 How do I stop my autumn raspberries from getting maggots? (01鈥15鈥)

Q 鈥 Why do some of my dahlias flower easily, but other don鈥檛 flower at all? despite growing in identical conditions (03鈥50鈥)

Q 鈥 Do grass snakes have any benefit to my garden? (06鈥24鈥)

Q 鈥 What wind resistance plants would you recommend for a shady container? (10鈥48鈥)

Ashley 鈥

Dryopteriswallichiana, alpine wood fern

Hakonechloa, japanese forest grass

Matthew 鈥

Carex听'Ice Dance' (v鈥), sedge 'Ice Dance'

Pachysandraterminalis, japanese spurge

Blechnumchilense, chile blechnum

Narcissus, daffodils

Narcissus听'Thalia' (5鈥), daffodil 'Thalia'

Sciadopitys

Pippa 鈥

dwarf conifers

Hedera, Ivy

Crocus

Narcissus, daffodil

Q 鈥 Can you suggest what I can add to my peat free compost, as it drains too easily and dries out too quickly? (21鈥22鈥)

Q 鈥 Something has been attacking my Viburnumtinus 鈥 Will it survive? If so, how can I treat it? (26鈥48鈥)

Q 鈥 Due to the change in climate, should I be pruning my roses later in the year? (31鈥17鈥)

Q 鈥 Can you possibly tell me what I can plant between now and next June that will give me a lovely garden 鈥 in time for my daughter鈥檚 wedding? (35鈥09鈥)

Ashley 鈥

Amsoniatabernaemontana听var.听salicifolia, eastern bluestar

Astrantia

Astrantiamajor听subsp.听involucrata听'Shaggy', masterwort 'Shaggy'

Melica, melick

Allium bulbs

Eremurus, foxtail

Pippa 鈥

Abutilon, indian mallow

Antirrhinummajus, snapdragon

Dahlias

Matthew 鈥

Alstroemeria听Indian Summer听('Tesronto'PBR鈥), peruvian lily [Indian summer]

Eremurusrobustus, giant desert candle

Galtoniacandicans, summer hyacinth

Astilbe

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