Walsall: Rainwater v Tap Water, Caffeinated Ants and Daffodil Diaries
How do we get rid of red ants? Rainwater or tap water? How can I stay motivated in the garden when it's wet and windy? Kathy and the GQT panel have all the answers.
How do we get rid of red ants? Rainwater or tap water? How can I stay motivated in the garden when it's wet and windy?
Kathy Clugston and her team of gardening gurus visit Walsall to solve some horticultural problems. Joining Kathy to answer the questions are garden designers Bunny Guinness, Marcus Chilton Jones and Matthew Wilson.
Later in the programme, Peter Gibbs visits RHS Wisley where 鈥妏rincipal scientist K谩lm谩n K枚nyves educates him on their Daffodil Diaries initiative. A strategy which logs where, what and when rare and endangered narcissi bloom.
Producer: Bethany Hocken
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Carly Maile
A Somethin' Else production for 91热爆 Radio 4
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Plant List
Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
Q 鈥� I鈥檝e got an Aspidistra that鈥檚 outgrown my house, how do I divide it? (01鈥�26鈥�)
Q 鈥� How do we get rid of red ants? (04鈥�50鈥�)
Q 鈥撯�奌ow can I encourage my sulking Lillies to bloom again? (09鈥�49鈥�)
Q 鈥� I鈥檇 like to cut back my Rhododendrons as they're too big. Is it feasible without ruining them? (12鈥�49鈥�)
Feature 鈥� Peter Gibbs visits RHS Wisley where principal scientist K谩lm谩n K枚nyves educates him on their Daffodil Diaries initiative. A strategy which logs where, what and when rare and endangered narcissi bloom. (17鈥�46)
Q 鈥� Which is better to use in the garden鈥� rainwater or tap water? or does it make no difference at all? (21鈥�56鈥�)
Q 鈥� Can I grow Agapanthus from seeds? (27鈥�24鈥�)
Matthew Wilson 鈥�
Euphorbia, Spurge
Euphorbia mellifera, canary spurge
Euphorbia听myrsinites, broad leaved glaucous spurge
Q 鈥� Should my sister but a pond in the boggy part of her garden? (31鈥�16鈥�)
Matthew Wilson 鈥�
Juncus effusus, common rush
Butomus umbellatus, flowering rush
Iris听pseudacorus, yellow iris
Lythrum
Marcus Chilton Jones 鈥�
Darmera听peltate, umbrella plant
Rhubarb
gunnera, giant rhubarb
Astilbe, astilbe
Cornus, dogwood
Q 鈥� How do you motivate yourself to get out in the garden when it's cold and wet? (36鈥�45鈥�)
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Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts
