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Last broadcast on Sat, 11 Jul 2009, 18:30 on BBC Two (Scotland only) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Toby Buckland, Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Alys Fowler give a few professional pointers to help you groom your garden to perfection.
Toby visits the RHS garden at Rosemoor and gets expert tips on how they keep their displays visitor-perfect, hunts for perfumed plants and takes a close look at the planting in their informal cottage garden. Back at Greenacre, Toby makes first impressions count as he adds a perfumed climbing rose and combines cottage plants for scent and colour in his front garden.
Carol is at Glebe Cottage with her students pricking out seedlings and potting on plants as well as giving her in-depth guide to the best cottage garden plant flowering now in her garden.
Joe is back on his allotment with an update on the year's progress and, in Design Made Easy, gives his design tips on making a pergola for climbers as well as showing where to plant structural plants for the best effect.
And Alys joins Toby at Greenacre and makes 'herbal tea pots' - herbs you can grow which make perfect chilled teas to refresh you while you garden.
Featured plants
Agapanthus africanus ‘Charlotte’
Allium tuberosum (Garlic chives)
Aloysia citrodora (Lemon verbena)
Angelica archangelica (Angelica)
Astrantia 'Hadspen Blood'
Astrantia major 'Ruby Star'
Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’
Clematis armandii
Clematis × triternata 'Rubromarginata'
Clematis montana (Himalayan clematis)
Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire’ (Dogwood)
Dahlia 'Twyning's After Eight'
Elaeagnus 'Quicksilver'(Oleaster)
Erigeron karvinskianus (Mexican fleabane)
Eryngium × zabelii
Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb'
Gazania ‘Rumi Red’
Geranium × antipodeum 'Pink Spice'
Geranium nodosum
Geranium pratense (Meadow cranesbill)
Geranium psilostemon (Armenian cranesbill)
Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Hebe topiaria (Topiarist’s hebe)
Knautia macedonica (Macedonian scabious)
Lychnis coronaria 'Alba' (White-flowered rose campion)
Melissa officinalis (Lemon balm)
Mentha × piperita (Black stemmed peppermint)
Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus'
Nemophila ‘Penny Black’
Nicotiana ‘Avalon Appleblossom’
Nicotiana F1 ‘Lime’
Penstemon ‘Blue Springs’
Phyllostachys nigra (Black bamboo)
Rosa 'Félicité Parmentier'
Rosa 'Ferdinand Pichard'
Rosa gallica 'Versicolor' (Rosa mundi)
Rosa 'Madame de la Roche-Lambert'
Rosa ‘Strawberry Hill’
Satureja montana (Winter savory)
Sedum telephium (Stonecrop) Stevia rebaudiana
Thymus citriodorus (Lemon thyme)
Tradescantia ‘Purple Sabre’
Structural Plants
Anemanthele lessoniana (Pheasant’s tail grass)
Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire', (Dogwood)
Elaeagnus 'Quicksilver' (Oleaster)
Hebe topiaria (Topiarists hebe)
Phyllostachys nigra (Black bamboo)
Places visited
RHS Garden Rosemoor
Great Torrington
EX38 8PH
Phone: 01805 624067
Email: rosemooradmin@rhs.org.uk
free entry for RHS members
Opening Times
Monday to Sunday 10am-6pm
Last admission 5pm
Judith Hann, Gloucestershire. Private garden; garden tours in May and June.
(http://www.hannsherbs.co.uk)
David Rosewarne
Blenheim House
Ryde, Isle of Wight
open via the ‘Yellow Book’ scheme ( http://www.ngs.org.uk/ ) and by appointment
Credits
- Presenter
- Toby Buckland
- Presenter
- Carol Klein
- Presenter
- Joe Swift
- Presenter
- Alys Fowler
- Producer
- Louise Hampden
- Producer
- Rosemary Edwards
Broadcasts
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Fri 10 Jul 200920:00
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Fri 10 Jul 200920:00
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Sat 11 Jul 200918:30
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