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USEFUL LINKS
Details on the show including medals and awards
www.gardenersworld.com
www.rhs.org.uk
More from BBC Gardening
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/
BBC Weather
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/
Share images of your garden in the Gardeners' World Flickr group
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bbcgardenersworld
Message board
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LIST OF PLANTS MENTIONED IN THE PROGRAMME
Geum ‘Poco’
Typha minima
Eriophorum latifolia (Cotton grass)
Iris fulva (Tawney iris)
Callistemon viminalis (Weeping bottlebrush)
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Dorothy Brady’ (Hawaiian hibiscus)
Cyclanthera pedata (Achocha)
Dianthus ‘Glebe Cottage White’
Agapanthus ‘White Heaven’
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Kansas’
Paeonia ‘Coral Charm’
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Sarah Bernhardt’
Echium pininana (Giant Viper’s bugloss)
Verbascum phoeniceum (Purple mullein)
Papaver rhoeas (Field poppy)
Papaver orientale ‘Scarlett O’Hara’ (Oriental poppy)
Papaver orientale ‘Lady Frederick Moore’ (Oriental poppy)
Meconopsis ‘Slieve Donard’ (Asiatic poppy)
Corydalis flexuosa ‘China Blue’
Papaver commutatum ‘Ladybird’ (Caucasian scarlet poppy)
Acaena ‘Blue Haze’ (New Zealand burr)
Iris sibirica (Siberian iris)
Rumex acetosa (Garden sorrel)
Barbarea verna (Land cress)
Chenopodium giganteum (Mexican tree spinach)
Chives
Mentha suaveolens ‘Variegata’ (Pineapple mint)
Achillea ageratum (English mace)
Pisum sativum
Myrrhis odorata
Rumex scutatus (Buckler-shaped sorrel)
Calendula officinalis (Pot marigold)
Semiaquilegia ecalcarata
Persicaria microcephala ‘Red Dragon’
Alys' best in show
Bunias orientalis (Turkish rocket)
Carol's best in show
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PLANT SWAP
Our Plant Swap will be up and running as usual this year. We would love you to bring in plants with a story to tell, something that means something to you.
They may have been in your family for a long time, or have been given to you by someone memorable. Bring them along, and tell us the story behind them.
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TOBY IN THE FLORAL MARQUEE
Geum 'Poco'
Geum 'Blood Orange'
Geum 'Rusty Young'
Geum 'Stacey's Sunshine'
Typha minima
Iris fulva
Eriophorum latifolium ( Cotton grass)
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PAEONIES
By careful planning you can have peonies in flower over three months. Most varieties flower right now, but for an earlier (early May) blooming plant choose P. 'Red Charm'. One of the best flowers now is P. White Wings' and a superb single white variety for next month is P. emodii 'Late Windlflower'.
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HERB SPIRAL
The intriguing structure in Toby's garden at the show is a herb spiral. The principle behind the structure is that within the spiral, which can be made from bricks, slate or any building material, is that plants requiring dry conditions are planted at the top of the spiral, and herbs requiring wetter conditions are planted near the base. The construction and planting of such a spiral will be featured from Greenacre in Gardeners' World later this year.
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COMFREY FERTILISER
Comfrey is an invaluable plant in the garden. Not only does it provide nectar rich flowers for wildlife it also can be used to produce a high potash fertiliser for all plants. The deep roots of the plant drag up nutrients from way down in the soil and stress them in its leaves. The fertiliser can then be extracted from the leaves:
• Cut and crush an armful of fresh comfrey leaves.
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• Attach a piece of down or soil pipe to your shed using brackets.
• Drill holes in an end cap and plug the bottom end of the pipe.
• Stuff the leaves into the pipe.
• Fill an empty plastic bottle with sand and add some water to ensure the bottle is heavy.
• Tie a long piece of string to the neck of the bottle.
• Put the bottle in the top of the pipe.
What happens is that the bottle slowly presses the leaves as they rot down, extracting the natural fertiliser that then drips through the holes in the end cap into any container of your choice. The fertiliser is best diluted 1 part fertiliser to 15 parts water and used wherever your garden needs it.
The only warning is that the fertiliser and rotting leaves really do smell - but the resultant fertiliser is well worth it.
Credits
- Presenter
- Toby Buckland
- Presenter
- Carol Klein
- Presenter
- Joe Swift
- Presenter
- Alys Fowler
- Director
- Vicky Jepson
- Producer
- Vicky Jepson
- Executive Producer
- Gill Tierney
