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Hello. Welcome to Gardeners' World.

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I'm preparing this patch of ground
where I had courgettes in the summer

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to sow some broad beans
before the weather turns.

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I like to sow a couple of rows
in autumn and then the majority

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of my broad beans in spring

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get an early crop from them.

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Traditionally, the broad bean

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that everybody sowed in autumn
was Aquadulce,

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but I've sown Red Epicure before
and I particularly liked them

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because, although they
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they have a red bean.

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They should be sown in double
rows with about ten inches

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between the rows,
and each broad bean

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no less than four inches apart.

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And each double row wants
to be wide enough apart

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and harvest them.

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Just rake them over lightly,
label them and leave them.

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And to have a good crop

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of beautiful broad beans
in May is a treat.

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Now, coming up on today's
programme...

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to help her with some
autumn maintenance.

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I've had this row of lavender
for ten years.

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It does tend to grow one-sided.

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This all comes down to not
pruning it hard enough.

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Oh!

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But all's not lost.

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And Adam meets a head
gardener to find out

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how he plans and manages
a grand and ambitious garden.

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The way I approach it
is similar to a jigsaw.

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Whether that jigsaw's ever
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It's not a jigsaw that I'd be
doing with a five-year-old.

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This is a 5,000-piece one. Exactly!

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And I shall be showing you
how to take hardwood cuttings

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so you can make glorious
roses for free.

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to look quite good in autumn,

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and nothing in the whole garden
is more glorious

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than the autumn foliage
of this witch hazel.

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And the colours are amazing.

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But I'm thinking of planning
for next spring

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do in a spring garden -

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ie with flowers that appear
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should be done now.

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So now is a really good time to
check through plants.

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For example, if you've got
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and looking unhappy,

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cut the leaves off...

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..obviously weed, and plant.

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And that's really what I want to do
in here today

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because I've got plants
that come from North America

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that will never be
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but make the most wonderful
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in woodland situations.

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The first is tiarella.

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This is tiarella cordifolia.

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Now, this is the end
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so it's not looking at its best.

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some flowers.

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The foliage is still
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and what it really likes best is
dappled, slightly moist shade.

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There are a number of different
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That's the straight cordifolia.

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Tiarella 'Pink Skyrocket',

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and this has got darker foliage

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and also a pink tinge to
the flowers as they're growing.

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And also, I've got
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and this has got variegated foliage

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and pinker flowers.

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but that kind of delicate variation

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goes very well
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Now, if your soil is either
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it is worth adding some leaf mould

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or compost underneath it.

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big enough to take the plant,
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I will mulch it.

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Autumn is the time to mulch
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and definitely the best thing
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is leaf mould.

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..is leaf mould

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from last year's leaves.

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When I've planted all the rest,

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I will give them a good soak.

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Now, it's time to pay a visit
to a garden in Sutton-on-Trent.

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This started out as a hobby -

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something that pleased its owners

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with other people.

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But over the last four years,
it's become much more than that.

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I'm Kathryn. I live here
with my husband, Ian.

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The big change in our gardening
and love of gardening

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started about four years ago.

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I thought, what I'd really like
to do is maybe open the garden -

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and then it just changed from
tinkering to just going for it.

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The plot is an acre,
with lots of different areas.

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And the planting varies
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through sprites at the top,
to more tropical,

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to maybe a sort of wilder
feel at the bottom.

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We don't describe
ourselves as gardeners,

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because I don't feel
I know enough about gardening.

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amateur - we both are.

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Ian's found his stride in the
garden. I make him help me -

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he has to do the digging -
but he's really found his own

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in the ferns, and he now
has probably over 130 types

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meticulously labelled up.

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I do chuckle as he
tells me the names.

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Kathryn does accuse me of being
a bit nerdy about the ferns -

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particularly perhaps
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but I feel that they do give
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It's the whole range
of different sizes,

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the whole range of different
foliages, whole range of colours.

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Things they can bring to a garden
are absolutely amazing.

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I suppose I am a bit obsessed
with them now.

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one of the biggest ones.

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Tree ferns - come from
Australia, Tasmania.

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I tend to buy them as bare trunks,

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which looks really odd.

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It's been sawn off at the base,
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back again, but when you plant them,

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they will come back.

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if you're getting them, get
the size that you want ultimately.

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They will grow maybe an inch - a
little bit more than that - a year,

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on them at all.

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And to get the long fronds - which
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give them as much water as possible.

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So they're the biggest
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I suppose the smallest I've got
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or maidenhair spleenwort -
probably three, four inches tall.

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It'll grow just about anywhere.

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You can grow it in moist conditions.
You can grow it in dry conditions.

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And then there's something a little
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with fingers - really delicate.

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I just find it
absolutely fascinating.

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I suppose most ferns fall
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and this is one that I really like.

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It's Athyrium
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is the way that fronds cross over.

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You get this what we call
a cruciate appearance.

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But generally speaking, hardy.

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No issues with pests,
no issues with diseases.

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Just a nice, easy fern.

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I enjoy gardening.

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in the summer in the sun,

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so one of my favourite bits
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because in there I can
spend all day.

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And although it's a woodland,
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we've really raised the canopy up,

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almost look cathedral-like in here.

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Big problem with the woodland -
it looks fantastic in the spring,

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but now we're trying to get it
into looking nice all year round,

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finding plants that may sort
of grow and thrive in there.

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We've just got the lovely lime green
of the epimedium here,

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mirrored by the lime-green hosta.

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Just add a little bit of lightness.

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But one of my favourite finds
this time is the impatiens.

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These have just
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so just one or two
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but another week or two,
these will be absolutely covered

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and they go on
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starts to drop in September.

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To make sure I keep them,
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Just stick it in a bottle of water.

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The roots will form within
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Then I just pop them in compost

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and leave them in
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and then plant out in the spring.

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concentrate on what's in here.

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When I walk round the rest of
the garden, I can see the colour,

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it's in my face, I can see the form,

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but here I've really got to
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that really matter.
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This is my place.

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If somebody asked me,
"Is it worth all that effort?"

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I would say, "Yes, what
else would I be doing?"

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I love being outdoors.
I don't like sitting.

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Not a big reader.

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just ticks all the boxes.

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I'm intrigued that Kathryn and Ian
don't call themselves gardeners,

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cos clearly they're very
good gardeners.

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And we're all gardeners -
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or we've been doing it
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you don't need a piece of paper
to prove that.

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And also, it's worth pointing out
that Kathryn's love of shade

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is based upon the fact there are
so many different kinds of shade.

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Back here at this side of the pond,

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of the morning sun.

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But these quinces offer dappled
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the hottest, brightest summer's day.

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And quinces themselves are brilliant
in lots of different ways.

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I love the trees with their fabulous
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And, of course,
the fruits are superb.

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You don't eat it raw,
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it's the most fragrant fruit
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Absolutely delicious.

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Now it's time to pay a visit to one
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and, in fact, we're going to Poland

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to visit the balcony garden
of Marta Nowaska.

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Hello, my name is Marta,
and welcome to my balcony.

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We live in Poznan, in Poland,

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and we are fortunate
to have acquired

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Gardening gives me a lot
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It is a way for me
to connect with nature,

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to express myself, and to relax.

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As you can see, I treat my balcony
like a really small garden,

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all today to treat your balconies

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in a more garden way.

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This gardening approach means a
couple of things for me.

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The first one is biodiversity.

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And by that, I mean I use a mix of
all kinds of plants in my balcony.

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perennials, annuals,

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climbers, and also bulbs.

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As you can see,

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you don't have to limit yourself
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This year, we had temperatures
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and our plants survived
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We just bring them all together
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white gardening cloth
and conifer branches.

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The second important thing
is being wildlife friendly

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even if it's a balcony.

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This year, my husband
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and even though we live
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it was a quite big success

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and we have many inhabitants in it.

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Thank you so much for watching,
and happy gardening to you all.

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Bye-bye!

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I really like the way that Marta

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She's really gone for it
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and I think that's inspirational.

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I now want to take some
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and I think you're going
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There you go.

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You go down there.

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Roses take very well
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and the whole point
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is that they are exact clones
of the parent.

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a nice long stem,

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and what I'm going to do is
cut right back down to there,

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so I've got a long, straight stem.

247
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That's the key to it.

248
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So that's my cuttings material,

249
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and now I will process them
and prepare them,

250
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this in a pot -

251
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I'm going to put these
directly into the ground.

252
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When you're preparing
hardwood cuttings -

253
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whether from a rose
or a shrub or even a tree -

254
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all you have to do is take the stem,

255
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256
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This is not going to form
any roots at all

257
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for about six months, by which time
these leaves will be long gone,

258
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so they're no use to it.

259
00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,640
Now, each cutting ideally
is about nine inches long,

260
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so I'll make two from
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261
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And the only really important thing

262
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is that you put it
in the right way up.

263
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And to know that
the bottom is the bottom,

264
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you cut it at an angle.

265
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Obviously,
when you're dividing it,

266
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267
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So the first thing I do
is square that off.

268
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OK. A couple more
and we'll be there.

269
00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,680
Now these have to go
into a slit trench.

270
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Take a spade,

271
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sink it in to its full depth

272
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273
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And now I'm going to add some grit.

274
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Sharp sand or normal sand
will do fine,

275
00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,920
but what you're
really trying to do is ensure

276
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you have really good drainage.

277
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Just place a fairly generous amount
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278
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..like that...

279
00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,720
..then place the cuttings on
the vertical side,

280
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making sure they're
the right way up -

281
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and they only need to be a few
inches apart -

282
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and push them in quite deeply.

283
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284
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just pull the soil back over
to fill the trench again.

285
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And just the tops of the cutting
will be sticking out.

286
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And there is nothing more to do.

287
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Leave them.

288
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The only thing that
you need to think about

289
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next spring and,

290
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if it's very dry, to water them.

291
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And resist the temptation
to dig them up

292
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and see if they've formed roots

293
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when you first see signs of growth.

294
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Wait till this time next year -
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295
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And if they've got a really good
root system,

296
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you can plant them
in their final position.

297
00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,080
Although what I do is I pot them up,

298
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grow them for another year, and
THEN put them out into the garden.

299
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300
00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,960
Toby went down to Swansea
to visit Sue Kent

301
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to help her prepare
her garden for winter.

302
00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:38,000
It's that time of year
when things are going over,

303
00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,920
and there's a lot to get done
in the garden.

304
00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,840
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trickiest jobs.

305
00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:48,400
And, luckily for me, Toby is
visiting to give me a helping hand.

306
00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:54,320
And while he's here, I'm also hoping
to pick his horticultural brain.

307
00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:56,680
I've had this row
of lavender for ten years,

308
00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,480
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I've pruned it quite well,

309
00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,240
it does tend to grow one-sided.
It's not a nice, rounded shape.

310
00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,760
This all comes down to not pruning
it hard enough. Oh, wasn't I... No!

311
00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,280
No, you've got to be
quite mean with lavender.

312
00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,840
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you cut them back by an eighth

313
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in the eighth month of the year.
Ooh!

314
00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,440
I just haven't been hard enough. No.

315
00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,600
And if you do that every year,
you rejuvenate it.

316
00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,080
Oh, I think we could do it, then!
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317
00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,360
No - you can't do it to these. Oh.
HE LAUGHS

318
00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:28,120
The sad thing is, once they get long
in the tooth like this, that's it.

319
00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:30,400
What we CAN do is take cuttings

320
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and create new plants
to replace the old.

321
00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,440
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but I'm easily distracted.

322
00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,840
And when I go out into the garden -
one task -

323
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I start on that
and then I find myself

324
00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,880
drifting off onto something else.
So when I'm taking cuttings,

325
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what I always do is take a bag with
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326
00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,120
And that way, when the cuttings
go into there, if that's sealed up,

327
00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:53,640
because it's 100% humidity
in the bag,

328
00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,200
they'll last all day.

329
00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,440
Lovely. So it doesn't matter

330
00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,040
if you've left them under a bush
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331
00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,120
It doesn't. It's a life saved,
if you like.

332
00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:04,640
They're dead easy to do.

333
00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,640
Just take a non-flowering stem.

334
00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,040
Yeah. Nip it below a bud.

335
00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,000
Because that seals then,
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336
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,800
from where the buds were.

337
00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,960
And then it's just strip off
the bottom half. Yeah. That's it.

338
00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,440
And that, stuck into compost,
roots within weeks.

339
00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,960
I did take a few cuttings earlier in
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340
00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,520
And it was my first time I've been
successful. Oh, they took?

341
00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,560
Do you know,
there's safety in numbers -

342
00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,000
with any of these grey-leaf plants,
you're always better off

343
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,040
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sticking lots of them in a pot,

344
00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,120
because they mop up the moisture.

345
00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:40,960
It's wetness that kills them off. If
you have just one cutting in a pot,

346
00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,120
it's never good. You want loads.
Yeah, and also I lost a load

347
00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:46,920
when I overwintered them,
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348
00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,360
I love lavender so much.

349
00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:52,960
I just... It just stops me.

350
00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,480
It's the one thing that stops me
from working too hard,

351
00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,360
and sit down and smell it
and enjoy it. Oh, lovely.

352
00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:01,640
It's my go-to cup-of-tea plant.

353
00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:04,080
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354
00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:15,080
Sue and I are pushing the cuttings
into gritty compost.

355
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,720
We're not making a hole,
because if you push them in,

356
00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:20,960
they root much better.

357
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:25,120
We squeeze as many in as we can -
without the leaves touching -

358
00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:27,680
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359
00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,240
Then we cover with
a clear sheet of plastic.

360
00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,960
This can come off in three or four
weeks' time when the cuttings

361
00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,680
have started to grow -
a sure sign they've rooted.

362
00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,320
And finally, we'll move them
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363
00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,320
like a cold frame or greenhouse
for the winter.

364
00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:43,960
Right, what else you got for me?

365
00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:48,920
I've got a really tough job for you
next, Toby. Oh. Really tough.

366
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,880
Where is it? It's at the end
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367
00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:56,920
Ah, here we go.

368
00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,320
This is my huge phormium,
which I love,

369
00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,560
but the only problem is -
as you can see -

370
00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:09,160
it's coming over the steps,
causing a bit of a health hazard -

371
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,680
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372
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,440
and my husband's idea
of sorting the situation

373
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,280
is just to hack off where
he doesn't want it.

374
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,640
You've got to watch
the husband, Sue!

375
00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,840
What's your suggestion
to remedy his work?

376
00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,880
Do you know,
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377
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,080
cos I've planted phormiums
in haste...

378
00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,160
..right near paths,
and there's a rule of thumb

379
00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,560
with any shrubs - including big sort
of grassy subjects like this -

380
00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,920
is that you always have two metres
of space between them.

381
00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,600
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between them, but not two metres

382
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,520
between the roots
of this and the path,

383
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,840
and so you're always going to have
this tumbling-over effect.

384
00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,920
It's just something you can't
really get rid of.

385
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,600
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this has just had a bad haircut.

386
00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,400
The game plan is to whip away
all the stuff around the edge,

387
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,520
but right back
to the base of the plant.

388
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,520
And then, if I can, I'm going to get
into the middle and that should stop

389
00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,760
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as the middle grows.

390
00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,920
The fibres of this
get right in the blade.

391
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,680
Oh, Sue, look at this.
This is good news.

392
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,800
You see in there,
where the plant's mounded up?

393
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,880
And it's grown into itself and big
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394
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,120
Oh, gosh, yeah, I can see the roots.

395
00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:20,880
Yes. Yeah. It's rooted.

396
00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,040
If I can cut that away through
there, we'll get a whole

397
00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,840
new section of plant that can be put
into the ground somewhere else,

398
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,920
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399
00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:34,440
OK, OK. And then this won't be such
a problem in future.

400
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,640
I'll have a baby phormium!
Yeah, you will.

401
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:37,800
There's two things to look for

402
00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,760
when phormiums get a bit long
in the tooth.

403
00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,120
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like that one -

404
00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:45,520
so it starts to flower,
you lose a lot of the colour.

405
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,760
And the second is when you see these
roots growing up in the crown.

406
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,720
Yeah. It means it really is on
borrowed time in many senses -

407
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,640
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for looking good

408
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,840
because it's just going
to start to splay.

409
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,280
So, yeah, we're catching it
at the right time, I think.

410
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:00,880
Oh, that is great.

411
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,160
Oh, look at that.

412
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,840
Wow! That is superb!

413
00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,320
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414
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,000
Look. Look at all these roots.

415
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,440
Yeah, that's good. Yeah, I'm
going to chop some of this off.

416
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,120
Obviously, there's a lot less root
than there is a top on here.

417
00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:17,760
There you are, Sue.
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418
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,120
It's pretty cool, actually.
Very architectural.

419
00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:22,840
It works, doesn't it? Yeah! Yeah!

420
00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,000
Sue's phormium has had a good trim.

421
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,760
And, if she wants to, she can
replace it with a new plant

422
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,440
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enough for planting out.

423
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,680
Wow, so this is impressive.

424
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:46,080
Yes, this is my new build -
my raised beds and cold frame.

425
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,840
This craftsmanship's incredible.

426
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,840
This is... My son's a carpenter,
and occasionally I manage

427
00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,000
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428
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,040
And what's quite...
It's all made of recycled stuff

429
00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,920
left over from my potting shed.
And so it's lightweight.

430
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,320
It's made from corrugated plastic
and... All the mod cons!

431
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,520
Look at that!
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432
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,480
we realised I couldn't
reach over it,

433
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,440
so he's made me this
sliding entry system.

434
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,000
That is something all cold
frames should have, actually.

435
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,800
The thing about cold frames is,
the main thing is to stop

436
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,240
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when the lid's down,

437
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,320
because if you forget to open
it up, what happens is,

438
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,120
on a winter's day when you're
protecting plants from frost,

439
00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:27,440
the temperatures really rise
and the plants start to grow.

440
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,560
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the next time it's cold. Right.

441
00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,960
So that front coming off there
means you can have this down,

442
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,800
got air circulation,

443
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,520
so, rather than overheating when
you get warm days in winter,

444
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,840
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and even, which is just perfect

445
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,960
for plant growth and getting things
to survive the colder months.

446
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,960
Well, I've never had
a cold frame before,

447
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,440
so I didn't know that I've
designed a perfect thing!

448
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:51,960
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449
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,800
We're lining the cold frame with
plastic - to stop the plants

450
00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:01,000
rooting in the soil below - and
covering it with locally sourced

451
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,240
white cockle shells to reflect
as much light as possible

452
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:05,880
during the winter.

453
00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,080
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454
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,440
I think that's what they are -
over there.

455
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,760
Can they go in the cold frame?
Yes, they can.

456
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,520
And they ARE foxglove seedlings.

457
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,400
And, do you know, I reckon, growing
in there with the lid put down

458
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,720
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they're potted up before Christmas,

459
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,560
these will flower next year.
Do you think so?

460
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,480
Cos I thought I'd left it...
They were so tiny!

461
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,720
They are small, but it's amazing
how they catch up

462
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,600
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You can just really steal a march.

463
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,800
And do you know what
colour they are?

464
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,840
Well, I'm hoping they're white,
but I got my labels mixed up,

465
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,360
so I don't know how to tell.

466
00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:41,960
Well, purple foxgloves
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467
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,480
that are often pointed
and they're smooth.

468
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,200
Whereas ones like this that are pale

469
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,040
and have this little
furry top to them -

470
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,960
you know they're going to be a
white form or perhaps an apricot,

471
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:52,880
but certainly lighter
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472
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,520
So that's a really useful tip.
Furry ones are light.

473
00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,000
That's... That is really gorgeous,
isn't it? I'm very proud!

474
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,040
Well, thanks for helping with that,
Toby. Thanks for inspiring me.

475
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,280
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476
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,880
And you can put it on top
of any raised bed you've got -

477
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:12,080
you can turn it into a cold frame.
Yeah, genius. Genius.

478
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,440
I've long been a fan
of cold frames -

479
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,000
although I have to say I have
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480
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,680
but the beauty of cold frames

481
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,600
is that, as long as light
can get in and the cold

482
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,400
by and large stays out,

483
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,560
it's incredible what you can
grow in them

484
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,560
and what you can protect
over winter.

485
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,760
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a cold frame -

486
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,680
it transforms what you can grow
in the garden.

487
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,840
Now, still to come
on today's programme...

488
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,440
Adam admires the design
of a garden that embraces

489
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,040
the surrounding countryside.

490
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,400
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the control of the clipped yew

491
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,080
against the softer background of the
landscape. They look incredible.

492
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,800
Yeah.

493
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,920
And I'll be potting up
some amaryllis bulbs

494
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,640
to decorate the house
in the new year.

495
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:14,360
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to visit another of your gardens.

496
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,880
I'm Rosie, and I want to show
you my autumn garden

497
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,720
cos it's busting with colour.

498
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,200
I've been gardening for about
42 years here, probably,

499
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,880
so the garden's matured a lot
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500
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,680
And so there's much less gardening
needs doing these days,

501
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,320
which is absolutely fantastic.

502
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,480
As a painter, I really like
to make scenes in the garden.

503
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,320
For a raised bed, I sometimes
use an old wheelbarrow -

504
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,880
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finished with, cos they're strong.

505
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,800
And so here you can see
it's planted up with

506
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,080
heucheras and osteospermum.

507
00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:01,000
And then this old fuchsia's decided
to have a second life here,

508
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,240
looking absolutely stunning.

509
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,400
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silver-leafed pear tree.

510
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,160
I planted it about 30 years ago.

511
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,920
It's like having a beautiful,
huge bonsai tree in the garden.

512
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:18,080
The Michaelmas daisies
and the rudbeckias

513
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,480
have grown and grown and spread out.

514
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:24,080
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and plonk them in different bits

515
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,600
of the garden to make
the garden join together as one,

516
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,120
instead of just having
a splash in one place.

517
00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:34,680
Lots of heucheras, of course.
Fantastic colour.

518
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,760
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the sun shining through them,

519
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,040
you're going to
have beautiful colour

520
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,000
in the garden all the year through.

521
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,640
So, from me, the sumac tree

522
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,560
and the apple tree - bye!

523
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,840
I really like the way
that Rosie spoke about

524
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,960
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the garden as a painter.

525
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:21,080
Now I've been slowly assembling
these new borders on the mound

526
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,440
and now it's time to add bulbs.
And there's a daffodil that

527
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,600
I've grown many times before,
called Pipit.

528
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,280
It's small, so I'm going
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529
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,480
Now, the rule of all bulb planting

530
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,480
is you can never go wrong

531
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,960
if you plant twice the depth
of the bulb.

532
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:41,320
Now, for planting these...

533
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,640
..just make
a hole and just push them down in.

534
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:48,680
That's fine.

535
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,200
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536
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,920
a much bigger daffodil, is this.

537
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:05,560
This is Yellow Cheerfulness, but,
again, that good soft yellow.

538
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,040
Now, that's daffodils.

539
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:23,080
We want to add some blue in too,
and I've got here a bulb

540
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:24,960
called Scilla mischtschenkoana.

541
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,800
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542
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,840
I think these are best planted

543
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,920
as a group rather than individually.

544
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:37,520
Make sure the soil is nice
and loose...

545
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,120
..and take a handful like that..

546
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,320
..and scrape some soil away

547
00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,600
and then just pop a group

548
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,000
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549
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,080
My final blue is muscari.

550
00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:01,120
Muscari is one of the best
blue flowers

551
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:02,280
that you can get,

552
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:06,280
and this is Muscari Valerie Finnis -

553
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,520
a really good, clear, strong blue.

554
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,880
The truth is there are many
different types of muscari

555
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,760
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556
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,400
of blue and size and even form.

557
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:24,360
And in spring, we went to Norwich to
visit the garden of Richard Hobbs,

558
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:28,600
who has a wonderful collection
of every kind of muscari.

559
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,600
The wonderful thing about
spring bulbs is that they take

560
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,120
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561
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,160
They just pop up from nowhere.

562
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,560
These little jewels scattered
about the garden.

563
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:57,400
I'm Richard Hobbs, and with my
partner, Sally Ward, we've created

564
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,040
this garden just outside Norwich

565
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,880
in Norfolk, and we hold the national

566
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,960
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that's muscari

567
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:07,400
and their relatives.

568
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:16,760
There are almost 70 species of grape
hyacinths, and they come

569
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,240
in a surprising range of colours.

570
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,880
There are some lovely dark blue

571
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,440
black ones that are sort of ice

572
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:29,280
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and the odd yellow and brown

573
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:30,320
one as well.

574
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,840
So when we first got the collection,

575
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,160
there were about 30 plants in it.

576
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:43,600
It's grown up to 185 by now,

577
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,920
so we're always looking for

578
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:47,440
new places to put them.

579
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,800
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60 pots in the greenhouse.

580
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,920
We've got about 90 pots
in a raised bed in the allotment.

581
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,160
So we've got them
all over the place, really.

582
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:04,360
We grow most of our grape
hyacinths in the front garden,

583
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,800
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it quite a lot,

584
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,120
so the soil has been improved

585
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,960
by the incorporation of literally

586
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,680
tonnes, not just a few bags,

587
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,640
but tonnes of organic matter,

588
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,440
and there's quite a lot
of gravel as well,

589
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,320
so we now have raised beds

590
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,080
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591
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:26,440
that most grape hyacinths
really like is to be well drained.

592
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,720
So, this is one of my favourites -

593
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,160
a lovely form of Muscari neglected.

594
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,960
And it just shows you why
grape hyacinths are called grape

595
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:37,920
hyacinths, because they just
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596
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,360
of really ripe grapes.

597
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,840
And they're a lovely, lovely dark
colour, and, talking of colours,

598
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,600
here's one that's yellow.

599
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,480
It's a violet grey.

600
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,320
It's got brown tips to it

601
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,280
and it smells of bananas.

602
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,280
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islands, where it grows

603
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:54,400
in cracks in rocks.

604
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,760
It's early flowering, unusual,

605
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,720
and the bulbs can get to the size
of tennis balls,

606
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:01,480
so a really interesting thing.

607
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,520
And then look at this -

608
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,960
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for obvious reasons.

609
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,640
So you've got your normal blue
flowers, the fertile flowers,

610
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:15,280
and then these little sterile tufts
of flowers on the top are pure, pure

611
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,680
white, and those sterile
flowers are there

612
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,960
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613
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:23,560
But it's a really striking plant
with that lovely contrast.

614
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,640
Grape hyacinths grow well
with things like pulsatillas,

615
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:38,480
the pasque flowers, species
tulips - and species tulips

616
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,160
are just delicate, lovely things.

617
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,880
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up every year, ripen them off.

618
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,120
They're easy.

619
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:48,600
Very different from those stiff
things that look like hard boiled

620
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:49,720
eggs on sticks.

621
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:57,760
Grape hyacinths have got something
of a reputation for being thugs

622
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,720
<font color="
producing lots and lots of little

623
00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:05,120
bulbils and getting all over
the place where you don't want them.

624
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:10,200
Out of the 70 species, only two
that are like that - one is Muscari

625
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:15,480
neglectum, which has these really
dark, lovely, dark bells

626
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:16,720
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627
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:21,600
And then the second one
is armeniacum, which is a mid-blue

628
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:25,920
slightly paler round the mouth
of the bell.

629
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,320
Both lovely things, but thuggish.

630
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,160
It's a shame because many
of the others are such

631
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:33,720
lovely garden plants.

632
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,560
<font color="
the thing you're trying to do

633
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,640
is to keep a particular plant

634
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,720
true and pure, so you mustn't

635
00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:49,760
let them seed.

636
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,400
So we go round, it's
a hands-and-knees job with a pair

637
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,480
of scissors, and we take
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638
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:08,200
When it comes to planting, plant
them in the autumn, though

639
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,800
if you don't get round to it till
Christmas, that's not

640
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:12,200
going to be a problem.

641
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:16,800
The depth of planting worries
people, but just get them in.

642
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:21,080
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over the top is fine.

643
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,920
Grape hyacinths - like a lot of
other bulbs - have what's known

644
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:25,880
as contractile roots.

645
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,640
They look a bit like a concertina

646
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,480
when you look at them closely

647
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,440
and they will pull themselves

648
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,000
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649
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,760
I know it seems hard to believe,

650
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,360
but, honestly, it does happen.

651
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:40,560
Anybody who grows a lot
of bulbs will know this.

652
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,480
You plant them at the top of a pot,

653
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,400
and all of a sudden when you
repot it

654
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,520
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655
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,040
They'll get to where they want,

656
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,880
so don't worry too much about that.

657
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:59,600
Growing them in pots is a very good
way with grape hyacinths.

658
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,960
They look lovely, but also it keeps
them contained.

659
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,400
You know where you've got them.

660
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,360
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661
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:13,000
so what we use is one part grit,
one part organic matter.

662
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,600
That's a peat-free compost,
if you like, and then one part

663
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,000
of a loam-based compost,

664
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,320
so it's just one of each.

665
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,640
I think some of these tall ones

666
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,800
<font color="

667
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,520
flower industry look great
in these long pots

668
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:30,320
because they're really quite
elegant, dainty things.

669
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,160
And then there's a little one there,

670
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:33,760
which if you grew it in the open

671
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,640
garden, it would just get
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672
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,920
so wonderful subject for a pot.

673
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:40,720
It's got a rather interesting name.

674
00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:44,080
It's called Maxabel, but there's
nothing "maxa" about it.

675
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:48,360
It's a very, very tiny, gorgeous
little thing that'll be out in a day

676
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:49,400
or two's time.

677
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:57,360
<font color="
from small beginnings, just 30

678
00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:01,080
plants, we've got this collection
now so that it represents the whole

679
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:05,720
range of plants that are
available to people to grow.

680
00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:09,000
And it would just be lovely
if more people grew them,

681
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:13,320
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into cultivation.

682
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,520
I was just thinking about dahlias,
you know, 30 years ago,

683
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:17,760
a dirty word.

684
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,400
Now everybody's growing them

685
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,520
and they're, you know,
top of the pops.

686
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,320
Let's do the same with these
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687
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,000
They're gorgeous things.

688
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,880
They're not just blue, they flower

689
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,360
over a long period of time.

690
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,040
Some of them have got a lovely
scent, and they're just

691
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,720
magical spring flowers.

692
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,720
I love muscari, and I don't mind
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693
00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:53,840
quite like the way that, rather like
bluebells, they start

694
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:55,360
to carpet the ground.

695
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:58,880
And what I would say about
a national collection like Richard's

696
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:03,240
is the important thing is you go
along and see them in flower,

697
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:06,560
<font color="
under garden conditions

698
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:10,640
and, with a wide collection like
that, you are bound to find some

699
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,440
that will be perfect
for your garden.

700
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,560
Every garden should have
some muscari.

701
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:17,880
In the garden at the moment

702
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,560
<font color="
this rudbeckia.

703
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,280
It's a Rudbeckia laciniata,

704
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,800
but I confess I've long forgotten

705
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:25,880
what variety it is.

706
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:29,360
There are lots of different
laciniata Rudbeckias,

707
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,960
but all of them grow really strongly
late in summer.

708
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:36,080
<font color="
until the beginning of this month.

709
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:41,120
But throughout October and into
November, it flowers with real

710
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,920
exuberance while the rest
of the garden is fading

711
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:44,960
all around it.

712
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:50,080
Now we're going to pay our last
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713
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:54,400
and it's taking us to Welford
and the garden of Andrew Miller.

714
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:03,280
Hello. I'm Andrew.

715
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:05,320
Welcome to my garden
in Northamptonshire.

716
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,720
It's been designed by my partner,
Tim, to be fully accessible for me

717
00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:09,920
<font color="

718
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,320
Come and take a look around.

719
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,560
We moved here nearly 20 years
ago, drawn by the garden's

720
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,720
accessibility and privacy.

721
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:20,560
It's also given us some
creative challenges to make

722
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,360
changes and improvements.

723
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,840
We lost an old leylandii.

724
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,480
<font color="
clematis, which have already

725
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,280
nearly reached
the top of the old tree.

726
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,840
We needed some instant height
where that conifer

727
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:36,720
had previously dominated.

728
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:39,880
This pergola was ordered
online and was assembled

729
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:41,120
<font color="

730
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,560
just the two of us -
whilst we were still shielding.

731
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,640
It's planted up with passion
flowers and akebia,

732
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,520
and these Cobaea climbing

733
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,840
Still waiting for them to flower.

734
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:57,160
The new-found light means that we
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735
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:58,520
that I can reach.

736
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,920
We always wanted a vegetable patch.

737
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:05,600
It's placed under the old trees
overhang in front of the shed.

738
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,480
After planting seeds since
the spring,

739
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,280
we've been self-sufficient
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740
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,360
and the sculptural bolting
Lollo Rosso looks great

741
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,240
even if they taste horrid.

742
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,040
Well, all these developments
have given us creative challenges

743
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,560
to solve during this very difficult
time, which, for disabled people

744
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,440
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745
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,720
but our garden has been our
safe space.

746
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:37,160
It's constantly evolved
and this made us think

747
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:38,400
about the future.

748
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,240
We hope you've enjoyed taking
a look around.

749
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:41,280
Goodbye.

750
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,640
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751
00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,400
as Andrew pointed out, that gardens

752
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,440
have become so important

753
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,840
over the last 18 months and
two years

754
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:08,960
as a place of safety,

755
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,160
of comfort

756
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:14,120
and of entertainment and excitement

757
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:15,480
and inspiration in a way

758
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,040
<font color="

759
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:18,920
been for a very long time.

760
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,680
I'm now going to plant up a pot

761
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,200
with a combination that I love

762
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,160
and that is of tulips
and wallflowers.

763
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,600
Wallflowers you can grow from seed.

764
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:35,160
I've got some here that are really
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765
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,120
them in a very old-fashioned way

766
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,280
wrapped in damp newspaper.

767
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:40,400
They're bear root, you get

768
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,320
them in bundles. In fact, they're
very cheap. They're very good value.

769
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,440
But if you do get them like this,
you either need to plant them

770
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:51,400
<font color="
them out individually in a spare

771
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:52,440
bit of ground.

772
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,560
They will go on growing a little bit
and get a little bit stronger,

773
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:59,160
and what you're after is
a really strong, bushy plant.

774
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:03,480
Now this is a wallflower called
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775
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,520
And of course, with wallflowers,
they are wonderfully fragrant.

776
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:09,000
But if you're going to grow them
with tulips, you need to plant

777
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:10,680
the tulips first.

778
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,800
Now you can see I've got a good
drainage hole because with tulips

779
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,320
<font color="
must have good drainage.

780
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,920
It's the key to growing good tulips,

781
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,200
so we will put that over the hole

782
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,360
to stop the compost coming out.

783
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:25,280
A really gritty compost mix...

784
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:30,000
and fill your pot to about
a third full.

785
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,840
<font color="
called Friendship.

786
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:37,440
Now, I have to say this has been
known to me for years as Limelight.

787
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:41,400
It's a triumph type, which means
that it's got a traditional goblet

788
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:46,280
shape and will flower in April
and early May at the same time

789
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:47,720
<font color="

790
00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:51,960
Put them quite close together, not
touching, but much closer together

791
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,240
than you would if you were planting
in the soil.

792
00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:58,240
There we go.

793
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:01,360
Cover them over.

794
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,880
And now the wallflowers,
and we'll plant

795
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,400
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796
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:11,920
quite close together.

797
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,440
Don't be frightened of filling
the pot.

798
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,280
Put a little bit of soil
around them.

799
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,200
When you've planted them up, water

800
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:33,680
them and then put them somewhere

801
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,880
outside. The cold won't hurt them
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802
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,080
won't need to water them
before Christmas.

803
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:43,240
If it's very wet and you can't keep
them dry, put the pot

804
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:45,600
up on something - blocks, chocks,

805
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,080
bits of wood - anything just to keep

806
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:49,920
it up off the ground so the water

807
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:51,920
<font color="

808
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:55,280
And these will perform next April.

809
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,640
They'll look good. The combination
is great, and the wallflowers

810
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,120
will smell heavenly.

811
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:04,000
Now, last September, Adam went

812
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,800
to visit a very special garden.

813
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:08,560
This was Broughton Grange,

814
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,600
<font color="

815
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:13,120
Andrew Woodall, who has been part

816
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:15,680
of the long and ambitious process

817
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:17,720
of making a large garden

818
00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:19,840
over a long period.

819
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:32,280
We all know that a garden is never
really finished, and, when it comes

820
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:36,080
to big gardens, they can be complex
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821
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:39,560
So it's great if you've got a head
gardener that is busy plotting

822
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:43,520
and planning, and that is exactly
what's going on here.

823
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:54,520
Broughton Grange in Oxfordshire

824
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,120
is a massive dream of a garden.

825
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:02,040
There's four acres of award-winning
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826
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:04,800
..woodland garden...

827
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,280
..contemporary walled garden...

828
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:15,760
..and a brand-new 80-acre arboretum.

829
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:20,800
The owner wanted to build his dream

830
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:24,880
and Andrew Woodall is the head
gardener bringing it to life.

831
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,320
All set in this amazing landscape.

832
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:34,720
<font color="
to a jigsaw. Whether that jigsaw

833
00:46:34,720 --> 00:46:35,840
is ever finished,

834
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:41,040
it's another question, but I aim to
have it finished so that I'm happy

835
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:44,040
with where it is in my head,
so that's important for me.

836
00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:45,080
Easier said than done.

837
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:48,120
<font color="
with a five-year-old.

838
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:51,360
It's like a few thousand piece
jigsaw that's going to take a long

839
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:52,920
period of time, isn't it?

840
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:54,520
This is a 5,000. Exactly.

841
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:02,480
Tucked below the front lawn

842
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:06,000
is an early parterre filled
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843
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,640
That's interesting, isn't
it? From back there,

844
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:13,400
you're looking straight
over this space.

845
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:15,200
Yeah, we've got an aerial view here.

846
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,200
And then as we make our way around,
we've got this rose parterre

847
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:19,600
that we've created.

848
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:24,040
<font color="
to it, but you've got that lovely

849
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:26,280
connection with that landscape.

850
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:32,440
Together with the obelisks,
there's simple, repeated colours

851
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:36,600
of cosmos and verbena that zigzag
through the beds.

852
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:40,080
They help lead the eye
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853
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:47,520
I don't think you need to actually
plant up these obelisks.

854
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:50,800
They actually stand alone by
themselves so well. I totally agree.

855
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:53,000
They're just lovely little
sculptural elements,

856
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:56,680
and, actually, the tone -
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857
00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:58,120
it sits comfortably, doesn't it?

858
00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:00,520
Yeah. You've got to be content
with what you've created.

859
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:04,480
To help that contentment,

860
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:07,560
Andrew's been trialling
an alternative to box here.

861
00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:11,760
It's called Euonymous Jean Hugues,
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862
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:14,800
which is helpful as he needs
it elsewhere.

863
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:22,440
It's lovely. Again, it's in it
just through. And the way your eye

864
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:24,440
takes you from vista to
vista... Yeah.

865
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:27,960
One of the owner's dreams was
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866
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:31,440
garden, so it was built
from scratch.

867
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,480
An exquisite and very clever

868
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:37,440
three-layered design
by Tom Stuart-Smith.

869
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,240
It absolutely uses the view.

870
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,800
From the top layer with
prairie planting...

871
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:49,720
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872
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:56,920
I've looked at these photographs,
you know, and I always wondered

873
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:58,800
what it would feel like walking
over that.

874
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:01,120
Well, as I said, you have to see
it to believe it.

875
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:02,600
You're obviously used to it.

876
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,360
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877
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:09,920
And below the pond,
a complex parterre -

878
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,720
all framing the countryside beyond.

879
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:21,240
I love the way that actually you've
got the control of the clipped

880
00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:24,520
yew against the softer
background of the landscape.

881
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:25,960
<font color="

882
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:29,960
But getting back to
the head gardener,

883
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:31,680
how do you manage this, mate?

884
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:34,800
Because I know some of these plants
start to take over.

885
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:37,440
They all want to be the stars.
Do you let them?

886
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:40,440
<font color="
that every other gardener

887
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:43,560
has with a lot of this
prairie-style planting.

888
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:47,560
Yeah, it does throw up a few
challenges, but it's designed

889
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:49,600
to sort of flow with the landscape.

890
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:54,360
It is, but I know these are a little
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891
00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:57,320
I walk around with the assistant
head gardener, taking notes, trying

892
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,520
to keep it to the original
planting plan.

893
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:02,720
We take out those ones that are
becoming a bit too invasive

894
00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:06,840
and maybe replant it with something
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895
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:08,040
of keeping that balance.

896
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:10,520
You can see here we've got
this miscanthus,

897
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:14,280
and, even though it's very gracious,
it can become out of control

898
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:18,080
a little bit. Got a lot of geranium
sort of seeding around a bit

899
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:20,960
<font color="
in gardening, and that's

900
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:22,600
what it's all about. Exactly.

901
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:31,720
There's lots of gardening
about to come to the lower parterre.

902
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:35,880
The sinuous lines of box echo
the microscopic leaf structure

903
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,360
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904
00:50:38,720 --> 00:50:42,040
But these complex shapes
have box blight,

905
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:44,480
which is heartbreaking to see.

906
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:48,600
Heartbreaking for me as well.

907
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:52,160
We've decided to rip it all out
and replace it with

908
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:55,280
Euonymous Jean Hugues. Which is what
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909
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:58,240
And you're right, it's a challenge
because I'm looking at it,

910
00:50:58,240 --> 00:50:59,640
you're going to rip it all out,

911
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:02,400
but, actually, the shapes
are very, very complex.

912
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:04,000
How are you going to lay that
back out?

913
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:05,360
<font color="

914
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:08,320
I've taken numerous photographs.

915
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:13,400
We will mark it out in one metre
lengths here in a grid system.

916
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:16,520
We've got 4,500 plants to put in.

917
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:18,160
Is that what it's going to
be, 4,500?

918
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:21,720
It's going to be probably the most
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919
00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:26,120
over the last 14 years
is going to be planting that. Yeah.

920
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:32,760
The garden opens for the National
Garden Scheme for visitors to see

921
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:38,040
the new areas that are still
evolving, and this is one of them.

922
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:41,040
<font color="
the formal garden,

923
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:42,240
stocked with stumps

924
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:44,920
from here and nearby
Blenheim Palace.

925
00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:50,840
This garden celebrates trees
in all their forms.

926
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:55,440
This is my favourite part
of the garden, whether you want

927
00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:58,400
<font color="
or architectural chaos.

928
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:01,520
For me, this tells everything
about what trees

929
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:03,400
are and what they breathe.

930
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:09,320
The more ornate stumps are pressure
washed to reveal the intricate

931
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:11,240
roots before they're arranged.

932
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:15,040
<font color="

933
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:17,800
Once they're in place, you don't
want to have to move them again.

934
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:20,000
So I sort of have this picture
in my mind

935
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:21,920
about the way I want them to look.

936
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:24,800
And, then, once they're in place,
then we create the borders around.

937
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:28,080
<font color="
doing the work for me, in a sense.

938
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:30,960
This is about putting them in place.

939
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:34,240
As ever, Andrew is totally
playing down his role.

940
00:52:34,240 --> 00:52:36,680
But the stumps are fabulous.

941
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:41,080
If these could talk, you know,
how much they could tell you,

942
00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:42,600
<font color="

943
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:44,280
The one you're holding there,
you know,

944
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:45,840
they come from a sweet chestnut,

945
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:47,720
which was cut down
for the First World War.

946
00:52:47,720 --> 00:52:51,520
So, you look at the history
that's there and they're still,

947
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:54,920
in a sense,
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948
00:52:57,080 --> 00:53:00,200
There's masses of new
life in the Arboretum.

949
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:05,000
It's been planted in two sections
with 1,500 trees apiece,

950
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:07,360
as well as creating new views.

951
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:10,840
It's providing information
about which trees

952
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:13,520
will flourish in our
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953
00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:21,080
I mean, already we're finding trees
are doing better than others,

954
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:25,560
so it's quite interesting to see
how this whole biodiversity

955
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:27,240
out there is balancing out.

956
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:32,240
It's rare, but really heartening
to see planting on this scale

957
00:53:32,240 --> 00:53:33,920
<font color="

958
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,920
This is truly a landscape for now

959
00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:40,360
and the future.

960
00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:44,960
We've gardened for long enough to
know that we're not going to see

961
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,120
that come to its full glory.

962
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:51,640
What does it feel like to be
planting for another generation?

963
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:54,200
<font color="
of it in the first place.

964
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:57,720
The garden and the Arboretum
will outlive me and all my family

965
00:53:57,720 --> 00:53:59,040
and everybody else I know.

966
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:01,760
But being part of that is gardening.

967
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:06,080
Just to know that I've been part of
that just warms my heart completely.

968
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:18,560
<font color="
was seen as something

969
00:54:18,560 --> 00:54:21,960
you could finish and it was
make over and it was transformation

970
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:23,880
and there was the glorious moment.

971
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:25,880
But actually, it's never like that.

972
00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:29,880
The whole beauty of gardening
is that it's a long process

973
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:33,200
<font color="
in with, and it's enriching.

974
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:37,040
That's what makes it
so powerful and strong.

975
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:41,080
I'm preparing Amaryllis
sort of for Christmas,

976
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:43,160
although it is actually
running quite late.

977
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:48,120
Most Amaryllis bulbs will flower
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978
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:51,840
after planting, and
they're lovely any time of year.

979
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:53,240
I've got a number here.

980
00:54:53,240 --> 00:54:56,040
This is a variety called "Ambience".

981
00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:58,400
This has got a white,
sort of creamy base

982
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:01,240
with really strong red markings.

983
00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:06,000
Look at that.

984
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,080
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985
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:10,040
Massive bulb.

986
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:13,600
But of course, it's going
to have a huge, long stem,

987
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:17,640
sometimes as many as four stems on
some varieties,

988
00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:21,680
and they will each have
huge trumpet flowers.

989
00:55:21,680 --> 00:55:25,080
Now when you're planting,
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990
00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:27,640
like this needs a big pot,
but the opposite is true.

991
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:30,600
They do much better if their roots
are really constricted,

992
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,640
and that sort of size pot is ideal.

993
00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:37,600
So fill it almost the top
and you just sit it on the surface.

994
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:43,320
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like all bulb compost, well drained,

995
00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:47,400
gritty, and that's just simply
to hold it in place.

996
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:52,000
You certainly should never bury
Amaryllis more than half the depth

997
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:53,280
of the bulb,

998
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:56,400
and sitting on the surface
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999
00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:58,440
Put this somewhere warm and light,

1000
00:55:58,440 --> 00:56:00,720
water it once a week,

1001
00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:04,040
and it will steadily grow
without any trouble at all.

1002
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:06,400
OK, I am going to pot
the rest of these up,

1003
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:07,840
and while I'm doing that,

1004
00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:10,080
here are some jobs for you
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1005
00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:25,920
It's a good idea to bring
all your house plants

1006
00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:29,560
outside at this time of year on a
fine day and give them a once-over.

1007
00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:33,200
Cut off any dead material, check
them for any pests of disease,

1008
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:35,480
clean them and then give them
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1009
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:37,040
making sure they drain well.

1010
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:38,800
And when you take them back indoors,

1011
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:41,880
your house is going to be warmer
and drier throughout winter.

1012
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:46,200
So if you possibly can,
give them a good misting.

1013
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:57,360
Evergreen Agapanthus are not
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1014
00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:01,000
indoors so they are protected
from the cold over winter.

1015
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:04,400
I bring mine into the greenhouse,
but a cold frame

1016
00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:07,560
or a frost-free shed
will do the job as well.

1017
00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:13,880
Herbaceous Agapanthus
are much hardier,

1018
00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:16,400
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good drainage,

1019
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:18,560
they should be OK left outside.

1020
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:27,320
Chicory grows in two phases.

1021
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:31,120
The first is to establish a lot
of green foliage,

1022
00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:34,080
which feeds into a
strong root system.

1023
00:57:34,080 --> 00:57:37,800
And, then, after that, they start
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1024
00:57:37,800 --> 00:57:40,200
red delicious leaves.

1025
00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:43,840
So now you should remove most
of that green foliage

1026
00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:49,280
so that light and air can freely get
around each individual plant.

1027
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:03,280
Well, that's it for today, and
that's it for our weekly programmes

1028
00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:09,200
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have three brand-new programmes

1029
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:11,480
that will be going out
towards the end of this year

1030
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:13,240
celebrating the seasons.

1031
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:19,360
And as we come to the end of another
quite difficult and strange year,

1032
00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:24,440
I don't think gardens have ever
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1033
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:28,840
or given so much pleasure and
comfort to so many people

1034
00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:30,560
than they do now.

1035
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:35,600
And we'll all be back next spring,
as usual.

1036
00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:38,360
So from Nellie, Patti and myself...

1037
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:40,680
..bye-bye.