The RHS Gardening Podcast
- Discovering Darwin's potato, pressing matters at the Herbarium, Cardiff flower show, beating blight (Ep 149)This week we lift the lid on the RHS Herbarium, a unique collection of dried plant material from around the world that's used by scientists, researchers and artists. We learn how and why samples are prepared for inclusion – and share the recent discovery of a very special part of the collection: a potato that […]
- Growing new plants and new gardeners, gardens to visit for free, solving courgette queries and replacing overgrown shrubs (Ep 148)We visit RHS Garden Wisley to discover the new plant propagation facilities and what they mean for the gardeners there. And it's not just plants that the RHS is cultivating: as we look to the next generation of horticulturists there's still time to enter the Young School Gardener of the Year competition. Plus an exploration […]
Gardeners' Question Time
- Dorothy Clive GardenEric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Dorothy Clive Garden. Bunny Guinness, Chris Beardshaw and Bob Flowerdew answer the audience questions. This week the panellists recommend their favourite potato varieties, suggest ways to improve the life of an ailing Aucuba, and nominate the best plants to attract seed-feeders. Away from the questions Bunny […]
- RutlandEric Robson and the team are in Rutland. Matthew Wilson, Christine Walkden and James Wong answer this week's questions. The panellists recommend plants for a herbaceous border on clay, suggest evergreen trees suitable for providing privacy in the garden, and advise on cutting back a badly pruned Amalanchier. They also discuss non-flowering daffodil bulbs, the […]