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Gardeners' World Season 59 Episode 2
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00:10¡Suscríbete al canal!
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01:00...and underplanted it with all the lovely primroses and bluebells that you get in coppice woodland.
01:04But the trees grew very big and they sucked all the moisture from the soil, blocked all the light,
01:10and for the last five years it really hasn't been very good on any level.
01:15But no longer, because I have begun the transformation into making this area into a really beautiful woodland garden.
01:51BIRDS CHIRP
01:53...in almost every variation of the shade theme.
01:58BIRDS CHIRP
01:59Whoa, hang on a minute, that's Ned. Ned, what are you doing?
02:02Come on, come here.
02:06OK, good boy. Would you like a little something? Would that make you feel better?
02:11Now please don't bark when we're filming.
02:14Right, what I'm going to plant today are two modest plants, but they are charming.
02:20They all grow in shade and they spread really easily, but not out of control.
02:26So what's not to like?
02:28Now, the first one is tiarella.
02:30This is tiarella spring symphony.
02:33And tiarella has these tiny white little starbursts of flower carried on long stems,
02:40and flower from now through till May.
02:42And they are happiest with dappled shade that doesn't dry out too much.
02:50This is telema, telema grandiflora.
02:53And you can see the foliage is quite similar, but the firs are rather different,
02:56because they are born on long, thin stems, but they're pale, primrose-yellow, tiny little bells.
03:02I love them.
03:02They'll last into June, and they are the perfect groundcover woodland plant that also looks really good.
03:09They're not just filling a space, they're performing as well.
03:14Both these plants come from the damp woodlands or forests of the west of America,
03:21so don't stick it in very dry shade.
03:30It's gardening convention that plants look better placed in odd numbers than even.
03:37If you plant in threes, fives, sevens, even nines,
03:41it tends to look more natural than if you do it in twos or fours or sixes.
03:46So I tend to plant in triangles, in groups of three.
03:53If you want a mass defect of any kind,
03:56it's nearly always more economic and more successful
03:59to buy lots of small plants than a few really big ones.
04:04Small plants establish much more easily,
04:07and they're much cheaper.
04:16Although I absolutely love the creativity
04:20of making a new garden,
04:22the thing I love most in the world
04:25is actually planting.
04:27On a spring day,
04:28with the sun shining,
04:29the birds are selling,
04:31putting plants in the ground,
04:33knowing that they're going to grow,
04:34that sense of hope and satisfaction
04:37all comes together,
04:38and it's just as joyous now
04:40as it ever has been in my life.
04:43Now we're going to visit Mary Keane.
04:45Now Mary Keane,
04:46over a long period of time,
04:48has been one of our best-known garden designers
04:51and writers,
04:52and she's made gardens all over the world,
04:54but Jo has been to see her
04:56in her own garden at home.
05:02When I think of gardening royalty,
05:04Mary Keane is right up there,
05:07and what sets her apart
05:08is her instinct for planting.
05:13From Grand British gardens
05:15to designs across the world,
05:17Mary's work is about atmosphere and emotion,
05:20and she designs gardens
05:22that are to be loved,
05:24lived in,
05:25and feel truly alive.
05:27But down this path
05:28is something even more personal.
05:31It's her own sanctuary,
05:32and it's not somewhere
05:33that she shares very often,
05:35so this is a real treat.
05:42So Mary,
05:43you design gardens
05:44for, well,
05:46the rich and famous royalty,
05:48some very high-profile clients.
05:50Quite high-profile.
05:51I'm not allowed to talk about any of them.
05:53I know.
05:53We're not going to talk about any of them.
05:54OK, Jo.
05:55But what I'm interested in
05:56is how different it is
05:58designing their gardens
06:00and designing your own garden.
06:01It's completely different.
06:02I like small flowered plants
06:05that you see through
06:06and that are ephemeral.
06:08I'm not doing display.
06:09I'm doing atmosphere,
06:11and it's for me to potter
06:13and wander about
06:14in the morning
06:15and in the evening
06:16and in the middle of the day.
06:17It's just a lovely place to be,
06:19not a place to look at,
06:21not a place to show off.
06:22And the actual layout,
06:23did you draw it out
06:24on piece of paper?
06:25No, I didn't.
06:26It's two rectangles,
06:28like two tennis courts,
06:29end on end.
06:30And I knew I wanted
06:32some flower beds
06:33for conventional plants,
06:35and then I wanted
06:36two-thirds,
06:37which we're in now,
06:39to be wild,
06:40with wildflowers all year.
06:42And I made this S
06:44line of beauty path through it
06:46to make the garden
06:47seem longer
06:48and more mysterious.
06:50If you've got a small garden,
06:51you want to be able
06:52to walk around it
06:53and to feel like
06:54a sort of adventure.
07:00Oh, this is energising, Mary.
07:02I've got to say,
07:03what style of planting
07:04would you call this border, then?
07:06Mixed?
07:07Can we call it mixed?
07:08It sounds a bit boring.
07:10It's got lots of stuff
07:11in, like, snowdrops
07:12and hellebores underneath,
07:13so it goes on all the time.
07:15And then these
07:16sort of bursts of colour,
07:18like the Henry lily
07:19and the agapanthus.
07:21Don't ask me.
07:22I think it's a headborne hybrid,
07:23but it's just a good dark form.
07:25Yeah.
07:26I love the orange.
07:26Some people don't like orange.
07:28I love orange.
07:29I like it.
07:29I love it.
07:30There really is
07:31a lot to see
07:32because you're planting
07:33in small groups here,
07:35like you said,
07:35not large brushstrokes.
07:37No.
07:37And it's got a sort of wild feel
07:38and the more you look,
07:40the more you see.
07:41You can stand here for hours
07:42and just look at the detail.
07:47A plantswoman at her core,
07:49Mary has filled her garden
07:51with plants that bring her joy.
07:53Not as you might expect
07:55in the usual arrangements
07:56of threes or fives,
07:58more like an artist
07:59playing with colour on a canvas.
08:04Mary's really got me thinking
08:06because I've been reticent
08:08to use purple foliage plants
08:10in my garden,
08:11mainly going for greens.
08:13But she inherited
08:14that purple berberis,
08:16which is on the boundary,
08:17and she's picked it up
08:18in colours and stems
08:19of other plants.
08:20It's like the thalictrum there
08:22has got dark stems.
08:23We've got the hollyhop
08:24with those purple flowers,
08:26really deep colours.
08:28And over here,
08:29we've got the foliage
08:29of the dahlias
08:30and that red sanguissorba
08:32in the back there as well.
08:34And it's really got me thinking.
08:35It has a lovely depth
08:37to the planting colour-wise
08:39and a nice rhythm as well.
08:41Might have to use it.
08:50So has this border got a name?
08:52Well, that border beyond
08:55that we've just looked at
08:56is wild and high and shrubby.
08:59And this one is the transition
09:01between wild and high and shrubby
09:03not totally working
09:04and a much more gardened,
09:07flowery look against the wall.
09:10So that's the floweriest,
09:12chaddest bed.
09:13Catchy names you've got there
09:14for them.
09:16I love the hollyhocks.
09:17I love the height
09:18because a lot of people think,
09:19oh, tall plants,
09:20you've got to put them
09:20at the back of the border,
09:21but you're bringing them
09:22to the foreground
09:23and you're looking through them.
09:25Well, I love the looking
09:26through tall plants.
09:27That's my aim always,
09:28to look through.
09:30I love this euphorbia.
09:33It's Segueriana.
09:34What is it you love
09:35about euphorbias, Mary?
09:37Oh, well, I like their greenness.
09:39You like euphorbias too, don't you?
09:40Love them.
09:41I love their leaves.
09:43I love the fact
09:44that they perform all year.
09:46It's the zinginess, isn't it?
09:48They set off other plants
09:50in the garden so well.
09:52And Diantha's Carthusian aurum.
09:54That is my favourite plant.
09:56Your favourite plant of all time?
09:58Mm.
09:59I've got a lot of favourite plants,
10:00but that is currently my favourite plant.
10:02Yeah, OK.
10:04Desert Island plants.
10:05Desert Island,
10:06I'm allowed eight.
10:07No, that's records.
10:09OK.
10:10No, but it's fabulous.
10:11The thing about it is
10:11it grows in shade,
10:12it grows in gravel,
10:13it grows in the border,
10:14and it flowers for a long, long time.
10:17I mean, it's just a brilliant,
10:19brilliant, airy, graceful,
10:20lovely plant.
10:26As well as being a great designer,
10:28she obviously loves her plants too,
10:31does Mary,
10:31because, look,
10:32from the front of the garden,
10:33all you see is plants.
10:35You've got an apple tree,
10:35we're planting all the way around it.
10:37No voids whatsoever.
10:40And before I came,
10:41I thought,
10:41oh, there's going to be some unusual stuff,
10:43some rare things.
10:44I'd better gem up a little bit.
10:46But actually,
10:46what's lovely is
10:47they're mainly cottage garden-style plants
10:50and things that we can all get our hands on
10:52in nurseries and garden centres.
10:54Things like the pinks,
10:56the oregano there,
10:57we've got crocosmere here,
11:00peonies,
11:02iris,
11:03fennel,
11:04agapanthus,
11:05and it's all put together
11:07so effortlessly too.
11:12This is idyllic,
11:14this courtyard.
11:14It's beautiful.
11:15Well, I rather love it
11:16because it's got a lot of rarities.
11:18You said there weren't any rarities
11:19in the rest of the garden.
11:20This is the rarity corner here.
11:23Well, I can see
11:24this is more unusual,
11:25it's more exotic.
11:25Yeah, I like a challenge.
11:27I've got the fuchsia,
11:28climbing Lady Boothby.
11:30That's lovely.
11:31And melianthus.
11:32Melianthus,
11:33which Joe likes.
11:34I like it.
11:34Well, I think he looks great there.
11:36Yeah, I know.
11:36I think it's lovely, actually.
11:38And what about the one
11:38by the door over there?
11:40Oh, that's begonia
11:43albopictorosia.
11:44It'll stay out all summer
11:45and then it'll go in the kitchen
11:46in the winter.
11:48So of all the gardens
11:49that you've created,
11:50how does this one rate?
11:52When people ask me
11:53what's my favourite garden,
11:55I always say mine, of course,
11:56and they're quite surprised.
11:58But of course,
11:59isn't yours your favourite garden?
12:01Most definitely.
12:02Because that's where you can garden
12:03and that's what we want to do.
12:05It just is
12:06the place where I feel
12:08completely at home and myself.
12:11The passion comes across
12:12from you so strongly.
12:15Oh, Joe.
12:16Thank you so much.
12:16This has been amazing
12:17seeing your garden.
12:18It was lovely having you here.
12:19Thank you for coming.
12:21Thanks for inviting us.
12:40Come on.
12:51Many, many years ago
12:53I visited Mary Keane's
12:55previous garden
12:55in Berkshire.
12:56It was wonderful.
12:57And she was the very first person
12:59to come and see
13:01my garden in London
13:0243 years ago
13:04and she wrote an article about it
13:05and arguably
13:06started my career
13:08as a garden writer
13:09and broadcaster.
13:11So it's fascinating
13:12to see her garden now.
13:14Now I'm just gathering
13:15one or two
13:16of these scented leaf
13:17pelargoniums
13:18which I'm going to take
13:19down to the end
13:20because it's time
13:21to give them
13:22a bit of attention.
13:30Come on, panty boy.
13:32Hot panty boy.
13:39The thing about
13:40these scented leaf
13:41pelargoniums
13:42is obviously,
13:44as the name suggests,
13:45their fragrance.
13:47Now this is
13:47tormentosum
13:48and you rub the leaf
13:50and it releases
13:51this strong
13:53odour of peppermint.
13:55It's really powerful.
13:57Now this is
13:58a new variety
13:58called Torrento
13:59which rather weirdly
14:01smells of those
14:02little cola sweets.
14:05It is slightly weird
14:07I have to confess
14:08but interesting.
14:10And there are
14:11lots and lots
14:12of fragrances
14:12from the slightly weird
14:14to the absolutely delicious.
14:17But whatever type
14:18of pelargonium
14:19you have
14:19now is the time
14:20to get them ready
14:21for spring.
14:27This is a much
14:28more familiar
14:29zonal pelargonium.
14:31It comes
14:31from South Africa
14:33and rather than
14:34these relatively
14:36compact plants
14:38with big flowers
14:39when you see them
14:40growing wild
14:41they can be
14:42big shrubs
14:42big woody shrubs
14:43sort of six foot tall
14:45with smaller flowers
14:47which are then
14:49pruned by fire
14:51but from it
14:52they regrow.
14:53and I don't necessarily
14:55suggest getting a blowtorch
14:56to prune this
14:57but prune it
14:58you must
14:59if you don't want it
15:00to get really leggy.
15:01These have been in the
15:03greenhouse all winter
15:04so they've flowered
15:05all winter.
15:06However
15:06you've got to be bold
15:08and cut them off now
15:09or else you won't have
15:10any in the summer.
15:11It's exhausted
15:12and it needs a rest
15:14so if we take off
15:15those flowers
15:16and cut back
15:16refresh the compost
15:18water it
15:19feed it
15:20we'll get vigorous
15:21new growth
15:22and that will give us
15:23a really good display
15:24later on in summer.
15:25You can cut these
15:27really hard
15:28or if you like
15:29a little bit of legginess
15:30and I do
15:32then you include that.
15:34So what I'm going to do
15:35is just cut here
15:36which leaves a bit of stem
15:39and then here
15:45and that can come off
15:47there
15:49now this one
15:50the one that smells
15:53of cola bottles
15:54I'm going to be
15:55much more ruthless
15:58take that off
16:00that there
16:01now can you see
16:02there is new growth
16:03right at the base
16:05and that's where
16:06I'm going back to
16:07now that is radical
16:09but because it's
16:10a young plant
16:12I'm doing that
16:13to really encourage
16:15a fresh flush of growth
16:17from the base
16:18and finally
16:20this one
16:21tormentosum
16:22I like the way
16:23that it spills down
16:25I don't really want
16:26to reduce this at all
16:27all I'm going to do
16:28is take off
16:29any spent leaves
16:32however
16:33this one here
16:34this zonal pelargonium
16:36needs repotting
16:37and I'll show you
16:37how to do that
16:38so I'm going to
16:39take it out of the pot
16:40like this
16:46and what I'm going to do
16:46is take off
16:47the bottom third
16:49so we're taking off
16:51quite a lot
16:52of the compost there
16:58I've put
17:00the crocks back
17:01and the bottom
17:04and I've got
17:05some fresh compost
17:06here
17:06now this
17:07is
17:08a wood-based compost
17:09a little bit of
17:10garden compost added
17:11and quite a lot of grit
17:15just look at the roots
17:17on that
17:19great
17:19in you go
17:28and I'm going to wiggle it
17:29to work
17:30the soil
17:32around the roots
17:33and then I'm going to dress that
17:34with some grit
17:35which just makes it look better
17:40give it a drink
17:42but make sure it drains thoroughly
17:48and then feed it
17:49liquid seaweed
17:51once a week
17:52and you should start to see
17:53healthy new growth
17:55and keep feeding it
17:56until it starts flowering
17:59I will go through
18:00all the pelargoniums
18:01particularly the zonal ones
18:02and set them up
18:04for fresh growth
18:05and of course
18:06a really fresh
18:07good display
18:08in the summer months
18:14now
18:15last September
18:16we went
18:17to visit
18:17Karim Habibi
18:18in his nursery
18:19in Kent
18:20and his
18:21incredible collection
18:23of heritage apples
18:31we have 700 varieties
18:33of apples
18:33what I'm doing
18:35is actually preserving
18:36lots of the old varieties
18:37it's important
18:39that these are
18:39available for people
18:40to grow in their gardens
18:41because they're not
18:42available in shops
18:43and people forget
18:45what very nice
18:46heirloom varieties
18:47taste like
18:47each apple
18:49is like rehearing a song
18:50you've not heard
18:50for a while
18:52because I'll instantly
18:53remember
18:53the other times
18:55I've tried that apple
18:56so I'm quite passionate
18:57to keep these apples going
19:00I'm very glad
19:01when people do
19:01come to the nursery
19:02try an apple
19:04for the first time
19:04and they say
19:05goodness
19:05I never knew
19:06apples could taste like this
19:13this is sweet society
19:15it's a lovely dessert apple
19:17with quite an intense flavour
19:18quite crisp as well
19:25this is jumbo
19:26one of my favourite
19:27cooking apples
19:28and it cooks down
19:29to a lovely apple sauce
19:30very very easily
19:36this is Captain Kidd
19:37a lovely sweet apple
19:38with a pear dropped flavour
19:45caring for all these trees
19:46is a huge operation
19:47I'll be producing
19:497,000 or so
19:50new trees a year
19:52I am obsessed with the apples
19:55I'm obsessed with looking
19:56after fruit trees
19:57and maintaining the collection
19:58it is a sort of
19:59labour of love
20:03right now we're amongst
20:04the mother trees
20:05so there's about
20:06a thousand trees here
20:07and every single tree
20:08is actually a different variety
20:10and that's essential to have
20:11so that I can harvest
20:12cyan wood
20:13and cyan wood
20:14is essentially
20:15new growth
20:16on that tree
20:17which I can use
20:18for cloning
20:18just above each leaf stalk
20:21there is a bud
20:22and each one of these buds
20:24has the potential
20:25to produce a new tree
20:27if you look at
20:27older growth on a tree
20:28those active buds
20:30aren't there
20:30so that's why
20:31you can't use older wood
20:32and you need new growth
20:36so right now
20:37I'm taking the leaves
20:38off the cyan wood
20:40so that it doesn't
20:41actually dry out
20:42I'll also
20:44take the top off
20:46because that is actually
20:47too thin to work with
20:48so now that's ready
20:49and the next stage
20:50is to graft this
20:52onto some rootstock
20:59right now we're amongst
21:00the rootstocks
21:02the rootstock
21:03obviously determines
21:04the vigour of the tree
21:05and so every apple tree
21:08that is in this country
21:09is actually made in this way
21:11where it's actually
21:12made up of two parts
21:13the rootstock
21:14and the cyan
21:14which is above that
21:15and you can usually see
21:16the graft union
21:17where it's actually
21:19going to have different bark
21:20it's going to look
21:20quite different
21:21so that's the part
21:22where you know
21:23that any flowers
21:24on the top part
21:25of the tree
21:26will produce
21:27let's say your bramleys
21:29or your cox's orange pippins
21:30so this iron wood
21:32that I collected
21:33from the mother tree
21:34I'm going to graft
21:35this onto this rootstock
21:36right here
21:37using a technique
21:37called chip budding
21:39I'm making a shallow cut
21:41on the iron wood
21:45the next stage
21:47is to make
21:48the exact same incision
21:50on the rootstock
21:56I'll then tape
21:58this up
22:02and that's now done
22:03so that bud
22:05that is now on there
22:06that will fuse
22:07to the rootstock
22:08and next year
22:09and next season's growth
22:10that will grow
22:11into a one year maiden
22:12so it might put
22:13five six foot of growth on
22:22so every summer
22:23I'll be out here
22:24chip budding
22:24in late July
22:25through till August
22:27it's a lot of work
22:28I will probably be spending
22:29the best part
22:30of 10-12 hours a day
22:31both collecting
22:32cyan wood
22:33and chip budding
22:34I'll probably aim
22:36to do 500 of these
22:37a day
22:38I'll work well
22:39into the night
22:39some nights
22:40with a head torch on
22:41and that's just because
22:43there is a
22:43shortish period
22:44where you have to get
22:45quite a lot of work done
22:50once you grow
22:51an old variety
22:52like Ashmead's Kernel
22:54for example
22:54it's such an
22:55unforgettable variety
22:57that you become
22:58quite excited
22:59and passionate
23:00about preserving
23:01more and more
23:02old varieties
23:02because you realise
23:03that these apples
23:05are some of the
23:06best fruits
23:07in the world
23:07you can go back
23:09through time
23:10and see how important
23:11a certain apple
23:12was to a certain area
23:13because that apple
23:15is cloned
23:15you can actually
23:16taste exactly
23:17what people were
23:18tasting
23:19sort of 200
23:19300
23:20400 years ago
23:21and you can't really
23:23do that with a lot
23:24of other fruits
23:27in the early 90s
23:29when my parents
23:30started things here
23:31Britain was actually
23:32losing lots of its
23:33old orchards
23:34my parents were
23:35quite passionate
23:36about actually
23:37sourcing old material
23:38and creating a
23:40collection
23:40things like
23:41margill
23:41or pitmast
23:43and pineapple
23:43these old varieties
23:45which were
23:46such lovely apples
23:47to actually grow
23:48and try yourself
23:49they really wanted
23:51you know
23:52everyone to have
23:53that experience
23:56I really wanted
23:58to experiment
23:58and try and create
24:00my own varieties
24:01eventually
24:02I persuaded my dad
24:03to let me have
24:04a sort of
24:04small nook
24:05of the nursery
24:06where I actually
24:07sort of planted
24:08seedling varieties
24:10grafted those out
24:11and eventually
24:12I have actually
24:13produced some
24:14of my own varieties
24:15unfortunately
24:16my father passed
24:17away before trying
24:18any of the seedling
24:18apples
24:19and one of the
24:20first apples
24:21which was an
24:21exceptional apple
24:23I've actually now
24:24named that variety
24:25after my father
24:26I've called it
24:26Hamid's red pippin
24:28I think he would
24:29have been very
24:30interested to try that
24:31it's quite sad
24:32he never did
24:32but it's very nice
24:34every time I see
24:35that apple
24:35to sort of
24:36think of my dad
24:40right now
24:40we're amongst
24:41the maidens
24:42in the nursery
24:43to get to the point
24:44where your
24:45one year old tree
24:46is going to start
24:47to thrive
24:48and produce apples
24:49firstly you want
24:50to plant the tree
24:50in the winter time
24:51and let the tree
24:52establish
24:53so that means
24:54plant the tree
24:54well so the roots
24:55are happy
24:55and water the tree
24:57quite a lot
24:57so in that very
24:59first winter time
25:00whilst it's dormant
25:01you probably want
25:01to cut some branches
25:03off lower down
25:03so these lower branches
25:05in the long term
25:06are not going to be
25:07very useful
25:07perhaps if you are
25:08going to sort of
25:09try and train
25:09in a spallier
25:10or step over
25:11but for a freestanding
25:12tree which generally
25:13is what most people
25:14plant you really want
25:15a clear trunk lower
25:16down so that
25:17maintenance is quite
25:18easy and then
25:19at the top of the
25:20tree most people
25:20actually want quite
25:21a sort of
25:22three-dimensional crown
25:23so imagine a
25:24goblet-shaped tree
25:25and those are where
25:26you want your fruit
25:26so that the tree
25:27is able to sort of
25:29hold itself up
25:30whilst carrying
25:31heavy fruits
25:32you can essentially
25:33choose where you
25:34want the crown of
25:34the tree to be
25:35by cutting the
25:36leader off
25:37at a certain point
25:38because what happens
25:39is if you cut the
25:39leader off
25:40all the buds
25:41below the certain
25:42point where
25:43you cut the tree
25:44they're going to
25:45compete for apical
25:46dominance which
25:47means they're going
25:47to try and
25:48grow as much
25:49as they can
25:50so you end up
25:51with a large
25:52sort of cluster
25:53of branches
25:54coming out
25:55and from that
25:56you can actually
25:56select some
25:57that will form
25:58a balanced crown
25:59of about sort of
26:00four branches
26:01five branches
26:03I would like to
26:04think that in a
26:06few hundred years
26:06time people might
26:07have a Hamid's red
26:08pippin tree in their
26:09garden and they
26:11will look up who
26:12was this person
26:13where did this
26:13apple come from
26:14oh I live in Kent
26:15oh okay I know
26:16where that you know
26:17where that town is
26:19it's something that
26:20I'm very fortunate
26:21to be able to do
26:22and I certainly
26:24would love it if
26:25one day one of my
26:26children wants to
26:27continue this
26:28I can't think of
26:29anything nicer than
26:30working alongside
26:31one of them
26:32or all of them
26:33if they all want
26:35to join in
26:35so many apples
26:37yummy
26:52when I planted
26:53this orchard
26:53so many years ago
26:55I carefully hunted
26:57out and chose
26:58heritage local
27:00varieties
27:01I wanted to build
27:02up something that
27:03could only represent
27:04this area
27:05so therefore of
27:06course I really
27:07admire what
27:08Kareem is doing
27:09and he's doing it
27:09so well
27:10it wouldn't be
27:11marvellous if his
27:12children carried
27:13that on and his
27:13grandchildren
27:14what a fantastic
27:15project
27:16now it's time to
27:18visit one of your
27:19gardens
27:19we're going down
27:21to Dorset
27:22to visit the
27:23garden of James
27:24Baker
27:25hello
27:27I'm James
27:28off of the
27:28Traitors
27:29welcome to
27:30Weymouth
27:30I do this
27:31for a living
27:31gardening
27:32so I thought
27:33I'd show you
27:33my humble
27:34abode
27:34this is like
27:35a patio
27:36area
27:36obviously it's
27:37a bit early
27:37in the year
27:38but your tulips
27:38are coming up
27:39now
27:39it's constantly
27:40experimenting
27:41daily I might
27:42move something
27:42around
27:43whatever tickles
27:43my fancy
27:44that's part
27:44of the fun
27:45of gardening
27:46you know
27:46you're never
27:46right and
27:47you're never
27:47wrong
27:48everyone's a
27:48busker
27:49me included
27:52structurally
27:52functional down
27:53the middle
27:54I have a
27:54family
27:55I don't
27:56have any
27:56please keep
27:57off the
27:57grass
27:57business
27:58I just
27:59like to
27:59fill the
27:59beds
27:59with
28:00everything
28:00just go
28:01wild
28:01and I like
28:02to let
28:02the periwinkle
28:03cascade down
28:04a bit like
28:04a waterfall
28:05the hebeer
28:06just goes
28:07wild
28:07and what I
28:08love about
28:09this you
28:09get the
28:09purple
28:10and I've
28:10got a
28:10climbing
28:10rose
28:11that comes
28:11through
28:12and the
28:12pink and
28:13purple
28:13intertwine
28:14beautiful
28:15now this
28:16is my
28:16pièce de
28:16resistance
28:17my favourite
28:18bit of the
28:18garden
28:19this pear
28:19tree
28:20so basically
28:20this pear
28:21tree
28:21was swamped
28:22with ivy
28:23and it
28:23was on
28:23its last
28:23legs
28:24had one
28:24little
28:24pear
28:25on it
28:25we replanted
28:26that seed
28:26and that
28:27is growing
28:28down there
28:30that scraping
28:31sound you hear
28:31in the background
28:32is my son
28:33hello Noah
28:33hello
28:34raking up the
28:35leaves
28:35good man
28:35and I let
28:36the kids
28:36do what I
28:37used to do
28:37in my
28:37granddad's
28:38garden
28:38is just
28:38learn on
28:39the spot
28:39watch
28:40learn
28:40experiment
28:41trial and
28:41error
28:42my great
28:43granddad was
28:43an incredible
28:44gardener
28:44lived to
28:45102
28:46so you
28:47know
28:47there's
28:48something to
28:48be said
28:48to be
28:49outdoors
28:49you know
28:49breathing
28:50in the air
28:50it's good
28:51for the
28:51soul
28:52gardening
28:53master and
28:53apprentice
28:54I think
28:55you're the
28:55master
28:55there
28:56in this
28:56area
28:57I'm gonna
28:57put
28:58onions
28:59down here
29:00carrots
29:01in the
29:01front row
29:01radishes
29:02lettuce
29:03plants
29:05potentially
29:06a cucumber
29:06plant
29:07running up
29:07that
29:07you've got
29:08the job
29:08now
29:08it's yours
29:10so this
29:10little area
29:11I salvaged
29:12what I could
29:12from the
29:12wreckage
29:13of a
29:13hedgerow
29:14this bay
29:14was put
29:15in
29:15and it
29:16was a
29:16twig
29:16when we
29:17cut it
29:17back
29:17but it's
29:17you know
29:18been
29:18shaped
29:19now
29:19no
29:19edward
29:20scissorhands
29:20but you
29:21know
29:21good
29:21enough
29:21the little
29:22hack
29:22I've got
29:22is
29:23sedum
29:23stone
29:23crop
29:24it's
29:24good
29:24ground
29:25cover
29:25it's
29:25great
29:25weed
29:26suppressor
29:26this
29:27came
29:27from
29:27one
29:28clipping
29:28I
29:28got
29:28which
29:29is
29:29incredible
29:29they're
29:29up
29:30there
29:30with
29:30periwinkle
29:31for
29:31me
29:31for
29:31beautiful
29:32almost
29:32like
29:33forest
29:33floor
29:33carpet
29:34coverage
29:35here's
29:35my
29:36bravery
29:36award
29:37for
29:37gardening
29:38this
29:38aeonium
29:39was
29:39left
29:39out
29:40all
29:40year
29:41kind
29:41of
29:41an
29:41experiment
29:42really
29:42it was
29:43a success
29:43story
29:43so I
29:44will be
29:44trying
29:44that
29:44again
29:45I
29:45hate
29:45to
29:45shatter
29:45the
29:45illusion
29:46it
29:46is
29:46trial
29:46and
29:46error
29:47gardening
29:48gardening
29:49adds
29:49years
29:49to
29:50your
29:50life
29:50and
29:50life
29:51to
29:51your
29:51years
29:51and
29:52that
29:52is
29:52like
29:52the
29:53best
29:53quote
29:53I
29:53think
29:54I've
29:54ever
29:54heard
29:54I
29:54want
29:55that
29:55on
29:55a
29:55t-shirt
29:56that's
29:56my
29:57garden
29:57thank
29:57you
29:58for
29:58watching
30:24I
30:24like
30:24the
30:25fact
30:25that
30:25James's
30:25son
30:26was
30:26growing
30:26vegetables
30:29well
30:30it's
30:31time
30:31that
30:31I
30:31started
30:32to
30:32sow
30:32some
30:32vegetables
30:32too
30:34Longmeadow
30:34had
30:35such
30:35a
30:36soaking
30:36all
30:37winter
30:37now
30:38the
30:38raised
30:38beds
30:39make
30:39a
30:39difference
30:40and
30:40actually
30:41now
30:41they're
30:41not
30:42too
30:42bad
30:42they're
30:42ready
30:42the
30:43rule
30:43of
30:43thumb
30:43if
30:44you're
30:44sowing
30:44seeds
30:45or
30:45indeed
30:45planting
30:45anything
30:46out
30:46is
30:47if
30:47the
30:47soil
30:48feels
30:48cold
30:49to
30:49your
30:49hand
30:49don't
30:50do
30:50it
30:50but
30:50if
30:51it
30:51doesn't
30:51feel
30:51cold
30:52then
30:53you're
30:54away
30:55and
30:55you
30:55can
30:55get
30:56going
30:56and
30:56what
30:57I'm
30:57actually
30:57going
30:57to
30:57put
30:58in
30:58here
30:58is
30:59for
30:59me
30:59a
31:00bit
31:00unusual
31:02this
31:03is
31:03garlic
31:03and
31:04nine
31:05years
31:05out
31:05of
31:05ten
31:06I
31:07plant
31:07garlic
31:07directly
31:08into
31:09the
31:09bed
31:09usually
31:10in
31:10September
31:10but
31:11certainly
31:11no
31:11later
31:12than
31:12October
31:12but
31:13I
31:13couldn't
31:14get
31:14the
31:14bulbs
31:15to
31:15plant
31:16until
31:16October
31:17late
31:17October
31:18and
31:18by
31:18then
31:19the
31:20ground
31:20was
31:20too
31:20wet
31:20so
31:21what
31:21I
31:21did
31:21is
31:22I
31:22planted
31:22them
31:22up
31:22into
31:23these
31:23plugs
31:23I
31:24bought
31:24them
31:24on
31:24in
31:24the
31:24greenhouse
31:25for
31:25about
31:25the
31:26first
31:26month
31:26and
31:27then
31:27they've
31:27been
31:27outside
31:28all
31:28winter
31:28because
31:29for
31:29garlic
31:29to
31:30form
31:30cloves
31:31rather
31:31than
31:31just
31:32a
31:32single
31:32bulb
31:32it
31:33needs
31:33a
31:34period
31:34of
31:34cold
31:35weather
31:41if
31:41you've
31:42planted
31:42bulbs
31:42and
31:42they've
31:43rotted
31:43in
31:43the
31:43wet
31:44or
31:44if
31:44you've
31:44just
31:44got
31:45ground
31:45that
31:45stays
31:45wet
31:45all
31:46winter
31:46this
31:46system
31:47of
31:47planting
31:47the
31:48garlic
31:48in
31:48deep
31:49plugs
31:49or
31:49three
31:50inch
31:50pots
31:50and
31:51then
31:51planting
31:51out
31:52when
31:52the
31:52ground
31:52is
31:52ready
31:53I
31:53think
31:53can
31:54work
31:54very
31:55well
32:04now
32:05last
32:06August
32:06Carol
32:07went
32:07to
32:08RHS
32:08Rosemore
32:09to
32:10see
32:10their
32:10vegetable
32:11garden
32:11and
32:12potager
32:12and
32:13of
32:13course
32:13I'm
32:13sure
32:14they
32:14produce
32:14delicious
32:15food
32:15and
32:16I'm
32:16pretty
32:17sure
32:17that
32:17all
32:17of
32:17it
32:17gets
32:18eaten
32:18but
32:19it
32:19also
32:20looks
32:20fantastic
32:25as
32:26far
32:26as
32:26I'm
32:27concerned
32:27nothing
32:28beats
32:28growing
32:29your
32:29own
32:30fruit
32:30and
32:31veg
32:31and
32:32eating
32:32it
32:33here
32:34there's
32:34so
32:35much
32:35to
32:36inspire
32:36you
32:36to
32:37grow
32:37your
32:37own
32:41this
32:41is a
32:42huge
32:42space
32:43the
32:43sort
32:43we
32:44might
32:44all
32:44dream
32:45of
32:45mind
32:45you
32:46with
32:46a
32:46veg
32:47garden
32:47this
32:47big
32:47we'd
32:48have
32:48to
32:48feed
32:48the
32:49whole
32:49street
32:49there
32:50are
32:50so
32:50many
32:51ideas
32:51here
32:51we
32:52can
32:52take
32:52away
32:52and
32:53use
32:53in
32:53any
32:54size
32:54garden
32:55or
32:55even
32:56without
32:56one
32:57there are
32:57examples
32:58all
32:58around
32:58of
32:59veg
32:59herbs
33:00and
33:00fruit
33:00growing
33:01in
33:01containers
33:02there are
33:03tomatoes
33:03chilis
33:05aubergines
33:06basil
33:07parsley
33:07and
33:07array
33:08of
33:08herbs
33:08and
33:09even
33:10a
33:10glorious
33:11apple
33:11tree
33:11and
33:12in
33:13larger
33:14gardens
33:15fruit
33:15and
33:16veg
33:16are
33:16separated
33:17from
33:17flower
33:17borders
33:18to
33:18be
33:18more
33:19productive
33:19but
33:21that's
33:21not
33:21practical
33:22in
33:22smaller
33:23spaces
33:23so
33:24if
33:25you
33:25want
33:25to
33:25grow
33:26a bit
33:26of
33:26both
33:27and
33:27have
33:27limited
33:28space
33:28there's
33:29a
33:29perfect
33:30solution
33:32well
33:33this is
33:33another
33:33of
33:33rosemore's
33:34beautiful
33:35gardens
33:35this
33:36one
33:36is
33:36called
33:36the
33:37potager
33:37there
33:38are
33:38vegetables
33:38galore
33:39here
33:40but
33:40it
33:40has
33:40a
33:40whole
33:41different
33:41aesthetic
33:42from
33:43the
33:43vegetable
33:44garden
33:44in
33:44the
33:44vegetable
33:45garden
33:45everything
33:46is
33:46grown
33:46in
33:47serried
33:47ranks
33:48here
33:49everything
33:50is
33:50grown
33:50because
33:50it
33:51looks
33:51beautiful
33:52next
33:52to
33:53its
33:53neighbour
33:53the
33:54whole
33:54idea
33:55is
33:55about
33:56design
33:56using
33:57vegetables
33:58ornamentally
33:59and
34:00making
34:00them
34:00look
34:01utterly
34:01beautiful
34:04the
34:05overall
34:05design
34:05in
34:06this
34:06garden
34:06is
34:06important
34:07it
34:08it's
34:08based
34:08on
34:08a
34:08circle
34:09there's
34:09a
34:09circular
34:10herb
34:10garden
34:11in
34:11the
34:11centre
34:12and
34:12around
34:12it
34:13are
34:13arranged
34:13four
34:14symmetrical
34:14beds
34:15although
34:16everything's
34:17edible
34:17it's
34:18all
34:18about
34:19what
34:19plants
34:20look
34:20like
34:20together
34:21so
34:22you've
34:22got
34:22beautiful
34:23chard
34:24here
34:24with
34:24these
34:24pink
34:25stems
34:25but
34:26over
34:27there
34:27another
34:28Swiss
34:28chard
34:28but
34:29this
34:29time
34:29with
34:30golden
34:30stems
34:31with
34:31the
34:31sunlight
34:31streaming
34:32through
34:33it
34:33it's
34:34hugely
34:34versatile
34:35and
34:35what's
34:36more
34:36you can
34:36eat
34:37it
34:37right
34:38the
34:38way
34:38through
34:38the
34:39year
34:39it'll
34:39overwinter
34:40wonderfully
34:41it's
34:41very
34:42very
34:42hardy
34:43I love
34:44the addition
34:44of these
34:45tagetes
34:45all around
34:46the edge
34:47of this
34:47bed
34:47there's
34:48the tall
34:49one here
34:49which is
34:50one called
34:50cinnamon
34:51but the
34:52point is
34:52it's
34:53single
34:53which means
34:54it's
34:54hugely
34:55attractive
34:55to
34:56pollinating
34:56insects
34:57and of course
34:58that's just
34:59what you
34:59need
35:00to pollinate
35:00your beans
35:01and lots
35:01of your
35:02other
35:02flowering
35:03plants
35:03and then
35:04for a bit
35:05of drama
35:06in the
35:06background
35:06we've got
35:07this
35:07amaranth
35:08this is
35:09one called
35:10red army
35:11with these
35:11very dark
35:12stems
35:12and dark
35:13flowers
35:14and seed
35:14heads
35:15amaranth is
35:16a wonderful
35:16vegetable
35:17it's grown
35:18all around
35:18the world
35:19for its
35:20leaves
35:20here it's
35:21grown
35:21both to
35:22eat
35:23but also
35:23decoratively
35:24now everything's
35:25set against
35:26each other
35:27here to give
35:28interest in
35:28texture and
35:29colour
35:30but also
35:31there's
35:32height
35:32from these
35:33beans
35:33growing up
35:34an obelisk
35:35in the
35:35corner
35:35and next
35:36door to
35:37them
35:37another
35:38vertical
35:38emphasis
35:39that great
35:40big
35:40aurac
35:40looking
35:41gorgeous
35:42in seed
35:42against
35:43the blue
35:43sky
35:44and then
35:45right in
35:46the middle
35:46these two
35:47sentinels
35:48these great
35:49big plants
35:50of bronze
35:51fennel
35:51another
35:52interesting
35:53texture
35:53to add
35:54to what
35:55already exists
35:56right the way
35:57through the
35:57bed
35:57and in fact
35:59right the way
35:59through the
36:00garden
36:02how about
36:03this for a
36:03novel idea
36:04if you've got
36:05a fence
36:06separating one
36:06bit of the
36:07garden from
36:07the other
36:08don't just
36:09leave it
36:09grow something
36:10up it
36:11grow something
36:12like this
36:13beautiful plant
36:14this is an
36:15ornamental
36:16gourd
36:16and it's just
36:18using the
36:18fence as
36:19support
36:19all along
36:20these stems
36:21flowers are
36:22produced
36:22both male
36:23and female
36:24and when the
36:25bees have
36:25moved the
36:26pollen onto
36:27the female
36:27flowers
36:28they'll turn
36:29into fruit
36:29now on this
36:30plant
36:31they're ornamental
36:32good so
36:33they're not
36:33edible but
36:34there are so
36:35many members
36:36of the
36:36cuckoo bit
36:37family that
36:37grow in
36:38exactly the
36:38same way
36:39that are
36:40utterly
36:40delicious
36:41squash and
36:42pumpkins
36:43for a start
36:44all they need
36:45to grow
36:45successfully
36:46is loads
36:47of sun
36:48and lots
36:49of water
36:49beautiful
36:56not only
36:57not only is
36:58this garden
36:58packed with
36:59beautiful
37:00vegetables
37:00but there
37:01are so
37:02many fruit
37:02trees too
37:03and so
37:04many good
37:04examples of
37:05how to grow
37:06them
37:06here's a
37:07step over
37:08apple
37:09the whole
37:09idea is it
37:10makes a
37:11really really
37:12low plant
37:12and yet
37:13it's extremely
37:14productive
37:15just look at
37:16the apples
37:17here
37:17and all
37:18that happens
37:19is as the
37:20apple comes
37:21up two
37:22big shoots
37:22are trained
37:23horizontally
37:24along wires
37:25the wires are
37:26just a couple
37:27of feet off
37:27the ground
37:28and it's tied
37:29in and keeps
37:30making progress
37:31all the time
37:32and each time
37:33it sends out
37:34a side shoot
37:34that's cut
37:36back to a
37:37couple of buds
37:37which is when
37:38it makes these
37:39fruiting spurs
37:40and eventually
37:41these lovely
37:42delicious apples
37:43too
37:44but another
37:45wonderful way
37:46of training
37:47apples
37:47is this
37:48this is an
37:49espalier
37:50and it's a
37:51beautiful example
37:52of this technique
37:53so here's the
37:54central trunk
37:55and this time
37:57these branches
37:58have been trained
37:59out horizontally
38:00these ones
38:01first
38:02obviously
38:02the plant
38:03has grown up
38:04a couple of
38:05feet
38:05and then two
38:06more
38:06are trained
38:07out sideways
38:08again
38:09that happens
38:10third one
38:12and probably
38:13you'd end up
38:14with a fourth
38:14one you have
38:15here
38:15and all the
38:16way up
38:17you've got
38:17this bountiful
38:18crop of apples
38:19so even in
38:20a tiny space
38:22or on a
38:23flat wall
38:23or in between
38:25two parts
38:26of a garden
38:26you can produce
38:28a plant
38:28which gives
38:29you loads
38:30and loads
38:31of fruit
38:34throughout the
38:35veg garden
38:36there are
38:36glorious examples
38:37of companion
38:38planting
38:38as here
38:40with this
38:40wonderful
38:41archway
38:42full of
38:43fig leaf
38:43gourds
38:44look at those
38:45beautiful fruits
38:46but at their
38:47feet are growing
38:48tagetes
38:49and they are
38:50supposed to
38:51deter white
38:51flies and other
38:53kinds of
38:53apis
38:54they've got a
38:55really strong
38:55pungent smell
38:56and they bring in
38:58all sorts of
38:59pollinating insects
39:00the potager and
39:02the vegetable garden
39:03show us all
39:04that with a little
39:06bit of creativity
39:07we can put
39:08vegetables and
39:09flowers together
39:10to produce something
39:12which is just as
39:13beautiful as any
39:15bed or border
39:40now here's another
39:41change that we made
39:42over the winter
39:43this is the mound
39:44and for the last
39:46six or seven
39:47years these
39:48have been big
39:49beds on either
39:50side of the path
39:51with roses
39:52and quite big
39:54planting
39:54but the space
39:56was awkward
39:57so taking them
39:59out and this
40:01has been laid
40:02as a terrace
40:03here you're raised
40:05up I'm looking
40:06down on the new
40:07woodland garden
40:07which is pleasing
40:08and so I'm very
40:10happy with the
40:10result
40:22this is proved to be
40:24the perfect place to
40:25keep house plants
40:26and they're happy in
40:27here for three
40:28reasons
40:29the first is the
40:30light is good
40:32it's bright
40:33but it's not glaring
40:35it's never very
40:36direct sunlight
40:37the second reason
40:39is that the
40:40temperature in here
40:40is pretty constant
40:41and house plants
40:42like that
40:43whereas in a
40:43modern centrally
40:44heated house
40:45the temperature
40:46can fluctuate
40:46by 20 degrees
40:47and thirdly
40:49the reason why
40:50they're happy in
40:51here because
40:51they're neglected
40:52and neglect
40:53is the secret
40:55of the happy
40:56house plant
41:07when I say
41:08they thrive
41:09on neglect
41:09what I mean
41:10is is that
41:11you can really
41:12damage them
41:13by too much
41:14of anything
41:14too much watering
41:15too much feeding
41:16too much warmth
41:18too much light
41:19is going to do
41:20far more damage
41:21to house plants
41:22than a bit
41:24of benign neglect
41:25I'm going to go
41:26through each of
41:27these and do
41:28what I would do
41:29in spring
41:29as we enter
41:31the growing season
41:31I'm going to start
41:32with the cheese plant
41:33because this poor
41:34thing is not in a
41:35good state
41:36look it's fallen
41:37completely over
41:38it's lost its
41:39support
41:39and if I put it
41:41on the table
41:41for a minute
41:42you can see
41:43what's happened
41:43this here
41:45has broken away
41:46so the first
41:47thing to do
41:48is to prune it
41:49now now is the
41:51time to prune
41:52a cheese plant
41:53too big
41:55reduce it in size
41:56if it's damaged
41:57take off the
41:58damaged part
42:00by and large
42:01it's actually
42:02not at all
42:03unhealthy
42:03can you see me
42:04through the leaves
42:06it's looking
42:06quite happy
42:07so the first
42:08thing I need
42:09to do
42:09is to support
42:10it
42:12make sure
42:13they're strong
42:13and make sure
42:14they're tied
42:14in well
42:15when you're
42:16tying up
42:16any plant
42:17always use
42:18soft twine
42:19so it doesn't
42:21damage
42:21the plant
42:24there we go
42:27if the leaves
42:28get at all
42:28dusty
42:29just wipe
42:30them
42:30with a damp
42:31cloth
42:32with your fingers
42:34just remove
42:35some of the
42:36compost
42:36maybe the top
42:37inch
42:38and then
42:39top it up
42:40so a soil
42:41based compost
42:42or a bark
42:43based compost
42:44with plenty
42:45of drainage
42:47this just gives
42:48it a little
42:49bit of extra
42:50goodness
42:50to kick off
42:51this fresh
42:52growing season
42:54the next thing
42:55to do
42:55is to give
42:56this a good
42:56drink
42:58what I have
42:58is a very
42:59weak solution
43:00of seaweed feed
43:01and I'm going
43:02to water that
43:02in until it's
43:03running out
43:03of the bottom
43:06let it be
43:07sodden
43:07and then
43:08let it
43:09really drain
43:10well
43:12now this
43:13spider plant
43:14is moderately
43:16happy
43:16and spider plants
43:18are one of the
43:19few house plants
43:20that actually can
43:20be a bit wetter
43:21than most
43:21because they're
43:22very forgiving
43:23so if you do
43:24overwater them
43:25you're unlikely
43:26to kill them
43:26but once a week
43:28is plenty
43:29with house plants
43:30you may experience
43:31little flies
43:32these are fungus
43:34nuts
43:34and they are
43:35living off
43:36decaying organic
43:37matter in the
43:38compost
43:39and one of the
43:40reasons why it's
43:41decaying is because
43:41it's too wet
43:42so the quickest way
43:43to get rid of it
43:44is take off
43:45the top layer
43:46of compost
43:46replace it with
43:47fresh
43:47give it a soak
43:49and then only
43:50water it again
43:51when it's bone dry
43:52what I'm going to do
43:53with this now
43:54is give it
43:55an immersive soak
43:57hold it down
43:58until it stays
43:59under the water
43:59can you see the
44:00bubbles coming up
44:01there
44:02it's bubbling
44:04like a man
44:04who's had
44:05Jerusalem artichokes
44:06before his bath
44:09you've got a good
44:10way of watering
44:11house plants
44:11that have become
44:12so dry
44:13that the water
44:13just seems to
44:14bounce off
44:14the top
44:16now
44:17while that's
44:18having a soak
44:18I'm going to deal
44:19with the Chinese
44:19money plant
44:21and what I'm going
44:22to do with this
44:23is repot it
44:23that's pretty
44:24firmly in there
44:25a little trick
44:27is to use a cane
44:27in the bottom
44:28and just push
44:29like that
44:30now you can see
44:32that that is
44:33essentially pot bound
44:34if you can see
44:35more roots than
44:37compost
44:37it needs repotting
44:39now I'm going to
44:40put it back in the
44:40same pot
44:41rather than putting
44:42it in a bigger pot
44:43so I'm going to
44:44remove some of the
44:45existing roots and
44:46compost
44:47and I'm just going
44:48to use my fingers
44:48I'm just going to
44:49scrape away a bit
44:50like this
44:53creating room
44:54for some fresh
44:55compost
44:56and therefore fresh
44:57roots
44:57to grow into
45:01we'll put a little
45:01bit of compost
45:02in the bottom
45:08push that down in
45:10having repotted
45:11I will give this
45:12a water
45:13and a feed
45:14let it drain
45:15thoroughly
45:15and then put it
45:17back
45:17now your best
45:19friend with any
45:20house plant
45:20is this
45:21a mister
45:22if you're not
45:23sure how much
45:24to water
45:25or when to
45:26water
45:26you can never
45:28go wrong
45:28by increasing
45:29the humidity
45:30so place them
45:31somewhere where
45:32you can spray
45:33them so their
45:33leaves are
45:34distinctly damp
45:35and sometimes
45:35running with water
45:36without damaging
45:38carpets or curtains
45:39or cushions
45:40and having watered
45:42them
45:42if any has
45:42accumulated in the
45:44saucer that's
45:44beneath them
45:45throw that away
45:46don't let them
45:47sit in the wet
45:48and that will do
45:49for most house
45:51plants
45:51of course it
45:52doesn't apply
45:53to cacti
45:55or succulents
45:55which are another
45:56whole thing
45:57altogether
45:58now the whole
45:59point of house
46:00plants
46:00is that
46:01they deliver
46:02all the year
46:03round
46:05but
46:05out in the garden
46:07there are some
46:08plants that are
46:08absolutely of the
46:10season
46:10and only perform
46:12for a few
46:13brief
46:13bright weeks
46:15but are really
46:16special when they
46:16do
46:17and we went
46:18down to
46:18Cornwall
46:19to visit
46:20a grower
46:21of camellias
46:22which of course
46:22are at their
46:23best now
46:24and I think
46:25you might
46:26truly say
46:27that he does
46:28love a camellia
46:38I'm described
46:40by my missus
46:41as a serial
46:41obsessive
46:42and my current
46:43obsessions
46:44are camellias
46:46really in it
46:47deep with camellias
46:51the Italians
46:52used to call
46:52them perfectors
46:53there's a
46:54perfection
46:54in the
46:55arrangement
46:56of the
46:56flower
46:56that is
46:58pretty much
46:59unrivalled
47:05my name
47:06my name is
47:06Jim Stevens
47:06I've been
47:07in professional
47:08waterculture
47:08all my life
47:09this is my
47:10garden in
47:10Dobwolves
47:11in south
47:12east Cornwall
47:12and we've been
47:13here for about
47:1435 years
47:15now
47:16camellias
47:17give me
47:18interest in
47:18the garden
47:19from late
47:20autumn right
47:20through to
47:21spring
47:21when not
47:22much else
47:23is happening
47:23being evergreen
47:24shrubs
47:25providing greenery
47:26through the winter
47:27and form a
47:27background for
47:28everything else
47:28that's going on
47:29they're beautiful
47:32look at that
47:38there are over
47:3930,000 varieties
47:41of camellias
47:42it's about
47:42300 species
47:43there are
47:45camellias
47:45with beautiful
47:46foliage
47:47right through
47:48to the
47:48other extreme
47:49where you've
47:49got flowers
47:50six inches
47:51diameter
47:52in vivid
47:52pink
47:53and everything
47:54in between
47:54you've got
47:55perfume
47:56you've got
47:56big growers
47:57you've got
47:57small growers
47:58there's got to
47:59be a camellia
47:59for everybody
48:01I've got a
48:02couple of dozen
48:02here
48:03when I'm showing
48:04you them all
48:04I want you to
48:05put your hand
48:06on your heart
48:06and say
48:07you don't like
48:08any of them
48:11this is
48:11camellia
48:12Annette Carroll
48:13which has long
48:13been one of my
48:14favourites
48:14it always performs
48:16really well
48:16every year
48:17I love the way
48:18it opens
48:18from this
48:19really deep
48:19pink bud
48:20and then fades
48:21so at any one
48:21time you've got
48:22a sort of range
48:23of different colours
48:23across the bush
48:29this is one
48:30called
48:30Camellia japonica
48:32bob hope
48:33as good a
48:34deep rich red
48:35camellia as you'll get
48:37but a very typical
48:38japonica type camellia
48:39so it's a fairly solid
48:41presence in the garden
48:42this one has been here
48:44probably 12 or 15 years
48:45and I've kept it around
48:46about the same size
48:47by taking a couple of years
48:49growth off
48:50every second year
48:53when you read
48:54gardening books
48:55they'll often tell you
48:56that camellias
48:57don't need pruning
48:58but if you don't
48:59prune them
48:59they'll grow
49:00into small trees
49:01and are much too big
49:03for a small garden
49:04and you can prune them
49:06they respond
49:06extremely well
49:07to pruning
49:13so if you're wanting
49:14a really good
49:14starter camellia
49:16I've got a variety
49:17called Debbie
49:18this is a
49:19Williamseye
49:20camellia
49:21it's a good
49:22vigorous grower
49:23has lots and lots
49:24of flowers
49:24over a long period
49:26of time
49:26one of the characteristics
49:27of the Williamseye
49:28is that they
49:29generally speaking
49:30drop the flowers
49:31before they go brown
49:32one of the reasons
49:33that they're so popular
49:34the japonica varieties
49:36which comprise the majority
49:38tend to hold on
49:39to the flowers
49:40and they go brown
49:40on the bush
49:43this one's one called
49:45Minato no Acibono
49:47which means
49:47harbour at dawn
49:48and this is a
49:50Lutruensis hybrid
49:51which means that
49:52it's beautifully perfumed
49:53right beside that
49:55towering above it
49:56is camellia reticulata mystique
49:59which is very very different
50:01a very blousy
50:02pretty pink thing
50:05camellia reticulata
50:07is the prima donna
50:08of the camellia world
50:10and this I guess
50:10is what most people
50:11would associate with camellias
50:13this is what they would be
50:13thinking of
50:15beauty is in the eyes
50:16of the beholder
50:17that to me
50:18is beautiful
50:20at the other extreme
50:21are things like this
50:23this is camellia lutruensis
50:24which is a species
50:25such as you'd find
50:26growing in the world
50:27so the flowers are tiny
50:29they're single flowers
50:30they're quite sweetly perfumed
50:32which the vast majority
50:33of camellias are not
50:34and then the third one
50:36that I've got here
50:36is a variety called
50:37Koto no Kaori
50:39which is a hybrid
50:40between lutruensis
50:42and a japonica variety
50:43and this to my mind
50:45combines
50:46the best of both worlds
50:48you've got the colour
50:48you've got the floriferousness
50:49of it
50:50plus you've got the perfume
50:57this is my propagator
50:58and I took
50:59this batch of cuttings
51:01it was very late July
51:02early August last year
51:03they've been pretty much
51:05undisturbed since then
51:06just watered them occasionally
51:08and it'll be interesting
51:09to see whether they've
51:10got any roots on them
51:13ah look at that
51:14a little root system
51:17oh you're looking
51:18at a happy man here
51:19terrific
51:20when I take them
51:21in the cuttings
51:22that I took
51:23I cut that off
51:24right at the base
51:26wounded it slightly
51:27with a very sharp knife
51:29I just pare the bark off
51:31just down one side
51:32which is just enough
51:33wounding to stimulate
51:34rooting a bit
51:35and stuck it in the propagator
51:38so that needs to be
51:40potted up now
51:40into a little individual pot
51:42and lots and lots
51:44of new plants
51:53here we've got
51:54another species camellia
51:55this one's one called
51:57transnocoensis
51:58with tiny little white flowers
52:00very very strong contrast
52:02with this
52:03and the debbie behind it
52:05the typical
52:05what people would think
52:06of as camellias
52:07perhaps wouldn't even
52:08recognise this
52:09as a camellia at all
52:10but it has a
52:11much more natural
52:13relaxed habit of growth
52:14a very thin
52:15twiggy
52:16upright habit of growth
52:17that might be
52:18much more appropriate
52:19to a lot of people's
52:20more natural type
52:22gardeners
52:22than the
52:23traditional camellia
52:30people who don't like
52:31camellias
52:31are not amenable
52:32to reason
52:33are they
52:33for heaven's sake
52:35how could you not
52:36like camellias
52:37it doesn't make any sense
52:54well
52:56it's hard to say this Jim
52:57but you may notice
52:58I don't have a single
52:59camellia in this garden
53:01because
53:01I'm one of those
53:02terrible people
53:03that has not yet
53:04learnt to love them
53:05but maybe it will
53:07come to me
53:08but I do love hydrangeas
53:10and I've got some here
53:11in the writing garden
53:13you may notice
53:13that we've made some changes
53:15over winter
53:16because
53:16when we put the doghouse
53:18up last summer
53:18we put a path in front of it
53:21and it was a bit narrow
53:22so we widened the path
53:23to make
53:24a terraced area
53:25now there is space
53:27to put big pots
53:28I've got two
53:29and I'm putting in
53:31hydrangea paniculata
53:33hydrangeas cope well
53:34in light shade
53:35and they need
53:37relatively good drainage
53:38and the great thing
53:39about paniculata
53:41they can be pruned hard
53:43every year
53:44so therefore
53:45you can grow them
53:46in a pot
53:46without them getting
53:47too big
53:48first things first
53:50it needs a crock
53:51in the bottom
53:51it's not so much
53:53to improve the drainage
53:54but it's to stop
53:55the compost
53:56falling out the bottom
53:57of the pot
53:59I've already mixed up
54:00a mixture
54:01of grit
54:02plenty of our
54:03homemade leaf mould
54:05and the rest
54:06is peep-free compost
54:17right
54:18now that
54:20obviously
54:21gives lots of room
54:22for growth
54:23and because this is
54:24a great big pot
54:25I do want it to be
54:26dramatic
54:26this is a
54:28hydrangea paniculata
54:29kayushu
54:30and it carries
54:31conical white flowers
54:33June
54:34July
54:35August
54:35a lot of hydrangeas
54:37you think of
54:37as being September
54:39coming into their best
54:40later in summer
54:41and into autumn
54:42also the critical thing
54:43about them
54:44is they flower
54:45on new wood
54:48right
54:48let's take it out
54:49the pot
54:52as a rule of thumb
54:53when you're planting
54:55anything in a pot
54:56leave at least an inch
54:58for watering
55:00perfect
55:11now as always
55:13particularly at this time
55:14of year
55:14when you plant anything
55:15water it in
55:19give it a good soak
55:22as well as watering it
55:24and giving it moisture
55:25it's moving the soil
55:26around the roots
55:28and I will water this
55:29weekly
55:31now
55:31what you see
55:33will carry no flowers
55:34at all
55:34so these stems
55:35will be bare
55:36the new growth
55:37will carry
55:38the flowers
55:39eventually
55:40what I want
55:41is a plant
55:42that is about
55:42seven foot tall
55:45festooned
55:45with white
55:47conical flowers
55:51now
55:51I've got some jobs
55:52you could do
55:53this weekend
56:04buddlia
56:05can be pruned now
56:07it flowers
56:08on new growth
56:10so everything
56:11that is on the plant
56:12now will produce
56:13no flowers
56:14so you need to cut
56:16hard
56:17if you go down
56:18to two buds
56:20from the base
56:20of the plant
56:21that's about as low
56:22as you need go
56:23or maybe about
56:25two or three foot
56:26but be brave
56:29and cut hard
56:37now is a great time
56:38to sow cosmos
56:39for a really good
56:41late summer display
56:43fill a seed tray
56:44with peat-free compost
56:45and carefully
56:47sprinkle the seeds
56:48so they're evenly
56:49placed across it
56:50cover them over
56:52water them
56:53and the best way
56:53to do this
56:54is to dip it
56:55in a tray of water
56:56for about ten minutes
56:57and then put them
56:58somewhere warm
56:59to germinate
57:00and they should be
57:00ready to prick out
57:01in a few weeks time
57:07if you've got hyacinths
57:10that you've grown
57:11for an indoor display
57:12over winter
57:12or any other bulbs
57:14that you've grown
57:15in containers
57:16you can plant them
57:18out into the garden
57:19when they've finished
57:20flowering
57:22put the whole thing
57:24untidied up
57:25leaves
57:26stems
57:26and all
57:27into the soil
57:28bury them
57:29and let them die back
57:30naturally
57:31and they will flower
57:32next year
58:03I will take
58:05these buddlier cuttings
58:06and put them
58:06through a shredder
58:07and then that
58:08will go
58:09onto paths
58:11and that way
58:12everything gets recycled
58:13well
58:14that's it for today
58:16it's been a beautiful
58:18spring day
58:19here at Longmeadow
58:20and I do hope
58:21that you can get out
58:23into your garden
58:24and enjoy
58:25some spring sunshine
58:26and just this sense
58:28of the world
58:29breaking free
58:30from winter
58:31and coming alive again
58:32I'll see you back
58:33here at Longmeadow
58:34next time
58:35so until then
58:35bye bye
59:05and I'll see you next time
59:06Gracias por ver el video
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