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Gardeners World - Season 59 - Episode 08
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00:10Come on, Ned.
00:57Hello, welcome to Gardener's World.
00:59I'm just loosening this area up because this bank on the side of the mound originally was grass and we
01:07had lots of bulbs in and you had a display and then when they died back we cut it back
01:11and we kept it as cut grass.
01:13Over the years, all kinds of things have seeded themselves in here.
01:18Some of them are lovely, like the cow parsley coming through, but I want to start putting in spent bulbs
01:25from this year.
01:26That's bulbs that are flowered and finished. These are in pots, but actually there's no reason why I can't put
01:32them straight in the garden.
01:32And you can do this in a border. And that's what I'm going to do here.
01:36And the colour theme here on the mound is yellow and blue, so I've got some yellow and blue hyacinths.
01:43Well, some hyacinths of the yellow and some hyacinths of the blue. Not both at once.
01:54These are delft blue, so take them out.
02:00Being slightly careful.
02:02There we go.
02:07So you can see, there are the bulbs.
02:11So I will carefully separate these out.
02:15OK.
02:17Let's just take each one. Let's take a few like that.
02:22There we go.
02:29See, that can go in there like that.
02:37Now, you notice I'm not cutting back or trying to tidy up the leaves.
02:41It's really important there, because these must be allowed to die back naturally.
02:47That will feed into the bulb and form next year's flower.
02:50If I cut those off now, there's a real chance that there will be no flowering next year.
02:55And if you have blind bulbs, it's very often, because either they've been too dry,
03:01or there hasn't been enough light on the foliage after they've finished flowering.
03:10OK.
03:20Longmeadow is pancake flat.
03:22I think we've got a fall of no more than a foot from one end to the other.
03:26So this is our only slope in the whole of the garden.
03:30And slopes are brilliant for most bulbs, because most bulbs like good drainage.
03:36It's only fritillaries, camassias, leucogeum that really can cope with damp soil and thrive in it.
03:45So a slope like this lends itself to be covered in bulbs.
03:56I quite like the way that they'll intermingle with what has naturally sewn itself here.
04:03And it really goes back to this combination of working with nature
04:08to use all the lovely natural things that are occurring and popping up and seeding themselves,
04:15but also plant in amongst them.
04:18So it becomes a creative act of which you are a partner rather than the controller.
04:23And I think that's really inspiring.
04:37Right.
04:47Now, we're going to join Carol in her garden,
04:49who shows us that you don't need a big space to grow really good food,
04:53and as well as being delicious, it can look beautiful too.
05:09I absolutely love my garden.
05:12We've been here for 47 years.
05:15And ever since we came, I've grown all kinds of ornamentals.
05:20Trees, shrubs, flowers, bulbs.
05:22But at the same time, I've also been growing vegetables
05:26because it's just wonderful to grow your own produce.
05:30But what happens if you've only got a limited area?
05:33I want to show you during the course of this year
05:36just how you can turn even a small area
05:39into both a productive space for vegetables
05:42and a thing of beauty with all sorts of beautiful flowers.
06:09This is the plot.
06:11It's about eight feet by five feet, give or take.
06:14So it's pretty small, but I'm going to be growing so intensively in here
06:19that the whole thing eventually is going to be full
06:21with beautiful flowers and wonderful, wonderful vegetables.
06:26I'm not going to be planting everything today,
06:29but I'm going to be adding to it right the way through.
06:31All manner of stuff, but absolutely everything in here
06:35is going to be an annual.
06:37Most of it is going to be grown from seed,
06:40as were these sweet peas,
06:42which are the very first thing I'm planting in here.
06:46I'm growing several different sweet peas,
06:49but these are cupani,
06:52which is this glorious purple and maroon one
06:55with wonderful, wonderful scent.
06:58Of course, sweet peas are climbers.
07:00So my husband, Neil, has made me this wonderful structure.
07:05It's a cylinder because it means
07:08that I can grow sweet peas and climbing beans.
07:12So I'm going to intersperse them with different climbing beans.
07:28Beetroot are indispensable.
07:31Roasted or cooked, sliced and pickled are delicious.
07:35They can be sown direct into the soil or into modules,
07:39then potted on and planted out.
07:42The variety I'm using is boltardy.
07:45It's not just the roots we eat.
07:48Those leaves are a lovely solid vegetable in their own right.
07:57In between them, I'm planting lettuce.
08:00This is a lettuce called Little Gem.
08:03And I'm putting them in two at a time,
08:06one behind the other.
08:08And the whole object of doing that
08:10is that I can harvest one first
08:12and then the next one can grow on.
08:15And get bigger.
08:16It's really my absolute all-time favourite lettuce
08:20because not only is it delicious in salads when it's young,
08:24you can cook with it as well.
08:26Just stick it in the pan for, oh, less than a minute
08:30with a bit of a bit of butter and salt and pepper.
08:33It's delicious.
08:41So, that's the first veg planted.
08:45And it might seem a bit random, a bit willy-nilly, but it's not.
08:49It's all part of a cunning plan.
08:51So, I'm going to grow a squash at the front there.
08:54And then here, I'm growing a tomato.
08:57But tomato with basil is the perfect combination.
09:00So, I'm going to actually sow some basil seeds right round here
09:05and then finally plant the tomato in.
09:08I'm not doing it today because they're not ready.
09:10But, um, what I am going to do is plant a few flowers.
09:20Alongside the beetroot and lettuce,
09:22I'm planting some pink cosmos informally.
09:26As they grow, they'll give the lettuce a bit of dappled shade.
09:32Cosmos have to be one of the most rewarding annual flowers.
09:35And with constant deadheading, or cutting for the house,
09:40they'll keep going until late October.
09:50I'm going to sow quite a lot of vegetable seeds
09:54and flower seeds straight into the ground.
09:56But there are some things which are much better off
09:59grown on in pots or modules, first of all.
10:02So, this is a method I use for all beans.
10:06But the beans in question are these beautiful broad beans.
10:11The crimson-flowered broad bean.
10:14So, not only do you get the most delicious beans,
10:18but in addition, you get the advantage
10:21of these utterly glorious flowers.
10:24So, I'm just pushing them in.
10:25You want them about half an inch or so.
10:29And then cover them with grit,
10:31which will retain the moisture once I've watered them.
10:34Keep the weeds down.
10:36And make sure that they don't rot when they come up.
10:40But they're very, very unlikely to do that.
10:42I mean, they're tough things, these broad beans.
10:45Here's what I did earlier.
10:47There's the top of the bean.
10:48And look already, that little root
10:51just starting to go down there into the compost.
10:53And then we'll get a shoot
10:55and then we'll get some utterly glorious flowers.
11:00These broad beans, I'll water well
11:02and then I'll wait until they're a few inches high
11:04before I put them out.
11:15You can use exactly the same idea
11:18of combining edibles and ornamentals in a pot.
11:22And that's just what I'm doing here.
11:23This is orac.
11:26It's a relative of spinach.
11:28You can eat it.
11:29But it also looks gorgeous.
11:31And they will go really big and flower
11:35when it's way up high.
11:37But I don't want it to flower.
11:39So all you do,
11:40just take those two little shoots
11:42off the top like that.
11:44And that will encourage all those side shoots
11:47to spread out
11:49and give us a really nice bushy plant.
11:51And I'm going to do exactly the same thing.
11:54Nip the top with all the cosmos too.
11:58Now already this plant is trying to branch.
12:00But if I nip out this bit here,
12:04that's all you need.
12:09So the cosmos I'm using in here
12:11is one called Purity.
12:14And you've guessed it.
12:15It's pure white.
12:17And it takes it a while
12:19before it starts to flower.
12:21But when it goes for it,
12:23especially if you pinch the top
12:25and you've got loads of flowering side shoots,
12:28it's absolutely lovely.
12:37Now, the great thing about doing this
12:40is that I'll put these things in now.
12:43They'll be joined by some of our
12:45crimson-flowered broad beans.
12:48But I can add all sorts of things.
12:50Whenever I see something that I find inspiring,
12:53I'll squeeze it in here.
12:55And as for the main patch,
12:57we've only just begun.
12:59I'll be adding more veg,
13:01loads of beautiful flowers,
13:03and the whole thing's going to come together
13:05and just look absolutely wonderful
13:07and taste good too.
13:32I do think that actually most vegetables
13:35that are well-grown,
13:36vegetables, herbs and fruit,
13:38have a beauty of their own.
13:39And of course you want it to be beautiful too.
13:42Anyway, it'll be fascinating to follow this through
13:44for the rest of the series.
13:46What I'm doing here is planting out parsley.
13:51And to do that,
13:51we start off sowing it in a seed tray
13:53and then prick it out into individual plants as a plug.
13:56And you can see that here you have a plug.
13:58It's absolutely ready to go out.
14:00Got a good root system.
14:02And give it space.
14:04Now, this is the key thing.
14:05I am placing this actually not in squares,
14:11but in a kind of grid.
14:12So each plant has plenty of space around it.
14:18And then as a result,
14:19you get a big strong plant.
14:21Partially remember the carrot family.
14:23They have a deep root
14:24and they want to go to a plant about that tall
14:28with a thick stem and then they flower.
14:30So if you let it become well-established
14:33with strong roots,
14:34you can then go on picking the leaves
14:36over a period of about three or four months.
15:07Those who have now had a good soak
15:09and I will leave them,
15:10but make sure they don't dry out
15:12for another two, three weeks
15:14before they're ready to harvest.
15:16We will harvest these, oh, well into summer,
15:19by which time the next crop
15:21will be ready to plant it out.
15:23And actually the secret of all vegetable growing,
15:26it doesn't matter how much space you've got,
15:27whether it's very limited or huge,
15:29is planning ahead, succession.
15:31So you maximise the harvest
15:34from whatever ground that you have.
15:37And also not just maximise it in quantity,
15:39but also quality.
15:41Grow what you like to eat.
15:42That is the secret.
15:44Come on in.
16:07The potting shed and the greenhouse
16:10were my happy place,
16:11taking plants on this journey
16:14from seed
16:15to full high performance
16:17out in the garden.
16:18So you have seeds that sown
16:20and you get a seed tray
16:22full of seedlings like that.
16:24And then you prick them out
16:25and they look something along these lines
16:27into individual plugs.
16:29They then are grown on
16:31and moved over onto this side.
16:32And you can see these are all plants
16:34that have been pricked out
16:34and getting bigger.
16:35And at some stage,
16:37a lot of them are potted on.
16:39But before they can go outside,
16:41even if they're not tender plants,
16:43they need hardening off.
16:44And hardening off is something
16:45I really want to make clear
16:47because it's actually terribly important.
16:49You need to acclimatise the plant
16:51to life outside in the big bad world.
16:55So from the greenhouse,
16:56they go to a cold frame.
16:58And this is round here.
17:01Now, at the moment,
17:02the cold frame is filled mainly
17:05with plants that have been pricked out.
17:08They're hardy plants,
17:09but they're protected from heavy rain.
17:11They get a little bit more heat
17:12from the glass through the sun
17:13and it means they're not too cold.
17:15And then they go to the next stage.
17:18And you can see here,
17:20we've got some wild carrot,
17:23sweet peas.
17:24I've got some salvias
17:25sitting here where they will remain
17:28for at least a week
17:30before going into the garden.
17:31They're protected from the cold east wind.
17:34They've got a hedge there,
17:35meaning that it's not too blurry.
17:37The sun is not too hot
17:38in the middle of the day
17:39and it's not too cold at night.
17:42They will gradually acclimatise
17:44to life outside.
17:47And if you sow your seeds
17:48on a windowsill, that's fine.
17:50The next stage could be
17:51just sort of outside the back door
17:53or around the corner by a shed
17:55where it's out of the worst of the weather.
17:57That also applies
17:58when you buy a plant
18:00from a garden centre,
18:01particularly a young plant.
18:02So harden it off
18:03for at least a week
18:05in a slightly protected place outside.
18:07But there's another form of hardening off
18:09which is also really relevant,
18:11particularly at this time of year.
18:16Come on, Lib.
18:21The other kind of hardening off
18:24is of plants that are perennial
18:28and can live for years
18:30as long as they are protected from the cold.
18:33So, for example, here we've got
18:35some agapanthus, some pelargoniums,
18:38lemon verbena, salvias,
18:40and this was until last week
18:41full of citrus plants.
18:44It's just enough
18:45to get them through the winter.
18:46But again,
18:47if you take them,
18:48if you have spent all winter
18:49in a greenhouse,
18:50and then put them outside
18:52just because it's safe to go,
18:54they're going to sort of blink
18:56in the sunlight
18:57and they literally just stop growing.
18:59They hunker down.
19:00And it can take them
19:01two or three weeks
19:01to get going again.
19:03Far better to gently introduce them
19:05and acclimatise them.
19:07And if I take a plant
19:08like the lemon verbena,
19:09so if I take this,
19:10you can see new growth,
19:11which means it's coming into life.
19:13And it's the new growth
19:15that you've got to harden off.
19:16The woody growth is fine.
19:17That doesn't need any protection.
19:19It's these new shoes.
19:21Before I take it outside, though,
19:23it needs a really hard prude
19:25as they tend to get
19:27very woody and leggy.
19:28Cut back to the lowest growth
19:31you can see,
19:32and this will result
19:33in a fresh flush of new leaves.
19:41OK.
19:44What I normally do
19:45with lemon verbena
19:47is do a first pass like that,
19:49taking off any obvious pieces
19:52that are too long and straggly.
19:54and then when new shoots develop
19:57to another prune,
19:58the tighter you can prune it,
20:01the better the end result.
20:06Oh, a savvy one.
20:15As the new growth emerges,
20:17it will do so
20:18into a slightly harsher environment
20:20than it was in the greenhouse,
20:21but it will adapt.
20:23And that's the key
20:23to all hardening off.
20:25All the trouble you go to
20:26or whether you buy plants
20:27from a garden centre,
20:29give them a chance
20:30to adapt to your environment,
20:33acclimatise,
20:33and they'll be a lot healthier
20:35and happier as a result.
20:37Now, we have all kinds
20:38of different growing environments
20:39here at Longmeadow,
20:40but the one thing we don't do
20:41is have a floating garden.
20:43But Amy Chapman does.
20:48Hi, gardeners' world.
20:49I'm Amy.
20:50This is my narrowboat.
20:51I moved on to it in the autumn
20:52and I'm turning it
20:53into a little floating garden.
20:55Let me show you around.
21:03This is my little rooftop garden.
21:06I am trying to grow
21:08as many edible plants
21:10and useful plants
21:11and also plants
21:12for pollinators too.
21:13I have always loved
21:15growing my own food
21:16and I didn't want to compromise
21:18on that when I bought the boat.
21:19I've got these planters
21:20which are quite shallow.
21:22So I'm trying to choose
21:23plants that will suit
21:25a shallow depth of soil
21:27and also plants
21:28that don't grow too tall
21:30because I don't want them
21:31to obstruct my view
21:32when I'm cruising the boat.
21:34There's a lot of interesting things
21:36that you have to consider
21:37when you're growing on the roof.
21:39You don't want to put
21:39too much weight
21:40on one side of the boat.
21:44I am filling up this container
21:46with perennial vegetables
21:47which are some of the easiest,
21:49lowest maintenance edibles
21:51that you can grow.
21:53These are Welsh onions
21:54and you plant them once
21:56and they will live
21:57for years and years
21:59and they'll just keep dividing
22:00and producing more and more onions.
22:02With watering,
22:03I'm worried about
22:04the sort of shallow depth
22:05of soil in the summer
22:07and keeping everything watered
22:08so I think I'm going to
22:09have to cover everything
22:10with a thick mulch
22:12and try and keep
22:14as much moisture
22:14locked in as possible.
22:18I've got a couple of these
22:19babington leeks left.
22:21Leeks that will basically grow
22:23out into like clumps
22:25of little baby leeks.
22:27You plant them once
22:28and they'll give you
22:28multiple harvests.
22:32I started gardening
22:34about five or six years ago
22:36so when I bought the boat
22:38I knew that I had to find a way
22:40to make gardening work
22:41and turn the roof
22:42into my own little garden.
22:48So this is the front of the boat
22:51also known as the bow
22:53and this is where
22:55I like to have a lot of colour
22:56and cheerfulness
22:57because a lot of people
22:58that walk past the boat
22:59say how happy it makes them
23:01to see flowers
23:01so I've got some honesty here
23:04which is great for pollinators.
23:10It's just a lovely way to live
23:12and you always feel like
23:13you're really connected
23:14to nature and the seasons.
23:16This is only my first spring
23:18on the boat
23:18but I'm hoping that by the summer
23:20it's going to be absolutely
23:21overflowing with plants
23:22I'm hoping it can be
23:23a wild, abundant, magical garden.
23:27Thank you so much
23:28for joining me
23:29I hope you enjoyed having
23:30a little look around
23:31my floating garden.
24:03You know when I
24:06moved to London
24:07at the very beginning
24:08of the 1980s
24:09we very nearly
24:10bought a houseboat
24:11and wanted to live on it
24:13but I turned it down
24:14because I thought
24:15I must have a garden
24:16and I couldn't have a garden
24:17on a houseboat
24:17well Amy has proved me wrong.
24:19Not only can you have a garden
24:20you can have a beautiful garden
24:21so that's fantastic.
24:24Now the grass borders here
24:25if you remember
24:26I cut back
24:28at the very beginning of March
24:29and it's brutal.
24:31You take everything out
24:33clear it back to the ground
24:34and it stays pretty empty
24:36for a month or so
24:37depending on the weather
24:38however it's beginning to grow.
24:40Some are already up to knee height
24:43and within a few months time
24:45things like the big miscanthus
24:46will be as tall as I am
24:48and grow taller yet
24:49but the key thing
24:50about all these grasses
24:52and this spot here
24:53is that they are open
24:55to full sun
24:56but I've got some grasses
24:57in my barrow
24:58which are perfect
24:59for shade.
25:12This is the woodland garden.
25:13At the end of summer
25:14we started to replant it
25:16as not just a woodland border
25:18but incorporating the trees
25:19incorporating the shade
25:21and making the most of it.
25:22This barrow
25:23is full of grasses
25:24that not only
25:25will cope
25:26with dry shade
25:27but actually thrive in it
25:29and if you get
25:29the right one
25:30I think they look great
25:31in shade
25:33and in woodland settings
25:34so that's what I'm doing.
25:35The first
25:36is one called
25:38Hakonon Chloa.
25:38It's become very trendy.
25:40It creates
25:41these low mounds
25:43like sort of
25:44a low bubbling fountain
25:45that spills out
25:47and the leaves
25:48bend up
25:49and then fall over
25:50to the ground
25:52and if I plant it
25:53near the edge
25:53of a path
25:54it won't grow too big
25:55but it will just soften
25:56that edge
25:57and it means
25:57I can plant it
25:58around the roots
25:58of trees
25:59so this is going
26:00to do a job
26:00for me for that.
26:02That will spill out
26:03nicely.
26:04Let's have another
26:05spiller there.
26:11Tucked in behind
26:12the yew here.
26:14There we go.
26:15This can go here
26:17like that.
26:22I wonder if we could
26:23get that in there.
26:25The key thing
26:26at this stage
26:26is not to
26:28try and be
26:29too controlling.
26:30Try it out.
26:31Move them about
26:32and then
26:33when you've decided
26:34where you want them
26:34it's very easy.
26:36You just make a hole
26:36in the ground
26:36take it out of the pot
26:37pop it in
26:38job done.
26:39Now
26:41the other grass
26:42that will serve me
26:44very well in here
26:44is called
26:45Cecillaria autumnalis
26:47and the name is a clue
26:48because it actually
26:50thrives best in
26:51spring and autumn.
26:52Semi-evergreen.
26:54So I thought
26:55that here
26:56I put three.
26:58Now you notice
26:58I'm putting this
26:59in a clump
26:59I'm actually going
27:00to get a third
27:00because
27:04this is a grass
27:05that looks best
27:06in clumps
27:07or groups
27:08or if you've got
27:09a lot
27:10drifts.
27:10so I'm thinking
27:12something like
27:13that
27:15not too close
27:16to the hellebore
27:17so maybe more
27:18like that.
27:21That's
27:43so I'm going to
27:52get the rest
27:52of these
27:52in the ground
27:53now
27:53but just a reminder
27:55that whatever
27:55you're planting
27:56at this time of year
27:57even if it's
27:58something
27:58that thrives
28:00in dry shade
28:01give it a soak
28:02when you plant it
28:03water it in well
28:04and that sets
28:05it off
28:05to cope
28:06with whatever
28:07summer may bring.
28:09We're going to
28:10join Adverley
28:11now
28:11who has gone
28:12up to Scotland
28:14to Fife
28:14to the back
28:15house Rossi
28:16estate
28:16where she
28:18revels
28:19in some
28:19extremely
28:20unusual
28:21and rare
28:22daffodils.
28:26As a huge
28:28fan of daffodils
28:29there's nothing
28:30to rival
28:31a daffodil
28:32festival
28:32in full bloom
28:33and when
28:35those flowers
28:36carry history
28:37in their petals
28:38it's even
28:39better.
28:41And this
28:42array
28:43includes the
28:44national collection
28:45of back
28:46house daffodils
28:48blooms
28:48created
28:49by one
28:50family
28:51over several
28:52generations
28:53since the
28:541800s.
28:56To me
28:58the oldest
28:59blooms
28:59often carry
29:01the best
29:01secrets
29:02and stories
29:02but one
29:04particular
29:05daffodil
29:06is here
29:06thanks to
29:07the brilliance
29:08and passion
29:09of several
29:10determined
29:11women.
29:13The back
29:14house family
29:15were originally
29:16bankers
29:16and Quakers
29:17but alongside
29:19their work
29:20life
29:20several
29:21of the
29:22back
29:22house men
29:23started
29:24breeding
29:24daffodils
29:25very successfully.
29:30Initially
29:31the only
29:31daffodils
29:32in Britain
29:33were the
29:33wild ones
29:34which were
29:35seen as
29:35rather common
29:36but as new
29:38varieties were
29:39produced
29:39in different
29:40colours
29:41and different
29:42shapes
29:42they became
29:43very fashionable.
29:47Then in
29:481884
29:49Robert
29:50Ormston
29:50back
29:51house
29:51a banker
29:52and daffodil
29:53enthusiast
29:54married Sarah
29:55Elizabeth
29:56Dodgson
29:57having been
29:57introduced
29:58to her
29:59at a
29:59Quaker
30:00meeting
30:00house.
30:03Sarah
30:04was the
30:04daughter
30:05of a
30:05pharmacist
30:06who grew up
30:07seeing her
30:08father
30:09using plants
30:10to prepare
30:11and dispense
30:12medicine
30:13and on the
30:14back of this
30:14knowledge
30:15a whole new
30:16era of
30:17back house
30:18daffodils
30:18began.
30:23Sarah
30:24had the
30:25perfect
30:25springboard.
30:27Her
30:27father-in-law
30:27had already
30:28cultivated a
30:30breathtaking
30:30collection
30:31which she
30:32inherited.
30:33She developed
30:34it into
30:35something entirely
30:36her own
30:37creating a
30:38new range
30:39of daffodils
30:40in all
30:41shapes and
30:41sizes.
30:47This
30:48is Lord
30:49Kitchener
30:50with its
30:50ruffled
30:51trumpets
30:52and
30:52contrasting
30:53white
30:54petals
30:54with a
30:55twist.
30:56Sarah
30:57named
30:57her
30:58daffodils
30:58with
30:59retail
30:59in mind.
31:01At the
31:01time
31:01Lord
31:02Kitchener
31:02was a
31:03well-known
31:03military
31:04man
31:05so by
31:05naming
31:06it
31:06after
31:06him
31:07it
31:07immediately
31:08gave
31:08the
31:08flower
31:09selling
31:10power.
31:12Her
31:13tactics
31:13worked
31:14and as
31:15she
31:15created
31:15more
31:16incredible
31:16daffodils
31:17she caught
31:18the eye
31:19of other
31:20growers.
31:24This
31:25is
31:25sunrise
31:26with
31:26these
31:26gorgeous
31:28gold
31:28rays
31:28spreading
31:29from
31:30the
31:30centre.
31:31It
31:31was
31:31really
31:32popular
31:33and
31:33in
31:33her
31:34papers
31:34there's
31:35an
31:35order
31:35for
31:361,000
31:37bulbs
31:37at
31:372
31:38shillings
31:38each.
31:39Some
31:40of
31:40her
31:40later
31:41daffodils
31:42sold
31:42for
31:42much
31:43more.
31:46Sarah
31:46set her
31:47heart
31:47on
31:47creating
31:48daffodils
31:49with
31:49different
31:49coloured
31:50trumpets
31:51or
31:51cups.
31:52Mohican
31:53was an
31:54early
31:54success
31:55sporting
31:56a
31:56red
31:56edge
31:57but
31:58a
31:58full
31:58red
31:59trumpet
31:59soon
32:00followed.
32:00This
32:02here
32:03is a
32:04classic
32:04Sarah
32:05Backhouse
32:06red
32:06cup
32:07daffodil
32:08set
32:08off
32:09by
32:09these
32:09beautiful
32:10ivory
32:11petals.
32:12She
32:13named
32:13it
32:14after
32:14another
32:15daffodil
32:16grower
32:16called
32:17Dick
32:17Wellband
32:18and
32:19it's
32:19truly
32:20striking.
32:24Obviously
32:25none of
32:26this
32:26happened
32:26overnight.
32:29Daffodils
32:29can take
32:30five years
32:31from
32:31seedling
32:32to
32:32flower
32:33and
32:34some
32:34of
32:34her
32:34varieties
32:35needed
32:36three
32:36crosses
32:37or
32:37more
32:37but
32:39Sarah
32:39had
32:39the
32:40patience
32:40and
32:41passion.
32:47This
32:47is a
32:48list
32:48of
32:49just
32:49some
32:50of
32:50the
32:50daffodils
32:51that
32:51Sarah
32:52created.
32:53There
32:53are
32:53pages
32:54and
32:54pages
32:55of
32:55them
32:55and
32:56these
32:56are
32:56just
32:56the
32:56A's
32:57the
32:57B's
32:58and
32:58C's
32:58so
32:59you've
32:59got
32:59abundance
33:00you've
33:01got
33:01Alba
33:02you've
33:02got
33:02Albion
33:03Star
33:03because
33:04all in
33:05all
33:05she
33:05created
33:06over
33:07500
33:08varieties.
33:10She
33:10won
33:10countless
33:12RHS
33:12awards
33:13of
33:13merit
33:14and
33:15was
33:15the
33:15first
33:16woman
33:16to
33:17receive
33:17the
33:18coveted
33:18Peter
33:19Barr
33:20cup
33:20but
33:21one
33:22of
33:22her
33:22biggest
33:22achievements
33:23was
33:24the
33:24first
33:25ever
33:25pink
33:26cupped
33:26daffodil
33:29pink
33:30cups
33:30don't
33:31occur
33:31naturally
33:32in
33:32nature
33:33and
33:33it's
33:34likely
33:34it took
33:35Sarah
33:35over
33:3620
33:36years
33:37to
33:37create
33:37one
33:38but
33:39when
33:40Sarah's
33:40descendant
33:41Caroline
33:41Thompson
33:42started
33:42tracking
33:43down
33:43the
33:44backhouse
33:44varieties
33:45she
33:46couldn't
33:46find
33:46the
33:47pink
33:47cups
33:47growing
33:48anywhere
33:48however
33:50she
33:51did
33:51have
33:52inside
33:52knowledge
33:54how
33:54did
33:55you
33:55find
33:55it
33:55Caroline
33:56well
33:57it
33:57was
33:57my
33:58mother
33:58she
33:59remembered
34:00as a
34:00small
34:01child
34:01Robert
34:02back
34:03as her
34:03older
34:04cousin
34:04coming
34:06to her
34:06grandparents
34:07house
34:08with a
34:09gift
34:10of the
34:10pink
34:11daffodils
34:12when
34:13we
34:13heard
34:14the
34:14story
34:15decided
34:16to
34:16go
34:17down
34:17to
34:18Herefordshire
34:19and
34:19have
34:20a
34:20look
34:20at
34:20what
34:20is
34:20now
34:21a
34:21nursing
34:21homes
34:22grounds
34:22and
34:23see
34:24that
34:24they
34:24were
34:24still
34:24there
34:26amazingly
34:27they
34:28were
34:28in
34:29the
34:29exact
34:29spot
34:30her
34:30mother
34:31remembered
34:31them
34:31being
34:31planted
34:35these
34:36are
34:37so
34:37beautiful
34:38they're
34:39not
34:39like
34:39a
34:39Barbie
34:40pink
34:41are
34:41they
34:41they're
34:42more
34:42like
34:43a
34:43salmon
34:43these
34:44I
34:45find
34:46beautiful
34:47because
34:48during
34:49the
34:49longest
34:50part
34:50of
34:51their
34:51flowering
34:52they
34:53are
34:53this
34:54salmony
34:55coral
34:55pink
34:56from
34:57the
34:57tip
34:58of
34:58the
34:58rim
34:58right
34:59down
34:59to
35:00the
35:00base
35:00to
35:01begin
35:02with
35:02they
35:02come
35:03out
35:03as
35:03sort
35:03of
35:03yellowy
35:04colour
35:04and
35:04when
35:04they're
35:05older
35:05they
35:05fade
35:06to
35:06a
35:06whitey
35:07colour
35:07but
35:07for
35:07that
35:07longest
35:08full
35:09flowering
35:10period
35:10they are
35:11pink
35:11and they
35:12are the
35:13first
35:13true
35:13pink
35:14daffodil
35:15the public
35:16loved them
35:17and they
35:18were
35:19most widely
35:20grown and most
35:21popular daffodil
35:22for about 90
35:23years
35:23are they later
35:24flowering
35:25yes
35:26absolutely
35:27they are
35:28Sarah Backhouse
35:29created
35:30narcissus
35:31that
35:31would flower
35:32early
35:33through to
35:34ones which
35:35would flower
35:35right the way
35:36through to
35:37mid-may
35:37these will
35:38be flowering
35:38in our
35:39garden
35:39and they
35:40are fabulous
35:41at that
35:42time of
35:42year
35:42they
35:43they come
35:44up and
35:44look like
35:45glorious
35:46fireworks
35:50these days
35:51there is
35:52some
35:52irritation
35:53that
35:54Sarah's
35:54most famous
35:55flower
35:56is called
35:57Mrs
35:57R
35:58O
35:58Backhouse
35:59which is
36:00mostly
36:01Robert's
36:01name
36:01but that
36:03was
36:03normal
36:03for the
36:04time
36:04and her
36:05husband
36:06fully
36:06acknowledged
36:07his
36:08wife's
36:08prowess
36:12in a
36:13letter
36:13after her
36:15death
36:15Robert
36:16made it
36:17clear
36:17exactly
36:19where the
36:19genius
36:20lay
36:22he wrote
36:23I hope
36:24to continue
36:24to care
36:25for her
36:25beautiful
36:26flowers
36:27but I
36:28fear the
36:29supply of
36:29new
36:29varieties
36:30will
36:31cease
36:31I
36:32just
36:32know
36:33that
36:34she
36:34would
36:34be
36:34delighted
36:35to
36:36know
36:36that
36:36several
36:37generations
36:37later
36:38a
36:39female
36:40relation
36:40would be
36:41keeping
36:41her
36:42legacy
36:42alive
37:02I
37:03love
37:03the
37:03fact
37:03that
37:05Mrs
37:05R
37:06O
37:06Backhouse
37:07was
37:07discovered
37:08just
37:08down
37:08the
37:08road
37:08from
37:09here
37:09in
37:09Herefordshire
37:10and I'm
37:11sure
37:11there's
37:12probably
37:12more
37:12lurking
37:13around
37:13the
37:13country
37:14somewhere
37:14and the
37:14RHS
37:15would
37:15love
37:15to
37:15know
37:16if
37:16you
37:17have
37:17her
37:17in
37:17your
37:17garden
37:18so
37:19there's
37:19Mrs
37:19R
37:19O
37:19Backhouse
37:20and
37:20a
37:20couple
37:21of
37:21others
37:21there's
37:21Mrs
37:21William
37:21Copeland
37:23and
37:23also
37:23one
37:24called
37:24Sussex
37:24Bonfire
37:25those
37:26three
37:26are
37:27very
37:27rare
37:28but
37:31in
37:31your
37:31back
37:31garden
37:32so
37:32if
37:32you
37:33think
37:33you've
37:33got
37:33them
37:33or
37:34one
37:34of
37:34them
37:34go
37:35to
37:35our
37:35website
37:36and
37:36it
37:36will
37:36tell
37:36you
37:36how
37:37you
37:37can
37:38let
37:38the
37:38RHS
37:38know
37:39and
37:39then
37:39what
37:39to
37:39do
37:39about
37:40it
37:42come on
37:42it
37:48now
37:49should I
37:49throw
37:49the ball
37:51go on
37:51off
37:52you go
37:54at
37:54this time
37:55of year
37:55of course
37:55we all
37:56want
37:56colour
37:56whether it
37:57be
37:57rare
37:57exotic
37:58unusual
37:59colour
37:59or
38:00even
38:00just
38:00the
38:00brightness
38:01the
38:01freshness
38:02of
38:03green
38:03on
38:03a
38:04lovely
38:04sunny
38:04spring
38:05day
38:05but
38:06actually
38:06if you've
38:07got a
38:08shady
38:08garden
38:08or a
38:09shady
38:09corner
38:10you can
38:10still
38:11make
38:11something
38:12that is
38:13really
38:13beautiful
38:14and
38:14use
38:15colour
38:15to
38:15do
38:15it
38:30I've got
38:31I've got here
38:31the
38:31ingredients
38:32for what
38:32I think
38:33will be
38:33a really
38:34good
38:35display
38:36nice
38:36big pot
38:38crock
38:38to put
38:39in the
38:39bottom
38:40and then
38:41your
38:41compost mix
38:42is worth
38:43taking
38:43trouble
38:43over
38:44you can
38:45just use
38:46peat free
38:46compost you buy
38:47and that
38:48will work
38:48sort of
38:4980-85%
38:50as well as
38:51a mix
38:51but the
38:52plants I've
38:52chosen
38:53which are
38:53ferns
38:54and fuchsias
38:54like an
38:56open
38:56loose
38:57mix
38:57so I've
38:58added
38:58leaf mould
38:59if you
39:00haven't got
39:00leaf mould
39:01you know
39:01just think
39:02of something
39:03maybe a bit
39:03of coir
39:04I've added
39:04a little
39:05bit of
39:05sieve
39:05compost
39:06and that
39:06has made
39:07a mix
39:08that is
39:08nice
39:09and loose
39:09and the
39:10roots
39:10will get
39:10down in
39:11there
39:11and be
39:11cool
39:11so
39:12half
39:13fill
39:13the pot
39:20now we'll
39:20start with
39:21the firm
39:21it's
39:22Arthurium
39:23Niponicum
39:24Red Beauty
39:25and
39:26this
39:27Arthurium
39:28is special
39:29because
39:29the leaves
39:30have colour
39:30they're
39:32suffused
39:32with a
39:32sort of
39:33grey
39:34silvery
39:34stain
39:35and this
39:36beautiful
39:36burgundy
39:37sort of
39:38central
39:39stem
39:39going down
39:40the frond
39:40and going
39:41out
39:42into the
39:42side
39:42fronds
39:43it does
39:43not like
39:44being dry
39:44so
39:45wherever
39:45you put
39:46this pot
39:46you've
39:47got to
39:47have
39:47access
39:48to
39:48water
39:48and
39:48remember
39:49to
39:49water
39:49it
39:49at
39:49least
39:50weekly
39:50I'm
39:51going to
39:51plant
39:51my
39:52centrepiece
39:52towards
39:53the
39:53back
39:53if
39:54you're
39:54going to
39:55go see
39:55round the
39:56pot
39:56obviously
39:56it needs
39:57to go
39:57in the
39:57middle
39:57and the
39:58old saying
39:59that you
39:59have a
39:59pillar
40:00a filler
40:00and a
40:01spiller
40:02works pretty
40:03well
40:03but this
40:04has to
40:04class as
40:05the
40:05pillar
40:05and so
40:06we'll
40:06take it
40:06out the
40:07pot
40:08and position
40:09it like
40:10that
40:12a
40:13little
40:13a little
40:13little bit
40:13more
40:14around
40:14it
40:17but that
40:18leaves
40:18plenty
40:19of
40:19space
40:19for
40:20the
40:20next
40:21addition
40:21now
40:22my
40:23filler
40:23is a
40:24fuchsia
40:25called
40:25annabelle
40:26annabelle
40:26very well
40:27known
40:27fuchsia
40:28got
40:28lovely
40:28very
40:29pale
40:30flowers
40:30it's a
40:31bushy
40:31plant
40:32fairly
40:32upright
40:33in fact
40:33you
40:33quite
40:33often
40:34see
40:34annabelle
40:34grown
40:35as a
40:35standard
40:35so
40:35it's
40:36got
40:36one
40:36central
40:36stem
40:37and
40:37then
40:38a
40:38circular
40:38top
40:39the
40:39one
40:39thing
40:39to
40:39remember
40:39about
40:40fuchsias
40:40is
40:41they
40:41do
40:42need
40:42good
40:42drainage
40:42they
40:42don't
40:43like
40:43to
40:43be
40:43too
40:44wet
40:44so
40:44if
40:44I'm
40:44watering
40:45the
40:45fern
40:45a lot
40:46I
40:46must
40:46make
40:46sure
40:46there's
40:47drainage
40:47so
40:47they're
40:47not
40:48sitting
40:48in
40:48soggy
40:49compost
40:49so
40:50that
40:51goes
40:51in
40:52the
40:52middle
40:52ground
40:54like
40:56that
40:58and
40:59like
41:00this
41:00I've
41:00got
41:01three
41:03and
41:04then
41:04a
41:04little
41:04bit
41:05more
41:05compost
41:05in
41:06the
41:06front
41:08and
41:08now
41:09I've
41:09got
41:09my
41:09foreground
41:10for
41:10the
41:11spiller
41:11and
41:12this
41:12is
41:12another
41:12fuchsia
41:13called
41:13harry
41:13grey
41:14this
41:14is
41:15the
41:15palest
41:16of
41:16pinks
41:17that
41:17will
41:17spill
41:18in
41:18profusion
41:19over
41:19the
41:19edge
41:20of
41:20the
41:20pot
41:22these
41:23plants
41:23are
41:23very
41:23dry
41:24so
41:24I'm
41:24going to
41:24have
41:24to
41:24get them
41:24a good
41:24soak
41:25ok
41:26I'm
41:27just
41:27filling
41:27around
41:27them
41:30final
41:30thing
41:30to
41:30do
41:31is
41:31put
41:31it
41:31in
41:31position
41:31and
41:32water
41:32it
41:43now
41:44that
41:44can
41:44go
41:44down
41:45in
41:45front
41:46of
41:46this
41:46pot
41:46which
41:46of
41:47course
41:47is
41:47also
41:47geared
41:48for
41:48shade
41:48and
41:49actually
41:49even
41:50in
41:50mid
41:51summer
41:51this
41:51only
41:51gets
41:51about
41:52four
41:52hours
41:52of
41:53sun
41:53but
41:54this
41:54will
41:54survive
41:54and
41:55thrive
41:55I'm
41:55confident
41:56about
41:56that
41:56now
41:57the
41:57next
41:57thing
41:57to
41:57do
41:58is
41:58to
41:58water
41:59and
41:59that
41:59really
42:00is
42:00important
42:08it
42:09will
42:09take
42:10a
42:10month
42:10or
42:10so
42:11before
42:11the
42:12fuchsias
42:12start
42:12to
42:12flower
42:13the
42:13great
42:14thing
42:14is
42:14that
42:15these
42:15will
42:15look
42:16at
42:16their
42:16best
42:17when
42:17other
42:17things
42:17are
42:18failing
42:18so
42:19they
42:19should
42:19look
42:19good
42:20in
42:20the
42:20summer
42:20and
42:20really
42:21at
42:21their
42:21best
42:22in
42:22September
42:23and
42:23October
42:26come on
42:27come on
42:30good
42:31boy
42:44well
42:44the
42:45rhs
42:45chelsea
42:46flower
42:46show
42:46is
42:46getting
42:47closer
42:47and
42:47I
42:48know
42:48that
42:49everybody
42:49involved
42:50whatever
42:50they're
42:51doing
42:51they
42:52will
42:52be
42:52working
42:52around
42:52the
42:52clock
42:53to
42:53make
42:53sure
42:54that
42:55on
42:55the
42:55big
42:55day
42:56things
42:56are
42:57as
42:57perfect
42:57as
42:57they
42:58possibly
42:58can
42:59be
42:59and
42:59we
43:00went
43:00to
43:00visit
43:00a
43:01nursery
43:01growing
43:02enormous
43:03trees
43:04that
43:04look
43:05as
43:05though
43:05they're
43:05completely
43:06natural
43:06in
43:06the
43:06show
43:07garden
43:07and
43:08Elliot
43:08Barden
43:08the
43:09majestic
43:09trees
43:09showed
43:10us
43:10around
43:13I've
43:13always
43:14been
43:14into
43:14horticulture
43:15it's
43:15been
43:15my
43:15dream
43:16job
43:16from
43:16day
43:16one
43:17but
43:17I
43:18really
43:18refined
43:18my
43:19interest
43:19for
43:20trees
43:20while
43:20I
43:20was
43:20studying
43:21at
43:21Kew
43:21and
43:22linking
43:23that
43:23with
43:23my
43:23love
43:24of
43:24production
43:24of
43:24plants
43:25meant
43:25that
43:25I
43:26could
43:26only
43:26really
43:26work
43:26at
43:26a
43:27tree
43:27nursery
43:28The
43:29trees
43:29are
43:29important
43:29for
43:29the
43:30landscape
43:30because
43:30of
43:30all
43:31the
43:31ecosystem
43:31services
43:32that
43:32they
43:32provide
43:33things
43:34like
43:34wind
43:34dissipation
43:35flood
43:35mitigation
43:36carbon
43:36sequestration
43:37habitat
43:37creation
43:38all of
43:39those
43:39sorts
43:39of
43:39things
43:40but
43:40at
43:40the
43:40same
43:41time
43:41they're
43:42important
43:42for
43:43the
43:43human
43:43element
43:44as
43:44well
43:44because
43:45of
43:45things
43:45like
43:45social
43:46health
43:46and
43:46mental
43:46well-being
43:47a
43:47lot
43:47of
43:47studies
43:48have
43:48been
43:48brought
43:48in
43:49that
43:49horticulture
43:50can be
43:50healing
43:51and it
43:52can be
43:52good
43:52for
43:52the
43:52mind
43:56tree
43:57selection
43:57is really
43:57important
43:58my three
43:59guidelines
43:59would be
44:00select the
44:00right
44:00species
44:01in the
44:02right
44:02place
44:02and for
44:03the
44:03right
44:03reason
44:04there's
44:05many
44:05aspects
44:05that
44:06you
44:06need
44:06to
44:06consider
44:06such
44:07as
44:07ultimate
44:08size
44:08and
44:08space
44:09but
44:09more
44:09importantly
44:10how
44:10the
44:11tree
44:11is
44:11going
44:12to
44:12adapt
44:12to
44:13climate
44:13shifts
44:14so
44:15there's
44:15a lot
44:15of
44:15research
44:15been
44:16done
44:16and
44:16there's
44:17some
44:17studies
44:17that
44:18are
44:18suggesting
44:18London
44:19is
44:19going
44:19to
44:19have
44:19the
44:19climate
44:20of
44:20Barcelona
44:20by
44:212050
44:21possibly
44:22Azerbaijan
44:23by
44:232100
44:24and
44:25a lot
44:25of
44:25our
44:25British
44:25native
44:26trees
44:26are
44:27simply
44:27not
44:28going
44:28to
44:28be
44:28resilient
44:29to
44:29those
44:29climates
44:30in
44:30that
44:30era
44:31so
44:31that's
44:31when
44:31we
44:32need
44:32to
44:32start
44:32looking
44:33at
44:33perhaps
44:33some
44:33exotics
44:34that
44:34are
44:34going
44:34to
44:35fill
44:35the
44:35space
44:36where
44:36the
44:36natives
44:37are
44:37leaving
44:37but
44:38also
44:38provide
44:38the
44:38same
44:39ecosystem
44:40and
44:40biodiversity
44:41benefits
44:42Non-natives
44:43are referred
44:44to as
44:44exotics
44:44and
44:45there's
44:45somewhere
44:45between
44:463,600
44:47and 4,000
44:48varieties in
44:49cultivation
44:50compared to
44:51our
44:51native
44:52tree
44:52species
44:53range
44:54which is
44:54somewhere
44:54between
44:5530
44:55and
44:5535
44:56species
44:56so
44:57to
44:57have
44:57that
44:58diversity
44:59in the
44:59treescape
45:00will enable
45:01them to
45:01be
45:01resilient
45:06I
45:06joined
45:06the
45:06Royal
45:07Botanic
45:07Gardens
45:07Q in
45:082013
45:08fresh out
45:09of
45:09school
45:09and
45:10it
45:10was
45:11a
45:11steep
45:11learning
45:11curve
45:12Q
45:12is
45:12somewhere
45:13that
45:13you
45:13always
45:13have
45:14some
45:14connection
45:15and
45:16today
45:16we're
45:17working
45:17together
45:17looking
45:18at
45:18scientific
45:18research
45:19and
45:19how
45:20that
45:20can
45:20be
45:20put
45:20to
45:21best
45:21use
45:22in
45:22the
45:22commercial
45:23trade
45:23It
45:24traps
45:25that
45:25moisture
45:25on
45:26the
45:26fine
45:26hair
45:26which
45:27cools
45:27the
45:27leaf
45:28down
45:28My
45:28name's
45:29Kevin
45:29Martin
45:29I'm
45:30head
45:30of the
45:30tree
45:30collections
45:31at Royal
45:31Botanic
45:31Gardens
45:32Q
45:32so
45:32I'm
45:33really
45:33trying
45:34to
45:34understand
45:34what
45:35the
45:35landscape
45:35is
45:35going
45:35to
45:36look
45:36like
45:36in
45:36100
45:36years
45:36time
45:37So
45:38with
45:38the
45:38research
45:38that
45:39I
45:39do
45:39specialising
45:40in
45:40urban
45:40trees
45:41it's
45:41critically
45:41important
45:42that
45:42we
45:42get
45:42the
45:43commercial
45:43nurseries
45:43on
45:44board
45:44because
45:44I
45:44can
45:44do
45:45research
45:45and
45:45I
45:45can
45:46find
45:46some
45:46of
45:47the
45:47most
45:47fantastic
45:47trees
45:48that
45:48are
45:48going
45:48to be
45:48more
45:49resilient
45:49to
45:50our
45:50future
45:50climate
45:53When
45:54we
45:54think
45:54about
45:54selecting
45:55trees
45:55we
45:55have
45:56to
45:56really
45:56stop
45:57and
45:57think
45:58deeply
45:58now
45:58we
45:59can't
45:59just
45:59select
46:00trees
46:00on
46:00horticultural
46:01merit
46:01what
46:01the
46:01tree
46:01looks
46:02like
46:02so
46:02its
46:02bark
46:03the
46:03colour
46:03of its
46:04leaves
46:04What
46:05we
46:05need
46:05to
46:06start
46:06thinking
46:06deeply
46:07about
46:07is
46:07the
46:07function
46:08We're
46:09looking
46:09at
46:09cooling
46:09We're
46:10looking
46:10at
46:10shade
46:11We're
46:11looking
46:12at
46:12rain
46:12interception
46:13They're
46:13the
46:13questions
46:14we
46:14need
46:14to
46:14ask
46:15ourselves
46:15now
46:15not
46:16just
46:16what
46:16that
46:16tree
46:24we
46:24need
46:25a
46:25cultural
46:25change
46:26and
46:27that's
46:27the
46:27biggest
46:27thing
46:27and
46:28where
46:28else
46:28are
46:28you
46:28going
46:29to
46:29be
46:29able
46:29to
46:29start
46:30that
46:30conversation
46:31about
46:31cultural
46:31change
46:32than
46:32at
46:32Chelsea
46:35So
46:35Kevin
46:36these
46:36are
46:36possible
46:36selected
46:37trees
46:38for our
46:38Chelsea
46:39stand
46:39here
46:40Start
46:41with
46:41this
46:41Circus
46:42Canodensis
46:43Forest
46:43Pansy
46:43with a
46:44beautiful
46:44purple
46:45leaf
46:45it's
46:45got
46:45some
46:45flowers
46:46on
46:46Great
46:47They're
46:47really
46:48standout
46:48tree
46:48Very
46:49well
46:49suited
46:50especially
46:51for
46:51those
46:52urban
46:52dry
46:52environments
46:54we needed
46:54to
46:55try
46:55to
46:55explain
46:56just
46:57because
46:57they're
46:57resilient
46:58trees
46:58doesn't
46:58necessarily
46:58mean
46:59they're
46:59boring
47:03So
47:04next
47:04we have
47:04Taxodium
47:05distichum
47:06which is
47:06famous
47:07for
47:07thriving
47:08in
47:08swampy
47:08wet
47:09conditions
47:09If
47:10we're
47:10having
47:10an
47:10area
47:10that's
47:10prone
47:11to
47:11flooding
47:11for
47:12instance
47:12these
47:13are
47:13the
47:14trees
47:14we
47:14need
47:14to
47:14start
47:14looking
47:15at
47:15and
47:15they're
47:15just
47:16really
47:16good
47:17ornamental
47:17trees
47:18but
47:18they
47:18have
47:18a
47:18purpose
47:19now
47:23One
47:23of
47:23the
47:23last
47:24trees
47:24to
47:24talk
47:25about
47:25is
47:25Sorbus
47:26Olingensis
47:26Olympic
47:27Flame
47:27which
47:28has
47:28lots
47:28of
47:29benefits
47:30in terms
47:30of
47:31climate
47:31resilience
47:31and
47:31benefits
47:32towards
47:32other
47:33species
47:33It's
47:34got that
47:34spring
47:34flower
47:35it's
47:35really
47:36important
47:36for
47:36our
47:36pollinators
47:37and
47:37then we
47:38got that
47:38food source
47:38for the
47:39birds
47:39when the
47:39berries
47:39come out
47:40and
47:40again
47:41look at
47:41that
47:41for a
47:42stunning
47:42architectural
47:43tree
47:43but
47:43yet
47:44it's
47:44still
47:44providing
47:44other
47:45services
47:45and
47:45that's
47:45what
47:46makes
47:46trees
47:46like
47:46this
47:46so
47:47stunning
47:47to
47:48have
47:48in
47:48our
47:48garden
47:51The
47:52trees
47:52we
47:52plant
47:53today
47:54they're
47:54going
47:55to
47:55see
47:55a
47:55different
47:55world
47:56in
47:56100
47:57years
47:57time
47:57The
47:58climate
47:58is
47:58going
47:58to
47:59be
47:59very
47:59different
47:59the
48:00growing
48:00conditions
48:00are
48:00going
48:00to
48:01be
48:01very
48:01different
48:01so
48:02that's
48:02really
48:02the
48:02scale
48:02that
48:03we're
48:03working
48:03in
48:03and
48:04it's
48:04critically
48:04important
48:05we get
48:05that
48:05message
48:05out
48:06there
48:06now
48:06because
48:07by
48:07planting
48:07trees
48:08we can
48:08then
48:09help
48:09with
48:09climate
48:10mitigation
48:11and
48:12trees
48:12are
48:12going
48:13to be
48:13one
48:13of
48:13the
48:14main
48:14backbones
48:15of
48:15this
48:15mitigation
48:15as we
48:16go
48:16forward
48:16for
48:16the
48:17next
48:17few
48:17decades
48:18So
48:19Kevin
48:19it's
48:19been
48:19really
48:20hard
48:20overall
48:21selecting
48:21trees
48:21for
48:22Chelsea
48:22which
48:22not
48:22only
48:23look
48:23special
48:24and
48:25pleasing
48:25for
48:26people
48:26to
48:26see
48:26but
48:27also
48:28have
48:28some
48:29of
48:29these
48:29traits
48:29we've
48:29been
48:29talking
48:30about
48:30so
48:30overall
48:31I hope
48:32have
48:32done
48:32a
48:32good
48:32job
48:33but
48:34the
48:34proof
48:35will
48:35be
48:35in
48:35the
48:35pudding
48:35when
48:35it
48:36comes
48:36to
48:36judging
48:36it
48:36will
48:37be
48:37all
48:38down
48:38to
48:38the
48:38judges
49:07I
49:08think
49:08this
49:08idea
49:09of
49:09having
49:10to
49:10choose
49:10trees
49:11in
49:12response
49:12to
49:12climate
49:13change
49:13is
49:13something
49:14we're
49:14all
49:14having
49:14to
49:14wrap
49:14our
49:15heads
49:15around
49:15and
49:15it's
49:16actually
49:16quite
49:17a
49:17big
49:17ask
49:17because
49:18we've
49:18grown
49:18up
49:18with
49:18trees
49:19as
49:19such
49:19a
49:20significant
49:20part
49:21of
49:21our
49:21culture
49:21in
49:22literature
49:23in
49:23art
49:24in
49:24poetry
49:25the
49:26shapes
49:26and
49:26outlines
49:27and
49:27features
49:28of
49:28our
49:28native
49:29trees
49:30are
49:30such
49:30an
49:30important
49:31part
49:31of
49:31our
49:32lives
49:32but
49:33to
49:33change
49:33that
49:37it's
49:37going
49:37to
49:37be
49:37quite
49:37demanding
49:38but
49:38at
49:38same
49:38time
49:39we
49:39don't
49:39have
49:39to
49:39abandon
49:40a
49:41lot
49:41of
49:41the
49:41trees
49:41that
49:41we
49:42love
49:42and
49:43this
49:43year
49:44has
49:44been
49:44a
49:44brilliant
49:45year
49:45for
49:45blossom
49:46and
49:46the
49:46crab
49:47apples
49:47this
49:47is
49:47a
49:47crab
49:47apple
49:48called
49:48Everest
49:48and
49:49it's
49:49such
49:50a
49:50joy
49:50to
49:51have
49:51that
49:51blossomy
49:52week
49:53with
49:54these
49:54white
49:54flowers
49:55floating
49:56above
49:56the
49:56paradise
49:56garden
49:57and
49:58then
49:58they
49:58fall
49:58like
49:59confetti
49:59and
50:00the
50:00year
50:00moves
50:01on
50:01but
50:01for
50:02that
50:02one
50:02week
50:04it
50:04is
50:04paradise
50:05indeed
50:21okay
50:21come on
50:23now
50:26you're
50:26going to
50:26help
50:26me
50:26cut
50:27the
50:27time
50:27are
50:28you
50:28are
50:29you
50:29I
50:30think
50:30it's
50:30probably
50:31not
50:31a
50:31good
50:31idea
50:32okay
50:32what
50:33would
50:33you
50:33like
50:33to
50:33look
50:33it
50:34smells
50:34delicious
50:36stop
50:36showing off
50:37right
50:39this
50:39is
50:40time
50:41common
50:41time
50:42and like
50:43all
50:43Mediterranean
50:43herbs
50:44it doesn't
50:44really
50:45want to
50:45grow
50:46here
50:46at
50:46Longmeadow
50:46which
50:46is
50:47why
50:47I've
50:47got
50:47it
50:47growing
50:47in
50:48a
50:48pot
50:48but
50:50time
50:50and
50:51all
50:51Mediterranean
50:51herbs
50:52have
50:52this
50:52tendency
50:53to
50:53become
50:53very
50:53woody
50:54and
50:54so
50:54the
50:55answer
50:55if
50:56you're
50:56growing
50:56it
50:56for
50:56the
50:57kitchen
50:57is
50:57to
50:57trim
50:58it
50:58hard
50:58now
50:59till
50:59you
50:59get
51:00a
51:00new
51:00flush
51:00of
51:01leaves
51:01so
51:01that's
51:01what
51:02I'm
51:02going
51:02to
51:02do
51:02here
51:02certainly
51:03start
51:03off
51:04by
51:04cutting
51:04off
51:04all
51:05the
51:05really
51:05old
51:06bare
51:06growth
51:07like
51:07that
51:11and
51:11go
51:12go
51:12hard
51:15when
51:16you're
51:16cutting
51:16back
51:17any
51:17plant
51:18really
51:18but
51:19certainly
51:19these
51:19Mediterranean
51:20herbs
51:20as long
51:21as you
51:22cut
51:22back
51:22to
51:22something
51:23in
51:23other
51:23words
51:23there's
51:24fresh
51:24new
51:24growth
51:25below
51:25your
51:26cutting
51:26point
51:27it'll
51:27regrow
51:28whereas
51:29if you
51:29cut
51:29just
51:29into
51:30old
51:30wood
51:30and
51:31just
51:31leave
51:31a
51:32bare
51:32stem
51:32the
51:33chances
51:33are
51:33it
51:34won't
51:34regrow
51:34and that
51:35applies
51:36to
51:36lavender
51:36to
51:37rosemary
51:37to
51:37sage
51:38and
51:38thyme
51:39equally
51:39it
51:40will
51:40look
51:40a
51:41little
51:41bit
51:42sort
51:42of
51:43cropped
51:45for
51:46a week
51:46or two
51:47but
51:47it
51:47will
51:48grow
51:48back
51:57these
51:57plants
51:58probably
51:58will
51:58only
51:59serve
51:59this
51:59year
52:00and
52:00then
52:01they'll
52:01be
52:02irretrievable
52:02and
52:03we'll
52:03have
52:03to
52:03start
52:04again
52:04and
52:05I
52:05think
52:05probably
52:06with
52:06time
52:06you have
52:07to
52:07think
52:07of
52:07replacing
52:07it
52:08at
52:08least
52:08every
52:09three
52:09years
52:09if
52:09not
52:10every
52:10other
52:10year
52:10so
52:11I've
52:11trimmed
52:11this
52:12back
52:13but
52:13I'm
52:14also
52:14going
52:14to
52:14sow
52:14some
52:15seed
52:15so
52:16as
52:16I
52:16know
52:16next
52:17year
52:17and
52:17the
52:17year
52:18after
52:18I
52:19can
52:19replace
52:19these
52:20plants
52:20and
52:21lots
52:21of
52:22others
52:22beside
52:22it
52:33when
52:33you're
52:33sowing
52:34the
52:34seed
52:34just
52:35as
52:35growing
52:35the
52:35plant
52:36just
52:36remember
52:36where
52:36it
52:37comes
52:37from
52:37it
52:38needs
52:39poor
52:40soil
52:40and
52:40lots
52:41of
52:41drainage
52:41so
52:41don't
52:42add
52:42any
52:43garden
52:43compost
52:44to
52:44your
52:44seed
52:44mix
52:45there's
52:45no
52:45need
52:45to
52:45do
52:45that
52:46but
52:46do
52:46add
52:47some
52:47extra
52:47drainage
52:48if
52:48you
52:48possibly
52:49can
52:49it
52:49could
52:49be
52:49sand
52:50it
52:50could
52:50be
52:50grit
52:51vermiculite
52:52anything
52:52just
52:53to
52:53loosen
52:53it
52:53up
52:54so
52:54I've
52:55added
52:55vermiculite
52:56to
52:56a
52:56coir
52:56base
52:57compost
53:00just
53:01level
53:01it
53:02out
53:04now
53:06thyme
53:06seed
53:07is
53:07pretty
53:07small
53:09so
53:09if
53:10you
53:10see
53:10the
53:10seed
53:10here
53:13there
53:14we
53:14go
53:15now
53:15each
53:15one
53:15of
53:15those
53:16of
53:16course
53:16is
53:16a
53:17potential
53:17plant
53:17and
53:18the
53:18fact
53:18that
53:19they're
53:19brown
53:19and the
53:19compost
53:19is
53:20brown
53:20means
53:20you
53:20can't
53:21see
53:21where
53:21you've
53:21sown
53:21but
53:22just
53:22try
53:23and
53:24sprinkle
53:24it
53:24as
53:25evenly
53:25as
53:25you
53:26can
53:28the
53:28the
53:29thing
53:29to
53:29do
53:29is
53:29to
53:29avoid
53:30grouping
53:30in
53:30any
53:30one
53:30area
53:31because
53:32the
53:33seedlings
53:33and the
53:34ultimate
53:35plant
53:35will do
53:35much
53:36better
53:36if they
53:37have
53:37a
53:38decent
53:38amount
53:38of
53:38room
53:39from
53:39the
53:39outset
53:40now
53:41I'm
53:41not
53:42compacting
53:42this
53:42all
53:43I'm
53:43doing
53:43is
53:44just
53:44making
53:44sure
53:44that
53:45the
53:45seeds
53:45have
53:45good
53:45contact
53:46with
53:47the
53:47compost
53:47with
53:49most
53:49seeds
53:49I
53:50would
53:50then
53:50cover
53:50that
53:51with
53:51either
53:51some
53:52more
53:52compost
53:52or
53:53some
53:53vermiculite
53:53but
53:55thyme
53:55seedlings
53:56need
53:56light
53:57in which
53:57to
53:58germinate
53:58so
53:59leave
53:59them
53:59leave
53:59them
54:00open
54:00like
54:01that
54:01label
54:02them
54:04this
54:05is
54:05just
54:05straightforward
54:05time
54:07now
54:08if
54:08I
54:08watered
54:09that
54:09from
54:09above
54:10however
54:11gently
54:11I
54:12did
54:12it
54:12there
54:12is
54:12a
54:13slight
54:13risk
54:13that
54:14it
54:14will
54:14move
54:14the
54:15little
54:15tiny
54:15seeds
54:16to
54:17the
54:17edge
54:17of
54:18the
54:18container
54:18so
54:19much
54:19better
54:19to
54:20water
54:20it
54:20from
54:20below
54:26so
54:26just
54:27have
54:27a
54:27shallow
54:27tray
54:29pop
54:29it
54:29in
54:30and
54:31leave
54:31it
54:31until
54:32you
54:32can
54:32see
54:33the
54:33compost
54:34staining
54:34with
54:35the
54:35water
54:35drain
54:36it
54:36put
54:37it
54:37somewhere
54:37bright
54:39okay
54:40that's a
54:40job
54:41which will
54:41bear
54:41harvest
54:42sometime
54:42in the
54:43future
54:43but here
54:44are some
54:44jobs
54:44for this
54:45weekend
54:58when your
54:59tulips
54:59have finished
55:00flowering
55:01snap off
55:02the seed
55:03heads
55:03this is
55:03a very
55:03satisfying
55:04thing to do
55:05because they
55:05come off
55:05easily
55:06don't
55:06cut back
55:07the stem
55:07and lead
55:08the leaves
55:09but this
55:10means that
55:11all the
55:11goodness
55:12instead of
55:12going into
55:12making seeds
55:13will go back
55:14into the
55:15bulb for
55:15next year's
55:16flower
55:22if you
55:23grow tree
55:23ferns
55:24and have
55:24protected
55:25them over
55:25winter
55:25now it's
55:26safe to
55:27unwrap
55:27them
55:27release
55:28the fronds
55:29if they're
55:29looking raggedy
55:30you can cut
55:31these right
55:31back
55:31because they'll
55:32soon be
55:32replaced
55:33but on the
55:33other hand
55:33if they're
55:34still looking
55:34good
55:34leave them
55:35for a
55:35while
55:36in either
55:37case
55:37it's really
55:38important to
55:39give them
55:39a good
55:39soak
55:40and tree
55:40ferns have
55:41many of
55:42their roots
55:42on the
55:43trunk
55:43and this
55:45is what
55:45you need
55:45to keep
55:46moist
55:46so soak
55:47the fronds
55:48and the
55:48trunk
55:49rather than
55:50the roots
55:51in the
55:51ground
55:58it's
55:59time
55:59to
55:59sow
56:00sweet
56:00corn
56:01either
56:01use
56:02a
56:02three
56:02inch
56:02pot
56:03sowing
56:03two
56:03seeds
56:04to a
56:04pot
56:04and then
56:04removing
56:05the weakest
56:06of the
56:06two
56:06seedlings
56:07or one
56:08to a
56:09plug
56:09but do
56:09make sure
56:10it is
56:10the deepest
56:11plug
56:11that you
56:12can find
56:13press
56:14them
56:14gently
56:14into
56:14the
56:15compost
56:15cover
56:15them
56:16over
56:16and then
56:16water
56:17them
56:17well
56:17and do
56:18so
56:18from
56:18above
56:18because
56:19with
56:20that
56:20depth
56:20of
56:20compost
56:21they
56:22don't
56:22soak
56:22up
56:22so
56:23well
56:23put
56:24them
56:24somewhere
56:24warm
56:25to
56:25germinate
56:26the
56:26heat
56:26is
56:26important
56:27but
56:28if
56:28they're
56:28warm
56:28enough
56:28the
56:29seedling
56:29should
56:30appear
56:30in a
56:31week
56:31or
56:31so
56:51so
56:57i want
56:58to
56:58finish
56:59if
56:59not
56:59on a
56:59high
57:00note
57:01a
57:01low
57:02one
57:02which
57:03i hope
57:03actually
57:04makes
57:04everybody
57:04feel
57:04a bit
57:05better
57:05because
57:06i'm
57:06going to
57:06finish
57:06with
57:06a
57:06disaster
57:08the
57:08garden
57:09is
57:09looking
57:09lovely
57:09we
57:10work
57:10really
57:10hard
57:11to
57:11make
57:11it
57:12look
57:12as
57:12good
57:12as
57:12possible
57:13but
57:14still
57:14things
57:15go
57:15wrong
57:16and
57:16it
57:16happens
57:17to
57:17all
57:17of
57:17us
57:17and
57:18here
57:18we
57:19have
57:19in
57:19the
57:19cottage
57:20garden
57:20a
57:21rose
57:21or at
57:22least
57:22it
57:22was
57:22a
57:23rose
57:23called
57:24ipsilanti
57:25a
57:25gallica
57:26rose
57:26beautiful
57:27flowers
57:27and
57:28like
57:28most
57:29gallicas
57:29seemingly
57:31just
57:31able to
57:32cope
57:32with
57:32anything
57:33but
57:34this
57:34has
57:34got
57:34hit
57:35by
57:35fire
57:35blight
57:36and
57:36fire
57:36blight
57:36is
57:37a
57:37bacterial
57:37infection
57:38which
57:39looks
57:39as
57:39though
57:39it's
57:39been
57:39blowtorched
57:40hence
57:41the
57:41name
57:41fire
57:42blight
57:42all
57:42the
57:43rose
57:43family
57:43are
57:43prone
57:44to
57:44it
57:44and
57:44we've
57:45got
57:45it
57:45in
57:45the
57:45garden
57:46and
57:46it's
57:46never
57:46going
57:46to
57:47go
57:47away
57:47but
57:47because
57:48of
57:48our
57:48wet
57:48warm
57:49winters
57:49that
57:50makes
57:50it
57:51worse
57:51there's
57:51not
57:51much
57:52you
57:52can
57:52do
57:52about
57:53it
57:53what
57:54I
57:54will
57:54do
57:54with
57:55this
57:55is
57:55cut
57:55it
57:55back
57:56burn
57:57the
57:57offending
57:57stems
57:58dig
57:58out
57:58the
57:59roots
57:59and
57:59burn
57:59those
58:00too
58:00if
58:01you
58:01can't
58:01burn
58:01them
58:01then
58:02pack
58:03them
58:03up
58:03and
58:03get
58:04them
58:04taken
58:04away
58:04to
58:04the
58:04council
58:05tip
58:05and
58:06I
58:06won't
58:06replant
58:07into
58:07it
58:07till
58:08the
58:08autumn
58:08when
58:09everything
58:09is
58:09clear
58:10I
58:10will
58:10then
58:10clean
58:11out
58:11the
58:19nevertheless
58:21everything
58:21else
58:21in the
58:22garden
58:22is
58:23looking
58:23wonderful
58:25next
58:26week
58:26we're
58:27going
58:27to
58:27join
58:27Joe
58:28and
58:28Rachel
58:28at
58:29the
58:30RHS
58:31Malvern
58:31Spring
58:31Festival
58:32and
58:33I
58:33will
58:33see
58:33you
58:33back
58:33here
58:34at
58:34Long
58:34Meadow
58:34in
58:35a
58:35couple
58:35of
58:35weeks
58:35time
58:36so
58:36until
58:36then
58:36bye
58:37bye
58:49bye
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