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00:00The BBC Two.
00:30Hello, and welcome to the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show 2026, an event supported by Range Rover.
00:40Today is the first day of the week that the show has been fully open to the public, and it's
00:45been packed with people enjoying the gardens and plants in the Great Pavilion.
00:50It has been packed, and I know that it's been a sellout, but it hasn't felt sort of jostly packed
00:56to me. I've known other years when it's just felt a bit more compressed.
00:59There's more ease.
01:00It is. Well, the sun's been out.
01:01Exactly. Relaxing.
01:02That is the key thing. Now, coming up on tonight's show, I will be meeting the actor David Harewood to
01:09talk about the ways that gardening has enriched his life.
01:13And we'll be celebrating the high level of craftsmanship on display here at the show, and looking at how the
01:19history has inspired the designers and exhibitors in their creations this year.
01:24I have always felt that gardening itself is a craft, that you and I will go on learning until the
01:30day we draw.
01:31Still learning.
01:31But I love seeing craftsmanship in stone and in wood and using these materials and how they blend in, and
01:39we are seeing that in gardens this year.
01:41Oh, no, definitely. And I think what's been really nice is seeing them used in a much more modern way
01:46as well.
01:47Yeah, absolutely.
01:47Well, one garden that demonstrates this really well is the Lady Garden Foundation's Silent No More, which was designed by
01:54Darren Hawkes.
01:55And earlier, Eric and I went to take a look.
01:58Have you been here yet, Monty, on this garden?
02:00No. This is the first time I've set foot in this garden.
02:04Very unusual for me to wait this long, but, boy, it's special, isn't it?
02:09It's a lot.
02:09It's wonderful.
02:11A lot to take.
02:11I love the planting. We could talk about that. I could for ages.
02:14But just picking out bits and pieces of the craftsmanship here, my eyes immediately struck on these retaining walls.
02:21Stones placed upright.
02:22Now, in my part of the world, the top of a dry stone wall has upright stones all along it.
02:28They're called cocks and hens to stop the sheep jumping over.
02:31And so immediately I'm thinking, oh, that's a little bit.
02:33That's a little bit of the dry stone tradition, but in a completely unexpected way.
02:38Well, I think that what the designer's done here is bring that modernity in by using those materials, putting a
02:44sawn layer on it,
02:46and now it becomes the pathways through the garden.
02:49So I really enjoy the fact that the materials in here are very honest, but are being presented in a
02:56much more sort of modern way.
02:57Well, I'm loving the limestone render, which actually we're seeing in various places at Chelsea now.
03:0320, 30 years ago, people weren't using this.
03:05And it's lovely. It's got texture. It's got colour. It's picking up the colour of the flowers.
03:10And it takes skill.
03:11Oh, totally.
03:12It's not something that anybody can do.
03:14This is a craft in itself.
03:16And you're seeing these skills, you know, brought in.
03:19I love it.
03:20Well, the skills, I think, are sort of throughout this garden and many other gardens.
03:23You know, artwork is being done, handmade artwork.
03:27There's five of these sculptures around the garden to represent the different cancers, but they are subtle.
03:32They are honest materials.
03:34And I think that people are enjoying honesty, honest materials, not plastic.
03:39It's combining beautifully with the planting.
03:42I keep coming back to that.
03:43You know, it's this idea that the two can complement each other, that it's part of a garden.
03:49I have to say, it's absolutely a knockout.
03:53I love it.
03:53Skillful planting, too.
03:54Now, the truth is that whilst all of us love this kind of thing, our towns and cities are dominated
04:02by the sort of grim greyness of concrete.
04:05And that doesn't do most planting any favours.
04:08However, there are plants, if you choose them carefully, that can make that grim greyness a lot more pleasing.
04:16And Jamie has been looking at those plants to brighten the grey of our concrete urban jungles.
04:32Gardening in an inner city location can be one of the most challenging environments to grow plants.
04:40And yet also one of the most important and rewarding.
04:43But in a landscape that's dominated by high-rise buildings, concrete and a plethora of hard landscaping.
04:52The plants you use and the colours you choose can make all the difference.
05:05To set the scene, this is a communal garden in the heart of London.
05:09And to contextualise that, these are huge chunks of Portland limestone that wrap around me.
05:16It's the same stone that you'd see in Buckingham Palace and so many other buildings across the capital.
05:21And it creates this inner city environment.
05:25But I'm surrounded by a palette of plants that thrive in this inner city location.
05:37In an inner city location, you're naturally going to have a lot of different hard landscaping materials.
05:44The designers, Joe and Laura, have created a palette of plants that celebrates and complements and works in harmony with
05:52these materials.
05:53You've got these most beautiful champagne-coloured irises just dazzling through the border.
06:00But then the softness of the rock roses, of the poppies.
06:04And when you come into it, and imagine after a long day working in the office in the city,
06:08coming out and seeing this green, calming palette, you just go...
06:23In an inner city location, space is a premium.
06:27And what Rebecca's done brilliantly on this balcony garden is used this brick backdrop to amplify and offset these colours.
06:37At the show, we're always looking into these gardens.
06:40But the reality is, if you're on this balcony, you're looking out of way.
06:44And normally in an inner city location, that's going to be a grey facade or something not terribly nice.
06:50So by using bright, bold, powerful colours, you're going to help to distract from that and create a really joy
06:58-filled space.
06:59The plant she's used, I think, are perfect for this.
07:03So we've got Welsh poppies at the front.
07:05We've got Californian poppies.
07:07It's poppies galore, honeysuckles, and even the foliage of this hucurella.
07:13It's simple but impactful.
07:16And the perfect example of how having a small space shouldn't limit the amount of colour you bring into a
07:23garden.
07:27I have come to visit the RHS and the King's Foundation garden, which celebrates the King's commitment to preserving heritage
07:35crafts.
07:36And joining me on the garden is Rob Slade, who is visiting Chelsea as part of a BBC, RHS and
07:44TikTok search to find new horticultural talent from the world of social media.
07:49Well, welcome, Rob.
07:50Thanks for having me.
07:51Thank you, Chelsea.
07:52Have you been here before?
07:53I've been once before.
07:54This is my second time.
07:55Have you had a chance to have a look around?
07:57I have.
07:57I've had a proper snoop, actually.
07:59I'm very inspired to build a...
08:00Everyone seems to have a rill.
08:02You've got to have a rill.
08:03You mean you say you don't have a rill?
08:04I don't have a rill.
08:05Oh, my goodness.
08:05I know.
08:06I feel a bit like I'm missing out.
08:07Okay.
08:07Well, I don't think we're going to find a rill in here.
08:10I haven't had a chance to look in here.
08:12So, come on, let's have a look in here.
08:13Okay, cool.
08:16Gosh, masses of things that refer to crafts and arts, and actually science, I guess.
08:22Do you know this business of straw rope making?
08:25No, I've never seen that before.
08:27Well, apparently there used to be lots and lots of ropes made from straw because they
08:32were quick and easy, not particularly strong, but surprisingly strong.
08:36And it died out because women made the straw.
08:41Right.
08:42And they only made it from one type of wheat, which apparently has an extra long stem.
08:47And people didn't like women earning money and selling it to make their craft.
08:51So, the craft died out, and then so the wheat died out.
08:54So, we've lost this heritage variety and the skill.
08:58I mean, there's so many things that are sparking my interest on these shelves, but I am kind
09:03of interested in what's in front of us.
09:04Right.
09:05I don't know if you've done much flower pressing before.
09:07Never.
09:07Never.
09:08It's really, really easy.
09:09I mean, we've got like a full-on flower press here, quite a pretty one as well, actually.
09:14You get your flowers, you slide them in, you tighten the screws.
09:18You press them.
09:18It presses them and it preserves them.
09:20I have also done it when you put it in a book.
09:22Right.
09:23An old book, because it does get a bit stained.
09:25I think Francis made that, I believe.
09:27I really.
09:28I must do it.
09:28So, you've been doing that?
09:30I've been doing it.
09:30Do you know what?
09:31Weirdly, Cosmos work really well.
09:32Really?
09:33And you can put it in glass frames.
09:34It looks quite nice.
09:35That's right.
09:36Do you know, of course, I love the building.
09:37I love the building.
09:38If you want craftsmanship, a building like this with its lather and plaster walls and its
09:43pegged oak.
09:44It's a big, yeah.
09:45It's a big old structure, isn't it?
09:46Of course, famously, vegetable garden outside.
09:50Do you grow veg?
09:51Yeah, I do.
09:52I like experimenting with different sorts of vegetables.
09:55I like.
09:56I'm trying a manglewurzel this year.
09:58Right.
09:59Okay.
09:59Why would you want to grow a manglewurzel?
10:01I think I've just seen the impressive size of them more than, I don't think they taste
10:06very good, do they?
10:07Are you into super large veg?
10:09Yeah.
10:09It sounds quite fun to me.
10:11Right.
10:11But they've accidentally had quite a high success rate on the old germination.
10:16So you've got too many super large veg.
10:18Well, you don't have to grow them all.
10:19Well, my mum's got too many.
10:19Do you have a big garden?
10:20I've actually got quite a big garden, yeah.
10:21Right.
10:22It's all right.
10:22With some raised beds that I've built.
10:23Right.
10:24Yeah.
10:25I'm giving it a good go.
10:26I mean, I have to say, I think it is brilliant that your generation are embracing gardens and gardening
10:32and the skill of it and the fun of it.
10:33Yeah.
10:34And, you know, if the road to horticultural heaven is via a manglewurzel, then that's
10:40great.
10:41I think it's the fun bit, I think, that people don't often see that there's so much creativity.
10:46Well, this is a great example of creativity in gardening and there's a lot of fun to kind
10:50of be had.
10:50I think you're absolutely right.
10:52Well, good on you.
10:54Good luck.
10:55It's been nice meeting you.
10:56You too.
10:56Thanks a lot.
11:02Kitchen gardens have ancient roots with evidence of vegetable plots dating back to Roman times.
11:09And in the last 30 years, growing our own food has become increasingly popular.
11:14One sea specialist from Dorset is growing new and record-breaking vegetables.
11:19We went to see them ahead of their Chelsea debut.
11:26So, why do I love vegetables?
11:29They're beautiful plants, so very ornamental.
11:32And there's something satisfying about growing something that you can eat.
11:38My name's Joy Misho, and along with my husband, we started Sea Spring Seeds back in the early
11:44noughties.
11:45We have a nursery here in West Dorset, overlooking the Lyme Bay, a quarter of a mile from the sea.
11:52When we started in 1989, we started growing veg, selling to the restaurants.
11:57But about 15 years doing that, we then switched to selling vegetable seeds.
12:04We had bought just a field, but over the years, we put up the polytunnels and the greenhouses.
12:09In the early noughties, we developed the Dorset Naga, and that propelled us into starting our
12:15seed company.
12:17So, this tunnel's got our Dorset Naga chilies in here.
12:21It took us about 10 years to get it ready.
12:24At the time, it was considered to be the hottest chili in the world.
12:28When we had it for test of a heat level, it came into nearly a million.
12:32We told our local newspaper.
12:34Next day, we were getting phone calls from literally all over the world.
12:37It went viral.
12:41You don't have to have a garden.
12:42If you live in the high-rise flat, don't be put off.
12:44Just put something on the sunniest windowsill you've got, and go for it.
12:47It's easy.
12:48You know, you can grow salads, or peas, or edible flowers.
12:52So, they're very pretty in the house.
12:53And it's so satisfying to be able to pick something and put it in your sandwich or in your salad.
13:00Here, we've got what we call the salad table.
13:03It's all grown in these small troughs, which are perfect for a windowsill.
13:08To sow them, I just scatter the seeds on the top and let them come up.
13:11They're very easy to grow.
13:13This lettuce is called a maize.
13:15Herbs do very well in these troughs.
13:17So, this is a parsley.
13:18And with this, you just cut it what you want, and then it will regrow.
13:22And that on the windowsill in the kitchen will go on all season.
13:25The best-looking ones would be going to Chelsea.
13:28There are a few which aren't any good anymore.
13:30We did sow a little bit earlier than we should have done, and they've come on faster than we expected.
13:36We've done another sowing, so we've got some more troughs with younger, babier leaves, and we'll take a mix of
13:42the two.
13:43The point of growing them in these troughs as baby leaves is you can sow them at any time of
13:48year,
13:48especially if you're growing them indoors on the windowsill.
13:51So, you fill the trough up with compost, about a centimetre below the surface,
13:55scatter the seed thinly, and then cover it lightly with compost, and then water it daily.
14:02We're facing south, so we get full sun, and the light reflects off the sea, so we get much higher
14:07light levels.
14:08As chilies and tomatoes are our main crops that we grow, that's perfect.
14:13The higher the light they get, the better they're going to do.
14:15The problem, though, is we're on a slope.
14:19Walking up and down gets harder every year.
14:23And we do all our potting up from a wheelbarrow.
14:25These are one litre pots, and we're potting up these, this is Numex Twilight chili.
14:31It's one of the prettiest chilies there is.
14:34The chilies start purple, and then they ripen yellow, orange, red.
14:37They're very good as houseplants, so long as it's sunny.
14:42Basically, if you're growing chilies, the mantra is light and heat.
14:45If you get that right, you'll have a good chili plant.
14:49In this greenhouse, we've got all the chilies that we're going to be taking to Chelsea.
14:53We've specialised in chilies for the last 20, 30-odd years, so we feel that we've got to get this
14:59right.
15:00Normally, you would sow chilies January, February, March, but all these we sowed in December to try and get them
15:07ready for Chelsea in May.
15:08We breed chilies, and one of the varieties we bred is this one here.
15:13So this is dawn, and this one here came from the same cross, and this is dusk.
15:18When we made the cross, they segregated out into a variety that starts purple and ripens to a red,
15:24and this one starts yellow and ripens to a red.
15:27Good hot chilies, very productive, just look at all those fruit.
15:30A great plant for the sunny windowsill in the house.
15:34A lot of the chilies are now ripe, but we don't want them to be overripe because then they'll start
15:40to dry out and get wrinkled,
15:41and that, of course, is no good for Chelsea, so we're keeping them cold at night.
15:45We're not shutting the greenhouses.
15:48Right, these tomatoes are for Chelsea.
15:50They're going to go in the back of the display.
15:52This variety here is microcherry.
15:55They're perfect for hanging basket because they just trail down, no pinching out, no staking.
15:59They look lovely and healthy, and there are lots of fruit in there if you look.
16:05I've started doing RHS shows a little while ago, and I've done all of them except Chelsea.
16:11Up until now, I've been intimidated by that because it is the premier show.
16:15But last year, we thought we'd apply, and we were offered a place.
16:19It's been a tremendous learning curve, just getting the plants ready in middle of May,
16:25which is not a natural time for any vegetable display.
16:29And our display is going to be vegetables growing in containers.
16:33I really believe that everybody should be growing some sort of veg.
16:36It's fun, it makes you feel good, and it's good for you.
16:46And here is the display from Seaspring Seeds, and welcome, Joy, to Chelsea.
16:53Thank you very much.
16:54You've made it. How has your week been?
16:55Oh, well, it's been exhausting.
16:58It started last Friday to do the build.
17:01That took me three days.
17:02And then we've had the show running from eight in the morning to eight in the evening for the last
17:06three days.
17:07And we have, I think, three more days to go.
17:09Exactly.
17:10You'll be absolutely fine.
17:12And the weather has been so interchangeable.
17:14How have you managed with all of the growing?
17:16Preparing the plants for the show has been a challenge, because we sowed our chilies in December, so they'll be
17:24ready by May.
17:25But we had about six weeks of no sun, rain every day.
17:29And chilies, of course, need light to grow, so we struggle with that.
17:32But they've come on, and I'm very pleased with them.
17:35Well, they look great.
17:36And you've got a lot of varieties here, because you've got some quite hot ones.
17:40So just tell me of these ones that I can see, which is the ones that you like.
17:45Of the chilies we've got here, this one here is the hottest.
17:47Okay.
17:48It's measured at 70,000, which, by a category, puts it as very hot.
17:53I mean, it's got these beautiful leaves, which are variegated, and they've got all these different colours.
17:58And the chilies themselves, the unripe colour, well, it's actually purple, but it looks black.
18:03And as they ripen up, they'll go red.
18:05And this has been attracting a lot of attention.
18:08Oh, good.
18:08And what about this one here?
18:09This one's called Stumpy, and it genuinely is Stumpy.
18:13So it's tiny.
18:13It will not get any bigger than that.
18:15The chilies are about that size, but the plant never goes taller than that.
18:19Okay, so I'm looking for the Dorset Naga.
18:21Did it make it?
18:22No, we didn't do Dorset Naga for Chelsea, because it's a slow grower.
18:26It's a super hot, one of the world's hottest.
18:30But we would have had to sow it in October to have it ready in May.
18:34We've got young plants of it, which we are selling, but not for the displays.
18:38So you tell me, how did you get on with your medal?
18:42I got a gold.
18:43You got a gold?
18:44I really got a gold.
18:45I am thrilled.
18:46I didn't expect it.
18:48I mean, I was told first time Chelsea, you don't get one.
18:51First time Chelsea, but look at this.
18:53It's fabulous.
18:55Congratulations, John.
18:55Thank you very much.
18:56Well done.
18:56Hope to see you again.
18:57Yeah.
19:02National plant collections make a big contribution to the Great Pavilion here at Chelsea.
19:07A national collection is a registered and documented whole plant group, looked after by growers
19:13to keep it thriving for the future.
19:16Carol has been exploring some of them.
19:22How lucky are we, because here in the Great Pavilion, we've got several national plant collections.
19:29And not only that, we've got several national plant collection holders.
19:33The whole scheme is organised by plant heritage.
19:37And if you're absolutely devoted to a plant, then this is the job for you.
19:43Well, this is the National Botanic Nursery Stand.
19:46You can see new things here, like this Sweet Dreams.
19:49It's a really spectacular plant and the flowers are in whirls all around the stem.
19:55Who wouldn't get excited about seeing this national collection and really wanting to grow these beautiful plants?
20:07So, Jonathan, wonderful national collection of Cosmos and a gold medal too.
20:13So, for a national collection holder, you're a bit of a one-man band, aren't you?
20:18Yeah, it's probably, probably I'm a bit mad really.
20:21There's just sort of me out in my, on my plot in Lincolnshire in the polytunnel,
20:24starting seeds in January in the dark, rainy days to try and get some colour here in May.
20:30So, what is it you love about Cosmos?
20:32I think, you know, if people can see this, it's just all the different varieties that the cultivars offer, the
20:37different colours.
20:38Tell us about that one up there.
20:40So, that's called Fondant Fancy.
20:42It's from the Cupcake series of Cosmos, hence the name Fondant Fancy.
20:47So, they've got more sort of globe-like flowers.
20:50They've got so-called fused petals.
20:52You're quite an obsessional now, aren't you?
20:54Yeah, I absolutely love these plants and I just want to share that love of Cosmos with other people.
20:59You have to balance bringing the new whilst also showcasing the existing plants that are around.
21:04Yeah, and maintaining the old.
21:06Absolutely.
21:06I'm all for that.
21:07Absolutely.
21:08Me too.
21:12Phil, I think it's a magnificent display and it's so creative.
21:16I love that.
21:18It's just beautiful.
21:19And congratulations.
21:21Your second gold.
21:22Two years, two golds.
21:23It's quite a record to keep up, you know.
21:25It's wonderful.
21:26So, you've only been holding this National Collection for a short time.
21:30Yes, that's right.
21:31So, we took that over for my good friend, Roger Parsons, just a year ago.
21:35We've got 1,400 varieties and species within the National Collection.
21:40I'm so keen to discover new varieties, new colours, new colourways like the Black Magic here.
21:45It's the only one with those colour markings in existence.
21:48And every year do you collect the seeds like mud?
21:52Yes, it's crucial to maintain that seed bank, that germplasm in the freezers so that we can offer it for
21:58generations to come.
22:00Well, thank you very much from all of us.
22:02I mean, I want to grow them all.
22:04So do I.
22:11This garden is a celebration of the important work of growers who look after national collections.
22:18But it's also highlighting the precious plants that actually could be extinct in future if no one steps forward to
22:24preserve them.
22:25It's, in fact, a call to arms.
22:28And what you have here are a wonderful collection of plants.
22:32I mean, it's a beautiful garden, beautifully put together.
22:35All of which are in national collections, but it's a garden, and that's the key.
22:38Because national collections have to be grown in a garden situation, which is why you can have more than one
22:45national collection.
22:46You can have, say, hostas growing in Aberdeen, in Cornwall, or in Kent, where the conditions will be different.
22:52The soil may be different, maybe more sun, more shade.
22:56So you really understand and preserve them as garden plants rather than just specimens.
23:03And, of course, that's what we're seeing here.
23:05But we're not seeing certain plants, although the geoms are wonderful and the aquilegias and the irises.
23:12William, this is your garden.
23:13It looks fantastic.
23:15But what is not here and why is it not here?
23:18Well, so over 50% of cultivated garden plants which were available are now not available.
23:24So the garden is an example of why it's really important for these national collections to exist.
23:29Some of the plants in the garden are quite rare and they're held in national collections.
23:32Some of them aren't rare yet, but if they're not preserved in these sort of living libraries of national collections,
23:38then they could easily go out of fashion and then not be available.
23:41So it's a living archive.
23:43Yeah.
23:43And preservation.
23:45Exactly.
23:46Now, have you got every single plant possible in a collection?
23:51No, that's really important.
23:53So there are common garden plants which aren't currently protected, such as verbascum here we've got,
23:58which is a really common garden plant.
24:00Why?
24:01Exactly.
24:01So it's really important.
24:03We want to find that missing collector of verbascum.
24:06So just explain to me, you say you want to find them.
24:09You and I know that in this wonderful horticultural world, it's full of people obsessed by plants.
24:16There must be someone out there who has a large collection of verbascum and loves them more than anything else
24:21in the world.
24:21Yeah, and hopefully they can come forward and become that registered national collection.
24:26And who decides that?
24:26Who chooses that?
24:27So Plant Heritage are the charity behind the national collections.
24:30Right.
24:31And they act as keeping this register so we know where all these plants are, we know who's got them.
24:35So if I wanted to become one of the plant, what do I have to do?
24:39Get in touch with Plant Heritage.
24:40Yeah.
24:41Tell them what plants you've got, tell them what plants you're interested and they can work out what would work
24:47best for you.
24:47Do you need a big garden?
24:48Not necessarily, no.
24:50So we've got thalictrums on the garden which have been borrowed from Nick Hook, the collector, and they're all grown
24:54in a patio and pots.
24:55Really?
24:56So depending on the size of the plants you're collecting, there's a real variation.
24:59And you can be a plant guardian, so you just have to look after one cultivar instead of a whole
25:04collection.
25:06So what we want is anybody watching this who would like to be part of this, to fill that gap
25:13that needs filling, contact Plant Heritage.
25:15Contact Plant Heritage, you can find out about all the work they do.
25:19Do it now.
25:20Do it now.
25:20Rush to the phone.
25:21Yes, please, become a member and there's lots of information.
25:24All right.
25:25Thank you very much, William.
25:26Thank you very much.
25:50Thank you very much.
25:56And welcome on the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026, an event supported by Range Rover.
26:03I will be meeting the actor David Harewood about why he has a passion for colour in his garden.
26:10Adam's going back to basics when it comes to creating perfect seating areas in your garden.
26:17And we will be bringing you a host of new plants that are making their Chelsea debut.
26:26But first, from Victorian fern fever to modern sculptural succulents, our love affair with houseplants has a long and varied
26:35history.
26:35But how are past trends inspiring new looks?
26:39Frances went to explore the houseplant studios to find out.
26:48We may think of houseplants as being a very modern trend, but actually, the Victorians loved them.
26:54They were a real status symbol.
26:56The rarer, the better.
26:58The fern craze swept across the country and people had them all over their homes.
27:03So they're by no means a new invention.
27:07The modern way of displaying houseplants is slightly different from that Victorian ideal of order.
27:13It's all about relaxation.
27:15And this is the conservatory, where these beautiful plants, the same kinds of plants that would have been displayed back
27:22then,
27:22are now being draped, hung from the ceiling, and potted in tiny little pots and shelves all around to create
27:30a very calming and tranquil space here.
27:35Although we may not have a fern fever anymore, ferns still make excellent houseplants.
27:40And this is one.
27:41This is a bird's nest fern, very close relative of the kinds of heartstone ferns we find in woodlands.
27:46But this one is from the tropics, and so it needs to be much warmer.
27:50But it's an epiphyte, so it naturally grows on branches or trunks of other plants.
27:55So it doesn't have big root systems.
27:57It's kind of an air plant.
27:58So lots of moisture around the foliage will keep this happy.
28:02And another is a stagshorn fern.
28:05And it works really well here because it's displayed in this hanging bowl, so you see it from below.
28:11Naturally, this would grow in a tree, so this is how you'd see it in the wild.
28:19The 1970s marked the first boom in houseplant popularity, with the indoor jungle aesthetic becoming super popular
28:27and marking that change into a more bohemian kind of lifestyle.
28:35This is the heliotropic carousel.
28:38Now, heliotropism is when plants grow towards the light.
28:41And this is a celebration of light with windows all around.
28:45I think if you're going 70s, you need to go bold.
28:48And this is about as bold as they come.
28:49It's huge.
28:50It's just senoreflexa.
28:52It's really beautiful, but they're so easy to look after.
28:55And with just one plant, that makes a really, really big impact.
29:02By the time we got to the 90s and the noughties, it was all about minimalism, succulents and cacti.
29:09And they were used in our homes really more like accessories than plants.
29:14This houseplant studio is called Ode to Endurance and it puts these plants center stage and really celebrates them for
29:21their low-maintenance nature.
29:23This is so minimalist, just like the 90s, but instead of being maybe a bit cold, it's warm and cozy.
29:32It's hygge meets Arizona.
29:33When you look back through history, the plants that we grow as houseplants, right from when we first started doing
29:39it, haven't really changed that much.
29:41But the way we grow them and the way that we display them can transform our homes.
29:58Any visitor coming to Chelsea over the last 10 years or so will be very familiar with the wonderful gardens
30:06of Mr. Ishihara.
30:07And again, this year he's done another superb garden.
30:10And of course, the great attraction is seeing a garden that is so different to our own.
30:16And we've absorbed lots of plants from Japan, hostas and acers, and from all over Asia, going right from Japan
30:24across to the Mediterranean.
30:25What I want to look at is the way that we have absorbed these influences, perhaps to an extent that
30:32we're not quite aware of, and included them in our very Western gardens.
30:42Here in the Asma and Lung UK breathing space garden, designed by Angus Thompson, there are really good examples of
30:49something that we've inherited from the East and perhaps don't use in the same way as they do in Asian
30:55countries.
30:56In Japan, they have a concept called Ma, and what that describes is the significance of the space, the seemingly
31:05empty space between two things.
31:08It applies to branches, to plants, to the width of a path, the gap between two hedges.
31:14That space is not empty. It is part of the whole thing.
31:19And of course, here, magnificently, these pine trees, called the two brothers, are defined by the sky that they are
31:27enclosing.
31:28The space between the branches is as important as the branches themselves.
31:33It's not just a tree against the sky. It is the tree and the sky that have become the garden.
31:41The children's society garden, designed by Patrick Clarke, takes as one of its themes, the idea of wabi-sabi, the
31:49celebration of things that are not perfect.
31:53One is reminded of that Leonard Cohen line. There is a crack in everything, and that's the way the light
31:59gets in.
32:00So you use reclaimed materials. The tin at the back is chosen not because of the virtue of recycling, but
32:06because it's more beautiful than new tin.
32:09The rusty metal. Plants that don't quite grow as you expect them to, but actually, by growing a little bit
32:17wonky, they become more beautiful.
32:19And actually, perfection is boring. In people, in plants, in gardens, in life, everything goes a little bit off.
32:28And that's what makes it so beautiful.
32:35This is a really good example of wabi-sabi, and it's beautiful.
32:39You have wood with a split, which, if it's a table, it's pretty disastrous, and you'd think you wouldn't use
32:44it.
32:45But it's been beautifully repaired, so the split and the repair become part of the final object.
32:57Talked a lot about the influence of the Far East.
33:00But this garden, Contained the Rain by John Howley, takes us to ancient Persia and Islamic gardens.
33:08Now, the very first gardens are reckoned to be Persian, about 500 BC.
33:13And then the Islamic influence took over, and you have gardens that are just like this, which feels like an
33:20oasis.
33:21And we could all relate to that.
33:22All our gardens, in one way or another, are an oasis against the busyness of the whirling world around us.
33:31There's a tendency for us to think that our gardens are very British.
33:35But British gardens are influenced from all over the world.
33:40They're an amalgam of discoveries and plants and thoughts and concepts, and a lot of those come from the East.
33:53Across the week, we've been looking at the growing opportunities for women in horticulture.
33:58This exhibit is from Frank P. Matthews Trees, a 125-year-old business that's now managed by the great-granddaughter
34:07of the founder, Steph Dunn-James.
34:10Now, Steph, you are the first woman in the family to take charge of it.
34:15Is that something that you planned?
34:16I think I've always been interested in coming to the family business.
34:20Horticulture is definitely in my blood, one way or another.
34:24So, yeah, it was planned.
34:26My father always encouraged me to do other things, you know, find other interests as well.
34:31But it was always planned for me.
34:33As a child, I used to go and play in the garden, make mud pies, be with the trees.
34:39I loved to be outside.
34:40So, I think, in some ways, it was slightly inevitable.
34:43Well, I think that's absolutely lovely.
34:44You're obviously destined to do it.
34:46Now, you've got a gold medal, which is fabulous.
34:49And are there some standout varieties that's kind of really worked for you?
34:53Absolutely, yeah.
34:54So, on this display, we have a range of different malus trees, or malus.
34:59Some of the varieties that we have here are also fruiting apples.
35:02And we've brought them in trained forms, like espaliers.
35:05So, everyone's been absolutely loving the espaliers, taking lots of photos of them.
35:09We've also got this really lovely upright variety here called aros, malus aros.
35:15And it's purple-leaved, really vibrant pink blossom.
35:19And it's really upright as well, so it's great for small spaces.
35:22Oh, well, that's really good, because people want to be able to grow their own.
35:25But having a great big apple tree might put people off, so it makes sense.
35:29What would you say to young women who want to get into horticulture?
35:34That's a great question.
35:35I think just go for it.
35:37So, follow your passion.
35:39Passion takes you a long way.
35:41Ask lots of questions.
35:43I think the combination of knowledge and passion really can take you far.
35:47And find a good mentor.
35:49There's lots of strong women out there that will be happy to advise how they've proceeded through the industry.
35:55And it's a lovely, friendly industry as well.
35:58I mean, in the build-up, for example, the sense of camaraderie in the Great Pavilion is really quite something.
36:03So, there's so many people willing to advise and help.
36:07So, yeah, just go for it, really.
36:09Well, that is great advice.
36:10So, thank you so much.
36:12You're welcome.
36:12And congratulations again.
36:13The Great Pavilion is the place for growers to present their most exceptional plants, including some exclusive new varieties.
36:23Have your notebooks ready, because here's Rachel with some you'll want right now.
36:31Throughout the week, we've been looking at some new plant introductions, and today I've found three absolute gems.
36:46Summer is all about bringing masses of colour into our gardens, and Bidens are long-term favourites for doing exactly
36:54that.
36:55This new one is called Electric White XXL, and it says that because of the size of the flower.
37:03So, usually Bidens' flowers are very small.
37:05These are really big, individual, daisy-shaped flowers.
37:10And the Electric White refers to this white edge around the petals, and that becomes even stronger if you're growing
37:16it in a really nice, open, sunny position, which is what they like best.
37:21Now, you could grow it at the front of a border, because it's quite compact and low-growing, but I
37:26think it just looks incredible in a pot.
37:29All those flowers, what's not to like?
37:38I've found a very good spot right next to this Dicentra called Passion Hearts, and it's a real development in
37:46the breeding of Dicentras,
37:47because most of them want a nice, shady spot in the garden.
37:51This one is specially developed to tolerate full sun, and it also likes excellent drainage, so somewhere nice and gritty.
37:59I love this gorgeous ferny foliage at the base.
38:04And then the flowers tend to cluster at the very top of the stem, and they've got this wonderful bi
38:09-colour from pale pink fading through to deep sort of magenta pink.
38:14It's really lovely.
38:15Most Dicentras have a short window somewhere towards the end of May, and then they finish.
38:20This one flowers from May right the way through the summer season, so you're going to get masses of flowers
38:27during that time.
38:28Altogether, I think it's really very special.
38:39Always exciting to have a new tree, and this Sakura Cherry is absolutely unique.
38:45It's called Sumara Fugenzo, and it has something I think that I've never seen before.
38:52This incredible colouring on the flowers, and then as the individual flower ages, it takes on more and more pink,
38:59so that by the end of the flowering, they're really quite pink.
39:03When the flowers very first come out, the foliage is coppery.
39:06You can still see that a little bit in some of the leaves.
39:08And then through the season, they become green, and finally in the autumn, they become orange.
39:14So you've got those three seasons of interest.
39:16Now, it's going to grow to be a medium-sized tree, so you could put it in a really large
39:22pot, make sure it's well-fed,
39:24but I think it's always going to be happiest in the ground and look absolutely sensational.
39:34My guest tonight is an acclaimed actor of stage and screen,
39:38who you'll know from Homeland, Blood Diamond, and The Night Manager,
39:43as well as his powerful documentary work, Shining a Spotlight on Mental Health.
39:49Away from the cameras, in recent years at least, he's taken up gardening.
39:53Now, welcome, David Harewood.
39:55I feel like a little, tiny bit of a fraud, in that it's not that I've taken up gardening,
39:59I've become interested in gardening.
40:01Listen, that's the same thing.
40:02Is that the same thing?
40:02It's the same thing.
40:03Oh, I always thought you were supposed to get...
40:04No, no, no, that's a very British thing.
40:06You're not a proper gardener, you say.
40:08Let me see your hands.
40:11Tell me a little bit about your garden.
40:13Well, we moved into our house in South London about 10 years ago.
40:18It was a new build.
40:19It was a little overgrown and a little bit uninteresting.
40:23And my gardener, who's over there, Ian Bridgeford,
40:26somehow he got called in to help them rearrange something.
40:30We got chatting.
40:32And, you know, he started suggesting things,
40:34and I started to sort of...
40:35I was listening, and just the way that he is,
40:38I became so interested in what he was saying.
40:40And just watching the results of things grow
40:43and things come back the following year.
40:45I was working in North America for a good 10 years.
40:48So I'd come back, and I'd see something had grown
40:52and something had died and something didn't make it.
40:55So over the years, I started to sort of suggest things.
40:58And I've now been back in England for about four or five years.
41:01So I'm much more at home now, and I'm loving it.
41:04I'm, you know, get rid of that.
41:06That doesn't work.
41:06Let's put this one in.
41:08That's going really well.
41:09That's really, really healthy.
41:10Let's get some more of that.
41:11And it's just...
41:11The whole thing has grown and become alive.
41:14And what does it do for you to be out there?
41:16I mean, let's not beat round the bush.
41:19You have spoken and written and filmed very movingly
41:23about your own issues with mental health.
41:27And certainly that's become part of the sort of gardening vernacular language,
41:33is that it helps mental health.
41:35Very good.
41:35Is that working for you?
41:37A hundred percent.
41:38I mean, I could go out there for 10 minutes,
41:40and the next thing I know I'm out there for three hours.
41:42And I think that's wonderful, that time, stress, pressure,
41:46just seems to disappear when you're in the garden.
41:49Because you've got things to take care of.
41:52You've got things to nurture.
41:53You've got things to care for.
41:54You see?
41:55And I love that.
41:56I love the fact that it's taking, I don't know, pressure off,
41:59but it's taking the importance of the outside world.
42:03But you see, the thing you raise there, which strikes me as really,
42:04it's about having to look after something.
42:07Exactly.
42:07Take care of something.
42:08Yes.
42:09Yes, exactly.
42:10I mean, Mike, and I have a wonderful therapist,
42:12and, you know, he's always telling me to take care of my younger self.
42:17Because, in a way, I probably didn't take care of that younger self,
42:20which is probably what led to my issues.
42:22And so this idea of nurturing this younger person,
42:26this, I guess you can apply that to anything.
42:29Take care of this little plant here.
42:31Yeah.
42:31And seeing these, I love all these bees just buzzing around.
42:34And my kids would probably freak out.
42:35But I love the idea of being in the middle of this space,
42:38which functions not just as a sort of a feeding ground.
42:42It's beautiful.
42:43It gives you pleasure.
42:44It's a, you create a space.
42:46Yes.
42:47A creative, a space of peace.
42:49I, I, I, it, it's, it's, it's magical.
42:53And healing.
42:54And healing, of course, yes.
42:56Being in there is healing.
42:57Do you know Chelsea, for example?
42:58Have you been here before?
42:59I've never been here before.
43:00Right.
43:00I'm loving it.
43:01I've only been, I came down an hour ago.
43:03Yeah.
43:04And, and I, and he's put, I'm going, look at that.
43:07Yeah.
43:07I want one of those.
43:08I want that.
43:09I mean, apart from wanting to acquire or Chelsea.
43:14And I love this idea of you with your gardener in tow.
43:17Get that.
43:17Do that.
43:19But, but, but just going back to this, this other aspect,
43:22because it's something that's very close to my heart too.
43:24It's, I look out there and I just wonder what these people are getting from it.
43:27How important it is to be able to draw this in.
43:31And it become, not even consciously healing,
43:35but just have the, the vocabulary, have the armoury to do that.
43:38Yeah.
43:39Do you think that's happening?
43:40I do, I do.
43:41I think, I think people take from it.
43:42People.
43:43Yeah.
43:43It inspires people.
43:45It's sort of, and I think we're attracted to something.
43:48I think, well, I, from what I've seen so far this morning,
43:51I'm attracted to it because I know it's going to make me feel good.
43:53If that's in my garden, it's going to make me feel good.
43:55And your parents were part of the Windrush generation.
43:57They were, yes.
43:59Do you think that, that they feel and everyone else feels that they are bringing something
44:06with them that relates to growth and plants and food and things like that,
44:09or that they're excluded and somehow not part of, of this sort of thing?
44:15Well, I mean, I can't speak for, for them obviously, but I can speak for myself.
44:18And I, and I, I would probably say, I probably would have walked past in, in, in, in previous years.
44:24I probably would have said that's not necessarily for me.
44:26Yeah.
44:26But I think having a space and just, again, learning about, uh, uh, taking care of plants
44:32and the pleasure that they can, that, that's sort of broken the back of it for me.
44:37And then coming here and I, I'm, I feel completely at home.
44:41I feel completely, uh, comfortable and inspired.
44:45And I think that's a good thing.
44:47I think that's a good thing.
44:48You can't be a national treasurer and not feel comfortable in that home at Chelsea.
44:51Come on.
44:53Anyway, listen, I hope you enjoy every minute of this.
44:55Thank you so much.
44:55And thank you so much for everything you've done as well and all the, all, what you, how
44:59you've spoken out eloquently, you've been, and the pleasure you've given to lots of people.
45:03And it's, it's, it's, it means an awful lot.
45:06That's very kind of you.
45:07Thank you, David.
45:07Thanks a lot.
45:15One increasingly popular perennial with a rich history is the anemone.
45:20And for one nurseryman who's had a lifelong love of these colorful blooms, they're opening
45:26up an exciting and varied future.
45:29We visited him as he prepared to bring them to Chelsea for the first time.
45:40For the last 20 years, I've been manager of Burankoos Nurseries, and they're a big nursery
45:43with rare, unusual plants.
45:45They sell magnolias, rhododendrons, camellias predominantly, and so I've done many, many
45:49Chelsea's before.
45:50But this will be the first time that actually my plants will be on display at Chelsea for
45:55the whole world to see.
45:57When I started out in horticulture, as did many other farmers locally, grew anemone
46:02decaying in St. Piran, the local strain.
46:06Anemones originate from the eastern Mediterranean, so they like it warm.
46:10Cornwall seldom gets a frost, so that's why people grew anemones.
46:14We had all these market gardeners and farmers growing small amounts of anemones, and the
46:19farmer's wife would pick them during the day, and they'd bunch them up in the evenings,
46:23and then there would be a regular deposit to train stations where the boxes of these
46:28anemones would be taken to Covent Garden.
46:31So that was a very important industry for Cornwall many, many years ago.
46:34But that all petered out probably late 80s, early 90s, and this is just a nod back to
46:39that.
46:41So what I've got here is I've got five different types of anemone ground.
46:44I've got the Jerusalem type.
46:46What's common to the Jerusalem type is there'll be lots of reds.
46:50Well, these are suited for cut flowers because the breeding of them over the years have increased
46:55the stem length.
46:56They've increased the flower size.
46:57They've also increased disease resistance by the thickness of the leaves.
47:00It's hardy outside, not just only grown in a glass house.
47:05Bred from that, a variety called Marron, and that's classified as a flower machine.
47:10What we have with the Marron is a very tall flower and quite a slender stem.
47:18Now we're here and amongst the Mistral varieties of the Italian Ranunculus.
47:22These are my favourites and they will give you a constant supply of anemones over a long
47:27period of time.
47:28So what you won't have is a flush and then gone.
47:32And they are very consistent in their quality and they are very consistent in their stem length
47:37and the colours are quite exceptional.
47:40My overall favourite would be Anemone coronaria mistral panda.
47:44And this is just coming into blue.
47:46So look at this.
47:47You can see why it's called panda.
47:51They've gone further with the mistral variety to create the mistral plus, which means there's
47:55even bigger flower heads, even thicker stems, and the plant is a little bit more compact.
48:01They would be perfect to grow in your garden.
48:03The other variety I have is the Levante double, slightly shorter stem, which is common, but
48:09also a very, very delicate flower when you get up close.
48:15These anemones are historically planted in July in Cornwall, both inside and outside.
48:20That will establish the plant before it flowers and the flowers will start flowering in October,
48:25November and December.
48:27There'll be a short pause in December and January when the light levels drop and the
48:30weather gets poor, only for them to restart again towards the end of January, February
48:34and go through into March when other flowers come onto the market and the anemones have had
48:39their day.
48:41They will come back in next year in a bigger corm, but they won't be as good as the first
48:46year, because the best anemone flower will come from the smallest size corn.
48:54Usually pick two or three times a week, I get to about 50 or 60 bunches, any more and I
48:58just
48:58won't be able to cope with it.
49:01To pick an anemone, you need to pick them when the flower is still tight and not open, so you
49:06could pick this, bunch it up, and in two or three days that will be open and it will stay
49:10open for another two or three days, maybe four or five in a cool kitchen window.
49:15When picking anemones, it's very important to get the stem length as long as possible and try
49:20to cut it off as close as you can to the corm to stop any rot being left on the
49:25remaining stem
49:26that you've picked from.
49:28And like every cut flower, cut it off diagonally so that you have a bigger surface area of the
49:33stem bottom to take up as much water as possible.
49:39So when it comes to Chelsea, I'm trying to just slowly keep these going along until probably
49:45two weeks before the show, where then I can sort of accelerate their blooming by just adding
49:50some basic tomato feed.
49:53So the weather's going to be dull for the next couple of weeks and that will really help me
49:56slow these down a little bit and not bring them on too fast.
50:00What I intend to display at Chelsea is anemones in this stage of opening.
50:05So hopefully on the flower stand at Chelsea, you'll see just a riot of colour and as long
50:09as I'm pleased with how it looks, the medal is a bonus.
50:13Nervous at all or not?
50:14No, I don't do nerves.
50:18Apart from the day.
50:22They're grown locally, they're done come locally, they're distributed locally, they're bought
50:26locally in a two mile radius.
50:29It's quite remarkable to see something which is smaller than a piece of gravel to produce
50:34something which is quite comprehensive and can produce multiple flowers.
50:39Anybody can do it.
50:40It's a garden plant as well as a cut flower.
50:46And here are Andrew's gold medal winning anemones.
50:50He promised us a riot of colours and he certainly delivered.
50:55Welcome back to Chelsea, Andrew.
50:57How are you feeling?
50:59Yeah, very, very pleased with the display.
51:02Perhaps it exceeded my expectations actually to get a gold medal.
51:06But I am pleased with how it looks and I think the anemones are the winners here.
51:10Oh, you've done them absolutely proud.
51:13Now, I saw that you had panda in the VT, but what are you holding there?
51:18So this one here is very similar to panda.
51:21This one's called Bianco Centro Nero.
51:24So that's white centre of black and what I particularly like about this one, it has a little bit of
51:30pink hue around the base of the petal and it's quite a vigorous grower.
51:37You have good stem length on this one.
51:39It's very durable in its leaf thickness and it's a very prolific flower over a long period of time.
51:46So you get a decent anemone Bianco Centro Centro Nero.
51:49You can get eight to ten flowers off of it in a season.
51:53So a very good doer.
51:54Yeah, no, it's amazing.
51:56I mean, look at what you've done.
51:57I mean, you've done this all on your own before you've been part of a team.
52:01How's the experience been doing all of this and bringing this to Chelsea?
52:05Well, gruelling is the word because it takes a lot of husbandry to look after them over a long period
52:12of time.
52:13So in my glass house, which is like a side hustle, if you like, this is a hobbyist opportunity which
52:21I observed.
52:23And I'm very passionate on anemones.
52:25And I thought, well, let's see if we can grow some and take them to Chelsea.
52:28I started off doing it, planting the first corms in July of last year.
52:32And I finished off picking the last bunches yesterday for a refresh tomorrow.
52:37So it's a very long time.
52:38But it looks fantastic.
52:40So do you feel confident for the future in terms of maybe coming back?
52:45What are your plans?
52:47Presently, the amount of effort that's gone into this is just unreal.
52:52And when I looked at them yesterday, interestingly, I thought, how many anemones could I have next week if Chelsea
52:58was a week later?
52:59And I worked out, I'd have about five bunches.
53:02So I'm right on the very end of what the anemone coronaria can actually do in the season it's grown
53:07in.
53:08Right at the very end.
53:09Well, we hope that you'll be able to make it back.
53:11Congratulations.
53:12They look stunning.
53:18Now, this week, Adam has been going right back to basics, looking at the essential components of any great gun.
53:26And tonight, he's tackling one of the really big ones, or at least one of the most important ones,
53:31which, of course, is creating a perfect spot to sit back and relax.
53:43I've lost count of how many conversations I've had with gardeners over the year when they say,
53:50I haven't got time to sit down in the garden.
53:53Well, I'm telling you, if you get that seating right in your garden,
53:57that is going to be one of the most important things you do.
54:03So, let's break it into three sections.
54:06First of all, casual seating.
54:08Maybe somewhere you'll just take a moment.
54:10After that, relax.
54:11You're going to linger.
54:12Stay a while.
54:13And then, dining.
54:16So, after that, as a designer, it's really working out how the light moves through the space.
54:22Then, where do you want to be at a certain point in the day?
54:27Think about it.
54:27This is lovely casual seating.
54:30I'm going to come out here.
54:31I'm going to have a moment.
54:32I'm wrapped with planting.
54:34I've got lots to look at.
54:36The wildlife are going to come in.
54:38So, that moment becomes even more special.
54:47We can be very visually driven.
54:49How does something look?
54:51And, yes, that's important.
54:52But, for me, relaxed seating needs to hold you.
54:56So, ultimately, atmosphere is incredibly important.
55:01If you want to bring a group of people together, you want to sit them in a space.
55:05Maybe if you've got room, it's away from the house.
55:08So, you've got that disconnect with everyday life.
55:10You surround yourself with planting.
55:13I know not everybody can have this, but it's got all the elements.
55:16You've got wildlife, it feels alive.
55:18You've got the sound of running water.
55:20It just sort of calms.
55:22And then, as, you know, the evening approaches, you can light a fire.
55:28And, individually, a couple, a group of you, just spend hours enjoying the space.
55:41If you're going to add somewhere to dine in the garden, I think the first thing to think about is
55:45the space.
55:46I've been to too many gardens where I've been sat round the table and it's been fine until you want
55:51to get up and you move the chair back and you're in the border.
55:54So, be as generous as you can be.
55:57And, what I love about this area, they've dropped the levels, which straight away changes your eye line.
56:04And, that could be raised beds around your paving, you know.
56:09That eye line is so important.
56:11And, then, the last thing has got to be the materials.
56:14You know, here you've got timber and that has this relationship with the timber building, you know.
56:19In reality, whatever you add to your garden, it just needs to feel like it belongs.
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56:53Oh, okay.
56:55So, a bit of time for some questions.
56:57Oh, okay.
56:57Fine.
56:58Let's do as many as we can.
56:59Okay, so, Dupica on Instagram has asked, my 15-year-old step over pear tree has dropped its bloom and
57:06the leaves have turned black.
57:07What's wrong?
57:09Well, it could be late frost.
57:10I don't know where Dupica is.
57:12And, if there was a hard frost, that would happen.
57:14But, it's pretty dramatic and it sounds like fire blight to me.
57:18And, I'm afraid that affects the whole rose family, of which pears, apples, hawthorns, they're all part of it.
57:23If it dies back, I'm afraid to dig it up and burn it.
57:26Oh, drastic.
57:26Yeah.
57:27But, not good.
57:28Not good.
57:28Okay.
57:29Okay, let me ask you one quickly.
57:31How do you create a lush effect using tropical plants?
57:36Give me a few, one or two decent plants.
57:38If I was in shade, that's so easy.
57:42If you've got damp soil, Ligularia.
57:44I really love Ligularia.
57:46And, if it was sunny, I'd go Melianthus.
57:48There's lots of Melianthus.
57:50Melianthus major.
57:51Very nice.
57:51Yeah.
57:52Good advice.
57:53Okay.
57:54So, that's it for tonight.
57:56Join Nicky and Angelica tomorrow on BBC One at 2pm.
58:01Sophie and Adam will be back on BBC One at 7 o'clock in the evening.
58:05And, they'll be chatting to Michael Ball.
58:07And, you can join us at 8 o'clock on BBC Two, when we will be celebrating the great British
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58:13But, until then, bye-bye.
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