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00:01Music
00:13Hello and welcome to the new series of Beech Grove Garden.
00:17It's been a long cold and wet winter but the garden is finally warming up.
00:23So ahead of us we've got a great season of growing.
00:26So from beginner to expert we'll have something for you.
00:29So stay with us for all types of gardening advice.
00:32Right, well we better get started then eh.
00:34Here's what we've got coming up on the programme.
00:39Coming up, some Easter planting and all you need is room for a container.
00:44It's time to get the tatties in, we show you how.
00:48We're off to Joppa for George's start to the season.
00:51And some handy hints for jobs to do right now.
00:57Well Brian, I think before we start the planning and the planting,
01:00we really should as always talk about the season before and what's happened.
01:04Oh well, I think it's good for any new viewers to the programme
01:07to understand that we are just outside Aberdeen.
01:11We've been gardening this area since 1978 and next year's going to be our 50th series.
01:16Yeah, I've seen quite a few of them, I think I've seen about 43 of them.
01:20But anyway, so let's start with the winter.
01:23Unbelievable.
01:24Aberdeen made the news, 21 consecutive days without any sunshine.
01:29And in fact on record, I think in Scotland since 1910,
01:33it's one of the 10th dullest winters that we've had.
01:36And then what about the rain?
01:38In Aberdeenshire, it's also one of the top 10 wettest winters since 1837.
01:43So that's a lot of records there that it was a heck of a lot of rain.
01:46So it's going to take a while to dry out and then what about the snow?
01:50Where do we stop?
01:51And I think this is interesting with the snow
01:52because I think it's very different for you where you garden.
01:55Yeah, so I'm just at Perthshire.
01:57I could look north and I see all the hills at the back of Blair, Gowdy, etc.
02:01covered in snow, but we barely had a single thing.
02:03Yet I'm on the telly watching you guys.
02:05I mean, it must have been incredible.
02:06Well, we were hibernating.
02:07We couldn't get out.
02:08We couldn't get the car out of the drive.
02:10So much snow and plant damage as well.
02:13I mean, there has been a bit of damage here in the garden.
02:14I know, that beautiful juniper in the back of the garden,
02:17but the habit of it, the way it just sort of splays out and flat,
02:21it was just asking for the snow to sit on top of it.
02:24And unfortunately, with that heaviness,
02:26it's basically just snapped a couple of branches.
02:28So again, you've kind of got to look at that now.
02:30Will it stay? Will it go?
02:31But at the same time, let's be positive, snow can actually be an insulator for plants.
02:35It can protect them, can't it?
02:36Yeah, it's good.
02:37All these challenges us gardeners have to go through with the weather, eh?
02:40It's great fun though.
02:42And then talking about that, I think it's about time we started off with some planting.
02:52You know, Brian, I think it wouldn't be Beech Grove without us planting our tattoos.
02:56I think it's really important, isn't it?
02:58It's a tradition, isn't it?
02:59Yeah.
03:00And I think as well, we need to talk about the weather conditions,
03:02because you can be too early with planting.
03:04Yeah.
03:05It's easy to get carried away.
03:06I mean, look at today.
03:07I know it's got a cold wind, but the sun's out, there's a bit of warmth.
03:10But listen, the weather's so fickle.
03:12We could even get snow tomorrow, wouldn't surprise me.
03:14So we've got to be careful.
03:15So temperature is one thing to maybe look for.
03:19So a wee thermometer, and I'd be saying about sort of six degrees at least.
03:22Yeah.
03:23And I would say for about a week, not just the one night, you've got to make sure it's steady
03:26now.
03:27And then also the weeds, I see they're starting to poke up as well.
03:29Yeah.
03:30So that's a good sign to say, yep, we're okay.
03:32But you know, if there is a touch of frost, I'm going to say the variety that you're planting,
03:36a first early epicure, it doesn't mind, it does recover.
03:39I know, this is a really good variety, also known as air showers.
03:44They love it down that part of the country.
03:45But as you say, a touch of frost, they can take it.
03:49But if you are worried, we've got a bit of ground cover there.
03:51You could always cover up your tatties during a spell of frost or wet weather as well.
03:54Tatties don't like that wet weather either.
03:56And that's a nice flowery potato, isn't it?
03:57Whereas I've got a very modern, new variety, never grown it before.
04:01Have you, Francis?
04:02No, that's a new one for me.
04:03So, meant to be really disease resistant as well.
04:07So, you know, it avoids the blight.
04:08But, I mean, having said that, first early is mature quite early anyway and can avoid that.
04:13Yeah, which is good.
04:14And again, good point to note as well.
04:16Now, you also get second early tatties and you also get main crops.
04:20So, you're going to kind of stagger your planting over the next, what, month?
04:23But that means you could get a crop of potatoes from late June, early July, right the way through the
04:28winter.
04:28So, early's about 12 weeks.
04:31Main's, what, 17, 18 weeks?
04:33Yeah, a little bit longer, eh?
04:34Now, the gardeners also, with these first early's, have done a little bit of, like, chitting.
04:40In other words, sprouting them.
04:41So, they've left them in the light.
04:43And that means, with this little bit of growth, we maybe can still get an earlier crop.
04:48I know.
04:48They reckon sometimes up to about ten days, if all the conditions are correct.
04:52So, yeah, it's a handy wee thing to do.
04:54Yeah, and the other thing is to maybe look for what we call the rose end and you normally see
04:57that there are more little eyes in it.
04:59Although this is the modern variety, I'm going more the traditional method with taking out the trench.
05:05I know.
05:05And old money for me, this dahlia stick that I marked up, that is 12 inches or a foot apart.
05:12Well, I'm going to plant the modern way and I'm going to plant mine maybe 30 centimetres apart and round
05:18about 15 centimetres deep.
05:19OK.
05:19And all I'm using is a trowel, space them out over the line and then plant them in the ground.
05:23Well, that's a very simple way to do it and especially if you've got good ground.
05:27And then with this one, you know, using the draw hoe.
05:30OK, so look, Brian, I'm going to maybe push the soil like that.
05:32But the best way to draw a hoe is to draw it to you, isn't it?
05:37And this little tool, this is going to come in handy as the summer goes on
05:40because we're going to want to earth our potatoes up.
05:43And that's to protect them, all the potatoes that grow over the summer.
05:46So, you're going to use this.
05:47Well, earthing up, you usually can get more tatties, can't you?
05:50And also, we like to plant in containers because, I mean, not everybody has a garden.
05:55No, and this method is perfect.
05:57You've only got a patio or a balcony, you can plant tatties in bags.
06:00And OK, you're not going to get a bigger crop as what you do in the ground,
06:03but you can still get a good crop for a few meals.
06:05And it's your turn to do a wee bit of a trial this year.
06:07I know, I know it's always been your thing, but I've been reading up quite a bit lately
06:12and they say the closer you plant your tatties in the ground or the more you put in a bag,
06:17they say the smaller the potato is.
06:19I mean, have you tried that before? Have you seen that?
06:22No, I haven't seen that.
06:23So, you know, I'm going for the traditional three in a bag.
06:27That's normally what they recommend, whereas how many are you going to go for?
06:30I'm going to go for five, which is generally about the maximum that you would put in a bag.
06:34So, it'll be interesting to see come, what, early July, just to see what the difference is.
06:38OK, so a little bit of compost in the bottom, there's a slow-release fertilizer.
06:42All we've got to do is cover these up and then as they grow, just like the ground, you keep
06:48earthing them up.
06:49We've got an extra bag as well.
06:51Yes! So, as we were saying, this is a very early variety.
06:56Now, George's birthday is at the beginning of June, so what we're hoping is...
07:00Don't tell anyone.
07:01No, and I'm sure he wouldn't want everybody to know it's his birthday early June.
07:05But what we're hoping is we could have a bag of tatties ready for his birthday.
07:08Just, I'm going to drop a hint, I'd rather have a Porsche, but if he wants a bag of tatties,
07:12let's get him a bag of tatties.
07:13And they're going to go undercover, aren't they?
07:15They're going to have to have the warmth, well watered, we'll see what happens.
07:19Yeah.
07:20So, we're going to come back over the summer to see how our potatoes are getting on.
07:24But for now, I'm going to go to a part of the garden that's actually celebrating its 10th anniversary.
07:41So, now we're in a part of the garden we call the stem bank.
07:44And it's not an area that we're usually in, because it's always looking at its best over the winter months
07:49when we're off air.
07:50But as you can still see, we've got the crimsons, the oranges, the yellows and the greens of these winter
07:56stems.
07:56You can imagine how they're going to brighten up this spot on the greatest day over the winter months.
08:02Now, there's two groups of plants that we're looking at here.
08:04The cornice, these are the dogwoods.
08:07We've got the wonderful mid-winter fire here, or the lovely crimson elegantissima at the back.
08:13And then also the willows.
08:15And they get cracking stems as well, but I like some of the unusual features you get from these.
08:20So, look at the contorted stems here we have from the dragon's claw willow.
08:24Now, both are perfect for growing in Scotland.
08:27They can take pretty much all the toughest conditions that we can throw at them.
08:31The salix in particular like that wetter bit of ground, and they can even take the salt spray from the
08:36sea air.
08:37Now, to keep them looking this good, there's a bit of maintenance that us gardeners have to do each year.
08:45We've got a couple of options.
08:47If you don't want a big hole every year, then what you're doing is you're looking for some of the
08:52thicker, older stems.
08:53So no more of a quarter of the plant, and we're going to chop them as far down to the
08:58ground as you can possibly get.
09:00And then from there, the new, young, vigorous shoots that are full of colour, that's where they're going to emerge
09:06from.
09:06But there's no doubt, to get the most striking display is, you want to chop the whole plant down to
09:12the ground each year in a process called coppicing.
09:16So if we take a look at this plant here, if we look at one of the previous cuts, we're
09:21going to count one, two buds, and then you'll probably need a pair of loppers for this.
09:28And you just give them a good chop down.
09:31And then you just go around the whole plant.
09:38And there you go, simple as that, but it's going to have a brilliant effect for us this time next
09:42year.
09:43Now, don't just chuck these to waste.
09:46They could go on your dead hedge.
09:48But as you can see from the colourful bundle that we have here, some of them have lovely thick supports
09:53there,
09:54which would be perfect for making little obelisks for plants to grow up over the summer.
09:58Or if you even do this job maybe late November, early December, you could be using these to make some
10:04lovely winter reefs.
10:06Time now for our first visit to George in Joppa.
10:09Joppa's in Edinburgh, and like us, it's been an offy wet winter.
10:14But the weather is changing.
10:23Well, hello, and welcome to sunny Joppa on what is a bright, shining spring day.
10:30Now, since you were here last autumn, a lot has been going on.
10:35I've got a lot to show you. It's a busy day.
10:46Over winter, I looked at what was the old scree area here.
10:51And over the years, it's kind of deteriorated, whether it's my fault or the plants, I don't know.
10:57Anyway, I thought, well, I think I'd like to change that.
11:00At the same time, we were having the roof redone on the house, and there was lots and lots of
11:05old slate available.
11:06And I thought, I know what I'll do. I will create a little crevice garden.
11:11So, I dug everything up, saved one or two of the plants that I could save.
11:15I added a lot of gravel to it, and we can see the grit and gravel that's on the surface.
11:20And then, after cultivating the soil, all I needed to do was just to knock the slates in.
11:26Okay, bruises them on the top, maybe.
11:29But that doesn't matter, because what you're creating are these little crevices between the slates,
11:35which then allow water to drain down to a greater depth.
11:40It doesn't just run off the top.
11:41So, what was I going to plant?
11:44Well, go off to your local nursery and see what alpines have got.
11:48Get a selection. Possibly go every month or something like that,
11:53and get some that would be flowering at different times of the year.
11:57You know what it's like when you go to a nursery to select some alpines?
12:01It's like going to a sweetie shop and having all your pocket money to spend at the one time.
12:06And that's what it was like.
12:07So, I got a reasonable selection.
12:09And I've got things which are in flower at the moment, like this polygala.
12:13And that is one which is going to be put down the front, where I can admire it there.
12:17I'm just going to set them out just now.
12:19A wee nod to Scotland.
12:21We've got Primula scottica.
12:23Look at that.
12:24That's the Scottish native Primula.
12:27And that will go near the willow, because this willow is found in the Scottish Highlands as well.
12:32And then we've got a Saldanella.
12:34Look at that.
12:34Isn't that just a wonderful little flower?
12:36Look at that.
12:38Saldanella Spring Symphony.
12:40That's superherm.
12:41Right, that going in here.
12:43And then things like this.
12:44This is a Campanula which has yellow foliage, but it's got blue flowers.
12:50It's called Dixon's Gold.
12:52Now this is a wee bit of a thug.
12:55So what will have to happen with this one is,
12:57it's going to have to go somewhere where it can spread by itself
13:00and not come to any harm, not overtop other plants.
13:04And now, something from Australia.
13:08This one has little yellow flowers.
13:11It's in the same family as the daisy.
13:14In New Zealand, this would be called the vegetable sheep.
13:18Because they have these whitish mounds that they create.
13:23And shepherds and farmers used to think they'd left a sheep up the hill
13:26and go and investigate and find that it was just this plant.
13:30This one is Australis.
13:32And it is one which has a wonderful honey scent, like many of them do.
13:36So this has got to be put somewhere at the edge,
13:40where it can be smelled every time you go past.
13:43And that's, again, going to go down at the front.
13:46So if I reach over, it's going to go right down into there.
13:50Now, we're going to start planting.
13:52Much against my better judgment, I'm going to take my gloves off.
13:55I don't really like working in the soil,
13:57but we'll just do it for the benefit of education.
14:01Now, what we're going to do here is that we're going to think about
14:04how the alpines would grow and what they need.
14:07So if we take this saxifrage here,
14:09and we're going to plant it in this area here,
14:11what I want to do is take out a reasonable hole for it.
14:18Knock it out of the pot carefully.
14:21Now, when I put this in, I've got to keep it just proud of the soil.
14:28See how that's sitting high?
14:30Now, if I was planting bedding plants or something like that,
14:33I would give you a row if you were doing it like that.
14:35But here, I want it high so that when I then get my gravel,
14:42I put that round the edge of the plant with a good layer of gravel round it.
14:49And that keeps the water away from the neck of the plant.
14:54Now, look at that.
14:56It looks as though it's always been there.
14:57And that's the idea.
14:59You want to be planting it so that it looks natural when you're finished.
15:02And in these crevices like that,
15:04all you need to do afterwards is just to, you know, fill in between.
15:08This acts as a mulch, it keeps moisture in, and it also helps to prevent weeds growing.
15:15Now, I did say that we had this nod to Scotland by producing this one here, which is Primula scottica.
15:22Now, that grows way up in the north of Scotland, on Shetland, on Orkney, and then on the north coast.
15:28Its problem is, it will flower, it will produce seed, and then the little blight there has got the tendency
15:35to die out.
15:36So what you've got to remember to do is to save seed of it and sow that seed in the
15:41same area or close by,
15:43so that you get a continuation of these wonderful little bird's eye flowers which you get on the Primula.
15:49Wonderful little thing.
15:50So that's it. As you can see, I've got plenty to be getting on with.
15:55And do you know what's exciting?
15:56I'll have to go back to the nursery and buy some more.
15:59Because there's plenty of space here, so I'll get on with this.
16:19I'm just going to lift our clump of snowdrops here.
16:22Now, it's maybe getting late in the season, but if you've got snowdrops which still have the foliage on them,
16:27then it's possible to do what I'm going to do now, which is lift and split and replant.
16:33And this is a variety here which I planted about four years ago.
16:39And if I just ease these out, we'll see what they're like inside.
16:45So here we go. Just gently lift them up.
16:50Give it a shake.
16:54What I want to do is just tease out these bulbs a bit.
16:59Now, I can take them out to doubles or singles.
17:02I mean, I could do them too, but I've taken them out like that into single bulbs.
17:08Keep the label there.
17:09I'll just lay them out on there.
17:11And this can be done at any time when they are in flower, really.
17:16You could do it when they're in flower.
17:17You can do it when they're just finished flowering.
17:19The thing is, you see, after a while, the snowdrops become very congested.
17:24Because what they do is, if you look at this one, they split off.
17:30See how that one is split off like that?
17:33So that's what they do.
17:34And that's what you're trying to increase them by.
17:38OK, so we've lifted the clump of snowdrops.
17:40And what we're going to do now is to replant them in the same place
17:44because they don't have any disorders if you do that sort of thing,
17:47not like some other plants.
17:49And we're going to plant them in what's called in the green.
17:52Now, you can see here exactly how deep they've been before.
17:57That's the bottom of the bulb.
17:59There's the green coming through.
18:00And they've been planted at somewhere around 50 to 60 millimetres deep.
18:05So that's the depth that we're going to put them back in it.
18:07And what will happen then is that that foliage will die back.
18:10I'll need to stick the label into the place where they are
18:13because otherwise I'll have forgotten and I'll try and plant something else on top of them.
18:16So they just go into here.
18:18You can plant them directly back into the soil or you could put them into pots.
18:24And in that way, you can wait and see where you want to plant them later on.
18:29So there we go.
18:30Just planting them back into the same place.
18:33That's him replanted.
18:36So the thing to do is have a walk round the garden with your early morning cup of coffee perhaps.
18:41See if you've got any snowdrops that are congested, still got their foliage on.
18:45Get the fork underneath them, lift them up, ease them, spread them out a bit, replant them.
18:50That's the way.
19:05Well, it's really good to see George in his garden and he's going to be here at Beach Grove in
19:09a couple of weeks time.
19:11Now, Easter weekend. Fantastic.
19:13I think it's the time of year when you want to get out in your garden and have a few
19:17projects.
19:17And here, a very simple project is all about creating some Easter containers for instant impact.
19:24So my first one is really all about the spring bedding and using some bulbs.
19:29And this, I think, is a beautiful dwarf daffodil.
19:33The variety is snipe, it's got the reflex petals, just absolutely beautiful.
19:39And what I'm doing is I'm just going to plunge this in the pot because once it finishes flowering,
19:45you could then quite easily take the pot out and then you can lift up the bulbs,
19:51divide them once the foliage has died back and plant them in your garden.
19:55When it comes to the spring bedding, well, I think you can't beat the range of colours in polyanthus.
20:01And I don't know why, but I associate Easter with yellow.
20:04I think it is so cheerful.
20:06These are beautiful plants.
20:07And I reckon, I mean, I'm not going to actually plant these.
20:10I'm just going to place them at the moment.
20:12I reckon I could probably get three of these around the edge of the narcissus there.
20:19Now, do remember as well, polyanthus, a lot of people think of them as temporary plants, but actually they're perennial.
20:26So, you know, once they finish flowering, there's nothing wrong with lifting those plants and popping them into a nursery
20:32bed.
20:33So, three of those. And then pansies, they're fantastic as well.
20:37They flower and flower. If you keep deadheading them, you will actually probably get these flowering right into the summer.
20:45And I think that's a nice contrast of the purple and yellow.
20:49And then alongside that, well, I love the violas. They're like little faces.
20:54So, I think what I'm going to do is go every other one.
20:57I'll go the purple and then I will go the yellow.
21:03And just keep going around like that.
21:06And I think that is going to look so fantastic.
21:09Now, that's more temporary, but you could also think about planting up something a little bit more permanent.
21:16And, you know, when it comes to containers, yes, you've got pots, you've got window boxes, you could even do
21:21a hanging basket.
21:23And this time I'm going to go for bowls and alpines.
21:25But before I plant it up, I think it's always worth talking a little bit about the compost that we're
21:30using.
21:30And this is the gardener's mix because what we have is our own garden compost and that's two buckets of
21:37compost.
21:38One of leaf mold, which I love. I mean, that's got fantastic texture to it.
21:44And we also have half a bucket of topsoil along with half a bucket of sharp sand.
21:51So that kind of helps to open up the compost.
21:53And then what we've done is added a little bit of slow release fertilizer to keep the plants going.
21:59So, tete-a-tete, the daffodil, this is a very popular variety.
22:04It's nice and dwarf, the most brilliant yellow.
22:08And I'm going to set that in the middle.
22:11And you'll notice this time, yes, I'm taking them out of the pots because I hope that these will spread
22:17and we'll have this container for at least two or three years.
22:23I'm teasing out the roots as well.
22:25That helps for them to spread in the compost.
22:28And my last one.
22:30And then you are spoilt for choice, I think, when it comes to alpines.
22:34And this time my color theme, yes, it's still the yellow, but I'm going for a bit of white as
22:39well.
22:40So we've got arabis, lovely perfume.
22:44I think that could sort of form on the end there.
22:47Then I think it's quite important to perhaps have a little bit of trailing.
22:50And this is a thyme.
22:52And, you know, if you use your fingers, perfume, fantastic.
22:57Then a little bit of splash of yellow.
22:59We've got a perennial wallflower here.
23:04And although it is perennial, I'm going to say it's short-lived, so it might last just maybe two or
23:07three years
23:08and then you can take cuttings.
23:10And then another arabis, but this time with the variegated foliage.
23:14So we're still keeping that yellow.
23:17A obresia.
23:18I mean, you get all colors with this, but this is a white one.
23:21It's florado white.
23:23And that is going to trail over.
23:25And then my final one is a mossy saxifrage.
23:29Loads and loads of flowers, sort of cushion forming.
23:33Pop it in there and I'm hoping that this might last at least a couple of years, maybe three years.
23:38And then if the plants get too big, well, if you've got a garden, you can pop them into the
23:42garden.
23:42But, you know, I think there's definitely one thing missing here.
23:46You know that I've got a sweet tooth.
23:48And you've got to have a little bit of chocolate.
23:51Chocolate bunnies are okay.
23:53And, you know, you could have an Easter egg hunt, couldn't you?
24:09Well, Brian, here we are, a wee reminder that this area was the competition plots last year for our four
24:16presenters.
24:16And they were a competitive lot, weren't they?
24:19They were. It was great fun.
24:20So we gave Kirsty, the roof, Callum and Lizzie, they all got a plot each.
24:24And basically the winner was the one that's, Plantings was the most successful.
24:27Simple as that.
24:28Absolutely. And it was Callum that was winner, wasn't it?
24:30The winner is...
24:33Callum.
24:34Yay!
24:37Imperials.
24:37And we gave him his trophy in the last programme.
24:39You can remember how modest and graceful he was when he accepted it.
24:43And he's going to have to hand it back now.
24:45Well, no pressure, Callum.
24:46So, you know, we're doing a different competition this year,
24:49because last year it was all about growing vegetables.
24:51And we've chosen the senses.
24:53So four of the senses.
24:55Touch, taste, smell and sound.
24:58And obviously what they're going to do is be planting up to the appeal of that particular sense.
25:04I like it. It's going to have to make them think, isn't it?
25:06Yeah, well, I mean, it might not just be about the plants.
25:08I think there might be a few props there as well.
25:10So it'd be interesting.
25:12It is.
25:12OK, so we're going to decide now which scents each presenter gets.
25:16So we're going to go in order here.
25:17So the first one's Lizzie.
25:18Would you like the honour of the first one?
25:19OK, I'm going to have to close my eyes or I won't look anyway.
25:22Let's dig down.
25:24And the first label.
25:26Touch.
25:27That's good.
25:28OK.
25:29Next up we have Kirsty.
25:32Taste.
25:33Oh, she'll like that one.
25:35Ruth.
25:36Well, it has to be smell or sound, doesn't it?
25:39Sound.
25:39Sound.
25:40Well, then we know what Callum's got.
25:43Hope so.
25:44It's smell.
25:45Brilliant.
25:46There you go.
25:46I like it.
25:47I wonder if they'll be happy.
25:49I'm sure they will.
25:49I'm pretty sure they've started the planning right now.
25:52So it'll be good fun to see what they come up with.
25:53Mm-hmm.
25:59Now time for some handy hints.
26:01Multi-stemmed plants are becoming quite popular in design
26:05because they add a touch of naturalistic and sculptured look
26:08to the garden, say, over a single-stemmed version of the plant.
26:11Now to buy a mature specimen, it can be quite expensive,
26:15but we can create our own by buying three younger, smaller
26:19plants and grouping them together.
26:21So I've got these white-stemmed birches here.
26:24I've got one a wee bit to the side, one twisted.
26:27It may look a bit obvious just now, but in five years' time
26:30you'll never notice the difference.
26:36I think springtime is when you need to do a little bit of housekeeping
26:40with your houseplants.
26:41Now whether it's repotting, maybe a bit of top dressing,
26:45also a bit of propagation and feeding as well.
26:48But when it comes to propagation, now Tradescantias are one of the easiest.
26:52All you need to do is look for a nice cutting.
26:56And what I'm going to do is cut that just underneath what we call the node
27:01or where the leaf comes out.
27:03I remove roughly a third to two thirds of the leaves
27:08and then literally pop it in water.
27:11And these have been in water just for two weeks.
27:15And look at the length of the roots already.
27:17I've got three different varieties of Tradescantia here.
27:20I'm going to leave them maybe for another week
27:22and then they'll get potted on
27:24and then the mother plant will just get discarded.
27:32Well, that's just about us from the garden here.
27:34It's been lovely filming with you today in the garden,
27:37but this series you're going to be out on your travels again, aren't you?
27:39You're going to do a great tour of some Scottish gardens.
27:42I'm really looking forward to it, Brian.
27:43And the first one has got a great rodent endring collection.
27:46So, you know, there should be really good spring colour, early summer colour.
27:51But I am going to be back for the end of the series
27:54for back here in the garden to judge the competition
27:57and I'm really excited about that.
27:59And also, I think it's going to be a really good growing season.
28:02Yeah, can I wait.
28:03Well, next week in the garden, I'm going to be joined by Lizzie
28:06and she's going to be up at Hersey 2-3
28:08that we first saw last year.
28:10And we'll also be paying a visit to Colin Crosby down in Dumfries
28:14so we'll get to see his wonderful garden again.
28:16And if you want to do some planning and planting for this season,
28:19don't forget we've got the whole of last year's series on the iPlayer,
28:22which I hope you'll find useful.
28:25And then look out for us on social media
28:27where we're going to be putting out some updates
28:29and jobs to do each week.
28:31So from the two of us...
28:33Bye!
28:33Bye!
28:35Bye!
28:36Bye!
28:36Bye!
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