"At Longmeadow, Monty gives us a masterclass on growing Mediterranean herbs, plants lily bulbs for summer scent, and in the vegetable garden, he begins to sow seeds for salad root crops.
Carol Klein is in Devon, where she takes a close look at late summer planting combinations. Meanwhile, in Cumbria, there's a gardener whose passion for exotic plants and dahlias has taken over his family garden and spilled over onto his allotment. In Milan, Arit Anderson visits an extraordinary high-rise building which has been designed as a living forest, and in Kent is a man with a collection of over 80 different varieties of wisteria.
Meanwhile, viewers give hints and tips from their own gardens."
I had not seen the piece on il Bosco Verticale before and enjoyed it a lot. Did anyone notice the landscaper was called Laura Cats? I bet that, err, ruffled some feathers.
I also felt distinctly off the pace with Carol Klein’s piece: a masterpiece, she said. Mishmash, I thought.
I thought the young guy with the dahlias was an interesting enough piece and I loved the tulips in with the lettuces in that Californian garden. The wisteria and Milan sections were good the first time around but I remembered them quite well so switched off a bit while they were on.
I know I'm very off trend saying this but...I'm not that fussed about verbena bonariensis! Perhaps I'm just bitter because I've never ever managed to get it through the winter and it just never makes enough growth in one season to be effective with me. I usually end up with one tall, wispy stem per plant that falls over in the wind and, of course, its too wispy to stake effectively so I've given up on it. I did like that umbellifer selinum though. I'll look out for that!
That why I don't plant Lupins @Chris-P-Bacon, have never forgotten thinking they are lovely, putting my hand on one, and it being covered with earwigs!😱😱😱
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"At Longmeadow, Monty gives us a masterclass on growing Mediterranean herbs, plants lily bulbs for summer scent, and in the vegetable garden, he begins to sow seeds for salad root crops.
Carol Klein is in Devon, where she takes a close look at late summer planting combinations. Meanwhile, in Cumbria, there's a gardener whose passion for exotic plants and dahlias has taken over his family garden and spilled over onto his allotment. In Milan, Arit Anderson visits an extraordinary high-rise building which has been designed as a living forest, and in Kent is a man with a collection of over 80 different varieties of wisteria.
Meanwhile, viewers give hints and tips from their own gardens."
I also felt distinctly off the pace with Carol Klein’s piece: a masterpiece, she said. Mishmash, I thought.
I know I'm very off trend saying this but...I'm not that fussed about verbena bonariensis! Perhaps I'm just bitter because I've never ever managed to get it through the winter and it just never makes enough growth in one season to be effective with me. I usually end up with one tall, wispy stem per plant that falls over in the wind and, of course, its too wispy to stake effectively so I've given up on it. I did like that umbellifer selinum though. I'll look out for that!