Please don't let Latin names put you off, they are the easiest way of ensuring you buy the exact plant you want. It annoys me when they're not used, especially when TV programmes don't give you the full name (Alan Titchmarsh's ITV garden makeover show last year regularly referred to plants with half their name, like Salvia's. It's not useful given there are over 700 different species of Salvia). The common names are often made up by the Garden Centres to make a plant sound more appealing too.
My point exactly Bunny.What happend to that garden in Bum I think it was ,they spent a fortune building walls, sheds, greenhouses etc all working from scratch ,could have been great,but poof its gone along with a presenter Toby in the same vein as The much missed Geoff Hamilton,BBC missed an opportunity and wasted a shedload of cash.I get the Idea Toby would not sing the tunes he was told too.If thats the case we all lost out.Going to find my shades now ready for the heatwave!!
Good point Leggi,I found abook last year in a secondhand bookshop in Yorkshire on the correct pronunciation of plant names it's great,some say clematis some say clem-atis etc
Well I used to like the Brum show but must admit some of it needed refining not scrapping but BBC didn't seem to make much effort with the presenters, I liked Toby B philosophy about the programme.
I don't know how he does it but he managed to make even potagers seem "weary, stale and unprofitable". Far too much time wasted in that flipping 2CV and tasting food in markets which could have been better spent actually talking to the gardeners about how they grow their fuit and veg and make it tasty and attractive too. He also missed a trick not asking the oinion man how he manages to grow healthy onions year after year on the same ground without being infested with disease and pests. I'd have liked more depth on the Potager du Roi and a lot less faffing.
My thoughts exactly. All I can remember about the programme is the unasked question of how onions are grown on the same land for generations..
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
"Oh Dear" Toby in the same breath as Geoff Hamilton? he could not lace Geoff's boots and if he came back that would be me gone, my memory is tools thrown down and left, plants half planted and never watered after, rabbit huts with frightened rabbits getting a green roof and a rickety shed also getting a green roof, they had to hold it up for the final shots and none of when it promptly fell down. And that stupid pool. The one thing it did prove was throwing money at a garden does no work without the hard work that goes with it, by people who know how to use the old tools gardeners have always used.
In my eyes he was still a breath of fresh air Paliaisglide and as close to Geoff as we have at the moment, allot better than Monty,I still await to see who's next in line ,I dont hate Monty he has his moments,Its just my preferance.Vive la difference mon amie.
Aww frank don't be all stuffy , some of us beginners need to start somewhere , when you first started and knowing anything surely you would take on any advice given...without the simple answers I wouldn't be on here progressing.
I come on here looking for old hands advice and help , if I was told ohh you can't do that your garden isn't fancy enough, you can't calla plant by its non Latin name then you would lose me as a gardener , we need to learn to teach others rather than be put in an old box with the things some of you don't approve of.
I remember watching Geoff Hamilton and loved him , found toby easier to listen to like Geoff ...monty isn't a patch on GH but we have to move with the times to get the rest of the nation gardening rather than being frightened off.
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My point exactly Bunny.What happend to that garden in Bum I think it was ,they spent a fortune building walls, sheds, greenhouses etc all working from scratch ,could have been great,but poof its gone along with a presenter Toby in the same vein as The much missed Geoff Hamilton,BBC missed an opportunity and wasted a shedload of cash.I get the Idea Toby would not sing the tunes he was told too.If thats the case we all lost out.Going to find my shades now ready for the heatwave!!
Good point Leggi,I found abook last year in a secondhand bookshop in Yorkshire on the correct pronunciation of plant names it's great,some say clematis some say clem-atis etc
Well I used to like the Brum show but must admit some of it needed refining not scrapping but BBC didn't seem to make much effort with the presenters, I liked Toby B philosophy about the programme.
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My thoughts exactly. All I can remember about the programme is the unasked question of how onions are grown on the same land for generations..
My most favourable memory from the show, were the tall lime green cypress(?) underplanted with Lavender-yummy combination!
I would have liked to know the onion growers secret too!
"Oh Dear" Toby in the same breath as Geoff Hamilton? he could not lace Geoff's boots and if he came back that would be me gone, my memory is tools thrown down and left, plants half planted and never watered after, rabbit huts with frightened rabbits getting a green roof and a rickety shed also getting a green roof, they had to hold it up for the final shots and none of when it promptly fell down. And that stupid pool.
The one thing it did prove was throwing money at a garden does no work without the hard work that goes with it, by people who know how to use the old tools gardeners have always used.
Frank.
In my eyes he was still a breath of fresh air Paliaisglide and as close to Geoff as we have at the moment, allot better than Monty,I still await to see who's next in line ,I dont hate Monty he has his moments,Its just my preferance.Vive la difference mon amie.
I come on here looking for old hands advice and help , if I was told ohh you can't do that your garden isn't fancy enough, you can't calla plant by its non Latin name then you would lose me as a gardener , we need to learn to teach others rather than be put in an old box with the things some of you don't approve of.
I remember watching Geoff Hamilton and loved him , found toby easier to listen to like Geoff ...monty isn't a patch on GH but we have to move with the times to get the rest of the nation gardening rather than being frightened off.
Just my opinion
Geoff Hamilton is still my hero but MD will do OK.
In the sticks near Peterborough