Banishing bunnies, sleuthing slugs, Valentines gifts for plant lovers, upcoming London Shows highlights and horticultural competitions (Ep 122)

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

As we begin the slow ascent to spring, the advice team shares wisdom on how to tackle rabbits eating bulbs, organic slug control, and whether you can grow the seaside plant samphire in Birmingham among other queries. Plus discover what's in store at our upcoming London Shows and how you can enter your favourite plants into one of the many RHS horticultural competitions. For links see www.rhs.org.uk/podcast

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.0	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance.
0:09.3	The scenery changes many times in one season and our finest trees will happily play the part of.
0:14.7	The best hiding place ever.
0:17.4	Booth.
0:18.2	Put your day out of dreams in the hands of the experts.
0:21.6	It's the greatest show in Earth.
0:23.7	At an RHS garden near you.
0:25.5	Book tickets online for discounts plus under five score free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:56.6	Hello and welcome. I'm Guy Barta. Here at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey, it's lovely to see the first signs of spring, the yellow and purple points of crocuses poking through the grass, an optimistic sight despite the February chill. Later in this edition of the Royal Horticultural Society Gardening podcast, we're looking forward to the spring and hearing about the
1:02.6	highlights of the upcoming RHS flower shows which begin next week in London, starting with the early
1:08.7	spring plant fair, which is always the herald of brighter days ahead.
1:13.7	Plus, we'll have details of opportunities for gardeners and garden photographers to demonstrate their
1:19.1	skills and perhaps win some prizes. But first, let's visit the advisory team to hear some expert
1:25.3	solutions for your winter garden woes as they tackle questions
1:29.6	that have been troubling gardeners this month. I'm Jenny Bowden. I'm Lee Hunt. I'm Rebecca Mealy.
1:36.9	M. Fletcher from Ashford Kent is having some rabbit troubles. How can I stop the wild rabbits
1:42.9	eating the tops off my spring bulbs as
1:45.0	they appear? Well, they love some bulbs better than others. Tulips, for one, they tend to nibble
1:51.0	quite happily, where things like daffodils, they're less keen on because they contain things that
1:57.2	are a bit more toxic, so those tend to get left. left but when one gets in they can do a lot of
2:02.9	eating so it's worth trying your best to either protect them or keep them out so keeping them out
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