Bearded irises, asters, and bitterns

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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This week, renowned nurserywoman Claire Austin shares her top picks of stunning bearded irises – the perfect blooms to plant now for a burst of beauty next spring. Plus, join us as we explore the vibrant world of asters with Helen Picton, discovering how these late-flowering gems can add a splash of colour to your garden just when it needs it most. And finally, we'll take a look at the remarkable conservation success story of the bittern, a bird that owes its booming comeback to the vital wetland habitats many of us can help protect. Host: Guy Barter Contributors: Claire Austin, Helen Picton, Jarrod Sneyd, Kate Bradbury, Helen Bostock Other Links: How to grow irises Claire Austin Plants Old Court Nurseries Malvern Autumn Show Leighton Moss Nature Reserve

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.1	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, at an RHS garden near you.
0:25.6	Book tickets online for discounts plus under fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:32.6	September is here and as we head into autumn, there's always something we can be doing to plan for the seasons ahead.
0:40.3	One of the exciting jobs on the list for this time of year is searching through the catalogues and delighting in the pick and mix section of spring bulbs on offer.
0:49.3	Over the coming weeks as we plant these brown papery gnarly bulbs into the ground,
0:55.0	we can be dreaming of the array of colours and forms that will burst forth just when we need them the most.
1:01.0	It's wonderful to plant those familiar stalwart that we rely on year after year,
1:06.0	as well as trying out something new that just tickles our fancy amongst the thousands of options.
1:17.2	I love to plant spring bulbs. They're an economical way of getting fabulous colour for those spring months before the summer flowers begin coming in. This year, a couple of things that have
1:22.5	caught my fancy. One is I want to grow some cut flowers using an ennome coronaria. That's a bulb that makes beautiful cut flowers in the spring, and you overwinter them in the greenhouse.
1:33.3	And also, I've seen quite a lot of Eremurus at the flower shows this summer.
1:38.3	And Eremurus are a fascinating plant.
1:40.3	They come from deserts, they've got great big spidery bulbs that you pop in the ground. They're quite expensive, mainly because the bulbs are so big, and then they produce these fantastic spires in the spring, well, early summer really.
1:51.0	And I'm going to put just three of them in my new drought-resistant border, coming from deserts, they should thrive there.
1:58.0	Over the next few months, we'll be bringing you ideas for what to plant, the best
2:03.5	practices for achieving dazzling results and reminders of the perfect timings, and we'll have the
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