Climbers special

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re clambering for climbing plants, wading through wisteria and going eye-to-eye with one of the most contentious wall-huggers of the lot: ivy. Featuring barrow-loads of expert RHS advice on how to keep your climbers happy and full of flowers, plus tips on how to use them in your garden. Featuring Matt Pottage (Curator of RHS Garden Wisley), garden designer Flo Headlam, RHS Gardening Advisor Becky Mealey and author Gareth Richards. **Plants mentioned** - Cobaea scandens - Ipomoea 'Heavenly Blue' - Lablab purpurea 'Ruby Moon'

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:06.4	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.
0:13.2	Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.
0:17.4	Race you, let's go.
0:19.5	Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you. Let's go. Catch Springs, finest scenes while you can,
0:22.1	at an RHS garden near you.
0:24.0	Book tickets online for discounts,
0:26.0	plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:31.7	From sweet-scented honeysuckle to show-stopping Clomatous and Deep Green Ivy.
0:39.7	In this week's show, we are celebrating climbing plants and we'll start by talking about a favourite among gardeners everywhere, the wonderful
0:45.3	wisteria. We associate them with beautiful artwork, with Japanese gardens, with Chinese gardens,
0:52.4	with that big long pendant flower, when there's
0:55.2	scent as well, I mean, there is just something quite whimsical, quite magical about it.
1:00.7	Then, we'll hear about some of the amazing qualities of good old ivy.
1:05.8	Something that can be a house plant, it can be a climber, it can be a shrub, and it's good for
1:10.5	wildlife. What more could you ask for?
1:13.2	And get advice on how you can use them at home in creative ways. They had this old wrought iron bed
1:19.8	and they had grown sweet peas all over the frame, tied it in. It looks stunning. Plus, we'll talk about how to care for them
1:29.7	so you get a spectacular display year after year. So there's lots to clamour through in this
1:35.7	week's edition of Gardening with the RHS. I'm Verity Bradbury and in my job as team leader
1:43.5	at RHS Garden Wisley, I use climbers all the time.
1:47.2	We're actually standing on seven acres at the moment by the pond and it's a gorgeous sunny morning
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