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Gardening with the RHS

Episode 113: Strawberry, apple and lilac problems solved, wonderful wildlife at Hyde Hall and plant encounters

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Wisley’s fruit specialists join the advisory team to answer listeners' questions, including poorly strawberries, maggoty apples and rotten tomatoes. We also visit RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex to discover the amazing wildlife that now shares our easternmost garden, and botanist James Armitage concludes his ongoing series of Wisley plant encounters.

Transcript

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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's go free and under 16 to five pounds.

0:43.0

Hello and welcome back to the Royal Horticultural Society's gardening podcast.

0:47.4

Autumn is definitely in the air here at RHS Garden, Wisley and Surrey.

0:51.7

There are carpets of cyclamen and caulchicum showing off underneath the trees,

0:55.9

and just a few of our trees, such as a striking eununonymous red cascade are starting to colour up as a temperatures drop. We've just had our late summer show so we've been

1:01.7

getting the most out of the season but time's moving on and it won't be long until we're into

1:06.4

serious autumn bulb planting mode and our autumn festival. Later in this podcast, we'll give you

1:13.2

an update on our shows and events coming up in the next few weeks. Plus, we'll visit

1:18.0

RHS Garden Hyde Hall to hear how it has become the perfect place to watch birds and a haven for

1:24.2

rare wildlife. I'm Jenny Bowden, one of the RHS's team of garden advisors,

1:30.1

who answer questions from our members throughout the year

1:32.6

that shows at gardens and on the phone and by email.

1:36.9

And, as our regular listeners will know,

1:39.6

once a month, the expert team get together

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