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Gardening with the RHS

Episode 46: Controlling pests in winter and looking at plants with a bad reputation in a new light

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The advisory team at RHS Garden Wisley are on hand to answer your winter gardening questions on subjects including: • Tips for planting allium bulbs • Changing the colour of hydrangeas • First aid for damaged lawns Deputy Curator, Matthew Pottage makes the case for plants with a bad press such as pampas grass and heathers. Plus, we have the latest news on Christmas activities and events across the four RHS Gardens including the highly anticipated ‘Narnia’ trail at RHS Garden Wisley.

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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.

0:41.4

Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast.

0:46.7

Each fortnight we bring your mixture of features and discussions exploring every aspect of gardening.

0:51.4

Plant care, pest control, container ideas, growing your own fruit and vegetables.

0:56.4

Plus expert seasonal advice on what you should be doing in your garden right now.

1:02.3

I'm Sean Thomas, Garden Visits Editor of the Garden, the RHS Monthly Magazine for Members.

1:08.0

Coming up in this edition, RHS experts answer your seasonal gardening questions,

1:12.6

including mysterious colour changes in hydrangeas, first aid for damaged lawns and tips for planting alien bulbs. Bring a touch of the moors to your garden with

1:18.4

heathers and as always we'll have the latest news on RHS events across our four gardens. But first,

1:24.9

let's find out what jobs the teams at RHS Garden Wisley are tackling this month.

1:29.7

Hello, it's Andrew Sosbury here, senior entomologist at RHS Garden Wisley.

1:35.1

One job to do in December is to treat your fruit trees with a winter tree wash.

1:41.3

And the reason you do this is to control the overwintering eggs of some of the fruit

1:46.4

aphids which can cause severe distortion to the leaves and the fruit in the spring. Now these fruit

1:53.0

aphids overwinter as eggs on the tree and the winter wash basically destroys those eggs. Now you do

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