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Gardening with the RHS

Episode 51: Growing your own herbs and caring for snowdrops

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We visit the RHS Garden Wisley fruit team for advice on what you should be doing in February with fruit trees such as apples and pears. We have expert advice on growing herbs from seed by bestselling author and RHS Council member, Jekka McVicar. We also talk to Garden Manager Markus Radscheit about his love for snowdrops and his advice to gardeners on creating great winter displays. Plus we have all the latest news on events across the four RHS Gardens.

Transcript

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Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.

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0:09.3

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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 fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.

0:42.3

Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast.

0:56.9

Every fortnight, we bring you a mixture of features and discussions, exploring every aspect of gardening, growing your own fruit and vegetables, plant care, pest control, garden design and container ideas, plus expert seasonal advice on what you should be doing in your garden right now. I'm Jenny Bowden, one of the RHS's team

1:02.9

of horticultural advisors. Coming up in this edition, a galanthophile treat, a masterclass in choosing

1:10.4

and cultivating galanthus, otherwise known as snowdrops.

1:14.4

Propagating more than just parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, expert grower Jekker Macbicker

1:20.1

gives a step-by-step guide to growing herbs from seed. And, as always, the latest news on

1:26.2

RHS garden events across the UK.

1:29.3

But first, let's hear what jobs you can be tackling in your garden in the next few weeks.

1:40.3

Hi, it's Bernard Bordman here from the fruit department and it's chilly weather but that doesn't stop us working out in the orchard.

1:50.0

We've still got lots of apple pruning to do so I would like to think that between cups of tea everybody else could be pruning their apples as well.

2:00.0

It's very difficult without seeing an individual tree

2:04.6

to actually say chop this bit off, leave that bit.

2:08.6

But the very basic things that you must concentrate on

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