Episode 7: Plants for Scent, how plant displays win an RHS gold medal, and seasonal advice from RHS Garden Wisley

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2013

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Award-winning writer Nigel Colborn joins RHS experts to discuss how to introduce year round scent in your garden, including unusual plants, trees, foliage and flowers. Also: - As the Centenary of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show fast approaches, Chair of Judges Jekka McVicar explains the secrets to winning a coveted gold medal for a plant display at the prestigious RHS flower shows. - Expert seasonal advice from the team at RHS Wisley, including how to tell when the risk of frost has passed.

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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.
0:46.3	Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast. I'm Tony Dickerson, one of the horticultural advisory team at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey.
0:56.0	Each fortnight, we bring you a mixture of features and discussions exploring every aspect of gardening, as well as expert seasonal advice on what you should be doing in your garden right now.
0:59.9	Plus, we bring you behind the scenes reports from the stunning RHS flower shows and give you exclusive guides to beautiful gardens to visit.
1:04.7	Coming up in today's podcast, how can you get sent in your garden all year long?
1:09.3	Garden experts, including the award-winning writer Nigel Corborn,
1:12.5	present their winning planting suggestions.
1:15.2	Seasonal information about RHS gardening events?
1:18.1	And what's the secret to winning a coveted gold medal
1:20.3	at the prestigious RHS Garden shows?
1:22.9	Judge Jekker McVicker reveals all.
1:25.6	But first, let's join the team here at RHS Garden Wisley to find out
1:29.3	what they're doing in the garden right now. My name's Matthew Potage. I'm one of the garden managers
1:33.8	here at RHS Garden Wisley. So a really common phrase people ask us to define is when all risk of
1:40.8	frost has passed. How on earth do you define that and when does frost pass? You know,
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