Notes on Hardiness

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re investigating what exactly makes a plant hardy, how tropical plants survive British winters, and the ways in which what thrives here may be changing – especially in urban environments like London. Presenter Gareth Richards and RHS botanist James Armitage take a tour of weird and wacky tender trees that have survived here against all odds. And, Hillary Collins of Grafton Nursery gives us a behind the scenes look at what you can do to help your eucalyptus withstand British winters. Presenter: Gareth Richards Contributors: James Armitage and Hilary Collins Contact: [email protected] Links: Mediterranean garden plants RHS hardiness ratings Hardy Eucalyptus (Grafton Nursery)

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.1	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 fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:43.3	There it is, the phoenix. There's the Canary Island date palm.
0:46.3	Look, look, just up there.
0:48.3	Last week I went on a little tree treasure hunt with RHS botanist James Armitage.
0:53.3	We ambled through the streets of London looking for weird and wacky tender trees that
0:57.2	have survived here against all the odds.
1:00.1	So just as we were leaving Egerton Gardens, we caught sight of some palm fronds waving
1:05.0	above the tree tops.
1:06.4	So we've scuttled over in massive botanical excitement and we found the biggest Canary Island
1:12.5	Date Palm I have seen in this country ever. I was worried we'd have a little trouble pinpointing
1:18.9	the particular plants we looked up on social media ahead of time. But boy I was wrong. I mean we saw
1:24.1	olive trees, avocado trees, citrus trees with whopping great lemons on them.
1:28.3	I won't give it all away, but it was the type of experience that would thrill any fellow botanical nerds out there.
1:34.3	And it wasn't just some wild goose chase, I promise.
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