Plant pioneers

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Wild gardening might be all the rage right now but it's not as new as you might think. In this programme we examine the legacy of pioneering Irish gardener and writer William Robinson. He shook up the horticultural world in the late 1800s, bringing in new approaches to planting that still resonate today. Plus, Guy Barter has a 'love letter' to snowdrops and we speak to Peter Moore, the British plant breeder behind some of the most successful plant introductions of the past few decades. Useful links How to grow snowdrops William Robinson - The Wild Garden RHS Libraries Peter Moore How to grow buddleia How to grow choisyas

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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.
0:32.3	If you see bright green leaves coming up in the middle of winter
0:36.4	and the white flower gradually easing itself up above the foliage and then opening into a spell-like flower.
0:43.3	What do you think that would be?
0:45.3	Any guesses?
0:47.3	A shy and retiring sort of plant. It only comes out briefly when there's nothing else to overshadow it and it can have the stage to itself.
1:00.0	I'm Guy Barta and my favourite plant at this time of year, and indeed most of the year is the common snowdrop.
1:14.6	We will be returning to Guy and his snowdrops later in the show. And while Guy is talking about a common type, a species snowdrop called Galanthus Nivalis,
1:19.6	there are many, many different varieties.
1:21.6	The foliage might be a little different, or the flower colour or the shape.
1:24.6	And later in the show we'll hear from esteemed plant breeder Peter Moore,
1:28.0	who'll be explaining some of the tricks he uses to create brand new blooms.
1:31.9	Plus, get your notepads out.
1:33.8	We're writing a gardening to-do list and we're getting some inspiration from a Victorian
1:37.3	grower who challenged the way that British people thought about their outside spaces.
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