Sowalong: Cosmos with Dame Prue Leith

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

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Home & Garden, Leisure, Nature, Science

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today on Sowalong, chef, gardener and formidable Bake Off judge Dame Prue Leith reveals her love for cosmos, a favourite flower in her Cotswolds garden. She shares her earliest memories of cosmos, dating back to her South African childhood when it was a plant her mother knew and grew. Prue continues to grow it for the colours it offers, from rich purples for a richly hued flower arrangement, to cool whites that she uses in a refreshing blue and white container display on her sun-drenched balcony. For brightening a border, packing out pots or using as a cut flower, this versatile plant is Prue’s go-to flower from seed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Kevin Smith from BBC Gardner's World magazine. There's a brand new event this September,
0:05.6	In Conversation at Q Gardens. Join me, Adam Frost and Francis Toppill for expert tips and great chat.
0:13.3	Find out more at inconversationlive.co.uk.
0:18.3	My name's Meren, grower for Ginsters, and I'm looking for an onion masseuse to help me grow the best veg for those delicious pasties.
0:26.2	You must have, about ten years' experience, firm hands, but soft fingers, because we all know a relaxed onion is a tasty onion.
0:35.4	Ginsters taste the effort.
0:38.3	Interviews next Thursday in the onion field.
0:40.4	My name's Meren,
0:41.7	grower for Ginsters,
0:43.0	and I'm looking for an onion masseuse
0:44.7	to help me grow the best veg for those delicious pasties.
0:47.9	You must have,
0:48.9	about 10 years' experience,
0:50.9	firm hands, but soft fingers,
0:53.5	because we all know, a relaxed onion is a tasty onion.
0:57.1	Ginsters taste the effort. Interviews next Thursday in the onion field.
1:04.8	Welcome to the Gardner's World magazine Sewalong series, the podcast that inspires you to grow more from seeds.
1:12.3	Today on Sewalong, we're joined by Dame Prue Leith, the podcast that inspires you to grow more from seeds. Today on Sewalong,
1:35.0	we're joined by Dame Prue Leith, the great British Bake Off Judge and gardening enthusiast. I think my favorite flower to grow from seed is Cosmos.
1:40.8	Because Cosmos is South African plant, and it's very jolly. It grows very fast.
1:45.1	You can shove it in a herbaceous border or in a trough, and it just fills the gaps,
1:48.5	and it flops all over the place and makes it look quite untidy, which I like.
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