The Magic of Magnolias + Growing in Tough Spots

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re returning to the vegetable garden with author and kitchen gardener Lucy Chamberlain to find out what delicious goodies will thrive in some of the least loved corners of your garden. We’ll also be discovering more about the rich history of the magnolia genus, and the stunning range of varieties available today with horticulturalist Seamus O’Brien. Rosemoor’s Alex Paines will be sharing how you can employ the chop and drop mulching technique in your own garden without it looking messy. And Alan Tichmarsh CBE launches an appeal to save some of the important work being done at RHS Garden Wisley. Host: Jenny Laville Contributors: Lucy Chamberlain, Seamus O’Brien, Alex Paines, Alan Titchmarsh Links: Grow Food Anywhere National Botanic Gardens Ireland Magnolias Chop and Drop RHS Garden Wisley petition

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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.
0:31.3	It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold,
0:36.3	when it's summer in the light and winter in the shade.
0:41.7	As Charles Dickens so eloquently put it in great expectations, March is a month of contrasts,
0:47.8	a time of transition where winter's lingering chill gives way to the promise of spring.
0:53.2	Full of fresh possibilities, the weather changes from day to day and frequently hour to hour,
0:59.0	with spells of snow, sunshine and torrential rain all possible.
1:03.0	Though the weather can be unpredictable, one thing we can count on is new growth.
1:09.0	This week we're returning to the Edibles plot with kitchen gardener Lucy Chamberlain
1:13.6	to discover how to match the right crops to the right spot in your garden.
1:18.6	We'll also be exploring one of the world's most ancient and beautiful genera in the plant kingdom.
1:24.6	Fossilised specimens of these magnificent flowering plants have been found
1:28.7	dating to almost 100 million years ago. They are theorised to have evolved to encourage pollination
1:34.3	by beetles as they existed prior to the evolution of bees. Any guesses what I'm talking about?
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