Wild for weeds

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In week's programme we’re going wild for weeds. Author and designer Jack Wallington sings the praises of these much maligned plants and offers ideas for using them in gardens. RHS gardening advisor Nikki Barker offers insight on dealing with Japanese knotweed. California-based educator Indy Srinath shares her love of dandelions and writer Gareth Richards offers insight into the secrets of weeds’ success.

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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
0:27.2	and under 16s of five pounds.
0:32.9	Rose bear willow herb, enchanters nightshade,
0:36.4	Herb Robert, Creeping Buttercup. They all sound pretty
0:39.9	delightful, don't they? Perhaps to some, but for others, those plant names might bring back
0:47.3	some pretty bad memories, on your hands and knees, pulling them out of places they shouldn't be.
0:52.7	Today we're getting to grips with weeds.
0:56.2	They don't need watering, they don't need fertilising, they have hugely long flowering seasons.
1:02.6	These plants fit in so well to modern design styles for naturalistic planting. You know, it doesn't
1:08.3	grow on volcanic ash here. It grows in lovely soil, so it's very vigorous here.
1:14.4	I think that I love dandelions for the reason that maybe a lot of people hate them.
1:20.8	I absolutely love weeds because they're the plants that are kind of fighting back against what we're doing to the world.
1:28.0	I'm Fiona Davison, and welcome to gardening with the RHS.
1:33.2	For me, I can't stand bindweed. My blood runs cold when I see that creeping around by roses.
1:40.2	But then I don't mind Herb Robert. I think that's very pretty with its filigree leaves,
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