Winter pruning, alpine plants, and the beauty of hedgerows

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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It may be bitterly cold outside but there's still plenty to get excited about in the garden. This week we’re joining Fruit Specialist Jim Arbury in the Orchard at RHS Garden Wisley to find out how to prune your apples and pears at this time of year. Horticulturist Alex Hankey shows us around the diversity and delicate beauty on display at Wisley’s alpine glasshouse, and RHS Garden Rosemoor’s Alex Paines shares his passion for the ancient hedgerows which lace the Devonshire landscape. Host: Guy Barter Contributors: Jim Arbury, Alex Hankey, Alex Paines Links: Apples and pears: winter pruning Devon Hedges Group RHS advice on hedges

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0:35.2	After an unseasonably mild end to 2024, the new year has swept in with a sharp, frosty
0:41.5	bite.
0:42.5	Across the UK, wintry showers, icy mornings and glittering frosts have transformed
0:47.2	the landscape, and if you've been out in your garden, you've likely noticed a few changes.
0:53.1	When temperatures plunge, hardy plants retreat into dormancy to ride out the chill.
0:57.0	Deciduous herbaceous, herbaceous plants, like delphiniums, lupins and rubeckias,
1:01.0	have been dormant since as early as November, safely tucked away underground for winter.
1:06.0	Meanwhile, some very hardy plants that stay green in leafy in winter, such as hellebores,
1:11.7	leaks and snowdrops, have their own clever survival strategy.
1:16.1	During the freeze, they can flop to ground level, shedding water from their cells so they lose
1:20.8	turgidity and avoid damage. It must be a clever trip with their membranes.
1:26.1	When milder weather returns, they will reabsorb the water and spring up again to their
1:31.0	previous glory.
1:33.2	Other plants withstand the cold in a different way, standing firm, even though they're
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