Podcasts Other Gardeners' Corner Cut-price perennials, tree of the month and RHS community gardens

Cut-price perennials, tree of the month and RHS community gardens

Published: Jan. 29, 2022, 10:09 a.m.

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This week David gets around the problem of pricey perennials by finding out just how easy many are to grow from seed. Ann Fitzsimmons recommends \\u2018first year flowering\\u2019 varieties and shows how sowing some seed now can save gardeners a small fortune. It\\u2019s the weekend of the RSPB\\u2019s big garden birdwatch. Listeners are invited to text in what they are seeing and Claire Barnett from the charity has all the information on how to take part. Also on the programme, the RHS is gifting 4 community or school gardens this year. David has been chatting to chief horticulturalist, Guy Barter, on what they are looking for. And in the first of a new series, Tony Kirkham, aka \\u2018the king of trees\\u2019 from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on his favourite tree for January.

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