Podcasts Other Gardeners' Corner How to grow perfect pumpkins, bulb planting at Florence Court and ever heard of banana mint?

How to grow perfect pumpkins, bulb planting at Florence Court and ever heard of banana mint?

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 3:19 p.m.

In this Halloween programme, David Maxwell leaves the garden for the farm in the hunt for the perfect pumpkin. He chats to Adrian McGowan in Killinchy, who\u2019s grown 9 acres of them about the varieties that grow best in more northern climes. David also heads to the National Trust\u2019s Florence Court in county Fermanagh where head gardener David Corscadden is planting Camassia bulb with volunteers from near and far. Also on the programme, Cherry Townsend joins David to answer listeners\u2019 questions; autumn in Ballyrobert cottage garden with Maurice Parkinson and just how many types of mint can you name? gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk