Monty Don gets going with some autumn garden maintenance whilst looking back over the year and reviewing his borders in the Jewel Garden, checking which plants have done well and which haven't, and clears annuals that are past their best. .
Joe Swift visits The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland and looks at how its strong structural design ensures the gardens stays looking good through the winter.
Monty plans a colourful display for late spring by planting up the Lime Walk with Tulipa 'White Triumphator' to compliment Tulipa 'Nicholas Heyek' which he planted last year.
At Longmeadow Monty opens the programme admiring his still flowering Dahlias and, as October is the ideal time for planting shrubs, plants Magnolia stellata, Star magnolia in the Jewel Garden. Monty also observes that his Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Mariesii', Japanese snowball is also still...
Monty Don gets going with some autumn garden maintenance whilst looking back over the year and reviewing his borders in the Jewel Garden, checking which plants have done well and which haven't, and clears annuals that are past their best.
It may be frosty outside but there's still plenty to be getting on with in the garden and fun to be had in the great outdoors. In this Gardeners' World Christmas Special, Monty Don, Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Rachel de Thame celebrate the festive season from a gardener's point of view.
