In the Jewel Garden Monty feeds his containers and explains that if you want to encourage flowering you need a feed with a fertilizer that's high in potassium or potash, and if you want to produce more leaves, use one that's rich in nitrogen. Alternatively make your own, one made with comfrey is rich in potash, and nettles are rich in nitrogen.
Longmeadow is in full bloom, but Monty Don is keen to remind us that there is still time to sow some late vegetables, even if you are really short of space.
Our gardens offer so much at this time of year - after all our work earlier in the year it is now rewarding us with beds full of blooms, vegetables and berries. However, there is still plenty to be getting on with to ensure the beauty continues right through to the autumn and Monty Don has plenty...
Monty opens the program with the menu sequence, and then records, for future reference, the relationship of colour and texture in the borders of the Jewel Garden. Monty points out the colors between Dahlia 'Arabian Night' and the Cosmos sulphureus, Bright Lights and refers to his favorite plant ...
