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 at the moment, Angelica gigas, Purple angelica. Monty also deadheads the pointy buds of Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff', along with cosmos and budlija.
Previously Monty had said that the risk of blight was very minor in a greenhouse. But low and behold, blight has swept through his greenhouse. He first shows his potato blight, the fungus which can turn potatoes to mush and completely defoliate them, and it affects tomatoes because tomatoes are...
For many gardeners, the beginning of September is the start of a new gardening season and, with this in mind, Monty recommends vegetables to sow now for winter cropping.
Monty is in the Dry Garden and is cutting away anything that doesn't look good now because as a rule - if it doesn't look good now, it's not going to get any better over the coming months. Monty talks through plants such as aquilegias, cardoon leaves that could come off, the mullein, umbellifers...
