Monty plants up a very large pot which he stands on chocks which will help with the drainage. The pot will have a lot of plants and will make quite heavy nutritional demands, therefore Monty advises that it is important to think about which compost to use. Monty uses peat-free potting compost, sieved garden compost, leaf mould and grit in equal proportions. He plants the pots up with a canna, dahlias, petunias and osteospermum. Carol Klein looks at blossom this week, firstly in Moreton-in-Marsh and then travels to Batsford Aboretum in Gloucestershire where she meets Head Gardener, Matthew Hall who shows Carol the National Collection of Village Cherries.
Monty's tulips are going over and they do need attending to - this is an issue for a lot of people. Monty reads out a viewer's letter from Nick Shearme who asks what to do with tulips after they have flowered. One solution is to lift and store them somewhere warm and dry. In the autumn, they can ...
Although you can buy plant feed, Monty decides to make his own plant feed - one out of comfrey and one out of nettles. Not only do nettles make a good feed that is rich in nitrogen, they are also useful for another reason - they attract butterflies because caterpillar larvae feed off them, they a...
Monty is in the Jewel Garden to plant up a very large pot. Previously he has planted up the pots with tulips and wallflowers and last year he had dahlias and cannas. Today he is planting two types of fuchsias and will fill the gaps with vincas. Carol Klein is at home at Glebe Cottage and tells us...
