Monty is in the White Garden, also known as the Writing Garden where he wants to plant autumn bulbs. He has a bag of corms of colchicums which flower September time. Monty advises to wash your hands after handling colchicums. Colchicums require a lot of sun so it is important where they are planted, hence Monty is planting them in the Writing Garden as they will thrive there. Monty reads out a couple of viewers' letters asking which plants to grow in deep shade - one from Jane Shephard and the other from Martine Clayton. Monty also has that problem at Longmeadow - in the Lime Walk area where he planted lime trees. He has had tulips here in spring and in summer bedding plants. But for the last few years it's got shadier and shadier and nothing really thrives. Therefore, he has decided to completely change the feel of this part of the garden by planting ferns. It will now been known as Fern Alley. Carol is in her own garden, Glebe Cottage, this week and is exploring and celebrating crocosmia. Mark Wash is visiting Glebe Cottage to meet and talk to Carol about his passion for crocosmia. Mark has been captivated by crocosmia for almost fifteen years and has been collecting, growing and hybridising new varieties at his nursery in Cornwall, and has made frequent trips to see the species growing wild in South Africa.
Monty is in his orchard picking up apples that have fallen on to the ground and consequently are bruised, therefore impossible to store. Apples don't ripen all at once on a tree, but when ripe fruit starts to fall it's a sure sign that the process has begun. Monty advises to check regularly and t...
The meadow that Monty sowed on the mound has had a mass of growth. Included in what he sowed are quite a few weeds that have been promoted into growth by the groundwork, and an awful lot of annual flowers which are nurse plants. They're actually providing a cover while the perennials which are mu...
As we slide into autumn, the hot garden is still looking really good but it is the miscanthus flowers that has really caught Monty's eye. These grasses show that they have flowers that hold their own with anything else around them. Carol Klein also visited RHS Rosemoor to get seasonal inspiration...
