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Clivia for sale
Here's a rare offer - in the UK at least. This beautiful Clivia is 30 years old - and is for sale.Make us an offer: info@radiogardening.co.uk
News & Views
Allotment holders are being accused of failing to deal with Potato blight, there's talk of orchid fertiliser, of the time to plant bulbs and a landscape design course that's online - plus a new track from a famous band.
Crocosmia
Crocosmia lucifer: Ken Crowther recalls the time he interviewed Alan Bloom about this beautiful variety. Blooms of Bressingham
Crocosmia
Ken Crowther talks about Crocosmia, and meeting Alan Bloom, of Blooms Nursery (now part of the Garden Centre Group) the man who produced and encouraged the spread of Crocosmia in this country.
Heuchera
Geoff Hodge describes his Plant of the Month - the genus Heuchera includes at least 50 species of herbaceous perennials in the family Saxifragaceaea, all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells. They have palmate lobed leave
Pomona Fruits
Pomona Fruits are garden fruit specialists offering a large selection of quality fruit trees (top fruits), soft fruit bushes (cane, vine & bush fruits) and strawberry plants by mail order. When you buy from Pomona Fruits you are dealing with garden fruit
October’s First
Ken Crowther and Geoff Hodge talk through some of the many problems that listeners have sent to us. Tom Cole takes Ken around his garden and Geoff tells about bedding plants, and other jobs for October. Â
Ken’s Pottering About
Ken Crowther talks to the editor of Grow Your Own magazine, then has a chat about Amaryllis - the Amaryllis Vera featured on this page is available very soon from Direct Bulbs, and then he's off to see his old friend Andrew McTurk to see how market garden
Andrew on the allotment
Andrew Tokeley of Thompson and Morgan takes Ken Crowther around his own allotment. Andrew grows prize-winning vegetable, so he has some useful tips.
Thompson & Morgan
Ken Crowther called in to see what's happening at Thompson & Morgan, the seed company based in Ipswich, Suffolk. It has a proud heritage, is it keeping up with the times? Ken talks to Paul Hansford, one of the Directors.