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Gardeners World episode 22 2016

In Gardeners World episode 22 2016 with the bank holiday ahead, there is plenty of opportunity to catch up with some essential jobs in the garden and Monty gives a masterclass on how to look after and prune soft fruit to ensure maximum production next year.  Frances Tophill is at RHS Rosemoor, where she is catching up on her vegetable trials which she started earlier in the year, and Alan Power visits Hestercombe Gardens in Somerset to find out more about the discovery of a long-lost gladiolus, which was originally included in the planting plans of Gertrude Jekyll over 100 years ago. Gardeners World episode 22 2016 Raspberry Raspberries are one of the most popular summer fruits and are very easy to grow. Different training techniques mean raspberries can be grown in gardens of any size and in containers. Gladiolus Gladioli come in a wide range of sizes from the miniatures with florets of less than two and half inches in diameter, the graceful primulinus hybrids with the hooded florets

Gardeners World episode 24 2017

  At Longmeadow, Monty shows us how to harvest and store potatoes. He also adds late summer colour to the cottage garden and prunes shrub roses.  Carol Klein travels to Norfolk to meet Adrian Bloom, a member of a horticultural dynasty that has had a big influence on our gardens for the last 50 years. Adam Frost takes a close look at the design of an outstanding small garden in Abingdon, and Frances Tophill is in Scotland meeting a man who is passionate about potatoes. Joe Swift and Flo Headlam pay a visit to Potterne in Wiltshire to check on the progress of the community garden, and renowned plantswoman Helen Dillon joins Monty at Longmeadow. In Gardeners World episode 24 2017:  1. Tips on rose pruning These general tips for rose pruning will help you improve the health and lifespan of any rose.  2. Rose black spot Rose black spot is a fungal disease of roses where purple or black spots develop on leaves, which often drop early.  3. Conifer care Conifers are trees with unique scale-li