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#25 Harriet Rycroft - POTS -a Bloom Gardeners Guide

#25 Harriet Rycroft - POTS -a Bloom Gardeners Guide

FromPot and Cloche Garden Podcasts


#25 Harriet Rycroft - POTS -a Bloom Gardeners Guide

FromPot and Cloche Garden Podcasts

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Oct 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode sponsored by Genus Gardenwear Joff Elphick travels to the north of the Cotswolds to visit Harriet Rycroft, a garden speaker, consultant, writer, and an expert in container gardening. They talk about her book 'POTS' and wander around Harriet's back garden, home to nearly 800 pots. The book has 4 chapters - Learn - Plan - Grow - Care Harriet's advice is right plant, right place, and right pot, but at the same time do experiment and have fun. A few pests and how to manage them without resorting to chemicals Drainage, watering feeding. Irrigation Pot materials and the question of pot feet We talk about a few specific plants. Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty'. Oxalis 'Iron Cros'. Begonia carolineifolia. Begonia sizemoreae. Amicia zygomeris. The ' Honka' dahlias. Coleus 'Henna'. Canna 'Russian Red'. Abutilon 'Canary Bird'. Climbing plants in pots.
Released:
Oct 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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A popular British garden show with experienced horticulturist Joff Elphick who speaks to authors, gardeners, writers and other horty movers and shakers!