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Date: 5th March 1993
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 644
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P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 5 Mar 21:18/12 1/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME Shrubs and perennials to grow on heavy clay soil, dry in summer and waterlogged in winter: Improve clay soil with gritty sand. Sambucus nigra purpurea (black leaved elder), species roses 'Lady cotoneaster 'Rothschildianus', ribes - the flowering currant, Buffalo currant (spicy scent), Radio Links 640 TV Links 680 Quiz Radio 1 Radio 2 TV Links
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P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 5 Mar 21:19/06 3/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME Saving a tamarix from collapse: Can be coppiced. Try encouraging growth from near base of plant by taking notch out of a branch just above a dormant bud. As new shoots grow, old branch can be removed. Try taking hardwood cuttings in November - about 10" long. Plant in The ndra ned sdin nd an We absda year for cuttings to establish. Propagating a dying quince tree: Cydonia oblonga (edible variety). If there are suckers at the base of tree try digging up and transplanting. Quiz Radio 1 Radio 2 TV Links
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 5 Mar 21:24/03 4/8 GARDENERS' Propagating a dying quince tree: (cont'd) Layer a branch of tree by bending over to ground level (improve soil if possible), make a sloping cut half-way through branch (as thick as middle finger), put match stick in cut to prevent it closing and Ths eit ecordng is en Id mad b 17 M rch at 1 30 t Br ad astin disease and virus contamination. Radio Links 640 TV Links 680 Quiz Radio 1 Radio 2 TV Links
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 5 Mar 21:00/01 5/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME Planting a tree to mark 150 years Baffled by business? Confused by Quercus robur concordia - the golden leaved English oak A bed of roses - the 'Contesse du Murinals' Crytomeria japonica - Japanese cedar Prunus mume - Japanese apricot Quercus agrifolia - the black oak (grows 20-25ft) Radio Links 640 TV Links 680 Quiz Radio 1 Radio 2 TV Links
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 5 Mar 21:11/24 6/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME Planting/design ideas for a wide garden: Lengthen perspective by placing focal points at end of garden, in the distance and plant shrubs to obscure sides. Use one or two attractive trees or shrubs to make false gateway and path up the garden. For sides - choose taller plants near house, tapering off in size towards bottom end. Or divide up into 'garden compartments'. Suggested book - John Brookes' Garden Design Book, £19.95, published by Dorling Kindersley. Quiz Radio 1 Radio 2 TV Links
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 5 Mar 21:22/19 7/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME TOPICAL TIPS ■ To encourage your Japanese onion sets - hoe the grown and dress with fertiliser. ■ Prune plumbago and passion flower plants - look for the start of last year's growth and prune back to within 3 leaf joints of it. ■ Time to prune the coloured bark dogwoods - prune to 6" above soil level. Radio Links 640 TV Links 680 Quiz Radio 1 Radio 2 TV Links
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 5 Mar 21:32/45 8/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME If you would like further copies of Gardeners' Question Time fact sheets, send a SAE to: GQT, BBC, PO Box 450, Manchester, M60 1FZ. A braille edition of the fact sheet is available from the same address. The Plant Finder is published by Headmain Ltd in association with the Hardy Plant Society. It is distributed by Moorland Publishing Co Ltd, Moore Farm Road West, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1HD. Price £10.99. Radio Index 640 Radio 4 634TV Links 680 Radio 5 635 Quiz Radio 1 Radio 2 TV Links
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