0:00:26 > 0:00:30Hello, and welcome to Beechgrove at Gardening Scotland,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33the best dressed garden show north of the border.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34And what about this, Jim?
0:00:34 > 0:00:38- Yes.- The conceptual office garden - absolutely brilliant.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42And what we have here is a brand-new feature for Gardening Scotland,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44it's the floral walkway.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And I suppose we could call it the catwalk or the runway
0:00:47 > 0:00:51for what's stylish and fresh in gardening for Scotland.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Look at this wonderful little space.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56And we go from tiny two by two gardens through to
0:00:56 > 0:00:58dressed to the nines glasshouses.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02And this show is full of fashionable inspiration,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05material which is brilliant for gardening in Scotland.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09And how about this slice of Kibble Palace from Glasgow Botanics?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Gardening Scotland gives us all a chance to meet
0:01:12 > 0:01:13the showers and growers
0:01:13 > 0:01:16and glean information from the gardening Gurus.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18But the stars of the show, of course, are the plants,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21whether they're standing still or strutting their stuff.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Time to go and have a look at them. Let's go.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Fashion victims aside, it's the day before Gardening Scotland opens,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45and the exhibitors only have a few hours to finish before judging.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47While they do that, we're going to bring you
0:01:47 > 0:01:50an exclusive preview of Gardening Scotland,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53and, then, later, we'll be around to see some of the results
0:01:53 > 0:01:55and sample a little of the show opening.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03But, first, I'm heading outside in search of blue skies.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08# There's a world where
0:02:08 > 0:02:11# I can go and
0:02:11 > 0:02:15# Tell my secrets to... #
0:02:15 > 0:02:19I'm on the lovely show garden which is the BALI show garden,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23and that stands for the British Association Of Landscape Industries.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26The designer is Lynn Hill, and it's called Tangible Garden,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29so I think you need to explain that concept to me.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I'm finding more and more people are wanting to use their garden for
0:02:32 > 0:02:35living in rather than gardening, as an extension of their home,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39so here we have a dining area, and then we come down to
0:02:39 > 0:02:41a nice little cosy area for in the evenings,
0:02:41 > 0:02:42where you can sit round the firepit.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I think it's absolutely superb.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Basically, you want low-maintenance plants?
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Yes, like the Salvia Caradonna, which has got such a zing of purple,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- and it's a really well-behaved plant.- If I were to pick one,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I think I would probably go for the plume thistle or the cirsium.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I think it's like little fireworks.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Yeah.- Great for insects as well.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02The only thing I think that's missing is
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- we should have some marshmallows. - Oh, that sounds good.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07# In my room... #
0:03:12 > 0:03:15# Little boxes on the hillside
0:03:15 > 0:03:19# Little boxes made of ticky-tacky... #
0:03:19 > 0:03:21It's all about Alpines in containers here,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24and this is the kind of thing that I was doing in Beechgrove Garden
0:03:24 > 0:03:27a few weeks ago. Such a colourful display.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28We've got some of the usual favourites -
0:03:28 > 0:03:31the lewisia, penstemons. And these gorgeous rhodohypoxis
0:03:31 > 0:03:33from South Africa.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35But they're not grown in the conventional way.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38They're in old tin baths, bowls, and these stylish looking boxes,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41but now I'm away to look for the traditional stone troughs and some
0:03:41 > 0:03:42unconventional-looking plantings.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44# ..little boxes
0:03:44 > 0:03:48# Little boxes all the same
0:03:48 > 0:03:49# There's a green one... #
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Now, this may look more like it,
0:03:50 > 0:03:54but all's not what it seems from the Scottish Rock Garden Club as these
0:03:54 > 0:03:57are actually fish boxes made to look like Alpine troughs,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00and the good thing about these things is they're half the weight
0:04:00 > 0:04:02and they're easier to move around your garden.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05But what I like about these is the planting combinations.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08We've got one Solea sempervivums,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11another which is just purely focusing on white flowers,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13and I do like the white foliage of that celmisia.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16And with these miniature gardens, you can actually control
0:04:16 > 0:04:17what's growing in them, so we've actually got
0:04:17 > 0:04:21a woodland-themed one here, which will just have a bit more leaf mould
0:04:21 > 0:04:23mixed into the compost as well. And, undoubtedly,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26this one's my favourite, and it's all about the foliage,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28especially the heart-shaped foliage of this viola,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30and it's called Heartthrob.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Now I'm off to look for some more unusual plants
0:04:32 > 0:04:34for their unusual containers.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43What a spectacular display of plants we've got here from Kevock Garden!
0:04:43 > 0:04:46And the good thing about all these is that they can all be taken away
0:04:46 > 0:04:49and put in our gardens and containers back home.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52How about the colour of this marsh orchid?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54And, down here, we've got an arisaema.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56It doesn't smell too good,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59but the insect will scramble up this drip tip,
0:04:59 > 0:05:01get inside the flower and pollinate it.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02How about this for a flower?
0:05:02 > 0:05:05A lady slipper orchid - absolutely beautiful.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Back on top, we've got a familiar campanula,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10but I'm off to see a more unusual relative.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15# I will build my love a bower
0:05:15 > 0:05:21# Near yon clear, crystal fountain... #
0:05:21 > 0:05:24We've been talking about unusual flowers, and how about this one?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28This is a phyteuma, and it's a member of the campanula family.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Spiky flowers, blue fading to lilac.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Why would you not want one of these unusual plants
0:05:35 > 0:05:36in your new, unusual container?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51This is your garden heath, and it's called, what, Hortus Homicide?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- What's that all about? - It's to commemorate
0:05:54 > 0:05:58the 450th anniversary of the murder of Lord Darnley.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59So he was murdered?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01He was murdered indeed.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Where was he found?- He was found in the Kirk o' Field orchard
0:06:04 > 0:06:07under the present-day university quad buildings.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10These plants which you've brought in are absolutely fantastic.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- Where did you get those?- Being such characterful and aged apple trees,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17they're very hard to source, so we actually had to go
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- to Holland to source those. - Tremendous specimens.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Now, was he found murdered under the apple trees?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Technically, no. He was found underneath a pear tree,
0:06:25 > 0:06:26which is right beside you.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30This one here. Anyway, he was murdered, he was dead.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Dead.- Right. They're watching you.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42From the historical to a modern take on some classics,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45and this is Holmes Farms Plants with Brian Young.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Now, I know you've got quite a few here from the modern to the old.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51We've got some really nice twists on old classics.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52The Gillenia Pink Profusion.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Beautiful, soft, pink flowers
0:06:54 > 0:06:57with burgundy new growth as the plant develops.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59It will take sun and shade, heavy soils and light soils,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02a beautiful twist away from the normal white flowering form.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Very versatile. What about the foxgloves? Loads of those.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Yes, quite a few on display, including the Chinese foxgloves,
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Rehmannia elata, a nice twist away from the UK usual forms,
0:07:13 > 0:07:14and they set good seeds,
0:07:14 > 0:07:17and you get little offshoots bulking up quite easily as well.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20So, slightly longer lived. That's good news for that one.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- Yeah.- What about the sea holly?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Yeah, the beautiful Eryngium Neptune's Gold,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28the first yellow sea holly, a good twist away from the normal blue.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30The foliage is golden, the flowers are golden,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33and it takes on a slight blue blush as the flower matures.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34These plants are very tempting,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- but you've also got some ideas for containers.- Oh, yes.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47A fantastic plant for a pot is the prostrate rosemary.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51It's called Capri, and it drapes beautifully down a pot,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54unlike the normal rosemary, which grows up into quite a large bush.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Which is the classic, isn't it? - Yeah.- So, this is the modern twist.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59And how many plants do you have in that container?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01There is just one in that container.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03It was one plant this size, planted last spring.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06You're kidding. That must be the Ayrshire climate, I think.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08I can't see that growing so well in Aberdeen.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- That's the Ayrshire banana belt. - And what about the Clematis?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14It's a non-climbing Clematis called Arabella.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16It's a beautiful form, and it's fantastic for growing
0:08:16 > 0:08:18through deciduous azaleas. Once the azaleas are finished,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21the Clematis takes over and blooms right the way through the season.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24As opposed to a classic, like a Montana, which is huge,
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- anyone with a small garden could grow this.- Yes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34From a new take on old classics, to the, erm, ancient or prehistoric.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Is she calling me a dinosaur?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Good job I'm thick-skinned, I'll say.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53I'm on the Rococo stand, and this is Steve, the designer.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Steve, can you tell me something about how you arrived
0:08:56 > 0:08:57at this design and this idea?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Well, we were struggling for a concept for a show garden.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04We were working in a customer's garden and we dug up a toy dinosaur.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06And therefore it started.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- Yes.- How did you select the plants?
0:09:08 > 0:09:12We selected plants like Dicksonia antarctica,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Ginkgo biloba, equisetums,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17just plants that would have been around at a similar time to the dinosaurs.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22Right, and you've got a little smoking or steaming pond here.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26That's a hot, volcanic spring to create a bit of atmosphere.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28This is pure theatre.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Thank you very much.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31ROAR!
0:09:33 > 0:09:37You know, Gareth, these shows started here in 2000,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40and the stand I come back to every time
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- is the streptocarpus from Dibleys. - Thanks, Jim.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45A fantastic display again.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46How many different varieties?
0:09:46 > 0:09:50We grow around 100 different ones, about 30 more popular ones.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- Anything new this time? - There's always something new.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56The new one for this show is Gold Dust, which is this one.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57- Gold Dust?- Yep.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Absolutely stonking.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01The thing that absolutely amazes me with these things -
0:10:01 > 0:10:03that one's a smallish plant,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06but that one there you don't put them in a big pot.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08No, you always keep them at about that size.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Let's have a look. Look.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Gracious! Why such a small pot for such a big plant?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15You're less liable to overwater them. They don't like to be too wet,
0:10:15 > 0:10:19and you get more flower and not too much leaf by keeping them pot-bound.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21And, of course, you've got to feed them, though.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22You want to feed regularly,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25and you want to feed a high potash feed to encourage the flower.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I'm glad we've been able to drag you away, Gareth.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43A couple of tips. First of all, propagation - how do you propagate these?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Streptocarpus are very easy to propagate,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47and you propagate by leaf cuttings.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48There are a number of ways of doing it.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Nice, clean cut, get a nice leaf - a nice fresh, young leaf.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57You can either use a whole leaf, which you can just put into the compost...
0:10:57 > 0:10:58you can cut a leaf into sections...
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- ..and you get three plants, then, from...- Yeah, yeah.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09..from a leaf. Or the way that, commercially, we would do it is we
0:11:09 > 0:11:13cut either side of the mid-rib, and the half leaf
0:11:13 > 0:11:14we then put in the compost,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and each of the side veins will then give us a plant.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- And wow.- So, from one leaf, you can get 50 to 100 plants.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Where do you put them, though? Do you cover them up - plastic or whatever?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29You want to either put it in a propagator or a polythene bag just to keep it humid.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33The product that you send out to the customer is that there.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I have a question to ask because we get asked it all the time.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38You send it out in a little...
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- They go out like this.- Yes, yes.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Now, do you take that off, that little net?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46No, the roots grow through that, so you don't have to remove it.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47It's biodegradable, isn't it?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- It is, yes.- What size of pot would that go into?
0:11:49 > 0:11:52You want to start in something like a 3.5 inch pot.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Splendid, thank you.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Here we have Jane, a design student from
0:12:03 > 0:12:05the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Jane, I'm guilty of this,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I fill my garden full of plants from all over the world
0:12:09 > 0:12:11but you've taken a different take here.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14That's right. This is garden's based on Scottish native plants
0:12:14 > 0:12:17and the idea is to show people how they can recreate a little bit of
0:12:17 > 0:12:19the Scottish natural landscape in their own gardens at home,
0:12:19 > 0:12:23and it's to show people how, with the right kind of planting and the right
0:12:23 > 0:12:26choice of hard landscaping materials, they can create a garden
0:12:26 > 0:12:30that's sustainable and low-maintenance and provides habitats for native wildlife.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32And you've not made it easier for yourself either
0:12:32 > 0:12:35because you've got a beautiful colour scheme here as well.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38That's right. We've deliberately gone for plants that are purple and
0:12:38 > 0:12:41pink in colour with a little bit of white just to lift the tone.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44That's definitely my favourite. It's like a purple version of the cow parsley.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Yeah, the Anthriscus ravenswing, that's my favourite too,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51the way it floats over the rest of the planting is lovely.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I think you've done a nice job. Well done.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Thank you very much.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05When I travelled in Japan in the summer,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08I was fascinated by the range of bonsai which I saw
0:13:08 > 0:13:10and, here at Gardening Scotland,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13we have the same wonderful variety of bonsai plants
0:13:13 > 0:13:17and this it is the Ayrshire stand, championed by Ian MacDougall.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Ian, you have got some fascinating trees here.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21- These are wonderful.- Yes.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25- How old are they?- Some are very old and some are quite young.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- Really?- We can make them look quite old.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31This one at the corner, for example, that looks as old as Methuselah.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Yes, that'll be over 50 years old, that one.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Wonderful old oak tree. And then we've got these wonderful cascades.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Yes.- Great forms. Now, are some of these natural forms?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Some are natural forms, some we have created by using wire.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- That one over there.- That's a natural form.- That's a natural.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47You can create that with wire?
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Well...if we get them young enough we can, yes.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Can you show me how to do it?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54I could indeed, yes, I certainly will.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06Well, George, we start off wiring along the length of the branch
0:14:06 > 0:14:08at 45 degrees.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- A spiral down the branch? - A spiral down the shoot.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15And then we can create the bends and the twists that we want.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Once we've done that, that allows us to bend the shoot...
0:14:18 > 0:14:20It allows us to bend...anywhere we want to put it.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Here is one we did earlier.- One we wired up earlier on.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Show me what you do now.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Now, it hasn't been pruned up but I want it to be a cascade
0:14:27 > 0:14:32that flows down. So I would put my thumb behind the branch -
0:14:32 > 0:14:33or the trunk, if you wish -
0:14:33 > 0:14:36and bend it in a downward manner until it's
0:14:36 > 0:14:38pointing down.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40So you put the kinks and everything else into that, can you?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Yes.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Then I place the branches in the right place.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46One there and one there.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48And try and avoid having them opposites.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53All you need is a pair of scissors, and prune it up.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55You want to make spaces between them?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Between the branches.- You're being quite harsh with it.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- Yes.- I thought- I- was harsh at pruning.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01No! It's...
0:15:01 > 0:15:03The tree will love me for it.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07How long, then, to get from that to this wonderful cascade at the back?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10About a couple of years.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Then it will only get better and better after that!
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Wow, Ruth, this is wonderful.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- What's going on here?- Well, this garden was built by the design students from
0:15:29 > 0:15:32the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Garden Design diploma course. - What is the concept of it?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39The concept is plant hunters in general and George Forrest in particular.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41He went to Yunnan province, he led seven expeditions,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44and he brought home plants like these ones and ones very like them.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Another of those great plant hunters.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Now, it's like we're in a wee box here.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51It's very enclosed, it's creating a nice atmosphere.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54That's great. The idea is that it's a plant hunter's sample case.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57This is like a tiny slice of Yunnan province, as he explored it,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00and we just wanted to represent that.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02And are any of these plants your favourite?
0:16:02 > 0:16:06I think it's got to be the little Meconopsis down behind you, that's the small yellow one.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09People think blue but, no, that one's yellow, and it's very unusual.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I think you've done George Forrest proud, well done.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17# We are family... #
0:16:17 > 0:16:19This is a story about families,
0:16:19 > 0:16:25families of plants being looked after by a family, McNaughton.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Claire, you are a representative of the family,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31how long has it been going,
0:16:31 > 0:16:33this nursery producing these plants?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Well, my mum started it about 30 years ago and now it's myself,
0:16:36 > 0:16:37my brother and my nephew as well.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40You select the plants how?
0:16:40 > 0:16:43We grow what does well with us on the east coast of Scotland.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45We grow in East Lothian
0:16:45 > 0:16:49and we like to have plants that do well in local conditions.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54- Any favourites?- This Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57It's a lovely vibrant colour and it's got a beautiful perfume.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- It's quite early and it's fairly compact.- It is, yup.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04The other thing is we like to bring families together
0:17:04 > 0:17:06because it sits very nicely with the plants around it.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08When I design the displays,
0:17:08 > 0:17:12what I like to do is have plants that you could actually use together in the garden,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15so it would go with the Geum and the Astrantia there as well.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Yes, it does. I can tell you I fell in love with that Aquilegia through there.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24- The Snow Queen?- Perfectly virginal, it's stunning.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27If I was to buy one plant like that, would it seed itself in my garden?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30It would. And if you keep it separate from other colours, it will come true,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33so you will still have the same white one next year.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37That's the information you get from somebody who's grown it already.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- Claire, thank you so much. - Thank you.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41# We are family... #
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Carrying on with the family theme,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48I've come to the holding area to meet Claire's brother, Gavin, to
0:17:48 > 0:17:51talk about yet another plant family, the Meconopsis.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53What is so special about your Meconopsis you're showing here?
0:17:53 > 0:17:58Yes, Jim, well, we grow a lot of different forms of the big blue poppy, or Meconopsis.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01These are all clonally propagated, rather than from seed.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03OK, how do you do that?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06The seed-grown common one tends to be short-lived
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- and you have to grow it again from seed.- Yes.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11The clonal forms are vegetatively propagated
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and I can maybe show you on this one here.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19It has the main flowering stem and it has what we call offsets here.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Yup.- Much like many perennials. - Absolutely.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25These are going to be next year's flowering stems
0:18:25 > 0:18:27and those stems will produce new little ones as well,
0:18:27 > 0:18:29so you end up with a clump.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- Like so many other herbaceous plants.- Exactly.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33When do you do the propagation?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36We divide them... So you split off these little bits.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39..in either spring or autumn when they're not flowering.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41If you want the answers, ask the specialist.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58I have pitched up on a beach somewhere near Dundee and Angus College
0:18:58 > 0:19:01and, Wendy and Simon, what's this about?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05This is about raising awareness for the pollution that goes on in the oceans
0:19:05 > 0:19:07that many people do not know about as we're just sitting at home
0:19:07 > 0:19:09and just doing out own thing every day.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13But I'm hoping here we'll raise some awareness that people won't know
0:19:13 > 0:19:16about and just really get it out there.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Wendy, what was your involvement here?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21I have created all the fish that are dangling from the netting
0:19:21 > 0:19:23out of recycled rubbish that was washed...
0:19:23 > 0:19:26I love these fish, what are they made out of? The one's with the scales.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Old CDs that I've cut up to...
0:19:29 > 0:19:31attempt to make look like fish.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33That is brilliant, and so is this.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Really this will bring people's attention to this whole problem of
0:19:36 > 0:19:38pollution, ocean pollution in particular.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41That's what I am aiming for...that to happen.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Well done.- Thank you.- Well done.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57"My friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent
0:19:57 > 0:20:03"for some desperate glory the old lie, dulce et decorum est
0:20:03 > 0:20:04"pro patria mori."
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Do you know? Amidst all of the fun
0:20:10 > 0:20:13and hilarity and pleasure of visiting this show,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15it's nice to have a little quiet moment
0:20:15 > 0:20:17to visit this celebration garden
0:20:17 > 0:20:21and Robert Ross, who built it, designed it, is going to tell us what it's all about.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25This garden is by Glen Art, which is a veterans' charity,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28and it commemorates 100 years of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
0:20:28 > 0:20:32but also 100 years since Wilfred Owen came to Edinburgh to Craiglockhart Hospital,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34and we're fortunate to have a bust of him here from
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- the Wilfred Owen Association. - Exactly. And who planted it?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39It was veterans from Glen Art and
0:20:39 > 0:20:41also myself and some of my colleagues from
0:20:41 > 0:20:44the War Graves Commission with a few volunteers.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47We're talking about millions being killed,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49and the War Graves Commission
0:20:49 > 0:20:52everywhere practises very fine horticulture, there's no question about it.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Absolutely, that's our reputation,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57and what we've hoped to replicate here is a feeling of the planting
0:20:57 > 0:20:59that we have in our cemeteries around the world.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Makes sense. Splendid. Thank you.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17# We are the Village Green Preservation Society... #
0:21:17 > 0:21:20It's great now to be in the plant village
0:21:20 > 0:21:23because we can really enjoy this and what an improvement.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25And it's so much more spacious.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29And also a little display garden for each of the plants.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31The very fact that there is more room for people to circulate,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34I think they'll sell more plants.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36So what we've got here is lots of lovely bedding plants.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39We have indeed. I spotted this little dwarf dahlia.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41What's it called? Gold dahlia, very original.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Scarlet and yellow. Nice and compact.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Quite nice. And I also got another argy. Argyranthemum. There's a
0:21:47 > 0:21:49great range of colours, you know.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I think they're valuable and very reliable.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54They are. If you keep deadheading them, they keep coming.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58- Begonias as well.- Of course. - They will flower and flower. And the Pelargoniums.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Shall we go and see what else we can find?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Have we got room in the boot? - Oh, yes, plenty of room!
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- Have we got the money?- I think we should.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09# We are the Sherlock Holmes English-speaking Vernacular
0:22:09 > 0:22:13# Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty and Dracula... #
0:22:15 > 0:22:17This is the stall for me, Elmlea Plants.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20It's a nursery that's down in Newton Stewart,
0:22:20 > 0:22:24and I've been assured by them that all the plants are grown in the cold,
0:22:24 > 0:22:27in other words these plants are as tough as old boots.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I know this one is really tough,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33because I grow this in my own garden and sometimes the temperatures can
0:22:33 > 0:22:36go down to about -15, even -18.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39It's a bluegrass, Elymus magellanicus,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41and I would also say you only need to buy one plant,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45because it's easily propagated from seed.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Also in my garden, I have lots of areas that are rather moist,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51so I'm looking for bog plants as well.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55I already have the Ligularia, The Rocket,
0:22:55 > 0:22:59but I've found another variety, another Ligularia called Zepter.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02This one's slightly more vigorous, has nice black stems,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06and later on in the season has lovely daisy-like flowers,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08which are a beautiful yellow.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13# We are the Village Green Preservation Society... #
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I'll tell you what, I was joking with Carole about room in the boot,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20I could do with a trailer when I see the stuff I would love to have.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25From this oakleaved hydrangea to the calla lilies to the foxgloves,
0:23:25 > 0:23:27and look at these shrubby hydrangeas.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30I feel like a kid in a sweetie shop.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Be sure and visit the plant village.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39What a great place to relax in, this beautiful greenhouse, with my
0:23:39 > 0:23:41friend Lesley Watson from Newhopetoun Gardens.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Why a glasshouse?
0:23:43 > 0:23:44I think actually it's essential
0:23:44 > 0:23:47if you want to keep gardening throughout the seasons
0:23:47 > 0:23:49in Scotland but we have actually decorated this more lifestyle,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51so it could be an outside room.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55We've got the furniture, the plants in here would all cope if it gets warm,
0:23:55 > 0:23:59the geraniums, the succulents, we're got the miniature gardens.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Outside, this is quite sort of significant
0:24:02 > 0:24:06because this is designed to be a removable garden.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07So everything in containers.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12The idea being that a lot of young people nowadays can't afford to buy their first home straightaway,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15so it maybe stops them gardening, because they're renting.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19So everything is in pots, all the plants are carefree plants,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21they don't require much attention or pruning,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23and they will actually move with you.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27- Even the grass will come up. - That's a lovely idea because most people take their
0:24:27 > 0:24:29furniture - don't they? - and they leave the garden behind.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- Everything can go with you. - Absolutely.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34This side is ornamental but the other side we have got lots of
0:24:34 > 0:24:36edible things - we've got herbs, some lettuces.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38So you could actually grow your own.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42When this young couple get their first home or rent somewhere else,
0:24:42 > 0:24:43take their garden with them.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54I made a beeline for the pallet gardens because, as you know,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56this is my favourite part of Gardening Scotland.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Alliums in bottles, fuchsias in pots,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05what a wonderful way to display your plants.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07The Hanging Gardens of Broxburn.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14It won't be the first time I've been accused of losing my marbles
0:25:14 > 0:25:16but in this garden I know exactly where they are.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Scotland's Archaeology - I really dig this garden.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Who called me a fossil?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35I've been feeding this horse for ages. What thanks do I get?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Absolutely no reaction!
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Every day's a school day?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52And now we have Whisky Galore.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Has anybody checked to see if our Jim's involved with these entries?
0:26:04 > 0:26:08It's early morning of the show opening and the exhibitors arrive to find out
0:26:08 > 0:26:13what medal, if any, they have, and see if their hopes were indeed high.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15# High hopes
0:26:15 > 0:26:18# He's got high hopes... #
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Fantastic.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23# He's got high apple pie in the... #
0:26:23 > 0:26:25A medal!
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Excellent.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Oh, my goodness!
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Well done, girls!
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Premier gold medal, first one of the show, and after such a tricky season,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38that is the icing on the cake.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39We're Pretty Ugly Plants
0:26:39 > 0:26:42and these two boys have been working really hard this week,
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Harvey and Toby,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45and they've been rewarded with a premier gold.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53'A little later, the public arrive and the show is officially open.'
0:26:53 > 0:26:55What have you got for us today?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58What we've got here is we've got two different types of tart,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01we have a lovely fresh spring-herb tart
0:27:01 > 0:27:04and the other tart we have is a bacon-and-lovage tart.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07OK. And what else? I see another one there.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10This is what we've got, it is
0:27:10 > 0:27:12beetroot chocolate brownies.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Oh, my goodness. Keep them over here. Beetroot!
0:27:15 > 0:27:16How many beetroots do you put in?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18About four beetroots in the mixture.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20They're boiled and then blitzed down,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24and they really give the brownies a very unctuous texture.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26They're lovely and moist.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30The point is, this is not just about flowers and plants, it's about cooking as well,
0:27:30 > 0:27:32and you're busy for the whole show.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36We are. We have a cookery theatre in the floral hall and we're also doing
0:27:36 > 0:27:37a children's cookery theatre,
0:27:37 > 0:27:41where we are teaching young people to cook and get some skills.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- Absolutely brilliant. - Absolutely stonking.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Now, then, moving swiftly on, George, now that your mouth is full...
0:27:47 > 0:27:49It's a wee bit better than salad, isn't it?!
0:27:50 > 0:27:52We're maybe going to break your monopoly on this.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55I went round the show and there are so many wonderful plants to see
0:27:55 > 0:27:59that I thought I would maybe get this book because this will tell me how to grow Meconopsis.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00I thought you knew all about it.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I thought so until I read this book!
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Oh, right, right, right.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06I have found a beautiful plant,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09I think I'm going to fill my 8x6 greenhouse.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- Have you ever seen a Kalanchoe that size?- That's a stonker!
0:28:12 > 0:28:14A beautiful flower. It's called Dorothy.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17This is the Snow Queen, this is a little Aquilegia,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19I've fallen in love with this and, up close,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22you can see that it's got a lovely lavender-y sort of tip to the petals.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Just a wonderful little flush.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Isn't is gorgeous? Well, there you go, that's it,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30and we will be back in the garden next week,
0:28:30 > 0:28:32auld claes and porridge, as they say,
0:28:32 > 0:28:35but in the meantime, get yourself down here to Ingliston to Gardening Scotland.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38You'll have a whale of a time. Until we see you next week...
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- Bye-bye.- Goodbye!