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  • Last week he wowed us with Anemones! Now Ben Preston shows us some of the other treasures he's stocking up at Cliff Bank Nursery, from Luzula to Euphorbia to Paris.

    PLANT LIST

    Delphinium requienii

    Luzula pilosa 'Igel'

    Primula vulgaris subsp. sibthorpii

    Hakonechloa macra

    Viola hederacea

    Viola 'Molly Sanderson'

    Euphorbia rigida 'Sardis'

    Euphorbia myrsinites

    Euphorbia epithymoides

    Crocus tommasinianus 'Yalta'

    Phlox subulata 'Fort Hill'

    Papaver rupifragum

    Lunaria annua 'Somerset Marble'

    Syneilesis aconitifolia

    Chionochloa rubra

    Datisca cannabina

    Paris polyphylla

    Paris incompleta

    Paris quadrifolia

    Epimedium 'Winter's End'

    Baptisia australis

    Baptisia 'Dark Chocolate'

    Baptisia 'Dutch Chocolate'

    Miscanthus 'Lady in Red'

    Miscanthus sinensis 'Silver Charm'

    Miscanthus sinensis 'Dreadlocks'

    Hebe x fairfieldensis syn fairfieldii

    Arum italicum 'Chui'

  • He's back! The last time we caught up with Ben Preston he was departing York Gate Garden (where he was Head Gardener) and heading for his own nursery. Now Cliff Bank is up and running and selling a crop of exquisite plants! This week we take a look at the Anemones he's been building a collection of. Next week more planty treats in part two!

    PLANT LIST

    Agrostemma githago

    Anemone ranunculoides 'Kai'

    Anemone ranuculoides 'Prinz Eugen'  

    Anemone flaccida

    Anemone ranuculoides 'Golden Dream'

    Anemone nemorosa 'Explosion'

    Anemone ranunculoides ‘Sirje’

    Anemone ranuculoides 'Kreet'

    Anemone ranuculoides 'Dagerōt'

    Anemone ranuculoides 'Leida’

    Anemone nemorosa 'Salt and Pepper'

    Anemone nemorosa 'Thekla'

    Anemone nemorosa 'Vestal'

    Anemone nemorosa 'Flore Pleno'

    Anemone nemorosa 'Jummer's Fienrood'

    Anemone nemorosa 'Denmark'

    Anemone nemorosa 'Virescens'

    Anemone nemorosa 'Viridescens'

    Iris 'Russian Kavelguard'

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  • This week one of the nicest men in horticulture is back on The Talking Dirty Podcast. Joe Whitehead is Head Gardener at Burghley House on the Cambridgeshire/Lincolnshire border. He talks Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis through some of the changes which have been going on in the garden, and shares his favourite shade plants of the moment.

    PLANT LIST

    Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea'

    Paulownia tomentosa

    Cornus kousa 'Milky Way'

    Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii

    Dodecatheon meadia syn Primula meadia

    Lonicera involucrata

    Tulip bakerii 'Lilac Wonder'

    Tulipa sylvestris

    Lunaria annua 'Chedglow'

    Lunaria annua 'Somerset Marble'

    Smilacina racemosa syn Maianthemum racemosum

    Arum italicum subsp. neglectum 'Monksilver'

    Lamium orvala

    Epimedium 'Amber Queen'

    Epimedium 'Sphinx Twinkler'

    Epimedium pubigerum

    Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'

    Lamium orvala 'John Foster'

    Lunaria annua 'Corfu Blue'

    Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice' 

    Taraxacum pseudoroseum

    Crepis rubra

    Toona sinensis 'Flamingo'

    Acer pseudoplatanus 'Brilliantissimum' 

    Ficaria verna 'Brazen Hussy'

    Ficaria verna 'Double Mud'

    Helianthus annuus 'Teddy Bear'

    Erysimum 'Parish's'

    Erysimum 'Ruston Copper Knob'

    Campanula medium

  • Time to return to one of our happy places. The garden at East Ruston Old Vicarage on the Norfolk coast is bursting with plants at every time of year, but in April seed-sowing is underway in earnest and there are treasures to behold everywhere you look! In this week's episode the garden's owner Alan Gray shares just some of what's going on with Thordis.

    PLANT LIST

    Tulipa 'Yellow Crown'

    Tulipa sprengeri

    Amaranthus cruentus 'Hot Biscuits'

    Amaranthus cruentus 'Velvet Curtains'

    Anemone coronaria 'Bordeaux'

    Smyrnium perfoliatum

    Tropaeolum tricolor

    Tropaeolum pentaphyllum

    Tropaeolum hookerianum

    Plumbago auriculata

    Rosa 'Iceberg'

    Rosa 'The Generous Gardener'

    Abutilon vitifolium

    Abutilon vitifolium 'Album'

    Drimys winteri

    Hyacinthoides non-scripta ‘Silver Cobalt’

    Agapanthus 'Queen Mum'

  • Our gardens are full of them at this time of year, but the Tulip actually originates in Central Asia. These species Tulips are varied in height, colour, foliage and the ease with which we can grow them at home and so this week on Talking Dirty, Cambridge University Botanic Garden - who hold the National Collection of Species Tulips - are along to share some of their favourites and recommendations for which to grow, and how. Plus stories of their latest adventures in Kyrgyzstan where they've been finding and protecting new varieties.

    So join Alan Gray, Thordis and Simon Wallis and Kathryn Bray of the Botanics for a tantalising tour of their collection!

    PLANT LIST

    Tulipa sprengeri

    Tulipa tschimghanica

    Tulipa toktogulica

    Tulipa greigii

    Tulipa cretica

    Tulipa 'Negrita'

    Tulip bakerii 'Lilac Wonder'

    Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii

    Tulipa acuminata syn. Tulipa cornuta

    Tulipa montana

    Tulipa heweri

    Tulipa biflora

    Tulipa turkestanica

    Tulipa regelii

    Tulipa tarda

    Tulipa saxatilis

    Tulipa linifolia

    Tulipa undulatifolia syn Tulipa eichleri

    Tulipa clusiana

    Tulipa clusiana 'Peppermint Stick'

    Tulip clusiana var. chrysantha

    Tulipa aucheriana

    Tulipa sylvestris

    Tulipa orphanidea

    Tulipa kaufmanniana

    Tulipa fosteriana

    Tulipa praestans 'Shogun'

    Tulipa 'Apeldoorn'

    Tulipa 'Ballerina'

    Tulipa 'Heart's Delight'

    Trollius lilacinus

    Iris acutiloba

    Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane'

  • With a spring in our step we bring you the March Special of our Talking Dirty series on the garden at East Ruston Old Vicarage. From the Magnolias Alan Gray wakes to see out of his bedroom window, to the Tulips he's been spending a pretty penny on, here are some of the highlights from the garden this month.

    PLANT LIST

    Magnolia 'Caerhays Belle'

    Magnolia 'Genie'

    Magnolia × soulangeana

    Rosa 'Rambling Rector'

    Rosa filipes 'Kiftsgate' 

    Rosa 'Mme. Alfred Carrière' 

    Rosa 'A Shropshire Lad'

    Dahlia 'Hollyhill Serenity'

    Narcissus 'Jetfire'

    Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation'

    Tulipa sprengeri

    Tulipa orphanidea 'Flava'

    Narcissus 'Turncoat'

    Narcissus 'First Born'

    Narcissus 'Actaea'

    Hedychium 'Tara'

    Narcissus 'Articol'

    Narcissus 'Rataplan'

    Narcissus 'Mrs Langtry'

    Tropaeolum majus 'Gleam Salmon'

    Tropaeolum tuberosum var. lineomaculatum 'Ken Aslet'

    Syringa vulgaris 'Princess Sturdza'

  • Time for Part Two of our latest episode with Talking Dirty favourite Val Bourne. The award-winning garden writer has alredy shared some of her favourite Prunus varieties. This week it's all about spring plants like Pulmonarias and Violets, plus a bit of rose inspiration...and Trillium chat to boot!

    PLANT LIST

    Pulmonaria 'Shrimps on the Barbie'

    Pulmonaria saccharata 'Leopard'

    Pulmonaria rubra

    Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare'

    Viola odorata 'Christie's Wedding'

    Viola odorata 'Baroness Alice de Rothschild'

    Viola odorata 'Sulphurea'

    Helleborus argutifolius

    Narcissus 'St Patricks Day'

    Narcissus 'Golden Echo'

    Narcissus 'Winter Waltz'

    Narcissus 'Beryl'

    Narcissus 'Beryl's Little Sister'

    Tropaeolum hookerianum

    Tropaeolum ciliatum

    Trillium grandiflorum f. roseum

    Trillium kurabayashii

    Rosa 'The Generous Gardener'

    Rosa 'Mrs. Honey Dyson'

    Rosa 'Rosy Cushion'

    Rosa x odorata 'Crimson Bengal'

    Rosa 'Pompon de Paris'

    Rosa 'You're Beautiful'

  • This week one of our Talking Dirty favourites is back! Val Bourne is an award-winning garden writer and grows all manner of treasures in her 1/3 acre Cotswolds plot. This week - in part one of her latest appearance - she shares some of her favourites Prunus and the Scilla you must grow, plus those to avoid! And as usual her coversation with Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis meanders via a host of plants from Geums to Ferns.

    Next week Roses, Trilliums and Violets...plus FLOMO*

    *FLOMO = FLoral/plant-based fear Of Missing Out

    PLANT LIST

    Geum 'Totally Tangerine'

    Geum 'Prinses Juliana'

    Amsonia

    Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'

    Geum 'Bell Bank'

    Geum 'Mai Tai'

    Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'

    Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'

    Galanthus plicatus 'E.A. Bowles'

    Succisella inflexa 'Frosted Pearls'

    Galanthus 'Marjorie Brown'

    Hamamelis

    Prunus mume 'Beni-chidori'

    Prunus 'Kursar'

    Prunus 'Okame'

    Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai'

    Prunus 'Tai-haku'

    Prunus 'Chocolate Ice'

    Scilla siberica

    Scilla bifolia

    Scilla bithynica

    Allium triquetrum

    Tulipa saxatilis (Bakeri Group) 'Lilac Wonder'

    Adiantum

    Anemonoides nemorosa

    Polypodium

  • This week Alan and Thordis are excited to bring you a joyful special focussing on Hepaticas with their chief cheerleader, John Massey of Ashwood Nurseries. His book, 'My World of Hepaticas' (with Tomoo Mabuchi), is a veritable treasure trove of information (and downright divine photographs!)

    In this episode of Talking Dirty, we meander through the different species (including which should tolerate a garden situation) and discuss everything from botany to John's anecdotes from years tracking them down in the wild. And of course, we detour via several other plants as well. It wouldn't be Talking Dirty if we didn't do that!

    PLANT LIST

    Galanthus 'Veronica Cross'

    Galanthus 'Wasp'

    Hepatica japonica var. nipponica f. candida

    Hepatica transsilvanica

    Hepatica japonica var. nipponica f. magna

    Hepatica japonica var. pubescens

    Hepatica japonica var. nipponica f. magna

    Hepatica americana

    Hepatica americana var. acuta (syn H. acutiloba)

    Hepatica americana var. acuta x H. nobilis

    Trillium nivale

    Daphne laureola subsp. philippi

    Hamamelis

    Cyclamen coum

    Miscanthus

    Pennisetum

    Lewisia cotyledon 'Harold Judd'

    Hepatica 'Millstream Merlin'

    Helleborus (Rodney Davey Marbled Group) 'Anna's Red'

    Helleborus × ericsmithii

    Hepatica maxima

    Sorbus 'Olympic Flame'

    Hepatica insularis

    Hydrangea serrata

    Hepatica x schlyteri (H. nobilis 'Stained Glass’ x H. maxima)

    Macodes petola

    Hepatica nobilis 'Stained Glass'

    Hepatica 'Louise Koehler'

    Anemonella thalictroides f. rosea 'Oscar Schoaf'

    Hepatica japonica 'Mori'

    Shortia

    Hepatica 'Millstream Pink'

    Prunus 'Kursar'

    Polypodium

  • In the latest of our series looking at Alan's garden - East Ruston Old Vicarage - month-by-month, we're focussing on some fab February plants. From the Edgeworthia hardly any one can grow to Alan's latest purchases and plans for the shade planting around his north-facing front door. This is an episode packed with plants and plans!

    PLANT LIST

    Edgeworthia chrysantha

    Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Red Dragon'

    Galanthus 'Alan Gray'

    Polystichum setiferum ‘Green Lace’

    Eranthis hyemalis 'Dooze'

    Galanthus elwesii 'Daphne's Scissors'

    Tulipa sprengeri

    Tulipa orphanidea 'Flava'

    Galanthus plicatus 'EA Bowles'

    Galanthus elwesii 'Claud Biddulph'

    Galanthus 'Fieldgate Forte'

    Galanthus nivalis 'Anglesey Abbey'

    Galanthus woronowii

    Delphinium 'Alice Artindale'

    Prunus mume 'Beni-chidori'

    Camellia × williamsii 'Saint Ewe'

    Dahlia 'Brown Sugar'

    Dahlia 'Creme De Cassis'

    Tithonia rotundifolia

    Orlaya grandiflora

    Daphne bholua 'Mary Rose'

    Acer 'Red Flamingo'

    Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'

    Narcissus 'St Patrick's Day'

    Buxus sempervirens 'Aurea Pendula'

    Phillyrea

    Griselinia

    Brugmansia

    Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata'

    Daphne odora 'Rebecca'

    Galanthus 'Trumps'

    Galanthus 'Cowhouse Green'

    Galanthus 'Trumpolute'

    Galanthus 'Princess Bennie'

    Cotoneaster horizontalis

  • Tim Fuller of Norfolk nursery The Plantsman's Preference returns with beautiful flowers, fab foliage and serious FLOMO*!

    *FLOMO = FLoral/plant-based fear Of Missing Out

    PLANT LIST

    Buxus sempervirens 'Elegantissima'

    Cornus sanguinea 'Winter Beauty'

    Buxus sempervirens 'Aurea Pendula'

    Gaultheria mucronata syn. Pernettya mucronata

    Ilex aquifolium 'East Ruston Gold'

    Vinca minor

    Vinca minor 'Azurea Flore Pleno'

    Vinca minor 'Multiplex'

    Vinca minor 'Blue and Gold'

    Vinca minor 'Aureovariegata'

    Vinca difformis Greystone form

    Vinca major

    Vinca difformis subsp. sardoa

    Cyclamen cilicium

    Ipheion 'Rygel'

    Ipheion uniflorum 'Dusky Pink'

    Ipheion uniflorum ssp. tandiliense

    Iris unguicularis

    Geranium libani

    Geranium peloponnesiacum

    Lamium galeobdolon

    Lamium galeobdolon 'Kirkcudbright Dwarf'

    Setaria palmifolia

    Saxifraga stolonifera 'Nezu Jinja'

    Saxifraga stolonifera 'Hsitou Silver'

    Euonymus myrianthus (ogisu 93309)

    Hydrangea aspera subsp. strigosa

  • This week Tim Fuller of Norfolk nursery The Plantsman's Preference stuns with some inspiring Ivies, plus Primulas, Snowdrops and more!

    PLANT LIST

    Salvia nemorosa

    Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'

    Galanthus nivalis 'Alan's Treat'

    Galanthus 'Mother Goose'

    Galanthus 'Treasure Island'

    Galanthus plicatus 'Golden Fleece'

    Galanthus 'Wandlebury Ring'

    Galanthus 'Günter Waldorf'

    Galanthus gracilis

    Muscari filiforme

    Arum italicum subsp. italicum 'Marmoratum'

    Arum italicum subsp. italicum 'Tiny'

    Arum pictum 'Primrose Warburg'

    Arum italicum subsp. neglectum 'Monksilver'

    Arum 'Curtis Giant'

    Pulmonaria mollis

    Pulmonaria 'Shrimps on the Barbie'

    Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare'

    Pulmonaria rubra

    Primula 'Lady Greer'

    Primula 'David Valentine'

    Primula 'Garnet Cowichan'

    Hedera helix 'Ceridwen'

    Hedera helix 'Heise'

    Hedera helix 'Kaleidoscope'

    Narcissus 'Candlepower'

    Hedera helix 'Buttercup'

    Hedera rhombea 'Variegata'

    Euonymus fortunei

    Hedera helix 'Goldfinch'

    Hedera rhombea 'Variegata'

    Hedera hibernica

  • This week Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis chat to Anya Lautenbach AKA Anya, The Garden Fairy. A passionate propagator, Anya is famous for making her garden from seeds and cuttings, and sharing her propagation tips with her million followers on social media. And now those skills are being captured in her new book 'The Money-Saving Gardener'.

    From the healing power of gardening to the plant which has her captivated at the moment, this is a feel-good look at the power of plants.

    PLANT LIST

    Meconopsis betonicifolia (syn. Meconopsis baileyi)

    Myosotidium hortensia

    Zaluzianskya ovata

    Dianthus caryophyllus 'Chomley Ferran'

    Nicotiana alata

    Daphne bholua

    Sarcococca confusa

    Xerochrysum bracteatum

    Tiarella 'Spring Symphony'

    Aristolochia macrophylla

    Hosta 'Empress Wu'

    Hosta 'Wu-La-La' 

    Dahlia 'Night Silence'

    Jasminum sambac

    Tolmiea menziesii

  • It's Happy New Year from Alan Gray and Thordis as they continue their series looking at Alan's garden, East Ruston Old Vicarage, month-by-month. From the Camellias lighting up winter to the Ferns catching their fancy and some seasonal FLOMO*

    *FLOMO = FLoral/plant-based fear Of Missing Out

    PLANT LIST

    Haworthia limifolia f. variegata

    Echeveria peacockii

    Camellia

    Forsythia

    Eucalyptus

    Woodwardia fimbriata

    Soleirolia soleirolii (syn. Helxine soleirolii)

    Viola hederacea

    Dahlia 'Café au Lait'

    Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata' (The King)

    Adiantum

    Abutilon vitifolium

    Polystichum setiferum 'Pulcherrimum Bevis'

    Galanthus 'Lord Kitchener'

    Jasminum nudiflorum

    Camellia sasanqua

    Camellia japonica

    Camellia 'Sugar Dream'

    Eccremocarpus scaber

    Galanthus 'Princess Bennie'

    Galanthus 'Mother Goose'

    Rosa 'Senateur Lafollette'

  • The latest in our series on the plants at East Ruston Old Vicarage sees Alan share some Show and Tell from his 32-acre garden on the Norfolk coast. And there's more than a little festive flair as he takes in a Christmassy Snowdrop and some top Holly varieties.

    PLANT LIST

    Osteospermum

    Musa basjoo

    Viburnum tinus

    Morus alba

    Morus nigra

    Trachycarpus fortunei

    Galanthus 'Santa Claus'

    Arum pictum 'Primrose Warburg'

    Nerine 'Miss Frances Clarke'

    Nerine undulata

    Galanthus 'Primrose Warburg'

    Galanthus 'South Hayes'

    Galanthus plicatus 'Golden Fleece'

    Galanthus plicatus 'Golden Tears'

    Galanthus plicatus Trym

    Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus 'Flore Pleno'

    Ilex 'Nellie R. Stevens'

    Ilex × koehneana 'Chestnut Leaf' (Ilex castaneifolia)

    Ilex aquifolium 'East Ruston Gold'

    Galanthus 'Alan Gray'

    Galanthus 'Green Tear'

    Galanthus elwesii 'Penelope Ann'

    Rosa ‘Wickwar’

    Abutilon megapotamicum

    Abutilon 'Estella's Little Bird'

    Abutilon 'Gerdemann's Red'

    Sorbus vilmorinii

    Fuchsia boliviana

    Eccremocarpus scaber

    Eccremocarpus scaber 'Tresco' Mixed

    Allium 'Party Balloons'

    Allium cristophii

    Allium 'Purple Sensation'

    Allium schubertii

    Phlox paniculata

    Phlox amplifolia 'Goliath'

    Phlox amplifolia 'Hercules' 

    Muscari comosum

  • Time for Part Two of our chat with HORTUS Editor David Wheeler. This week we discuss not only how the quarterly gardening journal started life in 1987, but delve into the world of David's FLOMO* and some of the plants which will be appearing in his garden come spring.

    *FLOMO = FLoral/plant-based fear Of Missing Out

    PLANT LIST

    Lindera

    Erythronium

    Iris sibirica

    Parrotia persica 'Bella'

    Acer palmatum 'Wild Goose'

    Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise'

    Cornus kousa ‘Schmetterling’

    Cornus kousa ‘Heart Throb’

    Cornus florida 'Cherokee Brave'

    Enkianthus campanulatus

    Peltoboykinia watanabei

    Kirengeshoma palmata

    Magnolia grandiflora

    Magnolia grandiflora 'Double nantais'

    Sternbergia

    Iris pumila

    Iris latifolia

  • If you're a fan of this podcast then you won't need telling that HORTUS is a quarterly gardening journal of the utmost quality. Its Editor, David Wheeler, founded the publication in 1987 and next week (in Part Two) we'll get stuck into its creation and what makes it so special.

    This week we're 'leaf peeping' as David shares varieties he's selected for his new garden at Upland in Camarthenshire, plus heavenly Hydrangeas!

    PLANT LIST

    Acer rubrum

    Acer rubrum 'October Glory'

    Acer × freemanii 'Jeffersred' syn Acer rubrum 'Autumn Blaze'

    Acer saccharum

    Acer saccharinum

    Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blaumeise'

    Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nachtigall'

    Rhododendron 'Cornish Red'

    Magnolia stellata

    Cercidiphyllum japonicum

    Parrotia persica 'Vanessa'

    Parrotia persica 'Persian Spire'

    Cornus kousa

    Quercus rubra

    Cornus kousa 'Copacabana'

    Amelanchier

    Iris sibirica

    Fraxinus angustifolia 'Raywood'

  • We're well stuck into the darker months now and, if you're looking for some plants to brighten up your plot, look no further than this podcast! In his garden at East Ruston Old Vicarage on the Norfolk coast, Alan Gray has amassed an almost technicolour array of foliage and flower no matter the time of year. From Chrysanthemums to Salvias, Tropaeolums to Nerines, he and Thordis talk through some of the wonders which have been catching his eye in the 32-acre garden this November.

    PLANT LIST

    Malus domestica 'Doctor Harvey'

    Chrysanthemum 'Chelsea Physic Garden'  

    Chrysanthemum 'Killerton Tangerine'

    Chrysanthemum 'Dixter Orange'

    Chrysanthemum 'Esther'

    Chrysanthemum 'Royal Command' 

    Fuchsia magellanica 'Arauco' 

    Fuchsia magellanica

    Salvia 'Kisses & Wishes'

    Salvia 'Ember's Wish'

    Drimys winteri

    Tropaeolum majus 'Jewel of Africa'

    Tropaeolum majus 'Darjeeling Gold'

    Tropaeolum majus 'Hermine Grashoff'

    Tropaeolum tuberosum var. lineomaculatum 'Ken Aslet'

    Tropaeolum minus 'Ladybird Rose'

    Tropaeolum pentaphyllum

    Tropaeolum smithii

    Tropaeolum speciosum 

    Tropaeolum tricolor

    Tropaeolum ciliatum

    Salvia involucrata 'Bethellii'

    Salvia involucrata 'Mulberry Jam'

    Salvia involucrata 'Joan'

    Rosa 'Lady of Shalott'

    Rosa 'Jubilee Celebration'

    Clematis 'Seedling from Rajasthan'

    Clematis tangutica

    Bupleurum

    Cuphea lanceolata 'Purple Passion'

    Tithonia rotundifolia

    Dahlia 'Sam Hopkins'

    Galanthus plicatus 'Three Ships'

    Galanthus 'Walrus' 

    Galanthus nivalis 'Viridapice' 

    Cuphea lanceolata 'Purple Passion'

    Nerine 'Candy'

    Nerine 'Lovely Lady'

    Dianthus 'Chomley Farran'

    Salvia microphylla 'Delice Aquamarine'

    Argyranthemum 'Jamaica Primrose'

    Argyranthemum gracile 'Chelsea Girl'

  • Episode 113 of Talking Dirty sees Eucomis National Collection holder Richard Clark of Panache Plants join Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis. In Part One they got slightly sidetracked by the breeding work Richard's been doing with Roscoeas in particular. But this week we explore Eucomis in earnest, plus lots of FLOMO*

    *FLoral/plant-based fear Of Missing Out

    PLANT LIST

    Eucomis bicolor

    Eucomis schijffii

    eucomis pallidiflora

    Eucomis pallidiflora subsp. pole-evansii

    Galanthus 'Alan Gray'

    Eucomis 'Dark Star'

    Eucomis aloha 'Leia'

    Eucomis autumnalis

    Eucomis zambesiaca

    Eucomis vandermerwei

    Eucomis comosa 'Pink Gin'

    Eucomis comosa 'Lotte'

    Eucomis vandermerwei 'Octopus'

    Sarracenia

    Lychnis × arkwrightii 'Vesuvius'

    Abutilon 'Leila Jackson'

    Abutilon 'Kentish Belle'

    Tiarella

    Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Meifeng'

    Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Di Sue Shan'

    Ficus carica 'Jolly Tiger'

    Tolmiea menziesii

    Tolmiea menziesii 'Cool Gold'

  • This week on Talking Dirty, Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis catch up with a regular nurseryman on their local plant fair circuit, Richard Clark of Panache Plants. Richard holds the National Collection of Eucomis and we'll have more about the Pineapple Lily next week. But he's also got a background in plant breeding and has been using his expertise to select some very interesting new plants!

    PLANT LIST

    Roscoea purpurea

    Roscoea 'Red Gurkha'

    Abutilon 'Ashford Red'

    Abutilon 'Pink Charm'

    Osteospermum

    Aeonium 'Velour'

    Aeonium simsii

    Sparmannia africana 'Variegata'  

    Abutilon 'Kentish Belle'