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Showing all videos from December, 2012 

Stepover Apples...part 2 (Australian version)

Posted 13th December, 2012

In answer to an email from Claire Girven, a short explanation on how to develop stepovers further along with some basic wiring information.

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Potting up newly lifted fruit trees

Posted 13th December, 2012

Helen is seen here potting up trees lifted from the fields. A lovely time of year.

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Stepover apples...initial pruning.

Posted 6th December, 2012

Stepover apple trees are a great and productive way to line or edge a path. It's not a difficult job to do yourself, pruning of...

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Cotinus coggygria "Royal Purple" (not purple cloak)

Posted 6th December, 2012

A lovely bush, which despite my confusing it with a variety of vine, is worthy of a place in any garden. The purple leaves are...

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Awkward customers

Posted 6th December, 2012

All walks of retail life have their awkward customers, we are no exception. This is generally not a method recommended by those teachers of the...

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Summer perennial cuttings

Posted 4th December, 2012

Summer cuttings of perennials is a wonderfully easy way to fill your borders and reproduce your plants. It applies to many other genera, not just...

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Delphinium propagation from crown buds

Posted 4th December, 2012

Delphiniums, those tall elegant stalwarts of the English country garden borders. Its can be really frustrating striking cuttings from these plants, their hollow stems are...

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Skirtlifting (Part1)

Posted 4th December, 2012

There is nothing quite like a little skirtlifting, horticulturally speaking. It is the only way to stop an oversized conifer from imposing itself too much...

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Skirtlifting (Part2)

Posted 4th December, 2012

While not the finished article this will give you some idea of the difference a little lifting of the skirt can do.

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Hosta division (summer)

Posted 4th December, 2012

Traditionally divided in winter and spring, hostas for the nurseryman are an ever popular plant. I have always divided hostas in summer, and this is...

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Canine frustration

Posted 4th December, 2012

Persistance!

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Eagle Owls

Posted 4th December, 2012

The visitors to Eggleston Hall Gardens are many and varied......

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Either end of a pussy....or a Keswick Codling

Posted 3rd December, 2012

A quick look at one of our oldest regional apples. It doesn't keep but is quite delicious when cooked or eaten as a rather sharp...

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Overwintering Dahlias

Posted 3rd December, 2012

A perennial question is "How do we store our Dahlias"....well hopefully this short, slightly rambling video will go some way to explain.

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Perennial Beds

Posted 2nd December, 2012

A nine minute wander through some of our perennials. Our range is huge but varies from month to month, many of the plants can be...

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