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Home Gardeners' World Season 42 Episode 16

Best Plants in the Tropical Border

Gardeners' World · Season 42 · Episode 16
September is the month when exotic plants reach their exuberant best, and in the tropical border at Greenacre Toby shows us which plants have performed.

Carol's favourite plant this week is the fiery crocosmia and she shows us the best ones to grow to set our borders ablaze.

Now is the perfect time to get new lawns growing, and Toby gives us the lowdown on laying turf while Alys chooses the less expensive option of growing a lawn from seed.

And Radio One DJ Sarah Cox invites us into her own garden to see how she and her family have benefited from her first year of growing vegetables.

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Season
42
Episode
16
Air Date
04/Sep/2009
Air Time
20:00
Runtime
30 min

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September is the month when exotic plants reach their exuberant best, and in the tropical border at Greenacre Toby shows us which plants have performed.

Carol's favourite plant this week is the fiery crocosmia and she shows us the best ones to grow to set our borders ablaze.

Now is the perfect time to get new lawns growing, and Toby gives us the lowdown on laying turf while Alys chooses the less expensive option of growing a lawn from seed.

And Radio One DJ Sarah Cox invites us into her own garden to see how she and her family have benefited from her first year of growing vegetables.

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