Talking Dirty (Val Bourne - Award Winning Garden Writer & Organic Gardener, Episode 41)

Talking Dirty

Val Bourne will always be one of our absolute favourite guests on the podcast - never failing to deliver a real plantswoman's crop of treasures for us all to grow at home. This week she's sharing her love of bulb lawns with Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis, including some of the varieties she's naturalised in her own miniature meadows at home. Plus the monocarpic tendencies of some plants (don't worry - it's not catching!), the patience needed to grow Trilliums from seed, and Thordis and Val share their experiences of 'the one that got away'!

PLANT LIST

Erigeron karvinskianus

Erigeron karvinskianus 'Lavender Lady'

Erythronium oregonum x revolutum

Erythronium californicum 'White Beauty'

Erythronium 'Pagoda'

Erythronium 'Joanna'

Trillium sessile var gigantium

Trillium kurabayashii

Euphorbia rigida

Primula veris hose-in-hose

Fritillaria pyrenaica

Fritillaria acmopetala

Fritillaria pontica

Fritillaria elwesii

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'

Narcissus 'Thalia'

Tulipa sylvestris

Tulipa sprengeri

Scilla siberica

Scilla bithynica

Scilla bifolia

Melica uniflora f. albida

Teucrium scorodonia 'Crispum'

Scilla lingulata

Acis autumnalis

Crocus goulimyi

Cyclamen coum

Galanthus nivalis sandersii

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Scabiosa graminifolia

Geranium harveyi

Saxifraga 'Tumbling Waters'

Rosemary 'Foxtail'

Crocus chrysanthus

Dierama

Miscanthus nepalensis

Paeonia tenuifolia

Stachys byzantina 'Primrose Heron'

Matthiola incana 'Alba'

Lunaria 'Somerset Marble'

Narcissus 'Blushing Lady'

Sanguisorba minor 'Little Angel'

Sanguisorba officinalis 'Martin's Mulberry'

Sanguisorba 'Red Busby'

Phlox paniculata 'Norah Leigh'