Eggleston Hall Gardens Videos
Delphinium crown buds update
How the propagation of Delphinium crown buds worked out. This is an update of the original Delphinium propagation video.....
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Early spring plants
Some fine spring colour after a devilishly long winter.
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Twice Daily; Adge Cutler 1966 (Folk Song)
After so many nice comments regarding The Molecatchers.....thought this one might amuse the odd person.
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Growing on young plants (contains some coarse language)
This is a "Day in the Life" film. A day at Eggleston at the beginning of our bedding fortnight where bedding plants, alpines, herbs, and...
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Colour & Interest in unusual places
A look at colour and interest in some less well focused on places, such as the beauty of emerging shoots, the promise and colour of...
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The importance of Stopping & Pinching (Apical Dominance)
A look at why we stop or pinch plants and how an understanding of apical dominance is important in producing quality plants of good form...
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Budding, moaning, and getting old.
A look at a budding gadget given to me as a present on account of being a forgetful, short-sighted old fart, amongst some consternation about...
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The Molecatcher 2
Having not heard the Bernard Wrigley version of The Molecatcher for many years, I was hugely taken with this interpretation by "Harp and a Monkey"...
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The Molecatcher
Having grown up around this song and others like it, I was delighted to find this version. It was a firm favourite of my Head...
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The Tea Rooms at Eggleston Hall Gardens
It's the 1st of March 2013 and the new refurbished Tea Rooms at Eggleston Hall Gardens are ready for the new season. Now run by...
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Roy of the Roses
The arrival of our "New Season Roses" from David Austin
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The Spring Snowflake...Leucojum vernum
The Spring Snowflake is a delightfully fulsome little flower, akin to a Snowdrop in a bodice I reckon.....I've always liked bodices......I find they go well...
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Thinking about background
A good example of how a plant needs a foil....something with which to contrast. Here a hamamelis is all but lost to the background of...
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Snowdrops in a Churchyard
A look through the old churchyard at some snowdrops and the building, plus aconites, heathers and Iris reticulata.
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Arum, Hellebore, and pruning Cornus alba species (coloured stemmed dogwoods)
A look at Arum italicum Pictum, a Hellebore, and the lovely coloured stems of the winter dogwoods, Cornus alba varieties, including how to prune them...
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Working on Perennials
February is the time we start work on our perennials. Field, border, or pot grown, they all have to be processed into divisions or potted...
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How to Plant a Tree.
A visual guide to planting a tree. The method is open to adaptation. For example you might like to use something heavier or more ornamental...
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Why you never let suckers hang around.
What happens when the suckers from a rootstock are not removed. In this case a Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) is used to explain the point, it...
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Snowdrop Time....The beginning of our year.
The beginning of our year coincides beautifully with the flowering of snowdrops, just as these lovely little bulbs approach flowering we take a firm grip...
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Four interesting plants for February
A selection of four nice plants from the nursery at Eggleston Hall Gardens. Grown at Plantsmans Corner they were taken over and planted for our...
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