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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:47But before all that, it's now coming to the end of June, which means it's the perfect time to plant
00:53out your half-hardy annuals.
00:55Now, a half-hardy annual just means that it is grown in one growing season.
01:01So, you plant the seed in springtime, it grows into beautiful flowers during the summer,
01:07and then it dies off towards the end of the season in autumn and winter, and it won't come back
01:12again.
01:13It completes its full life cycle in one year.
01:16Now, we've got this cosmos here called Cupcakes, and it produces beautiful flowers, pinks and whites.
01:24What's special about this one is the petals are actually fused at the base,
01:29and so it creates this wonderful bowl shape with a frilly bit along the top,
01:34and it does really look like a paper cupcase holder.
01:38It's really pretty.
01:39Now, over here, we've got some Ami Bisnaga, and it's called Green Mist.
01:45Now, although this can be grown as a half-hardy annual, it also can be grown as a hardy annual.
01:51Now, the difference is you can start these seeds off in the previous season.
01:58So, you can grow them at the end of the summer and into autumn,
02:01and then they produce lovely plants like this,
02:05and then you can plant them out at the beginning of spring the next year,
02:09which means that your cupflower garden is going to produce flowers quicker.
02:15The last plant that I've got is this Gisopala, and it's called Single Alba.
02:21Now, it, again, is growing really nicely.
02:24The seeds were planted during this spring,
02:27but the great thing about this plant is that it's actually a perennial.
02:32So, once it's finished putting on its wonderful display of flowers this year,
02:38you can cut it back, and it will come back year after year.
02:42So, that is really great value for money.
02:46Now, I'm going to plant these out into the cut flower garden,
02:49and they're going to produce some wonderful colour over this growing season.
02:53But it's now time to visit Colin Crosby in his garden,
02:57just outside Dumfries, and he's going to be tackling some tree pruning.
03:07A lot of things have changed in gardening, and pruning is one of them.
03:12From what I was taught at college as a young gardener
03:15to what I practice now are two very different things.
03:19And a lot of this is based in new scientific evidence research which is coming through.
03:24Believe it or not, one of the best times to prune young trees
03:29is actually now, when they're actively growing.
03:32The wound is able to heal over faster.
03:35There's less chance of infection getting into it.
03:39And what a difference it makes with the tree.
03:42However, there are still the old principles.
03:44You have to remove any dead, damaged, or diseased branches.
03:49Anything which is crossing, you have to cut those out.
03:52But you need to have good tools.
03:54Sharp secateurs, and a range of little saws
03:58that will help you make the cuts.
04:00A crepe snip now at the right time with secateurs
04:04could save you a really big tree surgery bill
04:0720 and 30 years' time.
04:22So here am I, in the centre of a sorbus nidhamia.
04:27It's actually classed as a white-tech beam.
04:30And in the centre, you can see a lot of branches
04:32which are actually dead
04:34because there's no sunlight getting in
04:36and they can't force a synthesise.
04:38And so naturally, they die off.
04:40So it's a good idea to go through
04:42and to remove these dead branches
04:44but also to open it up
04:46to allow the light through into it.
04:48But as I look at it, I've spotted a branch
04:51which is actually crossing and starting to rub.
04:54And I'll remove it.
04:55But I'll remove it using a saw
04:58because the diameter of the branch
05:00is greater than my finger.
05:03And if anything's bigger than a finger,
05:05you don't use your secateurs
05:06because if you did, you could hurt your hand
05:08but you would also damage the tree as well.
05:12But when we're pruning using secateurs,
05:14removing these little twiggy branches,
05:17the dead ones,
05:18you always make sure that the cutting blade
05:20is next to the stem.
05:23We don't do a flush cut
05:24because if you look at branches,
05:26there's a little ridge underneath
05:28and it looks like wrinkles which are there
05:31and there's a collar above,
05:32we actually leave that
05:34because that's the plant's ability
05:36to actually heal over after it's been pruned.
05:40So I'll just start going around here,
05:42snipping these little dead branches off.
05:46There's another one in there.
05:48But I'm always moving around the tree
05:50to make sure that the blade of the secateurs
05:54is always in the correct position.
05:58Because when you're using secateurs,
06:00you know that you're doing it,
06:02they're pruning at the right time.
06:05The branch isn't too thick.
06:08So already you can see
06:11when you're looking at the tree
06:12how I'm opening it out.
06:14I still need to go in there
06:16and take that crossing branch off
06:19which I'll do with the saw.
06:21But when you remove a branch of this size,
06:23you don't just cut it off down there to begin with.
06:26Because if you did and it were to fall,
06:29it would cause a tear down the branch
06:32harming the tree.
06:33So the easiest thing to do
06:34is to do an undercut like that
06:37and then a quick cut above it.
06:41And if that were to fall and it didn't,
06:44there's no tear happening down there.
06:48Now I come to take this branch off
06:52and you can see I could attempt
06:54to do it with secateurs,
06:56but you look at the size of it,
06:58it's going to be really difficult.
07:00So don't even attempt it.
07:02Put the secateurs away.
07:04And out comes the saw.
07:06I can see where the ridge is.
07:08I can see where the collar is in there.
07:10and when you're sawing,
07:13always remember,
07:14it's the back pull
07:16which is doing the cutting.
07:18It's not forcing it forward,
07:20it's pulling it gently
07:21and you can see how I'm holding
07:23this branch here,
07:25just taking the weight off it,
07:27just gently pulling it back
07:31and off it comes.
07:33A good cut.
07:34I'm pleased with that.
07:36The centre of the tree has opened up
07:39and it looks far, far better.
07:42And if you look at the ground,
07:44you can see really all the twigs
07:46that have come off it.
07:47I'll come back later
07:48and I'll gather them up.
07:50But let's move on
07:51to some other trees in the garden
07:52and see some other pruning techniques
07:55that we can use.
08:08Here we are
08:09with one of my favourite cherries
08:11in the garden,
08:12Prunus cross yeduensis.
08:14But you can see this
08:15abnormal mass of growth.
08:17This is called fasciation
08:19and it's caused by
08:20many different things,
08:21pest, disease, damage.
08:23And if we look at it,
08:24there's a lot of weight
08:26which if I leave
08:27and this was to rip,
08:28it would damage the tree.
08:30So I'm just going to remove
08:32this whole branch up there.
08:36And look at that incredible,
08:39it almost looks like a bird's nest.
08:42But the weight of it
08:43is quite incredible.
08:45And of course,
08:46talking about bird's nests,
08:48you've always got to be careful
08:50when you're pruning
08:50at this time of year.
08:52If you see a nest in any tree
08:54or any shrub,
08:55don't go near it
08:56because you cannot scare birds away.
08:59We've got to protect
09:00and look after wildlife
09:02in our gardens.
09:11There's been a lot to contend
09:12with the weather
09:13this Scottish spring.
09:15Started off cold and wet,
09:16then it went dry and cold.
09:18Now that the summer's here,
09:20it's gone wet again.
09:21But never mind,
09:22the veg plot's looking fantastic.
09:25And now it's time to catch up
09:26with our beginner's guide
09:27to growing veg
09:28and back to basics.
09:33First stop,
09:34we're going to the tatties.
09:35If you can remember
09:36on programme one,
09:37I planted up the first earlies
09:39with carol
09:40and they're growing away
09:40quite the thing.
09:42Now they take around
09:43about 12 weeks to mature,
09:44so that's going to be
09:45a couple of weeks' time.
09:46And one way you can tell
09:47that they're nearly ready
09:48is when the plant
09:49begins to flower.
09:50But if I have a wee look here,
09:52I'm not seeing many flowers
09:53on my first earlies,
09:54but on the second earlies,
09:56some flowers
09:57are actually starting to form.
09:59And they were actually planted
10:00a couple of weeks later.
10:01Now what I'm thinking is,
10:02if you remember
10:03the last time I was here,
10:04the foliage was looking
10:05a wee bit of brown.
10:06And that's because
10:07it had been hit
10:07by a touch of frost.
10:09So what I reckon is,
10:11that's just set these plants
10:12back a couple of weeks.
10:13So on the whole,
10:14they should be fine.
10:17Moving on to the carrots.
10:19They're looking brilliant as well.
10:22And we've got a great example
10:23of successional sowing.
10:25So this is the first batch
10:27we all sowed,
10:27the rows nearest to me,
10:28and they're maturing
10:29quite the thing.
10:30And then further on,
10:32we've got another sowing
10:33that was done
10:33maybe about four weeks later.
10:35And the reason we do that
10:36is instead of getting
10:37all the glut all at once,
10:38we could be nibbling away
10:39on these carrots.
10:41And while we're nibbling away
10:42on these,
10:43the other ones are still
10:43growing quite the thing.
10:45But as you can see,
10:46they've actually got
10:47a wee bit of protection
10:48around here.
10:48And this is a fine mesh.
10:50And it's to protect the carrots
10:52from the carrot root fly.
10:53Now that can be
10:54a right little swine
10:55if it comes flying in.
10:56It'll lay its eggs
10:58in the soil
10:58round about the carrots.
11:00And then the resulting maggots,
11:02well, they'll come out
11:03and they'll feed
11:03on the fleshy roots
11:04of our carrots.
11:06And the worst thing is,
11:07we're not going to care about it
11:08until we dig them up.
11:09So this little protection here,
11:10this stops the carrot root fly
11:12from coming in
11:13because they kind of
11:13get over this height.
11:16The onions are looking fantastic.
11:18The lettuce,
11:19two spring onions,
11:20keep going with all that.
11:21and you could be eating
11:22all those crops
11:23all through the summer.
11:25But now,
11:26we're at our beetroot
11:27and we're going to be
11:28carrying out our main task
11:29that we need to be doing
11:30at this time.
11:32The garden team,
11:33they've created
11:34their little drill
11:35and then they've sown
11:36their seeds
11:37all the way up this row.
11:38And as you can see,
11:39we've got a lovely little row
11:41of beetroot here.
11:42But if you think about
11:43the beetroot
11:44that we buy from the shop,
11:45they're all about
11:45the size of a tennis ball.
11:47so they're all
11:48a wee bit of cram just now
11:49and we're not going to get
11:50those roots to form properly.
11:52So the job that we're
11:53looking to do just now
11:54is a bit of thinning out.
11:56So you can see
11:57with the beetroot here,
11:58I'm going to start
11:59at the top row.
12:00I've got two quite close together.
12:03So with my left hand,
12:04I'm just going to firm
12:05the soil
12:07and then with my
12:08finger and thumb
12:09on the other,
12:12just gently tease out
12:13that root
12:15and then put the soil
12:17back down
12:18and then just keep
12:19working down the row.
12:21I'm going to thin them out
12:23to about
12:25five centimetres
12:26and then when this one's
12:28the size of a golf ball,
12:29I can pick that out
12:29and nibble on that one
12:31and then that'll allow
12:32these ones to mature
12:33to about the size
12:33of a tennis ball
12:34and that's when I'd be
12:35picking and eating them.
12:37The soil's nice and wet.
12:39That's the perfect conditions.
12:40If your soil's dry,
12:42you want to water it
12:42the night before.
12:43Then you just do it
12:44five minutes before
12:44you do this job
12:45because you'll end up
12:46disturbing the roots
12:47and damaging the roots
12:48of the plants around them.
12:51Courgettes.
12:52I do like courgettes.
12:53So many uses
12:54in the kitchen with them.
12:56We've got a couple
12:57of varieties here.
12:58We've got green-skinned ones.
12:59This one's midnight
13:00and we're also going to try
13:01a yellow-skinned one
13:03and this one's called
13:03Sebring.
13:05I must admit,
13:05I have more success
13:06with the green-skinned ones
13:08but you can't beat the yellow ones.
13:09Adds a wee bit of colour
13:10to your plate.
13:11Now they're hungry feeders
13:13so I've started
13:14to prepare my hole.
13:16I've dug it
13:16round about a spade's depth
13:18and about a spade width
13:21and then get a couple of spade fools
13:24in manure
13:26and just incorporate that
13:28into your planting hole
13:30and that bit of extra feeding
13:32will keep them growing well
13:33over the summer months.
13:35We've got lots of plants here.
13:37We sowed the whole packet
13:38because sometimes
13:39they don't all germinate
13:40but a wee tip here,
13:41I would maybe only plant
13:42a couple of plants.
13:43They're such heavy croppers.
13:45you'll know Ken
13:45what to do with them all.
13:47So honestly,
13:47you'll thank me
13:48for that one later on.
13:49Now we're going to head
13:50into the brassica cage
13:52for our first
13:53pest problem of the year.
13:55The brassicas,
13:56that's where we grow
13:57our cauliflowers,
13:58cabbages,
13:59kale,
14:00Brussels sprouts.
14:02What we're saying
14:03about the weather,
14:04it's been wet
14:05and it's also been dry
14:06and if you were to initially
14:07look at these plants
14:08you would think
14:09they're needing a wee bit
14:10of a drink
14:10but that's an indication
14:11of another problem
14:12because we know
14:13in looking at the colour
14:14of the soil
14:15that it's wet enough.
14:17So if we gently
14:20tease up
14:21one of these plants
14:25and have a wee closer
14:26look at the roots
14:29yeah,
14:29there we go.
14:31This is the problem.
14:33This is a wee maggot
14:34of the brassica root fly.
14:37The trouble is
14:38just the same
14:39with the carrots
14:39it's coming in
14:40it's feasted on
14:41all these roots
14:42and it's basically
14:43killing off
14:43our young plants
14:44and it's ruining
14:46my Christmas dinner
14:46as well.
14:48So the garden team
14:49they've been digging
14:50the plants up
14:51they've washed
14:52the soil off
14:53of some of these
14:54but to be perfectly honest
14:55if you've got young plants
14:57if you've got spare ones
14:58I'll be dishing
14:58these ones away
14:59and we'll be popping
15:00the new ones
15:01in the ground.
15:03And when you do
15:03replant them
15:04and this is one wee thing
15:06that we probably
15:06should have been done
15:07in the beginning
15:08this is a wee mat
15:09it's a wee collar
15:10that we can put
15:11round the neck
15:13of our brassicas.
15:15So just the same principle
15:16as the carrot root fly
15:18the fly
15:19which kind of resembles
15:19a house fly
15:20will come in
15:21it would lay the eggs
15:23round about the plant
15:24which obviously
15:25then turn into maggots
15:26and go on feast
15:26on the roots
15:27but this little collar
15:28will hopefully prevent
15:29that from happening.
15:31So there you go
15:31lots to be getting on
15:32in the veg plot
15:33but now it's time
15:34for some handy hints.
15:44This laburnum
15:45has put on
15:46a wonderful display
15:47of flowers this year
15:48but it's time now
15:49that the tree
15:50is setting seed
15:51and what it does
15:52is it produces
15:53these little
15:54bean or pea
15:56like pods
15:57after the flower.
15:58Now these
15:59are highly toxic.
16:01What I would be doing
16:03is I would be coming
16:04and snipping those
16:05off the tree
16:06or once they fall
16:07on the ground
16:08raking them all off
16:10and disposing of them
16:11just to make sure
16:12everybody's safe.
16:16So as you can see
16:17for the whole process
16:18you need to be wearing gloves.
16:20This part of the garden
16:22is one where we stopped
16:23cutting the grass
16:24to let all the wild flowers
16:26that were grown in
16:26amongst those sorts of grass
16:28come to the fore
16:29and look at the wonderful
16:30display that we have here.
16:32We've got the red
16:33and the white clovers
16:34we've got the oxide daisies
16:36we've even got
16:37a little orchid growing
16:38but it's this plant
16:39here I want to show you
16:40this is the yellow rattle
16:41it feeds off
16:43the roots of the grasses
16:44which are pretty much
16:45the dominant species here
16:46we want to get them away
16:47so in time
16:48these are going to
16:49seed all over the place
16:50weaken the grass
16:51and give us room
16:52for even more wildflowers
16:54which can only be good
16:55for the wildlife.
17:03now as you probably
17:05know by now
17:06the presenter challenge
17:08this year was
17:09to create a plot
17:10and plant it out
17:12to appeal to a different sense.
17:15Now Carol will be judging
17:17all four plots
17:18in September
17:19and I got
17:21the sense of touch.
17:23Now I wanted to create
17:25and design a beautiful garden
17:27that not only looked good
17:29but felt good as well
17:31and I started off
17:32by making and weaving
17:34those beautiful willow globes
17:37with willow that was harvested
17:38in the garden
17:39back in March
17:40I also added some lovely
17:43soft frothy fennel
17:44in the grasses
17:45and the smooth rubbery texture
17:48of the sedums down there.
17:50Further up the garden though
17:52I've got some other little plants
17:54that are really quite special
17:57and should be in any sensory
17:59touch garden
18:00and this is a stachys
18:02its common name is
18:04lamb's ear
18:05and it is just so soft
18:08and fluffy
18:08it creates a carpet texture
18:11so it's going to spread out
18:13in between hopefully
18:15some of these stepping stones
18:16it produces really tall
18:19spire like flowers
18:21which are pink and purple
18:23and the bees absolutely adore them
18:26now one bee that particularly likes it
18:28is the wool carder bee
18:31and what it does is
18:32it comes and collects
18:34all the fluffy down
18:36off the leaves
18:37and off the stems of the plant
18:39and it takes it back
18:40for nesting material
18:42and to be honest with you
18:43feeling that
18:44you can't blame it
18:45it's so soft
18:47over here though
18:48I've got some lovely driftwood
18:51now
18:51part of creating gardens
18:53is making them unique
18:55and special to you
18:57now I found this bit of driftwood
18:59on one of my walks
19:00and I thought that it was so beautiful
19:03that I had to take it on
19:04and it's got that beautiful
19:05gnarled texture
19:07now over here
19:08I've got something
19:10that is a little bit different
19:14I planted echinacea
19:16because of the flower heads
19:19in the centre
19:20now they are going to be rough
19:22and spiky
19:23I've got another plant here
19:25the verbena bonariensis
19:26and feeling the rough
19:29and bristly stems
19:31of the leaves
19:32of this
19:33is really going to fit in well
19:35with the texture
19:36of the echinacea
19:37now this is a giant
19:40it gets up to about two metres tall
19:43and produces little lovely clusters
19:45of purple flowers
19:47which bees and butterflies love too
19:49now the great thing about this plant though
19:51is that it doesn't need staking
19:54so it makes all gardeners happy
19:56that's going to get put in there
19:59and I've got to add a few more
20:01different bits and pieces
20:02but that is looking really wonderful
20:05and I hope Carol's going to be impressed
20:19you're growing your peonies for cut flowers
20:21weeks ago
20:21you've disbudded all the side buds
20:24now we're almost ready
20:25to pick them for the vase at home
20:26but the best way of telling
20:28once the bud gets a bit of colour
20:29is you want to squeeze the bud
20:31if it's nice and squidgy
20:32sort of marshmallow-y like
20:34they're ready to pick
20:35for the vase at home
20:36these ones are a wee bit hard just yet
20:39so maybe in another week or two
20:40they'll be ready
20:41but also yes you want that nice long stem
20:44when you're cutting them
20:45but make sure below the cut
20:47there's at least three to four sets of leave on there
20:49that's going to allow the plant to charge
20:51so you get even better peonies next year
21:03we're always talking about the positives of deadheading
21:06and yes it's going to produce more flowers and better blooms
21:10but there are still positives of not deadheading
21:12take this allium for example
21:14you'll see that we've still got a wee bit of purple on this one
21:17but the seed heads are starting to pop out
21:20well if we just don't deadhead this we leave it
21:22it's going to add still structure and interest in the garden
21:26or you can cut it and put it in a vase at home
21:28but then also down here we've got this calendula
21:31now yes the first few spent blooms I am deadheading
21:35but at the back end of the season
21:37I'm not deadheading
21:38I'm allowing the plant to produce seed
21:40and then they just scatter naturally over here
21:43now I'm not exaggerating when I say this
21:46I must have started with about six plants at home
21:48and I just left them to sell seed
21:51and it must be close to about 600 plants now
21:54so last year I dug out three plants
21:56and I put them in this bed here
21:57just the three
21:58and look at all the free plants we got out of this
22:01but we've maybe got a few more plants than we actually need
22:04that's still the productive side of the plot
22:06so anything on that side of the bit would
22:09I could either dig out
22:10plant them elsewhere
22:11give them away to friends
22:13but I've done that already
22:14so I'm just going to take the hoe
22:15and where I don't want them
22:16I'll hoe them out
22:27last time you were here
22:28you may remember
22:29I had the paintbrush out
22:31and I was hand pollinating
22:32all my fruit trees
22:33and the reason I was going in
22:35and moving the pollen
22:36from the male part of the flowers
22:37to the female was
22:38I hadn't seen too many pollinators kicking about
22:41so I thought
22:41I better get the wee paintbrush out
22:43and give them a helping hand
22:44and look at this
22:45I tell you what
22:46I'm so glad that I did it
22:47just look at the sheer amount of apples
22:49on this one tree
22:50there's probably
22:51actually too much apples now
22:53on the tree for it to cope
22:55but I wouldn't be thinning them out just yet
22:57I'll be waiting till the process happens
22:59called the June drop
23:00now up in Scotland
23:01the June drop happens
23:03end of June
23:04start of July
23:05and all that is
23:06is a natural process
23:07it's almost like a natural prune
23:09where the immature weaker fruits
23:11fall to the ground
23:12now I've already got
23:13a few lying on the ground there
23:16and that's actually going to help the tree
23:18produce bigger and better apples
23:20it's better to have
23:2120 good ones
23:22rather than 50 mediocre ones
23:25but once the June drop's happened
23:27if there's still fruits close together
23:29I'd be going for a fruit
23:30about a hand's width apart
23:31I'd just be nipping these out
23:33and then we just sit back
23:35relax
23:35and we wait for the apple pie
23:37come September
23:47To those of us who garden regularly
23:50we'll all be aware
23:51of the overall benefits
23:53that being in the outdoors gives us
23:55but to some of us
23:56that's more straightforward than others
23:58but we can make a few
24:00adaptive changes to our gardening
24:01so the hobby that we all enjoy
24:03can be accessible to all
24:05no matter the physical
24:07psychological
24:07or social barrier
24:09that's in the way
24:11now in this part of the garden
24:13we've removed the lawns
24:15and that takes away
24:15that necessary maintenance
24:17every week
24:18and we've also added
24:20a couple of raised beds
24:21so those with mobility issues
24:23they don't have to stoop so low
24:24and then we've even put
24:26these level tops on
24:27so that means we can sit down
24:29and we can work on these beds
24:31more comfortably
24:32and then we've got the tools
24:34we've got this trowel here
24:35with the extra long handle
24:37and look at the bright colours
24:38the reds
24:39the yellows
24:40and that helps those
24:41that are visually impaired
24:43identify their tools
24:45when they put them down
24:46and I like the position
24:48of the handles
24:48they're different
24:49to what you would normally expect
24:50and those that are suffering
24:52any grip issues
24:54makes working in the garden
24:56so much easier
24:58so those are a few tips
25:00for those living
25:00with physical impairments
25:02but there's also
25:03a few adaptations
25:04we can make to our gardens
25:05for those living with dementia
25:08now dementia's
25:09a syndrome of the brain
25:11and there's estimated
25:11nearly 90,000 people
25:13in Scotland
25:14are living with a condition
25:15but thankfully
25:16our garden can be a place
25:18that can help
25:19with the therapy
25:19for those living with dementia
25:21the multi-sensory stimulation
25:23that they can get
25:24from the plants
25:25whether it's the flowers
25:26or the touch of the foliage
25:28and then you get
25:29the sounds of the garden
25:30from the wildlife
25:32and this all goes around
25:33to help create
25:34a more positive mood change
25:36to help relieve
25:37the tension
25:38the frustration
25:39the aggression
25:40that they can sometimes feel
25:42now the first step
25:44we want to do
25:44is to create
25:45a safe environment
25:46one that's enclosed
25:48to help stop wandering
25:50and the most instant solution
25:51we can get from that
25:52is by putting in
25:53a fence
25:54or a wall
25:55but sometimes
25:55that can give the feeling
25:56of just being trapped
25:58so by adding some plants
26:00that can help soften it
26:01and create a more
26:01natural environment
26:04one of the best plants
26:05we have is ivy
26:07this one here
26:08is called little diamond
26:09and in its juvenile stage
26:11that's going to climb up
26:12and clothe this wall
26:13pretty quickly
26:15perfect for fences
26:16but careful if you're ever
26:17using it on the walls
26:18of your house
26:18like on masonry
26:19because sometimes
26:20the roots can penetrate them
26:21and cause a bit of damage
26:24you've also got the likes
26:25of the climbing hydrangea
26:26which is beginning
26:27to look wonderful
26:28just now
26:28as the white florets
26:29begin to open
26:30and both of those plants
26:32are perfect
26:32if you've got
26:33a north facing wall
26:35and then we've got
26:36this plant here
26:37this is
26:38vitus vinifera
26:39purpurea
26:39and we may also know
26:41it as the ornamental vine
26:43and we can get grapes
26:44from our vines
26:45not from this one
26:46but what you will get
26:46is wonderful
26:47large foliage
26:48that's going to turn
26:49in that lovely purple colour
26:50in autumn time
26:52now these plants
26:54they'll maybe cling
26:54to the walls
26:55with tendrils
26:56but we can also get
26:57some shrubs
26:58and this is a good one here
27:00I love this ceanothus
27:01you can see a couple
27:02of the blue flowers
27:03that in a few years time
27:04will absolutely clothe
27:05this plant
27:06this one's silver surprise
27:08and you get that
27:09from the white variations
27:10that you see
27:10on the foliage
27:12now it does come
27:13from California
27:14so it might get
27:15a wee bit of a shock
27:16now living in
27:17Aberdeenshire
27:17but we're doing
27:18all the right things
27:19for it
27:19it's going to grow
27:20in the reese bred
27:21so it's not going to be
27:22in waterlogged soil
27:23and it's facing the west
27:24so it's going to get
27:25lots of the daytime sun
27:26so it is a bit of a risk
27:28but hopefully this plant
27:29will come in here
27:30and do a wonderful thing
27:33now that's just
27:34the first steps
27:35but if you can join us
27:36over the following weeks
27:37at Beach Grove
27:38we'll give you
27:38a few more hints
27:39and tips
27:40on how you can make
27:41your garden
27:42more friendly
27:43for anyone you know
27:44living with dementia
27:55well that's almost
27:56all from us for today
27:57Kirsty is going to be
27:59joining me in the garden
28:00next week
28:00and she's going to be
28:01starting off a new feature
28:03on plant profiles
28:04basically all you need
28:05to know about the plants
28:06most common in our gardens
28:08we visit a brilliant
28:10community garden
28:11in Easter House
28:12in Glasgow
28:12and I'll be in the rain garden
28:14for the first look
28:15this year
28:16to see what's thriving
28:17and what's not
28:18you can watch this episode
28:20and all the rest
28:21of the episodes
28:22in this series
28:23on BBC iPlayer
28:24just search
28:25Beach Grove Garden
28:25but from the two of us
28:27it's bye for now
28:47you
28:48you
28:48you