BBC Gardeners World Magazine 2025-10-15T10:21:42.000Z https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/feed/atom BBC Gardeners' World Magazine <![CDATA[Monty's month of flowers: jobs for the October garden]]> https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/montys-month-of-flowers-jobs-for-the-october-garden/ 2025-10-15T10:21:42.000Z 2024-09-30T13:42:11.000Z In October, we bid farewell to warmer, longer days as the temperature drops and the clocks go back. Late-flowering perennials such as dahlias and asters are still in bloom, at least until the first frost, and it’s time to plan for a new growing season. Perennials can be added to borders now while the soil is still fairly warm and seeds sown to provide displays of flowers for next spring and summer. Spring bulb planting continues and tender plants like cannas should be lifted before the cold weather arrives and stored in frost-free conditions. 

In the first of these three clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, Monty plants up a border in the writing garden with perennials and biennials. He also sows sweet peas and takes cuttings from his salvias, in case the winter is especially cold and they struggle to survive.

Taking salvia cuttings

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Monty demonstrates how to take cuttings from Salvia 'Amistad' and Salvia fulgens, in case they don't survive over winter.

Sowing sweet peas

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October is an ideal time to start off sweet peas and Monty is busy sowing 'Cupani' and 'Painted Lady' in pots and root trainers.

Planting perennials and biennials

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Monty plans the writing garden border for next summer. He begins the planting with perennials and biennials, including astrantia and foxgloves.

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]]> BBC Gardeners' World Magazine <![CDATA[Monty's month of flowers: jobs for the September garden]]> https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/montys-month-of-flowers-jobs-for-the-september-garden/ 2025-02-12T14:57:05.000Z 2024-08-23T11:56:36.000Z Early autumn is a great time to enjoy the colour and beauty of late-flowering perennials, such as dahlias and asters, while also planning ahead for winter and spring. Borderline hardy plants benefit from protection in preparation for colder weather and tender potted plants like pelargoniums will need to be brought under cover if early frosts are forecast. Many spring-flowering bulbs can be planted over the next few weeks, and bare-root shrubs and trees ordered, ready to be planted in the garden from November onwards.

In the first of this selection of clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, Monty prepares his Himalayan poppies for winter by giving them a thick mulch. He divides summer-flowering perennials, starting with his hardy geraniums, and plants Iris reticulata in pots for colourful displays next spring.

Monty divides geraniums for more plants

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Monty divides a hardy geranium to create new plants that he intends to grow on and plant out next spring.

Monty plants iris bulbs for spring flowers

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Now's the time to plant early spring bulbs, such as Iris reticulata, in pots. Monty plants up an alpine pan filled with gritty free-draining compost with one of his favourite bulbs - Iris 'Harmony'.

Monty mulches Himalayan poppies for winter protection

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Monty mulches his Himalayan poppies (Meconopsis 'Lingholm') with composted bracken, an acidic mulch, which will protect them over winter.

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]]> BBC Gardeners' World Magazine <![CDATA[Monty & Adam's month of flowers: jobs for the August garden]]> https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/monty-adams-month-of-flowers-jobs-for-the-august-garden/ 2025-02-12T14:57:07.000Z 2024-07-28T08:18:02.000Z Now that late summer is here, it’s important to make time to sit and just enjoy your garden. Most summer-flowering plants will have been in bloom for weeks now and, with regular deadheading, many should continue to flower into the autumn. It’s a great time to collect seed from early-flowerers such as aquilegias and love-in-a-mist. And there are still a few weeks left to take softwood cuttings of woody herbs and ornamental shrubs.

Monty and Adam are busy in their gardens too. In these clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, Monty plants nerines in the dry garden ready for a spectacular autumn display, and propagates streptocarpus by taking leaf cuttings. Meanwhile, Adam is focusing on pond plants as he divides waterlily and Japanese water iris, ready to go into a new water feature.

Monty plants nerines

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Monty plants nerines in the dry garden where they will have good drainage, the necks of the bulbs will get baked by the sun, and they'll produce glorious sugary pink flowers in the autumn.

Adam creates a small water feature

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Adam divides waterlily and Japanese water iris, and then pots them up.

Monty propagates streptocarpus

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Monty propagates streptocarpus by taking leaf cuttings. After around three months, he expects to see new plants developing.

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]]> BBC Gardeners' World Magazine <![CDATA[Monty's month of flowers: jobs for the July garden]]> https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/montys-month-of-flowers-jobs-for-the-july-garden/ 2025-02-12T14:57:09.000Z 2024-07-01T08:49:28.000Z By midsummer, the flower borders are a riot of colour. It’s an ideal time to take stock, deciding which areas look good and which need plants moving or adding to create the best summer displays. Flowering plants such as dahlias, sweet peas and roses will benefit from regular feeding at this time of year, while deadheading will help to keep many plants flowering longer. It’s also time to prepare for seasons to come, by sowing biennials and planting autumn-flowering bulbs.

In this series of clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, Monty is busy adding to his perennial display on the mound. He begins moving camassia bulbs from an area which has become too dry for them due to the changing climate. In the final clip, he discusses when and how to prune rambling and climbing roses, and how to tell the difference between the two.

Planting up the mound

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The beds on the mound slope are looking sparse, so Monty adds Agapanthus 'Blue' and Corydalis 'Porcelain Blue' to link with the blue and pale yellows from the upper beds.

Moving camassia bulbs

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Monty moves his camassia bulbs to a location where their foliage can be cut back with the other bulbs, and he offers tips on ways to improve the soil so plants can withstand drought better.

Pruning rambling and climbing roses

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In this clip, Monty discusses the differences between rambling roses and climbing roses, and explains how each type should be pruned.

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]]> BBC Gardeners' World Magazine <![CDATA[Monty's gardening jobs for June]]> https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/montys-gardening-jobs-for-june/ 2025-02-12T14:57:12.000Z 2024-06-01T08:59:49.000Z June brings long sunny days and warmer weather – ideal for sowing half-hardy annuals in situ and planting out tender vegetables. Fruit like strawberries are ready to pick and borders are overflowing with cottage garden favourites such as roses, geums and lupins.

In the first of a series of clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, Monty adds more summer colour to the jewel garden by planting rich purple sedums and cerise Knautia macedonica in his large Italian pots. He tends to his new collection of tender fuchsias and regal pelargoniums in the greenhouse, and the young pumpkin and squash plants are now ready to be planted out in the vegetable garden.

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Italian pots

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Monty plants up his large Italian pots in the Jewel Garden with Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus', Knautia macedonica, Hylotelephium 'Purple Emperor' and sows nasturtium 'Black Velvet' seeds.

Creating a display of pelargoniums and fuchsias

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In the partial shade of a grapevine in the greenhouse, Monty creates a summer display of regal pelargoniums and tender fuchsias planted in terracotta pots.

Planting out pumpkins and squashes

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Monty shows how to plant out pumpkins and squashes, including pumpkin 'Marina di Chioggia' and squashes 'Uchiki Kuri' and 'Turk's Turban'. He makes the most of the space around them by planting his sweetcorn.

]]> BBC Gardeners' World Magazine <![CDATA[Monty's gardening jobs for May]]> https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/montys-gardening-jobs-for-may/ 2025-02-12T14:57:16.000Z 2024-04-29T14:42:32.000Z May is a busy month in the garden, with seeds to sow, young plants to harden off and plant out, and spring shrubs to prune – not to mention leaving enough time to enjoy the warmer, longer days. The risk of frost will be over in most areas by the end of the month, so tender and half-hardy plants such as dahlias, zinnia and cosmos can be planted outside, ready for dazzling summer displays.

In this series of clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, Monty embarks on a new project to grow a range of vegetable and salad crops in containers, to show that everyone can produce some delicious organic food no matter what their growing space. The Jewel Garden is alight with vibrant spring colour, but the tulips are showing signs of tulip fire, a fungal disease which causes brown spots on leaves and twisted, damaged growth. Monty explains how to deal with this problem and plants out cosmos now the risk of frost is over. Finally, he moves a tree fern to a spot where it can be seen and enjoyed more easily.

Dealing with tulip fire

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Monty's tulips have got problems with tulip fire, so he explains how to deal with this fungal problem. Then he plants out his cosmos which will flower from the summer until the first frosts of autumn.

Growing veg in containers

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Monty starts a new project to grow as many vegetable and salad crops as possible in a variety of different-sized containers.

Replanting a tree fern

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Now that we've getting to towards the end of spring, Monty demonstrates how to lift, move and replant a tree fern.

]]> BBC Gardeners' World Magazine <![CDATA[Monty's gardening jobs for April]]> https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/montys-gardening-jobs-for-april/ 2025-02-12T14:57:21.000Z 2024-03-26T15:39:10.000Z By April, the outdoor sowing season has started in earnest, with many hardy annuals, vegetables and salad crops ready to be sown once the soil has warmed up. Temperatures can still be chilly however, with the possibility of hard frosts, so keep an eye on the weather forecast and protect young plants in the event of a cold snap.

This month also is the ideal time to divide and move herbaceous perennials. Monty digs up a rudbeckia and divides it into several clumps which can be replanted in the garden to make new plants for free, in one of a series of short clips from BBC Gardeners’ World. In the other two videos, Monty plants ‘Charlotte’ potatoes in the raised vegetable beds; then plants up a window box with a range of shade-loving perennials and half-hardy annuals.

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Planting chitted potatoes

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It's time to plant chitted first early potatoes, now the soil is no longer cold to touch, so Monty plants potato 'Charlotte' in the vegetable garden.

Shady window box

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Monty plants up a window box for a shady position with ivy, begonias, lily-of-the-valley and bacopa.

Dividing rudbeckia

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Monty divides Rudbeckia laciniata to rejuvenate it and create more plants for free.

]]> BBC Gardeners' World Magazine <![CDATA[Monty's gardening jobs for March]]> https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/montys-gardening-jobs-for-march/ 2025-02-12T14:57:42.000Z 2024-02-19T16:48:50.000Z Now March has arrived, it’s tempting to rush into the garden with the seed packets, but the weather can still be freezing cold, so it’s not a good idea to sow crops outside just yet. Instead, focus on sowing seeds inside and taking care of overwintering plants, while the weather warms and the days lengthen.

In this series of clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, Monty cuts back his pelargoniums and fuchsias in preparation for putting these tender plants outside later in the season. Early spring is an ideal time to sow perennials and Monty demonstrates how to sow verbena, rudbeckia and delphiniums. He plants out rocket plugs in the greenhouse and vegetable garden, with the reminder that anything sown outside in the next few weeks will benefit from some protection against the cold.

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Starting perennials from seed

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Rather than buying expensive perennials later in the season, Monty shows how to grow your own perennials easily from seed sown in early spring.

Taking fuchsia cuttings

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Now that we're coming into spring, Monty's fuchsias and pelargoniums are starting to produce new growth. To avoid the plants becoming leggy, he cuts back to new shoots near the base and demonstrates how to use the off-cut shoots for taking cuttings that will develop into vigorous new plants.

Sowing early salad leaves

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In this clip from BBC Gardeners' World, Monty plants out early salad leaves such as rocket, which he sowed in plugs earlier in the year. He plants some in the greenhouse and some outside, where they will need some extra protection from fleece or a cloche.

]]> BBC Gardeners' World Magazine <![CDATA[Monty's gardening jobs for February]]> https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/montys-gardening-jobs-for-february/ 2025-02-12T14:57:46.000Z 2024-01-03T13:21:51.000Z February is a good time to finish any winter projects before the growing season starts in earnest. There are still a few weeks left to complete any winter pruning and get bare-rooted trees in the ground while plants remain dormant. Vegetable beds can be prepared this month and snowdrops divided once they come to the end of their flowering period. Inside the house, start chitting potatoes and sowing chilli seeds to give plants a long growing season.

In this collection of clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, Monty is busy making a bog garden and pruning his apple trees. He also plants a fastigiate silver birch in one of his borders to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

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Winter pruning apple trees

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Monty winter prunes his apple trees while they are still in their dormant period, to maximise the apple harvest later in the year.

Making a bog garden

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Monty is making a new bog garden. He lines the trench with perforated plastic compost bags, tops with gravel and then starts to return the soil to the trench.

Planting a tree

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In this clip from BBC Gardeners' World in 2022, Monty demonstrates how to plant a fastigiate birch in a border as he commemorates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

]]> BBC Gardeners' World Magazine <![CDATA[Monty's gardening jobs for November]]> https://www.gardenersworld.com/premium/clip-collection/montys-gardening-jobs-for-november/ 2025-02-12T14:57:51.000Z 2023-10-09T12:08:46.000Z November is an ideal time to plant bare-root trees and shrubs now they have become dormant, providing the ground is not waterlogged or frozen. It is also a good time to plant spring-flowering bulbs, before the wintery weather sets in. During the colder months, gardens provide important habitats for wildlife, so remember to fill up bird feeders and leave herbaceous perennials as they die back so the dead leaves, stems and seedheads can provide shelter for animals such as hibernating insects.

Monty is still busy in his garden this month, preparing the borders and vegetable beds for next year. In this collection of clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, he plants tulip and crocus bulbs, protects his crops from hungry pigeons and begins to transplant deciduous shrubs.

More advice from Monty:

Planting tulip bulbs in lawn

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Tulips often don't flower well in their second year or they don't produce flowers at all. So Monty replants the biggest bulbs into grass to reuse them and make the most of any that might bloom again next spring.

Protecting veg beds from pigeons

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Pigeons have become a problem in Monty's garden, so he protects his cabbages from being eaten by netting his crops.

Digging up deciduous shrubs

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Now that we are into the dormant period, Monty explains how to transplant deciduous shrubs as he digs up his spirea to move it from the writing garden.

Planting crocus bulbs

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Monty plants crocus bulbs to create a colourful pollinator-friendly display in late winter and early spring, in this BBC Gardeners' World clip.

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