Daphne Ledward News Today

Once again we take a trip down memory lane.

Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire, is famous for roses Credit: Marianne Majerus Roses, the nation’s favourite flower, have been grown in beds for hundreds of years – and rose replant disease has been a thorn in the flesh of gardeners for just as long as we have been growing them. However, until now, the cause has never been identified. Rose replant disease (RRD) is so-called because, if new roses are planted in ground where roses have been growing previously, they not only fail to thrive, they lo...

The highs and the lows over 20 years of Gardeners Question Time The success of Radio 4’s ‘Gardeners’ Question Time’ is down to the knowledge of its experts, its audience – and a healthy dose of banter 30 January 2021 • 12:00pm The panellists on Gardeners’ Question Time never know what sort of query is going to be thrown at them by the programme’s audience Credit: Trevor Taylor I remember the day in 1997 when the producer of Gardeners’ Question Time first contacted me and ...