Sustainable plant combos, GYO tips (for tomatoes, beetroot, squash), flowering shrubs

Do you ever fall in love with a plant, buy it, but then not know what to pair it with? Principal Horticultural Advisor James Lawrence introduces his guide to creating planting combinations that don’t just look good, but have a sustainability impact too. Guy Barter shares seasonal tips for establishing tomatoes, beetroot, and winter pumpkins and squash – helping you to set up for the Grow Your Own season. And Jack Aldridge, a horticulturist who looks after Oakwood at RHS Garden Wisley, will be singing an ode to his favourite flowering shrub, the Stachyurus. 

Presenter: Guy Barter

Contributors: James Lawrence, Jack Aldridge 

Links: 

Oakwood at RHS Garden Wisley

How to grow tomatoes

How to grow beetroot

How to grow pumpkins

Stachyurus praecox

Stachyurus chinensis

RHS Gardening advice / ChatBotanist