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The Periwinkle Series of Gardening Guides Periwinkle practical gardening videos will help you get the most out of your garden. All the videos are professionally made and filmed in beautiful gardens and specialist nurseries. Each title is packed with practical demonstrations with helpful hints and tips for both new and expert gardeners alike.
CLEMATIS
'The Queen of Climbers'. This is the
definitive guide on how to grow, manage and propagate these superb plants.
Also includes a visit to a Somerset Mill garden full of clematis.
Covers both specie and hybrids.
90 minutes. Export $44-50. Australia $48-95 plus p & p. A Periwinkle Production.
GROWING RHODODENDRONS AND AZALEAS
Includes a visit to the world famous Exbury Gardens which has the largest collection of Rhododendrons
and Azaleas in the British Isles. This superb programme is hosted by Christopher Fairweather. Christopher
shows you how to grow and propagate them in your garden, containers
or in colder climes in your Conservatories. Filmed to broadcast standards this superb programme runs for
90 minutes. Export $44-50. Australia $48-95 plus p & p. A Periwinkle Production.
LAWNS
Is your dream to have a perfect lawn? This video will bring your ideal lawn a little nearer. Contains a wealth of information from initial seed or turf construction to mowing and maintenance with expert advice on how to keep down weeds and moss and what sort of seed to use for damp or dry shade. Australian residents please note: This video does not cover Kikuyu or Buffalo grasses. Includes Bent, Couch and other temperate climate grasses.
60 minutes. Export $44-50. Australia $48-95 plus p & p. A Periwinkle Production.
A GUIDE TO ROSES
Summertime. Hot, lazy, days shimmering in the heat. Roses showing off their midsummer glory with beautiful blooms in spectacular drifts, in beds, over walls, up trees and houses, pergolas, trellises and arches. All this and more is captured on this beautiful video from Periwinkle.
The highlights are a summer visit to the 'Gardens of The Rose', the home of the British National Rose Society at its summer best. We also visit Mottisfont Abbey Garden with its collection of old fashioned roses.
Also included on this video is everything you need to know about planting,
pruning and training, hybridising and cultivation of roses including how to
identify and control pests and diseases. Running time 80 minutes. Export $44-50. Australia $48-95 plus p & p. A Periwinkle Production
PROPAGATION
This superb video covers demonstrations on how to grow seed, take stem, leaf and root cuttings, and layer and divide plants safely.Also includes grafting and demonstrations on the methods for taking fuchsia, geranium and zygocactus cuttings.
60 minutes. Export $44-50. Australia $48-95 plus p & p. A Periwinkle Production.
PRUNING
Fundamental for vigorous and healthy plants, pruning is all too often a cause for
confusion amongst gardeners. With this video you are given sound practical advice
on the basic principles and practice of pruning. Learning how plants grow is the
key to successful pruning and it's easy to understand with this practical video.
There are demonstrations on pruning ornamental shrubs, evergreens, clematis
and wisteria, plus sections on hedges and how to tackle an old fruit tree.
Also includes a rose demonstration filmed at the Royal Rose Society's gardens
at St. Albans. Running time 60 minutes. Export $44-50. Australia $48-95 plus p & p. A Periwinkle Production.
AFRICAN VIOLETS
No flowers on your African Violets? Not in this practical programme guide to growing these dainty
houseplants. Filmed at the African Violet Centre in Norfolk, the Rev Tony Clements and Anne Swithinbank
show how to care for them and keep them flowering all year round. A relative of the Primrose (Streptocarpus). Anne Swithinbak gives a fascinating introduction to these less well known
flowering plants. Running time 60 minutes. Export $44-50. Australia $48-95 plus p & p. A Periwinkle Production.
GERANIUM'S (PELAGONIUMS)
Gold medallist David Clark reveals his successful technique for growing these popular flowers. Anne
Swithinbank gives a detailed guided tour of all the types and varieties and their many uses in the house
and garden. Running time 90 minutes. Export $44-50. Australia $48-95 plus p & p. A Periwinkle Production.
FUCHSIAS
A comprehensive and detailed guide to growing and training these showy and spectacular blooms. David
Clark is joined by Harry Smith who asks all the right questions. Running time
60 minutes. Export $44-50. Australia $48-95 plus p &
p. A Periwinkle Production.
HANGING BASKETS, WINDOW BOXES & CONTAINERS
'How-to-do-it' practical demonstrations about container gardening for summer and winter. Herbs,
strawberries and tomatoes are just some of the more unusual basket plantings featured as well as many
traditional English recipes. Running time 60 minutes. Export $44-50. Australia $48-95 plus p & p. A Periwinkle Production.
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