Talking Dirty (Ben Preston - Head Gardener at York Gate, Episode 44)

From bubblegum scent to the 'eleven-month-a-year' plant, this week's instalment of The Talking Dirty Podcast is full of surprises and must-haves for the garden. And it's no surprise as the ever-inspiring Ben Preston of #yorkgate is the guest this week. Despite his young years, he's already making a stir in the horticultural world with his vast plant knowledge and exciting gardening endeavours at York Gate, where he's Head Gardener. This week he's sharing some of their successes (and failures!) with Alan Gray and Thordis, plus the ideas he's picked up from visits to The Laskett Gardens and Stonehouse Cottage. All that alongside eye-catching Aroids, a succession of Primulas and some seriously charismatic Corydalis.

PLANT LIST

Uvularia grandiflora

Smyrnium perfoliatum

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Dicentra spectabilis

Fritillaria acmopetala 

Papaver cambricum, synonym Meconopsis cambrica

Tulip 'Doll's Minuet'   

Fritillaria persica  

Primula pulverulenta  

Primula secundiflora

Primula japonica 'Miller's Crimson'

Primula florindae

Primula beesiana

Primula bulleyana

Primula sieboldii

Primula muscarioides

Primula bellidifolia

Salvia leucantha

Salvia confertiflora

Corydalis 'Korn's Purple'

Geranium pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis'

Lunaria annua

Corydalis flexuosa 'Golden Panda'

Corydalis 'Wildside Blue'

Corydalis solida 'Purple Bird'

Hacquetia epipactis 'Thor'

Paris quadrifolia

Calamagrostis 'Overdam'

Phlox paniculata 'Mount Fuji'

Cenolophium denudatum

Erigeron annuus

Miscanthus Sinensis 'Cosmopolitan' 

Pinellia cordata  

Pinellia pedatisecta  

Arisaema sp.

Sauromatum

Stapelia sp.

Amorphophallus konjac

Rhododendron luteum

Fothergilla major

Polygonatum hybridum 'Betberg' 

Disporum longistylum 'Night Heron'

Meconopsis horridula