Talking Dirty (Val Bourne - Award Winning Garden Writer & Organic Gardener, Episode 41)

Val Bourne will always be one of our absolute favourite guests on the podcast - never failing to deliver a real plantswoman's crop of treasures for us all to grow at home. This week she's sharing her love of bulb lawns with Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis, including some of the varieties she's naturalised in her own miniature meadows at home. Plus the monocarpic tendencies of some plants (don't worry - it's not catching!), the patience needed to grow Trilliums from seed, and Thordis and Val share their experiences of 'the one that got away'!PLANT LISTErigeron karvinskianus  Erigeron karvinskianus 'Lavender Lady'  Erythronium oregonum x revolutum  Erythronium californicum 'White Beauty'  Erythronium 'Pagoda'  Erythronium 'Joanna'  Trillium sessile var gigantium  Trillium kurabayashii  Euphorbia rigida  Primula veris hose-in-hoseFritillaria pyrenaica Fritillaria acmopetala  Fritillaria pontica  Fritillaria elwesii  Tulipa 'Queen of Night'  Narcissus 'Thalia'  Tulipa sylvestris  Tulipa sprengeri  Scilla siberica  Scilla bithynica  Scilla bifolia Melica uniflora f. albida Teucrium scorodonia 'Crispum'  Scilla lingulata  Acis autumnalis  Crocus goulimyi Cyclamen coum  Galanthus nivalis sandersii  Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'  Scabiosa graminifolia  Geranium harveyi  Saxifraga 'Tumbling Waters'  Rosemary 'Foxtail'Crocus chrysanthusDieramaMiscanthus nepalensisPaeonia tenuifoliaStachys byzantina 'Primrose Heron'Matthiola incana 'Alba'  Lunaria 'Somerset Marble'  Narcissus 'Blushing Lady'Sanguisorba minor 'Little Angel'Sanguisorba officinalis 'Martin's Mulberry'Sanguisorba 'Red Busby'Phlox paniculata 'Norah Leigh'