Celebrating tulip time, making pampass plume and preventing peony problems

Celebrating tulip time, making pampass plume and preventing peony problems

From Gardeners' Corner by BBC Radio Ulster

April 25, 2026 · 57 min

About this episode

David Maxwell celebrates tulip time with expert Anna Hudson and explores various gardening topics including community gardens and plant care.

As the spring sunshine brings out the blooms, join David Maxwell as Gardeners' Corner celebrates tulip time. Expert guest Anna Hudson will have some of her favourites in studio and they'll discuss whether the bulbs are worth saving for next year. Also on the programme, David visits Salthill garden in County Donegal where Elizabeth Temple has changed a featureless lawn into a garden full of choice plants and trees. In Dublin, Nicola Kenny visits Taplin''s Field Community Garden where organic food is produced by a diverse group of city dwellers and the programme hears from Paul McHugh who discovered a rare wild flower on his daily dog walk in Portglenone. The live phone-in programme also includes questions on pampass grass, peonies and photinia hedging. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

People in this episode

Host: David Maxwell

Guest: Anna Hudson

Topics covered

  • tulips
  • gardening
  • community gardens
  • plant care
  • wildflowers

Keywords

  • tulips
  • pampass grass
  • peonies
  • photinia hedging
  • wild flowers

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Salthill garden, County Donegal, Dublin, Taplin's Field Community Garden, Portglenone

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