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Holding Onto Summer

Aug 27, 2025 · 43 min · Ep 4

It's all about holding onto the last of summer in Episode 4 of Big Garden Little Garden.

Claire arrives back from holiday in France to find her plants have flourished in the good weather at home. Geraldine gives an update on her dry garden and profiles the dependable and very pretty, Japanese Anemone.

They also help some listeners with their gardening conundrums and announce an exciting Seed Giveaway!

This episode's Plant Profile:

Japanese Anemones, also known as Anemone Hupensis, now called Eriocapitella.

Varieties:

  1. Honouring Joubert
  2. Serenade
  3. Queen Charlotte
  4. The Swan Series

Seeds Available for Giveaway

  1. Opium Poppy
  2. Nigella
  3. Aquilega (actual ejits!)
  4. Sweetpea

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