Exotic Garden Inspiration & Climber Combinations with Ian Roofe, The Plant Doctor

He's back and he's brought ALL the plants to talk about! Ian Roofe - one of our original Get Gardening team - returns to regale us with his favourite plants of the moment, which leads into an exciting conversation about planting in the Exotic Garden at East Ruston Old Vicarage and some climber inspiration from Ian's own garden.With thanks, as ever, to the brilliant online plant community who've supplied copious pictures to help illustrate the plants. From the Frustrated Gardener to Cotswold Garden Plants to Wanderlust Plants in Seattle (https://www.wanderlustnursery.com).PLANT LISTMeconopsis betonicifoliaAlthaea cannabinaNicotiana alata 'Tinkerbell'Nicotiana langsdorffiiDahlia excelsaDahlia imperialisDahlia campanulataSorbaria kirilowii var. arboreaCotinus coggygriaCatalpa bignonioidesAilanthus altissimaTetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex'Magnolia delavayi Ailanthus altissimaDecaisnea fargesiiHosta 'Empress Wu'Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii'Phygelius x rectus 'African Queen'Paulownia tomentosaPrimula 'Francisca'Tanacetum partheniumErigeron annuusSalvia 'Penny's Smile'Cosmos bipinnatus 'Xsenia'Catalpa x erubescens 'Purpurea'Catalpa bignonioides 'Nana'Acer platanoides 'Crimson King'Acer platanoides 'Drummondii'Acer negundo 'Aureovariegatum'Acer negundo 'Flamingo'Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'Sanguisorba hakusanensis 'Lilac Squirrel'Salvia bullulataHelichrysum italicumVerbena officinalis var. grandiflora 'Bampton'Diascia personata 'Coral Spires'Sphaeralcea 'Childerley'Sphaeralcea ‘Newleaze Coral’Clematis x durandiiCionura oreophilaClematis urophyllaStachyurus praecoxAbeliophyllum distichumTrachelospermum asiaticum 'Golden Memories'Hardenbergia violaceaGeranium maderenseGeranium pratense 'Summer Skies'Geranium 'Blue Cloud'Ballota pseudodictamnusStipa/Nassella tenuissimaSternbergia luteaPhiladelphus 'Belle Étoile'Philadelphus 'Starbright'Ligustrum quihouiElaeagnus angustifolia 'Quicksilver'Toona sinensis 'Flamingo'Lonicera hildebrandianaLonicera etrusca 'Superba'Aeonium 'Mardi Gras'