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 LISTUvularia grandifloraSmyrnium perfoliatumOrnithogalum umbellatumDicentra spectabilisFritillaria acmopetala Papaver cambricum, synonym Meconopsis cambricaTulip 'Doll's Minuet'   Fritillaria persica  Primula pulverulenta  Primula secundifloraPrimula japonica 'Miller's Crimson'Primula florindaePrimula beesianaPrimula bulleyanaPrimula sieboldiiPrimula muscarioidesPrimula bellidifoliaSalvia leucanthaSalvia confertifloraCorydalis 'Korn's Purple'Geranium pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis'Lunaria annuaCorydalis flexuosa 'Golden Panda'Corydalis 'Wildside Blue'Corydalis solida 'Purple Bird'Hacquetia epipactis 'Thor'Paris quadrifoliaCalamagrostis 'Overdam'Phlox paniculata 'Mount Fuji'Cenolophium denudatumErigeron annuusMiscanthus Sinensis 'Cosmopolitan' Pinellia cordata  Pinellia pedatisecta  Arisaema sp.SauromatumStapelia sp.Amorphophallus konjacRhododendron luteumFothergilla majorPolygonatum hybridum 'Betberg' Disporum longistylum 'Night Heron'Meconopsis horridula