Must-have ground cover plants, outdoor exotics in Slane and Adam Frost’s bulb of the month

A garden that has to look good in every season is the Horatio’s Garden at Musgrave Park Hospital in south Belfast. Two years after it was planted up, David Maxwell chats to head gardener Matthew Lee about how the garden continues to change, and about the great groundcover plants that help keep weeding to a minimum. Adam Frost begins his new ‘Bulb of the month’ series with the common snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis. Ahead of the Big Garden Birdwatch, the RSPB’s Claire Barnett visits David’s garden to find out what’s coming to his feeders. In studio, gardener Anna Hudson, brings some seasonal highlights from the Ballywalter and answers questions live. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

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Must-have ground cover plants, outdoor exotics in Slane and Adam Frost’s bulb of the month is an episode from Gardeners' Corner by BBC.

This episode is 56:00 long.

This episode was published on Jan 17, 2026.

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