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Gardeners' World: Madeira: Summer 1969: 2: From Quinta do Palheiro

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

This estate of 800 acres, 1,800 feet above sea level, contains one of the great gardens of the world. From there, Percy Thrower shows particularly these plants and flowers: Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree); Protea (national flower of South Africa); Gazania; Mesembryanthemum; Dierama (Wand-flower); Aeonium; Arctotis; Euphorbia splendens (Crown of Thorns); Jasminum polyanthum; Gerbera; Anigozanthus (Kangaroo Paw); Cuphea (Cigar Plant); Lobelia tupa.
(from BBC Midlands)

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Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Producer/Director:
Bill Duncalf
Source: Radio Times

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