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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.

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Q – My garden has a dry, sandy soil and large flower beds. I’d like to mulch the beds in the spring, but we’re on a slope, so bringing in wheelbarrows with organic matter is difficult. I make my own compost, but there isn’t nearly enough. Is there any other method I can use to feed my beds this spring?

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Åsa –

Melianthus major

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Q – I garden on chalky soil and have struggled to grow melianthus major. I now grow them in pots. How and when can I propagate this plant?

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Matthew –

Dogwood

Rhododendron

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Q – My dog has started to graze on my numerous sprouting allium bulbs. Do the panellists have any remedies?

(10 minutes 23 seconds)

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Q – I have a wildflower area. I perform an annual mowing regime in October. Are there any perennial plants, perhaps prairie types, that I could incorporate, as well and that could cope with the mowing?

(14 minutes 1 second)

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David –

Meadowsweet

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Bunny –

Geranium

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Matthew –

Drumstick primula

Primula bulleyana

Candelabra primula Harlow Car hybrid

Iris sibirica

Lysimachia

Lythrum

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Christine –

Ajuga

Lamium

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Q – I have quite a mossy lawn, which I’m actually quite pleased about. How do I get my remaining grass lawn to turn into moss?

(18 minutes 17 seconds)

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Q – My son collects acorns on our walks. We planted some of them and three have germinated. They are currently kept inside on a windowsill that gets morning sun and is above a radiator. What do I do now?

(21 minutes 24 seconds)

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Q – I have a Caladium, ‘Heart of Jesus’ that I keep in my south-facing bathroom, outside of direct sunlight. It has now gone dormant. How do I manage the dormancy period and when do I replant the tubers in spring to get the best of the huge pink leaves?

(22 minutes 59 seconds)

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Feature – Community Development Manager, Kate Clark, tells us about this year’s RHS Britain in Bloom competition

(24 minutes 22 seconds)

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Q – I’m currently creating a natural woodland play area which will incorporate a playground for the kids. I’ve mapped out a path, but to make it more of a secret path, I need to block off the view all the way down. Could the panel suggest a large, evergreen shrub that could help do the trick, please?

(31 minutes 3 seconds)

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Christine –

Cherry laurel

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Matthew –

Trochodendron aralioides, Wheel tree

Chusquea culeou, Bamboo

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Åsa –

Christmas box, Sarcococca

Skimmea ‘Kew Green’

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Bunny –

Box

Holly

Ewe

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Q – In our local cemetery we have an overgrown beech hedge. Is it possible to reduce the height now?

(33 minutes 11 seconds)

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Matthew –

Willow

Q – Can the panellists suggest a shrub with year-round interest to screen my 8 ft. fence?

(36 minutes 11 seconds)

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Åsa and David –

Amelanchier, Juneberry

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Christine –

Pyracantha

Ivy

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Matthew –

Cornus controversa 'Variegata', Wedding cake tree

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Q – A weasel seems to have set up a nest in our garden. I don’t want to get rid of the weasal, so do the panel have any suggestions for how we can we work around our new resident?

(38 minutes 46 seconds)

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