大象传媒

Eric Robson and the panel are in the potting shed at Sparsholt College, answering the questions you've sent in by post and e-mail.

Questions answered in the programme:
Can compostable nappies be composted in the garden?

Planting suggestions for indoor window boxes.
Suggestions included: Aluminum (Pilea cadierei), Busy Lizzies, Winter Cherry, Cyclamen, Pelargonium, Cacti and succulents, Fuchsia, "Poor Man's Orchid" (Schizanthus pinnattus), Persian Violet (Exacum affine).

What is attacking the leaves of my grapevine - making them look lumpy and blistered?

How can I encourage my one flower Peony to thrive?

How can I tackle the sawflies that are attacking my roses?

Suggestions for Clematis varieties to cover an ugly red brick wall?
Suggestions included: Daniel Deronda, Clematis armandii, Clematis cirrhosa, Akebia quinata (Chocolate Vine), Clematis triternata.

Online auction sites are an increasingly popular place to buy seeds, many of which seem to be for obscure foreign varieties of common British flowers and vegetables. Is there any reason to be concerned about this, for example are there risks in planting such species into British gardens?

What edible crops will survive in boggy conditions?
Suggestions included: watercress, blueberries.

How to tackle an over grown lawn?

Is Pippa Greenwood aware that systemic insecticides (the use of which she suggested on a previous show) contain neonicotinoids that are highly toxic to bees?

Can dead Leyland Cypress trees by stripped back and used as posts to make a fence - or is there a chance they may come back to life?

Produced by Robert Abel
A Somethin' Else production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

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