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Questions and time codes are below.

Where applicable, plant names are listed.

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Q1 – I used to have a small Cordyline in a pot, which it outgrew so I planted it in my South-facing garden. For the first time in 15 years it’s developed a huge flower stalk – how do I manage this? (1 minute 35 seconds)

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Q2 – After the first year of good tulips, they never seem to flower as successfully the second year. What is the best way to look after tulips to ensure a perennial display the year after? (4 minutes 15 seconds)

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Q3 – Recommendations for plants that would thrive under a copper beech tree. (6 minutes 14 seconds)

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Bob – Vases with colourful bedding (Pelargonium and Lobelia) and alternate vases in shade, and sunshine.

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Matthew – Cyclamen hederifolium,

Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis),

Creeping hardy maidenhair fern (Adiantum venustrum).

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Bunny – Helleborus orientalis.

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Q4 – I make my own garden compost and leaf mould in order to make potting compost; I use soil, leaf mould and garden compost in differing ratios – do I need to add anything else for a successful planting and sowing compost? (11 minutes 25 seconds)

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Q5 –What’s the best way to keep a large willow to a manageable size? Prune it all in one go or little and often? (23 minutes 3 seconds)

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Q6 – Mature laurel hedge with steep bank of heavy clay. Could the panel suggest plants for the bank with low maintenance, and so I can still access the hedge. (27 minutes 37 seconds)

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Bob – single-stemmed plants, like roses.

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Bunny – multi-stemmed trees, like hazel. Then lots of woodland-type bulbs (primroses and daffodils) and woodland-type ground cover (Viola?).

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Matthew – Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia).

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Q7 – We have a polytunnel in garden with raised beds. What would the panel advise to help maintain the soil quality, and what would you recommend growing? (31 minutes 47 seconds)

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Q8 – How do you remove grass growing between rockery plants without damaging the rockery plants? (34 minutes 16 seconds)

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Q9 – Which plant, tree or flower would the panel paint if they could? (36 minutes 43 seconds)

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Bunny – Globe artichoke.

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Matthew – Osmunda regalis (Royal fern).