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Questions and time codes are below. Where applicable plant names are listed.

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ÌýQ – I have two circles of toadstools in my lawn; how can I get rid of them?

(2 minutes 15 seconds)

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Q – What would be best plants to use in a seed tray fairy garden?

(5 minutes)

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Matt – mosses and small ferns, Liverworts.

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Pippa – Candytufts (Iberis)

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Q – I have a healthy peach tree which we pruned heavily last year, but it’s still getting bigger and I’m not sure what to do with it – help!

(8 minutes)

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Q – What fertilisers or general advice would you give to help grow seed garlic in pots?

(11 minutes 26 seconds)

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Feature (14 minutes 11 seconds)

Penstemon ‘Sour Grapes’

Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’

Muscari

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Q – I have a strawberry bed in my allotment (2m x 4m / 6.5ft x 13ft) which has been affected by bindweed and woodlice; should I give up and try again next year, and if not, what would you suggest I do?

(22 minutes 43 seconds)

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Q – What would you suggest I grow for summer colour from July to September in a shady flowerbed? I have light, free-draining soil.

(26 minutes 38 seconds)

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Matthew – Anemone hupehensis

Anemone x hybrida ‘September Charm’

Anemone ‘Wild Swan’

Helenium ‘Moerheim Beauty’

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Matt – Lobelia

Fuchsia

Variegated Ivies

Tuberous begonias

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Q – I have a column of bay, (10ft/3m high 4ft/1.2m wide), and every year it suffers from an infestation which causes the blistering and yellowing of the leaves – can you identify and give some advice?

(32 minutes 32 seconds)

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Q – Last year I lost a 30-year-old Laburnum, then a holly tree in the same bed has since died, and a Euonymus died in a matter of weeks. Nothing else has been affected, but another Euonymus in another part of the garden is starting to go the same way. Can you help me?

(34 minutes 21 seconds)

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Q – What features of gardening books annoy you most?

(38 minutes 50 seconds)

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