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

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Q - As an enthusiastic yet unskilled gardener with a small balcony which receives blazing sunshine in the summer and no sunshine in the winter. What can I plant in pots which I won’t kill? (4 minutes 10)

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Bob – The New Zealand flax

Phormiums

Cordylines

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James – The variations of the New Zealand flax – Phormium Tenax and Phormium Cookianum

Cordyline

Cordyline australis ‘Torbay Dazzler’

Cacti – Opuntia

Succulents

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Q – How can I improve the clay soil of a tiny south facing garden which is rock-solid in summer and too cold in winter, and currently only workable for a few weeks each year? (7 minutes)

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Anne – Perennials – Achillea filipendulina ‘Gold Plate’, Japanese Anemone

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Q – We are a group of 26 women in a co-housing community with ¾ of an acre of garden. It is a mixture of flowers, fruit and vegetables. 6 of us are keen gardeners but not very well organised. What would you suggest to get the other 20 more actively involved? (10 minutes 05)

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Q – I have a Camellia in pot which has flowered successfully for 30 years. This was the first year it did not flower. How can I get it to flower for next year? (26 minutes 25)

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Anne – Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’

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Q – I have had an elm bonsai for a couple of years, and it has been pretty good but recently it has started dropping its leaves, growing back and dropping them again. Is there a cause for this? (33 minutes 50)

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Q – What can the panel recommend to grow on a yacht that can withstand boiling hot summers, cold summers, and rolling around on the high seas.Ìý (37 minutes 40)

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Bob – Mushrooms and oyster mushroom

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Anne – Pea-shoots

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James – Oyster leaves Ìý(Mertensia Maritima)