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Q – Could the panel suggest an unusual vegetable to grow in my chalky soil, which would be in its best in September and easy to grow? (2 minutes 18)

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Matt Biggs – Celeriac

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Pippa – Sweet potato

Okra

Squash

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Q – We have an acer in our garden which is approximately 30 years old. When is the best time to prune and how severe can I be? (5 minutes 15)

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Matthew Pottage – Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)

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Q – We have a garden at the top of a hill. In the absence of an air-spade how can we help our old oak trees with compacted soil over their roots? (8 minutes 08)

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Q – What is the best way to revive soggy lawns and borders after this very wet winter? (11 minutes 50)

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Feature – (15 minutes 10)

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Matt – Echiums

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Pippa – Brassica

Osteospermum

Campion

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Matthew – Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat)

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Q – 2 years ago we lost a huge Cornus Controversa ‘Variegata’ (Wedding Cake Tree) through honey fungus. About 30m (98.4 ft) away is a Pinus Wallichiana (Bhutan pine). Could this have the same disease or is there anything we can do to stop it? (25 minutes 45)

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Matthew Pottage – Pinus Strobus

Pinus Wallichiana

Pinus x holfordiana

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Q – What flowering shrubs would you recommend for a garden that is bone dry in the summer and water-logged in the winter (27 minutes 58)

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Matt Biggs – Kolkwitzia amabilis (Beauty bush)

Berberis

Berberis Darwinii

Berberis Valdiviana

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Pippa – Amelanchier

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Matthew Pottage – Calycanthus ‘V±ð²Ô³Ü²õ’

ÌýCalycanthus Raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’

Philadelphus maculatus ‘Sweet Care’

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Q – I am not a very good gardener but I am very fond of my lime green Heuchera, sadly a fondness also shared with the dreaded Vine Weevil. I brought some nematodes, but this year the weevils are back. What can I do? (33 minutes)

Q –On our allotments – some dig in the autumn leave our plot bare but others no-dig enthusiasts cover them with green manure, compost or cardboard. ÌýIn a time of climate change or storms which do the panel recommend?Ìý (36 minutes 50)