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Q – I recently bought some hanging basket strawberry plants from a large supermarket. Since feeding them I have noticed that the larger fruits have started to turn brown but are still solid not squishy. Are you able to tell me what is causing this, should I be concerned and what can prevent it? (1 minute 15)

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Q – I have wallflowers in my garden that are coming to seed. Shall I trim them down and leave them to grow again?Ìý (3 minutes 45)

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Matthew – Erysimum

Erysimum ‘Bowles’s Mauve’

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Q – My son-in-law has an old WC and had an idea to put some plants in it. Can the team offer some plant suggestions in lieu of my suggestions? Lavatera, Lupin, or Bog myrtle. (6 minutes 25)

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Bob – Blueberry

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Matthew – Echeveria elegans

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Bunny – Water Lily

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Q – My 4-year-old Ceanothus ‘Concha’ flowered wonderfully for the first 2 years but last year it only had a few flowers. The rest died and fell off before opening. This year it was even worse. What scented plant can I replace it with? The trellis is 100cm long 60 cm wide and 40cm deep – set at right angles to the south-facing stone wall of our house. (8 minutes 45)

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Bob – Fuchsia

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Bunny – Sweet Peas

Ipomoea

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Matthew – Jasmine – Jasminum Polyanthum

Jasmine ‘Clotted Cream’

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Feature – Tour around the gardens with the Head Gardeners’ (11 minutes 50)

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Neil – Rhododendron lindleyi

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Chris – Mountain Puya – ‘Sapphire Tower’

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Matthew – Tree Peonies

Iris – Iris Sibirica

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Bunny – Ferula Communis

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Bob – Asparagus

Strawberry

Yellow Horn - Xanthoceras

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Q – I have an Echium that is 15 foot (4.5m) tall. Is there somewhere I can work out if that is anything near a UK record? (20 minutes 50)

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Q – When I was in the USA I was taken aback by the beautiful Jacaranda which filled the sky everywhere we looked. I would love to have a little bit of this holiday in my garden, can we successfully grow it in this country? If not, any flowering blossoms I could pretend are a Jacaranda? (23 minutes)

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Matthew – The foxglove tree – Paulownia fortune ‘Fast Blue’

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Bunny – Wisteria

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Bob – Magnolia

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Q – I have taken over the spinach patch and would love to know how to harvest them. How would you advise to get the best yield? (25 minutes 40)

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Bob – New Zealand Spinach

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Bunny – Spinach ‘Perpetual’ (Spinach beet)

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Q – I have Cyclamen planted alongside my front garden path but would like to replace them with summer bedding. Can I remove them for the season and re-plant for the autumn? If so, how should they be stored?Ìý (27 minutes 40)

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Matthew – Begonia Semperflorens

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Feature – James Wong on the transformative power of our green spaces (31 minutes 15)

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Q – I have a small area of lawn which I am giving up on. It is south facing, gets baked, and is usually bone dry. If I dug it over and used gravel to replace the grass what sort of plants would suit the situation? Low maintenance options preferred please. (35 minutes 22)

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Matthew – Euphorbia – Euphorbia rigida

Convolvulus cneorum

Sedum sieboldii

Yucca

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Bob – Lavender

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Bunny – Ferula Communis

Stipa - Stipa gigantea

Helleborus x sternii

Erigeron Karvinskianus

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Q – I honestly think there are plants which just don’t like me. Do the panel have gardening bete-noire?(38 minutes 11)

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Bob – Papaya

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Matthew – Chilean bellflower – Lapageria rosea

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Bunny – Tropaeolum speciosum