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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.

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Q – I’ve always used crushed up raw eggshells as a homemade fertiliser for house plants. No-one has ever seemed to mention it on the show. Have I been misled all these years?

(2 minutes 31 seconds)

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Christine – Bay tree

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Q – I’m a primary school teacher and want to plan some informal learning based on nurture, welfare and fun for when the children return in September. What horticultural activities can you suggest we can complete with the children during this Autumn period?

(4 minutes 57 seconds)

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Matthew – Crocus

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Oak tree

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Acorns

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Conkers

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Pinecones

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Q – I grew up in Cornwall in the 1950s and I distinctly remember a low growing plant, no thorns, with berries slightly smaller and redder than raspberries. The berries were intensely sweet. Can you help me identify this plant?

(7 minutes 31 seconds)

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Christine – Thornless Loganberry

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Anne – Chilean Guava plant Ugni molinae

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Q – I want to build a large maze. I do not want box hedges, but plants that move in the wind for sound, and tall enough to make the maze fun. Do you have any other plant ideas which may be suitable? Shall I steer clear of bamboo?

(9 minutes 48 seconds)

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Christine – Sweetcorn

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Miscanthus sinensis

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Miscanthus sinensis 'zebrinus’

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Willow

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Cornus

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Anne – Maize

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Feature – Pippa Greenwood with Nicola Spence, DEFRA Chief Plant Health Officer, on biosecurity and suspect seeds

(12 minutes 38 seconds)

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Parsley

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Lettuce

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Coriander

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Carrot

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Tomato

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Q – Me and my partner move around the country a lot, but I am an avid gardener. Our next posting is North Cumbria. Do the panel have any advice on some of the best plants which I can use to create quick impact but also leave tidy looking borders behind, as well as suiting the planting conditions up North?

(18 minutes 39 seconds)

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Christine – Acanthus spinosus

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Fatsia japonica

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Geraniums

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Euonymus

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Matthew – Primula

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Meconopsis

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Anne – Xanthina ‘Canary Bird’

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Echinops bannaticusÌý'Taplow Blue' Globe Thistle

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Q – I’ve inherited a succulent that looks like it’s growing small bean-sized sausages. Can you help me identify it?

(22 minutes 33 seconds)

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Matthew – Senecio articulatus ‘The Candle Plant’

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Anne – Hot Dog Plant

Discussion – Mammal decline in the UK; How we can further support mammals in our gardens

(24 minutes 52 seconds)

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Q – Every year I try introducing Aubretia to my roof garden (on top of a shed). It grows all around but never on the roof top. Could you advise me as to what I am doing wrong, or give me any ideas of plants which might spill over the edge of my shed?

(27 minutes 36 seconds)

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Anne – Phlox bifida ‘Sand Phlox’

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Feature – Peter Gibbs with Keith Weed, new President of the RHS

(29 minutes 24 seconds)

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Q – I’ve just moved into my first flat and I want to fill it with tropical palm plants. What plants would you suggest that are low maintenance and very tropical?

(35 minutes 55 seconds)

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Matthew – Coconut Palms

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Bird of Paradise

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Strelitzia nicolai

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Ficus lyrata ‘Fiddle-leaf fig’

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Monstera deliciosa ‘Swiss Cheese Plant’

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Anne – Caryota mitis ‘Fishtail Palm’

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Medinilla magnifica

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Q – My husband is trying to convince me that toenail clippings are good for the garden. Is there any truth in this?

(39 minutes 40 seconds)