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

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Q1 – We have grown some potatoes in sacks, and recently noticed that there are now tomatoes growing on them. Is this normal to have tomatoes growing from the potato flowers?

(2 minutes 19 seconds)

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Q2 – I recently bought my husband a twisted Bay tree and I can’t work out how to make it grow with a twist?

(5 minutes 23 seconds)

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Q3 – Please can the panel recommend something to plant in a north-facing, clay soil bed? I’d like something colourful, ideally scented and maybe evergreen.

(8 minutes 3 seconds)

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Chris – Physocarpus

Cornus alba ‘S¾±²ú±ð°ù¾±³¦²¹â€™

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Anne – Mahonia ‘Winter sun’

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Matthew – Astilbe

Hellebore

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Q4 – I have a Dracaena reflexa that I’ve let grow too tall – is there anything I can do to save this plant before it hits the ceiling?

(11 minutes 2 seconds)

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Matthew – Dracaena marginata

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Feature – Vineyards with Juliet Sargent

(13 minutes 36 seconds)

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Q5 – I’m looking for recommendations for larger, ideally flowering species to develop in pots for the next 1-2 years, which would then tolerate being moved. I love Magnolia trees – would that ever work?

(18 minutes 20 seconds)

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Chris – Magnolia ‘S³Ü²õ²¹²Ô’

Magnolia obovata

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Matthew – Magnolia ‘Felix jury’

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Anne – Judas-tree (Cercis siliquastrum)

Staphylea pinnata

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Q6 – My boss gave me a budget to buy for plants in the office. During lockdown, I dutifully cared for them, and brought home the Calathea, which, despite trying to various different locations around the house, isn’t surviving well. What can I do to save it ready for a return to the office?

(22 minutes 20 seconds)

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Q7 – My annuals all flowered in different colours from what they were marked as on their labels. It happened to all of them which makes me wonder: were they mislabelled or is something else going on here?

(25 minutes 30 seconds)

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Feature – Wormeries with Claire Ratinon

(28 minutes 55 seconds)

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Q8 – I keep my fresh ginger on the kitchen windowsill, and it has sprouted unexpectedly. Can I plant the shoots? And if so, how?

(31 minutes 48 seconds)

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Q9 – In order to keep out daughter entertained I’m planning to build her a swing. I’d like to grow climbing plants up the sides to make it a feature – can the panel suggest anything?

(35 minutes 3 seconds)

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Matthew – Lonicera semperviren

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Chris – Muehlenbeckia

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Anne – Rosa ‘Ghislaine de Feligonde’

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Q10 – What does the panel consider the biggest fallacy when it comes to gardening?

(39 minutes 4 seconds)