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Opening – Autumn favourites (1 minute)

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Pippa – Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet gum)

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Matt – Banana Tree

Dahlia

Clitoria ternatea (Butterfly pea)

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Humaira – Chilean Guava – ‘Flambeau’ and ‘Ka-Pow’Ìý

framptonfeast

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Q – What do you do at this time of year as plants that have given joy and delight all summer are fading. It seems so very ungrateful to uproot them and compost. How do you resolve this? (3 minutes 15)

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Q – We have wonderful hanging baskets in the back garden providing a lot of colour, however these are now dying off. Can the panel suggest flowers that we can add to them to the winter months? (5 minutes 40)

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Humaira – Ivy

Cyclamen

Snowdrop

Japanese kokedamas

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Matt – Heathers

Gaultheria procumbens (checkerberry)

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Pippa – Mini Chrysanthemums

Hebe

Viola

Winter flowering pansies

Crocus

Snowdrops

Miniature daffodils – Narcissus peeping Tom

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Q – We are about to purchase a new house with a very overgrown garden with approximately 500 square metres (5,381 square feet). Where do we start with clearing it?Ìý (8 minutes 40)

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Q – We grew Charlotte potatoes in our allotment. They were very healthy potatoes and no sign of any blight. We put them in hessian bags but unfortunately 5 days later we found all the potatoes were rotten and smelled. We could not salvage them – we do not know where we went wrong. Any suggestions?Ìý (11 minutes 15)

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Feature – Chris Beardshaw on Bulbs 101 (14 minutes)

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Winter Aconite

White snowdrop

Crocus – Tommasinianus

Daffodils – Narcissus pseudonarcissus and Narcissus lobularis

Muscari

Bluebells

Leucojum vernum (Spring snowflake)

Alliums

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Q – I have a 2-year-old Camellia. In 2019 she produced several flowers, but this year not a flower in sight but leaves are lush and shiny. What can I do to help her? (19 minutes 15)

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Q – I have inherited a garden with a large Virginia creeper planted in the corner of a raised bed. The bed is full of roots and I fear it is stopping any vegetables growing in it. How can I get my bed back in working order? (22 minutes 10)

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Humaira – Grapevine

Hops

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Q – I have 2 Coffee Arabica plants which are on my windowpane in my South facing conservatory. In the last few months the leaves have become brown, dry, and withering, leaving though lush shoots. I do water them regularly. What have I been doing wrong? (23 minutes 45)

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Feature – Advolly Richmond on the history of the Agapanthus (26 minutes 30)

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Q – We would like to improve our lawn. Our trouble is the soil. It is very clay like and solid as a rock. Our goal is an insect friendly meadow-like lawn. How do we change our lawn?Ìý (29 minutes 55)

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Matt – Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

Ajuga reptans (Bugle)

Primroses

Cowslips

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Q – My garden doesn’t seem to contain any worms. What can I do to attract worms? (33 minutes 05)

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Q – I bought some cheap sunflower seeds in lockdown and 7 seeds germinated and have grown to over 2 metres tall (6.5ft). How can I save the seeds for next year? (38 minutes 05)