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

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Q – Is it true that you don’t pick stems from a rhubarb plant for two years? My husband loves rhubarb crumble and can’t wait!

(1 minutes 54 seconds)

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Q – I bought a banana plant last year. I intended to put it in the ground, but it looks a bit wind-battered outside, so it has stayed in the pot but it’s now very large. Can I saw off a branch and bring it inside?

(4 minutes 5 seconds)

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Q – My W.I. celebrates its 100th birthday next year, and we’d like to plant a commemorative bed. Does the panel have any suggestions?

(7 minutes 6 seconds)

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Matthew – Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’

Calamagrostis brachytricha

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Christine – Eryngium ‘Miss Willmott’s ghost’

Aster ‘Helen Ballard’

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Pippa – Narcissus ‘Tê³Ù±ð-à-³Ùê³Ù±ð’

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Q – A while ago, I was growing a Haworthia fasciata, Zebra plant, which was growing well until I added another succulent to the pot. Overnight the Zebra plant became wet and droopy, losing its stature. There was also a light green and white moss-like substance on the soil. How did it all go so wrong?

(11 minutes 37 minutes)

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Feature – Making art with succulents, with Alex Young

(14 minutes 24 seconds)

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Echeveria

Sempervivum

Pachyphytum

Sedum

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Q – Along with copious amounts of slugs and snails, I have bugs in abundance in my garden. Please could the panel identify and advise on whether these plants are good and should stay, or bad and should be fed to the chickens?

(18 minutes 56 seconds)

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Q – My mother and I have been enjoying some lychees; left with the kernels, we planted them. We’d like to know how to grow lychees – could the panel help!

(23 minutes 8 seconds)

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Q – I work in a walled garden with adults with additional support needs, working towards a gardening qualification. Do the panel have any suggestions for winter projects that will benefit the garden and those gardening?

(26 minutes)

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Feature – Winter planting with Humaira Ikram

(30 minutes 28 seconds)

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Euonymus endlepayus

Crataegus prunifolia

Malus ‘E±¹±ð°ù±ð²õ³Ù±ð’

Malus ‘Golden Hornet’

Stachyurus praecox

Chimonanthus praecox

Cornus ‘Midwinter Fire’

Cornus ‘F±ô²¹±¹¾±°ù²¹³¾±ð²¹â€™

Libertia grandiflora

Liriope muscari ‘Monroe White’

Cyclamen hederifolium

Cyclamen coum

Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’

Miscanthus ‘F±ô²¹³¾¾±²Ô²µ´Ç’

Miscanthus ‘Yukushima Dwarf’

Panicum ‘S³ó±ð²Ô²¹²Ô»å´Ç²¹³ó’

Sesleria autumnalis

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Q – I have a String-of-Pearls which are half dead – I’ve tried everything, but with no luck – can you help?

(34 minutes 20 seconds)

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Q – What have the panel done differently in their gardens this year due to the lockdown? And what changes will they make as a result?

(38 minutes 14 seconds)

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