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

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Q – Why might perennial bulbs sprout and grow but not produce flowers on their first season?

(1 minute 29 seconds)

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Matthew –

Liatris

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Q – Does the panel have any suggestions for nurturing asparagus plants that are in their second season – how long should I now leave them before thinking about harvesting any asparagus?

(5 minutes 3 seconds)

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Bob –

Eremurus

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Q – I’ve never had much success growing sweet peas from seed. Can you help?

(6 minutes 45 seconds)

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Q – Is there any way to tell the different between sweet peas and garden peas?

(10 minutes 32 seconds)

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Feature – Advolly Richmond tells the history of vanilla

(12 minutes 42 seconds)

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Vanilla planifolia

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Q – What is lime for?

(18 minutes, 32 seconds)

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Bob –

Brassica

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Q – Suggestions for large plants for an unheated conservatory

(22 minutes, 2 seconds)

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Matthew –

Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens'

Buddleja asiatica

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Pippa –

Bougainvillea

Strelitzia

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Q – Can you tell me if there’s anything I can use to do to stop rust on my Eucalyptus?

(26 minutes, 32 seconds)

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Feature – Kirsty Wilson on Purple Toothwort

(30 minutes, 31 seconds)

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Lathraea clandestine

Poplar

Salix

Acer

Alnus

Buxus

Rhododendron

Taxis

Gunnera

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Q – I’m developing a hot border. I’d appreciate the panel’s thoughts on what their top 3 hot coloured plants would be for this spot to maximise year-round impact.

(34 minutes, 24 seconds)

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Matthew –

Kniphofia rooperi (Rooper’s red-hot poker)

Eriobotrya deflexa

Alstroemeria 'Indian Summer'

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Bob –

Canna

Crocosmia ‘L³Ü³¦¾±´Ú±ð°ù’

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Pippa –

Hemerocallis (Daylilies)

Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'

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Q – What is your flower character?

(38 minutes, 9 seconds)

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Bob –

Fig flower

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Pippa –

Anemone ‘Frilly Knickers’

Osteospermum

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Matthew –

Strelitzia

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