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

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Q – I planted Allium bulbs for the first time this year and was delighted to see some lovely bulbs developing over the last few weeks. However, to my utter dismay, I have come out to the garden today to find that all the buds have disappeared. Do you have any idea what might have done this, and what I can do to prevent it from happening next year?

(4 minute, 51 seconds)

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Q – I planted lots of tulips, daffodils and hyacinths in the Autumn which flowered very nicely this Spring. Now, the leaves don’t seem to be dying back that much and I have summer bedding plants arriving and ready to be planted in the same borders soon. What’s the best way to remove the leaves if I can’t wait for them to die back?

(7 minutes, 25 seconds)

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Q – I have a west facing brick wall. I’d really love to cover it with climbing plants that will give good scent throughout the year, as well as look good.

(10 minutes, 16 seconds)

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Marcus –

Lonicera periclymenum (Honeysuckle) 'Graham Thomas'

Trachelospermum jasminoides

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Matthew Pottage –

Jasminum polyanthum

Wisteria frutescens 'Longwood purple'

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Q – My garden has over the years become overrun with mare's-tail. For the mare’s-tail in the borders, would a deep blanket, such as wood bark, help suppress the growth?

(13 minutes 38 seconds)

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Q – The leaves on my runner beans are curled up. Please could you tell me why, and suggest a remedy if one exists?

(19 minutes 20 seconds)

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Q – My fennel seeds germinate but my plants rarely grow to a size that merits eating. Imagine my surprise to see all of those plants survived the winter, and I have clumps of fennel growing and appearing to grow on quite nicely. What should I do next?Ìý

(20 minutes, 43 seconds)

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Q – It seems that Spring has never been so cold for so long. Will there be enough insects to pollinate, and will there be fewer fruits and veg?

(22 minutes, 12 seconds)

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Q – Last year, I only got five edible plums off my Victoria plum tree. The year before it was awash with fruit and I want to avoid this pattern again. Should I thin the tree now, or should I wait to see if they mature into half size?

(25 minutes, 11 seconds)

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Matthew Wilson –

Prunus domestica ‼«±è²¹±ô’

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Chinese Garden

(29 minutes, 35 seconds)

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Acers

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Q – My rhododendrons are looking really sad and neither has flowered. Is there any hope for them given the inadequate soil conditions?

(32 minutes, 37 seconds)

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Q – I have large swathes of Phlox paniculata ‘Franz Schubert’. Each Spring, when they start to shoot, the growth is stunted and deformed – eventually the plants outgrow this to some extent, but never reach their potential. What do the panel think is the problem?

(35 minutes, 20 seconds)

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Q – Will the feathers from an old pillow biodegrade in my compost heap? What’s the strangest thing you’ve put in with your compost?