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

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Q – I have a coffee tree which was grown from an unroasted bean. It is 3 years old and 2 feet (60.9cm) tall. Are it’s flowers self-pollinating or should I give it a hand?

(1 minute 17 seconds)

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Bob -
Robusta coffee

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Q – I have an Acacia dealbata, which has been colonised and destroyed by parakeets. How can I help it recover?
(4 minutes 15 seconds)

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Q – I have two small olive trees which I keep indoors. I noticed the floor beneath the trees had become sticky and I saw small, round, black mounds sitting on the bark. What do you think they are and how do I get rid of them?

(8 minutes)

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Q – I have a west-facing sunroom in Angus, Scotland. I would like to give the sunroom an oasis feel. What plants do you think will enjoy the sunroom in the summer, but will cope when moved to the living room in the winter?

(11 minutes 48 seconds)

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Bob -
Monstera

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Anne –

Schefflera

Dracaena

Sparrmannia Africana, African lime

Pandorea jasminoides

Brunfelsia americana, Lady of the night

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Christine –

Kashmir cypress

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Feature – Matthew and Jane Wilson take us into their cut flower garden
(15 minutes 27 seconds)

Calendula
Wallflowers

Sweet William

Antirrhinums

Chinese lanterns

Geum

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Q – I have grown some broccoli and cauliflower in 24 inch (60.9cm) pots on my south-facing balcony. Both have produced huge leaves. The broccoli has produced heads but the cauliflower hasn’t. What am I doing wrong?

(20 minutes 40 seconds)

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Q – Every year I grow Jersey Royal potatoes. Several of the tubers appear to have been chewed. What could be responsible?
(22 minutes 22 seconds)

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Q – I have a morello cherry tree. Most of the cherries have a small white grub in them, and many have brown mould. The leaves are yellow and brown. We netted it in May, could we have done it too tightly?

(25 minutes 47 seconds)

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(Feature) – Plant historian Advolly Richmond tells us all about the beautiful Alstroemeria, also known as the Peruvian lily.

(28 minutes 55 seconds)

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Q – Could you please suggest plants for a south-facing, narrow border. I prefer tall (2.5 feet or 76cm) perennials. The border is around 7 inches (18cm) at it’s narrowest point.Ìý Ìý

(33 minutes 57 seconds)

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Anne -

Kniphofia caulescens, Red-hot poker

Gazania

Astrantia

Geranium

Astrantia ‘¸é´Ç³¾²¹â€™

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Bob –

Rosemary

Lavender

Artemisia, Lad’s love

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Christine –

Macleaya cordata, Plume poppy

Thalictrum ‘Hewitt’s Double’

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Q – Has the panel ever had a favourite plant fall dramatically out of favour?

(38 minutes 56 seconds)

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Christine –

Coleus

Dizygotheca
Asparagus fern
Aspidistra

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Anne -
Partridge breasted aloe

Pilea peperomioides