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

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Q – ÌýI’m a military wife. We move around different houses, or what we call, different quarters, every 2 years. What advice do you have for military families on how they can make their gardens attractive in that two-year period?

(1 minutes 22 seconds)Ìý

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Ashley –

Cosmos

Antirrhinum

Petunia

Lupin

Delphinium

Agapanthus

Olive tree

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Q – I don’t understand foxgloves. I’ve tried to grow white ones, and they have, of course, seeded everywhere, and I’m now getting purple ones. What is happening?

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Bob –

Courgette

Squash

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Q – We have window boxes in my flat. Are there any plants that you recommend planting?

(5 minutes 55 seconds)

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Bob –

Thyme

Rosemary

Sage

Chives

Cauliflower

Tomato

Hot pepper, habanero pepper,

Granny’s bonnet

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Q – I have something nibbling my bushes. It has a crescent-shaped bite all down the side of the leaf in an orderly pattern. Do you have any idea what it is?

(8 minutes 47 seconds)

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Q – Do you have any tips on growing blueberries?

(10 minutes 23 seconds)

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Q – I have quite a few hostas growing in pots. They’ve been there for quite a few years. Can I split them up? And if so, how can I do so?

(12 minutes 18 seconds)

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Feature – Matthew Wilson chats to PhD student Jack Greenhalgh about how the interdisciplinary science of ecoacoustics could aid efforts toward restoring biodiversity in freshwater environments

(15 minutes 36 seconds)

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Q – We have a 10-year-old acer. It has no leaves this year. We planted it on last spring into a raised bed. Can you tell me what the problem is?

(23 minutes 15 seconds)

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Q – Our garden was started in 1910. We used to have a stream. The council have recently built a new estate and diverted the stream. Our garden is the lowest in the area so at the bottom of the garden our plants are dying and even the grass won’t grow because it’s very boggy. We thought we would try bog plants but, in the summer, it goes rock hard. Have you any suggestions?

(27 minutes 32 seconds)

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Chris –

Miscanthus

Luzula

Fritillaria meleagris, Snake’s head fritillary

Ranunculus acris, ‘Citrinus’

Ranunculus acris, ‘Flore Pleno’

Narcissus bulbocodium

Narcissus cyclamineus

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Q – I have some sort of garden vandal which I think is an animal. I think it’s furry. It started with my tulips being felled as they were coming into bloom, then it moved on to the irises and then the alliums. It doesn’t eat the blooms but just cuts straight across.

(32 minutes 00 seconds)

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Pippa –

Brussels sprout

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Q – I was very excited about planting some dahlias this year. I put them about two months ago in the ground and nothing has happened. Is there a special way you’re supposed to grow dahlias?

(36 minutes 03 seconds)

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Chris –

Dahlia imperialis