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Can banana plants survive cold winters? How do I get my Aeonium Schwarzkopfs to branch? What’s the difference between a cold frame and greenhouse?

Can banana plants survive cold winters? How do I get my Aeonium Schwarzkopfs to branch? What’s the difference between a cold frame and greenhouse?

Kathy Clugston and her team of horticultural experts are on the largest of England’s islands, the Isle of Wight, for today's episode of Gardeners' Question Time.

Joining Kathy on the panel are pest and disease expert Pippa Greenwood, organic gardener Bob Flowerdew, and curator of RHS Wisley Matthew Pottage

Later Matt Biggs gives us a detailed explanation for why every gardener needs to have a Hoheria sexstylosa 'Stardust' in their gardens.

Producer: Dom Tyerman

Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod

Executive Producer: Hannah Newton

A Somethin' Else production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Oct 2023 14:00

Plant List

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

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Q – Can banana plants stay outside during the winter?

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Matthew –

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Musa basjoo

Musella lasiocarpa

Musa acuminata

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Q – Can I move an eight-year-old limelight hydrangea to a different part of the garden or is it too established?

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Q – What’s the purpose of a cold frame and is it any different from a greenhouse?

(7 minutes 58 seconds)

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Q – All of the leaves of my Cotinus turned brown but not fallen off – what’s happened?

(12 minutes 30 seconds)

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Feature – Matt Biggs large perennial flowering shrub plant suggestion

(17 minutes 50 seconds)

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Matt –

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Hoheria sexstylosa 'Stardust'

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Pippa –

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Discovery apple tree

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Q – How can I get my fig tree to fruit abundantly?

(22 minutes 24 seconds)

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Q – Could you suggest some pretty plants that would thrive in a south-west facing garden on a marsh?

(25 minutes 16 seconds)

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Pippa –

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Primulas

Hostas

Iris

Marsh Marigolds

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Bob –

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Lobelia Cardinalis

Blue Berries

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Matthew –

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Astilbe

Aruncus

Rodgersias

Osmunda regalis

iris ensata

Swamp Cypress or Taxodium distichum

Cascade Falls

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Q – How do I get my aeonium Schwarzkopfs to branch?

(30 minutes 24 seconds)

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Q – Should I wait until spring to plant on my no dig, woodchipped plant bed?

(33 minutes 17 seconds)

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Matthew –

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Snowberry

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Q – If you could only plant one fruit tree in your garden, what would it be?

(37 minutes 05 seconds)

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Bob –

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Asian pear or Kumoi

Howgate Wonder apple tree

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Pippa –

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Joan J autumn raspberry

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Matthew –

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Quince

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