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Plant List

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

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Q – I was told many years ago that to estimate the age of my oak tree, I needed to measure the circumference in centimetres and then multiply that number by 0.7 to give an approximate age. Do any of the team know if this is a reasonable method and, if so, what factor I should use for my beech and ash trees?

(1 minute, 11 seconds)

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Q – My compost bin isn’t really making decent compost. Any help would be very much appreciated.

(4 minutes, 46 seconds)

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Q – Have read around the subject of chitting seed potatoes, I have removed any long, white straggly shoots before setting them to chit. My husband can’t understand why you would remove growth that has already been made. Can the panel help resolve this difference of opinion?

(9 minutes, 3 seconds)

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Q – I have a hydrangea in a pot that was showing lots of lovely early growth, but frost knocked it back and now I’m worried about its recovery.

(13 minutes 21 seconds)

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Feature – Dr Chris Thorogood on frost and plant recovery

(14 minutes, 22 seconds)

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Echium

Magnolia

Cordyline

Palm

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Chris B –

Hydrangea sargentiana

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Anne –

Chinese birch

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Matt –

Camelia

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Q – Please can you suggest any plants that can be walked on and used for paths instead of grass?

(19 minutes 55 seconds)

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Anne –

Thymus serpyllum

Thymus ‘Doone Valley’

Mentha requienii

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Chris –

Sedum

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Q – We moved to Brittany in France last summer and we’re planning to build a small wildlife pond in our garden. Do you have recommendations for planting in a stagnant pond to keep it clean and healthy? Ìý

(23 minutes, 26 seconds)

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Anne –

Hydrocharis morsus ranae (Frogbit)

Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)

Water Forget-Me-Not

Watermint

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Chris –

Iris robusta

Litherum

Iris pseudacorus (Yellow flag)

Persicaria bistorta

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Feature – Jacquie Felix Mitchell on perfect planting schemes to reflect the local area

(28 minutes, 42 seconds)

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Anemone nemorosa (Wood anemone)

Betula nigra

Viola riviniana

Blechnum spicant (Hard fern)

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Q – I recently read hoeing is better than weeding.

(32 minutes, 34 seconds)

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Q – Could you suggest any potato varieties that would make a good name for our child?

(37 minutes, 44 seconds)

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Matt –

Potato ‘Bambino’

Charlotte

Nicola

Nadine

Orla

Bonnie

Cara

King Edward

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Anne –

Minerva

Merlin

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Chris –

Ajax

Anya

Arran

Winston