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Questions and time codes are below. Where applicable plant names are listed.

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Q – I’ve sculpted a crocodile from the stone chippings in my garden and now want to plant it with suitably textured plants – do you have any suggestions?

(1 minute 55 seconds)

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Pippa – Sempervivum (Houseleek)

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Christine – Dryas octopetala

Salix reticulata

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Matt – Soleirolia soleirolii (Baby’s tears)

Mentha requienii

Saxifraga ‘Tumbling Waters’

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Q – My raspberry plants are 40 years old - should I continue to feed them or should I just replace them? And if I replace, what should I replace them with?

(4 minutes 42 seconds)

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Pippa – ‘Autumn Bliss’ raspberry

‘Joan J’ raspberry

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Christine – ‘Polka’ raspberry

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Q – How can I save my asparagus fern from the woolly aphid?

(6 minutes 50 seconds)

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Q – I have a Garrya that has catkins some years and other years doesn’t; it has also developed a black spot on some of its leaves – I wondered if the two are linked and what the treatment is?

(9 minutes 39 seconds)

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Feature (12 minutes 47 seconds)

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Q – What is your favourite thing to grow in the greenhouse over winter?

(21 minutes 23 seconds)

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Christine – Cyclamen persicum

Cyclamen mirabile

Cyclamen coum

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Pippa – Alpines

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Matt – Mint

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Q – I have a 20-year-old Euonymus growing up and through a fence (2m/6.5ft high and wide). Last year it was heavily infested with Euonymus scale and this year it has returned – how can I combat this?

(24 minutes 30 seconds)

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Correspondence (28 minutes 35 seconds)

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Q – I have an orchid with very untidy aerial roots; can they be cut off or trimmed, or shall I leave them as they are?

(35 minutes 4 seconds)

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Q – I don’t have a theme or planned garden and tend to buy plants on a whim, however when I get home, I struggle to find a home for them – could you give me some advice on how to become a more savvy and sensible buyer?

(37 minutes 42 seconds)

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