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

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Q – Which vegetables should I grow for my rabbit over the winter?Ìý

(3 minutes 32 seconds)

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James – New Zealand Spinach (Tetragonia tetragonoide)

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Q – Most of our allotment plots have flooded, how do we help them in their recovery?

(6 minutes 23 seconds)

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Q – We have a 120-year-old apple tree that has come down due to the heavy rain. Could we replant it with another fruit tree or would it suffer from replant sickness?Ìý

(8 minutes 7 seconds)

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Q – I have an unheated polytunnel, what do I do with it now after my tomatoes, cucumbers and chilli peppers have all gone?

(11 minutes 11 seconds)

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Feature

(14 minutes 53 seconds)

Camellia japonica

Camelia sinensis

Camellia japonica alba plena

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Bunny – Acacia

Acacia baileyana purpurea

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Bob – Lonicera fragrantissima

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Q – We’ve recently moved from large, established gardens to a 15m2 (161sqft) gardens. What advice can you give us to quickly make these areas more interesting?

(23 minutes 20 seconds)

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Q – In the summer I potted on some strawberry offshoots. I’ve moved them in to the greenhouse to avoid heavy rain, what’s the best way to grow them over winter?

(25 minutes 50 seconds)

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Q – I have a 30-year-old weeping ‘Nozomi’ rose and in recent years it hasn’t been doing very well. Does a standard rose have a lifespan or is there something I can do?

(27 minutes 23 seconds)

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Correspondence: Eryngium

(29 minutes 18 seconds)

Eryngium planum

Sea holly (Eryngium)

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James – Sore tooth coriander (Eryngium foetidum)

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Bob – Eryngium eriophorum

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Bunny – Eryngium pandanifolium

Eryngium agavifolium

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Correspondence: Trees as gifts

(33 minutes 42 seconds)

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Bob – Pear tree (Doyenne du comice)

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Bunny – Yew (Taxus baccata)

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James – Ficus benjamina

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Q – What causes dieback on acers?

(36 minutes 6 seconds)

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Bunny – Acer Japonicum

Acer palmatum)

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Q – What can we learn from other countries about greening our city centres?

(38 minutes 53 seconds)

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Bunny – Berberis

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