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

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Q – Can the panel recommend a sturdy houseplant that we could hang with the appropriate decorations throughout the seasons?

(1 minute 11 seconds)

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Christine –

Grevillea robusta (Silk oak tree)

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Anne –

Araucaria

Ficus

Aralia elegantissima (false aralia)/Dizygotheca

Forsythia

Cherry

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Q – On checking a plant pot yesterday, there was a round hole with white gooey stuff around the rim inside. I then found a bulb that had been completely liquified. Did something get into the bulb, or did it come out?

(4 minutes 23 seconds)

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Christine - Iris reticulata

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Q – Is there any such thing as light clay?

(6 minutes 18 seconds)

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Q – I don’t have a garden, but I have three window boxes. Can you suggest flowers that will brighten up my days and fill my rooms with the heady fragrances of spring?

(9 minutes 13 seconds)

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Anne –

Primroses

Narcissus jonquilla

Grape hyacinths

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Humaira – Paperwhites

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Christine –

Muscari macrocarpum

Crocuses

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Feature – Dr Chris Thorogood travels to Lanzarote to teach us about native succulents

(14 minutes, 46 seconds)

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Agave americana (Century plant)

Agave tequilana

Q – I’ve recently unexpectedly acquired a selection of houseplants. They include a variety of succulents. How often should I be watering them?

(17 minutes)

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Anne –

Rhipsalis

Epiphyllum

Schlumberger

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Q – What would the team suggest we plant in the new year that will serve as a lasting memorial to those who have sadly died due to Covid?Ìý

(21 minutes, 5 seconds)

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Humaira –

Taxus baccata (Yews)

Galanthus (snow drop) ‘Constellation’ Ìý

Galanthus ‘Orange Star’ Ìý

Galanthus ‘Swinging Star’ Ìý

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Anne –

Apple ‘Jupiter’

Apple ‘Saturn’

Ginkgo (Maidenhair tree)

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Christine –

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Douglas fir
Redwood

Sweetgum

Pine

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Q – My 200-year old Garry oak tree (Quercus garryana) did not produce many acorns this year. Should I be worried?

(25 minutes, 43 seconds)

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Feature – Matt Biggs interviews Mo Badat on how he created his dream tropical garden in South London

(28 minutes, 3 seconds)

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Bougainvillea

Fatsia japonica

Golden bamboo

Agapanthus

Crocosmia ‘Red Lucifer’

Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Honey Burst’

Robinia pseudoacacia

Albizia

Q – Is there any way of overwintering Begonia ‘Glowing Embers’?

(33 minutes, 25 seconds)

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Humaira –

Begonia ‘Heron’s Pirouette’

Begonia sutherlandii

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Anne –

Zinnia

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Q – Do owls or larks make better gardeners, and which are you?

(38 minutes, 54 seconds)

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