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Kathy Clugston and her green fingered gardening experts are in Crowle.

I’ve just set up a greenhouse, where do I begin? What should I plant around an oak tree?  Can I put the contents of my hoover in the compost? 

From planting proposals, to allotment advice, the GQT panel are back to answer all of your plant predicaments from Crowle, Worcestershire. Ready to rid you of all your garden gripes are plant enthusiast Bunny Guinness, brainy botanist Matthew Biggs, and RHS Wisley whizz Matthew Pottage.

Alongside the questions, Bob Flowerdew gives us all his tips and tricks on tomato sowing and growing, including the unlikely power of banana peel.

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Apr 2023 14:00

Plant List

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

 

Q – Are spiders good or bad for my garden?

(1 minutes 34 seconds) 

 

Q – Can I use the contents of my vacuum bag in my compost heap?

(5 minutes 02 seconds) 

 

Q – What can I use to treat my Ceanothus Yankee Point back to full health?  

(8 minutes 46 seconds)

 

Q – We’ve just built a greenhouse on our allotment – what should I do next?

(13 minutes 26 seconds)

 

Feature – Bob Flowerdew’s Tomato masterclass.

(17 minutes 34 seconds)

 

Q – What interesting plants should we put under our oak tree?

(25 minutes 41 seconds)

 

Bunny –

 

Rosa 'Mutabilis'

 

Sarcococca humilis

 

Lilium martagon

 

 

Matt –

 

Hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)

 

Lamium maculatum (White Nancy)

 

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'

 

 

Matthew –

 

Sarcococca humilis

 

Rhododendron arboreum var. roseum 'Tony Schilling'

 

 

Q – How can I save my brittle Silver Birch Trees from dying?

(29 minutes 58 seconds)

 

Q – What trees that are similar to Magnolias and Mountain-ash should I plant in my garden?

(33 minutes 57 seconds)

 

Matthew –

 

Flowering dogwood

 

Cornus kousa var. chinensis

 

Cornus kousa 'John Slocock'

 

 

Matt –

 

Hoheria 'Borde Hill'

 

 

Bunny –

 

Pittosporum

 

Osmanthus

 

 

Q – Can I revive my dying Phormiums? If not, what can I plant instead?

(36 minutes 49 seconds)

 

Matthew –

 

Cortaderia richardii (Endl.) Zotov

 

Yucca glauca

 

Yucca filamentosa

 

Libertia

 

Libertia 'Goldfinger'

 

Broadcasts

  • Fri 28 Apr 2023 15:00
  • Sun 30 Apr 2023 14:00

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