East and West Hanney

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

Q – Is gardening a solitary or social activity? (0’47”)

Q – How do you encourage tree peonies to flower? (03’26”)

Q – Why won’t my young shrub roses are failing to thrive? (06’57”)

Cathy –

Rosa Gertrude Jekyll ('Ausbord'PBR) (S), rose [Gertrude Jekyll]

Rosa Harlow Carr ('Aushouse'PBR) (S), rose [Harlow Carr] ('Aushouse')

Rosa Claire Austin ('Ausprior'PBR) (Cl), rose [Claire Austin]

Q –  Could the panel suggest some perennials that I could plant in my white garden bed? (10’38”)

Christine Walkden –

Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba', white bleeding heart

Chris Thorogood –

Datura innoxia, downy thorn apple

Brugmansia, angel's trumpet

Michauxia campanuloides, rough-leaved Michauxia

Matt Biggs –

Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy', spotted deadnettle 'White Nancy'

Helleborus niger. christmas rose

Iris foetidissima 'Fructu Albo', stinking iris

Feature – Matthew Pottage and producer Dominic Tyerman visit the Sydney Botanic Gardens to understand the wide appeal of living wall gardens. (16’17)

Q – I’m planting a fruit bed at the back of my garage. Can the panel please suggest what I could grow to cover the garage wall? (21’20”)

Christine Walkden –

Prunus armeniaca, apricot

Prunus armeniaca 'Tomcot' (F), apricot 'Tomcot'

Matt Biggs –

Ribes uva-crispa, gooseberry

Q –  I'd like to know why my Magnolia stellata is not flowering? (24’57”)

Q –  Is there anything that can be done to make my lawn a uniform colour? (29’44”)

Q – Please can the panel recommend some trees that would ideally offer year-round interest and support biodiversity?(32’54”)

Christine Walkden –

Cercidiphyllum japonicum, katsura tree

Chris Thorogood –

Betula utilis, himalayan birch

Matt Biggs –

Liquidambar styraciflua, sweet gum

Davidia involucrate, handkerchief tree

Q – We open our garden under the National Garden Scheme. If and when you visit a garden, what are you looking for and what are you expecting? (37’42”)