Henley-on-Thames

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

Q – How do I make reliably nutritious compost using horse manure? (02’10”)

Q – What can we do to ensure the privet hedge and ivy live together in harmony? (06’18”)

Q –   What shrubs would the members of the panel choose if they had to start all over again with a much smaller plot? (11’19”)

Matthew Pottage –

Philadelphus maculatus 'Sweet Clare', mock orange ‘Sweet Clare’

Cytisus banttandieri, pineapple broom

Christine Walkden –

Forsythia viridissima 'Bronxensis'

Spiraea

Pippa Greenwood

Magnolia stellata, star magnolia

Q – Do the panel have any examples of wildlife introducing or removing things in the garden? (15’52”)

Q – How do I reduce the infection of coddling moth in our Laxton's Superb apple crops? (21’21”)

Feature – Bunny Guinness gives her advice on how to have your very own dead hedge (25’20”)

Q – How do I prune my daughter’s pleached olive trees? Is there a prime time to do this? (29’37”)

Q – What colourful variated plants or shrubs would you propose to avoid watering in our dry summers? (32’32”)

Christine Walkden –

Viburnum tinus, laurustinus

Pippa Greenwood –

Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' (v), gold-edged winter daphne

Matthew Pottage –

Pittosporum

Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Irene Paterson' (m/v), tawhiwhi ‘Irene Patterson’

Daphne odora 'Geisha Girl' (v), winter daphne 'Geisha Girl'

Yucca filamentosa 'Garland's Gold' (v), needle palm 'Garland's Gold'

Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard' (v), variegated needle palm ‘Color Guard’

Yucca filamentosa 'Variegata' (v), variegated needle palm

Beschorneria yuccoides Flamingo Glow ('Besys'PBR) (v), beschorneria [Flamingo Glow]

Q – What does my 2-year-old Albizia small tree need to thrive in my garden? (37’13”)