Exeter, Devon

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

Q – How can I make my five-year-old goji berry shrub look pretty?

(00’51”)

Q – I grow Florence Fennel in my garden - How far from other plants does it need to be? and does it cause any significant problems to crops around it? (03’20”) 

Q – What’s causing the leaves of my Fatsia Japonica to turn yellow and die? (05’38”)

Q – I have a variegated laurel bush that attracts lot of flies – what could I replace it with that will give all round year interest? (09’48”)

Chris Beardshaw –

Magnolias

Magnolia Felix

Magnolia × soulangeana, saucer magnolia

Clematis

Clematis alpina, austrian clematis

Clematis macropetala (d”), downy clematis

Rosa glauca Pourr, rose rubrifolia (shrub”)

Edgeworthia chrysantha, paperbush

Christine Walkden –

Daphnes

Elaeagnus

Chimonanthus praecox, wintersweet

Lathyrus odoratus, sweet peas

Eccremocarpus 

Eccremocarpus scaber, chilean glory flower

Cobaea scandens, cup and saucer vine

Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Red Dragon', paperbush 'Red Dragon'

Bob Flowerdew

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

Daphne × burkwoodii, burkwood daphne

Feature: Botany Basics with Chris Thorogood – Chris teaches us about plant roots (18’42”)

Q – Of all your gardening successes, which was the best or most fun and why?

(26’05”)

Q – How do I encourage my fig tree to grow sweet tasting and nice sized figs? (29’48”)

Q – What do the panel feel over those past 30 years have been the key changes in gardening trends? (35’04”)