North Shropshire

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

Q–

When designing a garden from scratch, what's the most important first step?

(1 minute, 30 seconds)

Q–

We’re having trouble growing leeks. The tops are shrivelled, the roots are mushy and there are reddish brown grubs beneath the outer layer, what is this?

(4 minutes, 59 seconds)

Bunny –

Leeks

Q–

I have a giant blue hydrangea. The flowers are so big they collapse. What can I do to stop this happening?

(7 minutes, 40 seconds)

Matthew –

Hydrangea aspera, Villosa Group

Bunny – 

Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’

Q–

Should I grow lilies in containers or flowerbeds?

(12 minutes, 15 seconds)

Matthew– 

Lilium regale

Lilium martagon

Bunny–

Lilium martagon

Cotinus

Daylily

Feature

(15 minutes 22 seconds)

Fittonia

Q–

I want to plant a flower bed on my wet, mossy north-facing lawn. Should I dig grit to help the drainage or develop a no dig raised bed?

(24 minutes, 3 seconds)

Q–

I want to plant something decorative but hardy in my new pot. What would you recommend?

(30 minutes, 10 seconds)

Christine – 

Ginkgo biloba

Matthew–

Fig, ‘Brown Turkey’

Bunny – 

Yew

Q–

I live on a boat, so I have a floating garden on the boat roof. Bearing in mind the space restrictions, changing aspect, and changing exposure, what would the panel recommend I grow there?

(33 minutes, 52 seconds)

Christine – 

Succulent

Mint

Dryas

Matthew– 

‘Mizuna’

oyster plant

Buckler-leaved sorrel

Italian sage

Silver sage

Sempervivum, ‘House Leeks’

Eschscholzia

Tulipa strangulata

Q–

What is the worst gardening idea that the panel have had?

(38 minutes, 5 seconds)