Worcester

Q– Are bug hotels beneficial to gardens or not?

(1 minute, 37 seconds)

Q– We have a leylandii hedge that’s a bit thin in places and getting a bit wide, which shrubs would you recommend planting in front of it to fill the gaps?

(5 minutes, 2 seconds)

Matthew Wilson–

Leylandii

Yew, Taxus Baccata

Conifer

Arbutus

Rose

Clematis Montana

Honeysuckle

Ceanothus

Crinodendron

Clump-forming Bamboo

Bunny–

Hornbeam

Heather

Q– Why have my white orchid flower buds wilted, yellowed, and dropped off?

(9 minutes, 1 second)

Matthew Pottage—

Phalaenopsis

Cymbidium

Q– A number of hardy plants in my garden do not appear to have survived the harsh winter conditions. How long should I give them the benefit of the doubt before getting rid of them?

(11 minutes, 54 seconds)

Matthew Pottage–

Tamarix

Fuschia

Magnolia

Bunny–

Magnolia grandiflora

Juliet–

Stepover Apple

Q– I have had apple and plum trees in my garden for the last five years, but last year, they didn’t fruit or blossom. What is going on?

(22 minutes, 3 seconds)

Q– Can the panel suggest any flowering plants that would grow in clay soil?

(25 minutes, 47 seconds)

Matthew Pottage–

Primula

Gillenia trifoliata

Bergenia

Hellebore

Rose

Lilac

Cherry

Matthew Biggs–

Dwarf Apple

Q– I have a 30-year-old conifer, a Cupressus ‘Emerald Spire’ which last year developed a dead area right up the tree. What caused it? 

(29 minutes, 25 seconds)

Matthew Pottage–

Cupressus ‘Emerald Spire’

Q– We have renovated a brick patio, would you recommend any clematis varieties to climb up a trellis round the shed?

(31 minutes, 46 seconds)

Matthew Biggs–

Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’

Bunny Guinness– 

Hornbeam

Rose

Matthew Pottage–

Clematis Macropetala

Q– About two years ago I planted about two hundred daffodils which, last year, flowered and looked great. This year, only about twenty five percent have flowered. Can you help?

(36 minutes, 43 seconds)

Bunny–

Narcissus ‘Daffodil’