Freshwater

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

Q – What can I do to keep plant labels permanent?

(1 minutes 34 seconds) 

Q – How do I keep my cardoons under control? Can I transfer them to different pots?

(5 minutes 01 seconds) 

Q – Why are my butternut squash becoming discoloured?

(7 minutes 50 seconds)

Q – What alternatives to Pansies could I plant to brighten up my garden during the winter?

(11 minutes 33 seconds)

Matthew –

Cyclamen persicum

Solanum pseudocapsicum or Winter Cherry

Pippa –

Winter flowering Heathers

Violas

Bulbs

Crocus

Narcissus

Snowdrops

Bob –

Ivy

Feature – Peter Gibbs visits Kew Gardens for a backstage tour of the Tropical waterlily

(16 minutes 24 seconds)

Q – Are there any climbing plants that like climbing trees?

(26 minutes 24 seconds)

Pippa –

Clematis Montana

Clematis Elizabeth Montana

Freda

Rambling roses

Bob –

Grapevines

Akebia quinate

Hops

Climbing rose

Matthew –

Wisteria

Virginia creeper

Boston ivy

Rosa banksiae 'Lutea'

Q – What interesting native plants could we grow in our new school gardens?

(31 minutes 42 seconds)

Bob –

Teasels

Matthew –

Bamboo
Willows

Pippa –

Damsons

Bullace

Salix alba

Q – Why do my Suffolk red seedless grapes have seeds in them?

(36 minutes 28 seconds)

Q – What would you buy a professional gardener for their birthday?

(38 minutes 16 seconds)