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

Clematisalpina, austrian clematis

Clematismacropetala (d”), downy clematis

Rosa glauca Pourr, rose rubrifolia (shrub”)

Edgeworthia chrysantha, paperbush

Christine Walkden –

Daphnes

Elaeagnus

Chimonanthuspraecox, wintersweet

Lathyrus odoratus, sweet peas

Eccremocarpus

Eccremocarpusscaber, chilean glory flower

Cobaeascandens, cup and saucer vine

Edgeworthiachrysantha 'Red Dragon', paperbush 'Red Dragon'

Bob Flowerdew

Daphneodora '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”)