Henley-on-Thames

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

Q – How do I make reliably nutritious compost using horse manure? (02’10”)

Q – What can we do to ensure the privet hedge and ivy live together in harmony? (06’18”)

Q – What shrubs would the members of the panel choose if they had to start all over again with a much smaller plot? (11’19”)

Matthew Pottage –

Philadelphusmaculatus 'Sweet Clare', mock orange ‘Sweet Clare’

Cytisusbanttandieri, pineapple broom

Christine Walkden –

Forsythiaviridissima 'Bronxensis'

Spiraea

Pippa Greenwood

Magnoliastellata, star magnolia

Q – Do the panel have any examples of wildlife introducing or removing things in the garden? (15’52”)

Q – How do I reduce the infection of coddling moth in our Laxton's Superb apple crops? (21’21”)

Feature – Bunny Guinness gives her advice on how to have your very own dead hedge (25’20”)

Q – How do I prune my daughter’s pleached olive trees? Is there a prime time to do this? (29’37”)

Q – What colourful variated plants or shrubs would you propose to avoid watering in our dry summers? (32’32”)

Christine Walkden –

Viburnumtinus, laurustinus

Pippa Greenwood –

Daphneodora 'Aureomarginata' (v), gold-edged winter daphne

Matthew Pottage –

Pittosporum

Pittosporumtenuifolium 'Irene Paterson' (m/v), tawhiwhi ‘Irene Patterson’

Daphneodora 'Geisha Girl' (v), winter daphne 'Geisha Girl'

Yuccafilamentosa 'Garland's Gold' (v), needle palm 'Garland's Gold'

Yuccafilamentosa 'Color Guard' (v), variegated needle palm ‘Color Guard’

Yuccafilamentosa 'Variegata' (v), variegated needle palm

Beschorneriayuccoides Flamingo Glow ('Besys'PBR) (v), beschorneria [Flamingo Glow]

Q – What does my 2-year-old Albizia small tree need to thrive in my garden? (37’13”)