Birmingham

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Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Wilson join gardeners in Birmingham for a horticultural Q&A. Eric Robson is the chair. Guest presenter, Alys Fowler visits Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library and Matthew Biggs sings out for his Plant of the Moment: Viburnum bodnantense 'Dawn'. Questions addressed in the programme: Is there a definitive difference between a plant and weed? Can I put manure on my veg. plots at this time of year? Once the veg. are growing when can I feed them? How strict should my veg. rotation be? Last year, I lost a willow tree to Honeyfungus. Are we safe now or do we have to wait to plant anything again? What advice do you have for naturalising bulbs in a dark, shaded woodland. My trumpet vine did very little the last 6yrs. Last year, however, there was lots of growth and it flowered non-stop since August. How should I best prune it? Why do the hips on my Rugosa Roses shrivel and die before changing colour? Sawfly have attacked our Berberis and Gooseberry shrubs. What to do? Am I wasting my time planting a winter mix of green manure? How can I heat my greenhouse without using electricity. Produced by Howard Shannon A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.