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Radio 4,26 May 2017,43 mins

Chelsea Physic Garden Postbag Edition

Gardeners' Question Time

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Eric Robson presents a postbag edition of the show from the Chelsea Physic Garden. Matthew Wilson, Matt Biggs and Pippa Greenwood answer the horticultural questions. This week the questions come from listeners' correspondence on topics such as aiding an ailing Gunnera, planting a bog garden, and controlling a wandering Tayberry. They panel also offers advice on tending to a mammoth Magnolia and managing the suckers on a plum tree. Matthew Wilson takes a tour around Chelsea Flower Show in order to sniff out some useful tips for the home gardener. Produced by Dan Cocker Assistant Producer: Laurence Bassett A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

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