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

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Q – Can the panel help identify my samples? Are they friend or foe?

(1 minutes 47 seconds)Ìý

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Q – I had a 20+ year old acer in an old barrel. The barrel has now rotted, and the plant has started to put down roots. How do I best ensure its survival on moving it to a bigger pot?

(6 minutes 27 seconds)Ìý

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Q – When and how do I prune a forsythia?

(9 minutes 6 seconds)

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Q – Could the team recommend the best treatment for black spot?

(13 minutes 10 seconds)

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Bob –

Rose

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Feature – Lead by botanist, Pat Malabrigo, Dr Chris Thorogood is on a search for the pungent rafflesia banoana plant in the high elevation rainforests of the northern Philippines

(15 minutes 32 seconds)

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Q – Has a plant ever brought you to tears, panel?

(21 minutes 02 seconds)

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James –

Daisy

Giant lobelia

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Q – We’ve decided to build a bog garden. Should I put a liner into an already damp garden? We’d also like to bring in some colour to garden. We love canna, and we love dogwood, but what would the panel recommend?

(22 minutes 49 seconds)

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Bob –

Lobelia cardinalis

Chinese cabbage

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James –

Tree fern

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Christine –

Candelabra primula

Uvularia

Rodgersia

Ligularia

Lysichiton camtschatcensis

Lysichiton americanus, Yellow skunk cabbage n.b This plant is on the RHS invasive garden plants list, and is not recommended for use

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Q – The new stems growing on my ‘harlow carr’, pink rose have a lot of thorns on them. Is this because they’re new growth? They are also growing a lot of blooms which they struggle to support. Should I be pruning out the new, weaker stems?

(28 minutes 7 seconds)

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Q – My husband and I are hoping to get an extension built on our house, but it would mean cutting down a beautiful, 40-year-old ‘camelia’. Is it possible to move it, or do I make the tough decision – plant or house?

(30 minutes 45 seconds)

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Q – A small group of us have set up a project encouraging biodiversity. So far, we’ve put a dozen bird boxes, a couple of bat boxes, and two owl boxes. We’ve also dug a small pond and a bug sand pit. What advice would you give us as we try to increase the biodiversity of our village?

(35 minutes 18 seconds)

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Bob –

Philadelphus

Forsythia

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Q – What plants would the panel members take with them if they had to move out of their house?

(39 minutes 34 seconds)

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Bob –

Citrus