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

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Q – Do the panel have any advice on what leafy green vegetables I can grow over the winter period for a spoilt, hungry rabbit?

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‘Swiss Chard’

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Bunny –

Carrot

Dandelion

Apple

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James –

Kale

Tetragonia tetragonoides, New Zealand Spinach

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Q – What can I grow to feed the late-flying bumble bees during this season?

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Chris –

Crocus

Cyclamen Coum

Hamamelis

Ivy

Cerinthe major, Honeywort

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Pippa –

Lonicera fragrantissima, winter-flowering honeysuckle

Lonicera x purpusii, ‘Winter Beauty’

Viburnum

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Q – What is the best way to make use of my water butt in winter?

(7 minutes 30 seconds)Ìý

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Christine –

Narcissus juncifolia

Narcissus bulbocodium

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Peter –

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Matthew –

Yew

Privet

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Q – Could the panel suggest some unusual or exotic complimentary plants to accompany some shrubs or climbing roses in order to offer some autumnal or winter interest and reduce the monoculture I seem to have created in which the aphids and sawflies are thriving?

(11 minutes 1 second)

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‘English rose’

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Matthew –

Callicarpa, ‘Imperial Pearl’

Cotinus obovatus

Atroruben

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Pippa –

Autumn crocus

Colchicum speciosum, ‘Naked Ladies’

Echinacea

Rudbeckia

Sedum, Ice plant

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Feature – Juliet Sargeant highlights the long-lasting joys of planting evergreens

(14 minutes 46 seconds)

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‘L²¹±¹±ð²Ô»å±ð°ù’

Stachys byzantina, ‘Lamb’s Ears’

Osmanthus, Party lights

Euonymus

Coprosma repens, ‘Pina Colada’

Coprosma repens, ‘Tequila Sunrise’

Coprosma, ‘Lemon and Lime’

Coprosma, ‘Rainbow Surprise’

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Q – How can I make the most of my unheated, wind-exposed greenhouse over the coming months?

(18 minutes 9 seconds)

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Pippa –

Camellias

Rhododendron ‘F°ù²¹²µ°ù²¹²Ô³Ù¾±²õ²õ¾±³¾³Ü³¾â€™

Cytisus canariensis

Pandorea jasminoides

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Q – How do I care for my ‘Willow Wands’ over winter?

(20 minutes 11 seconds)

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Q – Have the panel got any tips for helping the Trachelospermum jasminoides to thrive in a large container, and can you avoid the leaves from turning red and dropping over winter?

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Feature – We revisit Matthew Wilson’s 2018 trip to see the winter garden at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Essex, when he talked to curator Robert Brett about growing Dogwoods.

(26 minutes 32 seconds)

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Dogwood, ‘Winter Orange’

Dogwood, ‘Midwinter Fire’

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Q – I’m planning to rest my garden from potato growing this year, due to problems with yield and scab. What can I plant instead, bearing in mind that we have a relatively short growing season in Aviemore, Scotland?

(32 minutes 7 seconds)Ìý

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Pippa –

Parsnip

Carrot

Rocket

French bean

Runner bean

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Q – Please can the panel suggest some wintery hanging basket ideas?

(34 minutes 34 seconds)Ìý

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Christine –

‘P²¹²Ô²õ²â’

‘V¾±´Ç±ô²¹â€™

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Pippa –

Euonymus

Crocus

Iris reticulata

Daffodil

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Matt –

Cyclamen

Carex, Sedge

Ivy

‘Jerusalem cherry’

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Q – What does the panel suggest we do to be kind to our poor plants buried under snow?

(38 minutes 48 seconds)Ìý

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Neil –

Maple