Henley-on-Thames
What's the strangest thing wildlife has taken from your garden? How do you control a coddling moth infection? How do I guarantee myself a nutritional compost using horse manure?
What鈥檚 the strangest thing wildlife has whisked away from your garden? How can I prevent codling moth from spoiling apples? And how do I make reliably nutritious compost using horse manure?
Peter Gibbs and a panel of green-fingered experts return to Henley-on-Thames, where a lively audience of passionate gardeners awaits answers to their most pressing horticultural dilemmas.
Joining Peter are pest and disease specialist Pippa Greenwood, head gardener Matthew Pottage, and the ever-enthusiastic plantswoman Christine Walkden.
Later in the programme, Bunny Guinness offers her expert advice on creating your very own dead hedge.
Senior Producer: Dan Cocker
Junior producer: Rahnee Prescod
Assistant Producer: Suki Glocking
Assistant Producer: William Norton
A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
Q 鈥� How do I make reliably nutritious compost using horse manure? (02鈥�10鈥�)
Q 鈥� What can we do to ensure the privet hedge and ivy live together in harmony? (06鈥�18鈥�)
Q 鈥撯�娾�娾�奧hat shrubs would the members of the panel choose if they had to start all over again with a much smaller plot? (11鈥�19鈥�)
Matthew Pottage 鈥�
Philadelphus听maculatus听'Sweet Clare', mock orange 鈥楽weet Clare鈥�
Cytisus听banttandieri, pineapple broom
Christine Walkden 鈥�
Forsythia听viridissima听'Bronxensis'
Spiraea
Pippa Greenwood
Magnolia听stellata, star magnolia
Q 鈥� Do the panel have any examples of wildlife introducing or removing things in the garden? (15鈥�52鈥�)
Q 鈥� How do I reduce the infection of coddling moth in our Laxton's Superb apple crops? (21鈥�21鈥�)
Feature 鈥� Bunny Guinness gives her advice on how to have your very own dead hedge (25鈥�20鈥�)
Q 鈥� How do I prune my daughter鈥檚 pleached olive trees? Is there a prime time to do this? (29鈥�37鈥�)
Q 鈥� What colourful variated plants or shrubs would you propose to avoid watering in our dry summers? (32鈥�32鈥�)
Christine Walkden 鈥�
Viburnum听tinus, laurustinus
Pippa Greenwood 鈥�
Daphne听odora听'Aureomarginata' (v), gold-edged winter daphne
Matthew Pottage 鈥�
Pittosporum
Pittosporum听tenuifolium听'Irene Paterson' (m/v), tawhiwhi 鈥業rene Patterson鈥�
Daphne听odora听'Geisha Girl' (v), winter daphne 'Geisha Girl'
Yucca听filamentosa听'Garland's Gold' (v), needle palm 'Garland's Gold'
Yucca听filamentosa听'Color Guard' (v), variegated needle palm 鈥楥olor Guard鈥�
Yucca听filamentosa听'Variegata' (v), variegated needle palm
Beschorneria听yuccoides听Flamingo Glow听('Besys'PBR) (v), beschorneria [Flamingo Glow]
Q 鈥� What does my 2-year-old Albizia small tree need to thrive in my garden? (37鈥�13鈥�)
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