麻豆社

Q1 鈥� I have sprayed vinegar on my kitchen garden鈥� which variety of potato should I plant there to provide the chips? (02鈥�06鈥�)

Christine Walkden

• Solanum tuberosum 鈥楳ajestic鈥�, potato 鈥楳ajestic鈥�

Marcus Chilton鈥慗ones

• Solanum tuberosum 鈥楶ink Fir Apple鈥�, potato 鈥楶ink Fir Apple鈥�

Q2 鈥� How can people make their garden bird鈥慺riendly? - Bolton & Bury Swift Group (06鈥�47鈥�)

Q3 鈥� I鈥檝e got a five鈥憏ear鈥憃ld plum tree鈥� it鈥檚 flowered already. Will I get plums this year, and when should I prune it? (10鈥�29鈥�)

Marcus Chilton鈥慗ones

• Prunus domestica, plum

Q4 鈥� What are the best flowering perennials for this area, soil and climate? (12鈥�35鈥�)

Christine Walkden

• Sedum spp., stonecrop

• Lamium spp., dead鈥憂ettle

• Aquilegia spp., Columbine/ Granny's bonnets

• Puschkinia spp.

• Muscari spp., grape hyacinth

• Anemone spp., anemone

• 贬别蝉辫别谤补苍迟丑补听肠辞肠肠颈苍别补, crimson flag lily

• Sternbergia spp., sternbergia

Matthew Wilson

• Rudbeckia spp., Rudbeckia

• Echinacea, Coneflower

• Bistorta听amplexicaulis听'Alba'/ 听Persicaria amplexicaulis 鈥楢lba鈥�, bistort 鈥楢lba鈥�, white-flowered red bistort

• Campanula spp., bellflower (i.e. Campanula 鈥楶richard鈥檚 Variety鈥� & Campanula 鈥楨濒颈锄补产别迟丑鈥�)

• Kniphofia, Red hot poker

Marcus Chilton鈥慗ones

• Helenium spp., helenium

• Helianthus, Sunflowers

• Heuchera spp., coral bells

• Persicaria amplexicaulis 鈥楾aurus鈥�, bistort 鈥楾aurus鈥�

• Echinacea spp., coneflower

Q5 鈥� I have a bush about six foot tall that looks like it鈥檚 being eaten from the bottom - what is it and what can I do? (17鈥�15鈥�)

Christine Walkden / Matthew Wilson

• Viburnum tinus, laurustinus

Spring Feature: Dividing warm鈥憇eason grasses and perennials (20鈥�28鈥�)

Matthew Pottage

• Pennisetum spp., fountain grass

• Panicum spp., switch grass

• Miscanthus sinensis 鈥楴epalensis鈥�, miscanthus 鈥楴epalensis鈥�, Himalayan fairy grass

• Agapanthus spp., African lily

• Echinacea spp., coneflower

• Salvia spp., salvia, Sage

• Sedum spp., stonecrop

• Gladiolus spp., gladiolus/ gladioli

• Galtona spp.

• Lilium spp., lily

Q6 鈥� We鈥檙e removing Himalayan balsam鈥� what should we plant instead for bees in boggy areas? (24鈥�56鈥�)

Marcus Chilton鈥慗ones

• Eupatorium spp., hemp鈥慳grimony

• Hedera helix, common ivy

Christine Walkden

• Impatiens spp., impatiens 听

Q7 鈥� How do you look after an amaryllis after flowering, and will it flower again? (27鈥�47鈥�)

Christine Walkden

• Hippeastrum, amaryllis

Q8 鈥� My allotment is full of mare鈥檚 tail 鈥� how do I get rid of it, and can I use it for anything? (30鈥�16鈥�)

Marcus Chilton鈥慗ones / Matthew Wilson / Christine Walkden

• Equisetum arvense, field horsetail (mare鈥檚 tail)

Q9 鈥� I have inherited a garden tool that is over 100 years old鈥� Have the panel inherited any tools which they still use? (36鈥�01鈥�)

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