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Pulham Market

Peter Gibbs and the panel visit Pulham Market and answer questions on growing fruit in pots and choosing shrubs for deep shade, and recommend evergreens for pergolas.

Peter Gibbs and Gardeners鈥� Question Time panel visit visit Pulham Market.

Peter is joined by Bob Flowerdew, Christine Walkden and Bunny Guinness to answer questions on growing fruit in pots and choosing shrubs for deep shade, and discuss which farmyard manure is best to use on the allotment.

Along the way, the panellists explore the challenges of quince blight, champion strawberries grown in buckets, and share suggestions for gardening activities that are accessible and engaging for people with limited mobility.

Also, James Wong visits Kew Gardens to witness the spectacular (and pungent!) flowering of the Titan Arum, one of the rarest and most extraordinary plants in cultivation.

There are also practical tips for sowing carrots successfully and advice on whether a well鈥憈ravelled oleander can finally be planted out.

Producer: Matt Smith
Assistant Producer: William Norton

A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆社 Radio 4

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Plant List

Q1 鈥� 鈥淐an anyone give me advice on how I can talk to my wife about not buying any more plants or flower seeds for her overstocked garden?鈥� 听(02鈥�01鈥�)

Q2 鈥� 鈥淲e inherited an old quince tree鈥� the fruit looks perfect but are brown inside when cut. What can I do?鈥� (04鈥�19鈥�)

Bob Flowerdew

  • Cydonia oblonga, 鈥榮erbian gold鈥� quince

Q3 鈥� 鈥淐an you recommend an evergreen or semi鈥慹vergreen shrub for a shaded pergola bed with no direct sunlight?鈥� (08鈥�29鈥�)

Christine Walkden

  • Osmanthus 脳 burkwoodii, burkwood osmanthus

Bob Flowerdew

  • Sarcococca spp., winter box

  • Ruscus aculeatus, butcher鈥檚 broom

Bunny Guinness

  • Choisya 脳 dewitteana 鈥楢ztec Pearl鈥�, Mexican orange blossom 鈥楢ztec Pearl鈥�

  • Choisya ternata, Mexican orange blossom

  • Carpinus betulus, common hornbeam

Q4 鈥� 鈥淲e have different types of straw鈥慴ased farmyard manure: horse, pig, poultry and cattle. 听What would you choose?鈥� (11鈥�38鈥�)

Feature 鈥� Titan arum flowering at Kew (15鈥�22鈥�)

James Wong

  • Amorphophallus titanum, titan arum (corpse flower)

Q5 鈥� 鈥淲hat would you recommend to grow in pots or a small garden fruit鈥憌ise?鈥� (20鈥�50鈥�)

Bob Flowerdew

  • Rubus idaeus, raspberry

  • Fragaria 脳 ananassa, strawberry

Christine Walkden

  • Vaccinium spp., blueberry

Bunny Guinness

  • Prunus persica, peach (dwarf forms) - Prunus听persica听'Garden Lady' (F) peach 'Garden Lady'

  • Ficus carica 鈥楲ittle Miss Figgy鈥�, fig 鈥楲ittle Miss Figgy鈥�

  • Ribes uva鈥慶rispa 鈥楻okula鈥�, gooseberry

  • Ficus carica, fig

Q6 鈥� 鈥淲hat activities can we do with care鈥慼ome residents with limited mobility?鈥� (26鈥�30鈥�)

Christine Walkden / Bunny Guinness

  • Lathyrus odoratus, sweet pea

Q7 鈥� 鈥淚鈥檝e been growing oleander in a pot for 10 years - can I plant it in the garden?鈥� (32鈥�03鈥�)

Bunny Guinness / Panel

  • Nerium oleander, oleander

Q8 鈥� 鈥淗ow can I successfully grow carrots with my grandson?鈥� (35鈥�20鈥�)

Christine Walkden

  • Daucus carota subsp. sativus, carrot

Bunny Guinness

  • Pastinaca sativa, parsnip

Bob Flowerdew

  • Petroselinum crispum, parsley

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