91Èȱ¬

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

Ìý

Q – We have a few Verbena bonariensis and Salvia ‘Amistad’ in our front garden. They get incredibly tall during their flowering season. We’re thinking of doing the Chelsea chop to keep them under control, would you advise it?
(5 minutes)

Ìý

Q – One of my hostas is developing discolouration on its leaves. It started happening after I split it and repotted it. What could be the matter?

(8 minutes 30 seconds)

Ìý

Q – I’ve had a Paeonia lactiflora for the last 10 years. I’ve always had a good display, but last year none of the buds flowered. What’s going on?

(10 minutes)

Ìý

Q – I’ve got a Purple Japanese Maple which I planted on the north side of my house 9 years ago. This year the buds started forming during the winter but they’ve stopped developing. Is the weather to blame, or am I waiting in vain?
(13 minute 40 seconds)

Ìý

Feature – Peter Gibbs heads to The Great Pavillion at Chelsea to explore.

(15 minutes 35 seconds)

Ìý

Feature – We catch up with Juliet Sargeant and see her New Blue Peter Garden at Chelsea.

(21 minutes 5 seconds)

Ìý

Q – I moved to a new house and the garden turf has been laid on just a few inches of sandy soil, and underneath that are bases of sheds and hutches. I can’t dig it out. What can I plant in this shallow soil?

(22 minutes 50 seconds)

Ìý

Juliet –

Grasses

Ìý

Matthew –

Corokia cotoneaster

Nigella
Eschscholzia

Mexican daisy

Thyme

Ìý

Q – Why has my runner bean plant got entirely white leaves?

(25 minutes 20 seconds)

Matt –

Ipomea

A behind the scenes look at building GQT’s Chelsea Flower Show exhibit with Kathy, Bunny Guinness and Ashley Edwards.

(27 minutes 20 seconds)

Ìý

Q – I bought a Maidenhair fern plant. The central heating has dried it up. I’ve tried to salvage it. What can I do to bring it back to its best?

(31 minutes 45 seconds)

Ìý

Q – I planted a crab apple tree in October last year, and it’s had a lovely display of blossom this spring. Should I prevent the fruit from developing in its first year?

(33 minutes 55 seconds)

Ìý

Q – ÌýTwo years ago I bought 75 Hidcote lavender plants to make a lavender bed. We pruned it in October after flowering, and this all of the plants have died. The bed was made from sand, grit and loam and is irrigated morning and night. Did we prune it incorrectly?

(34 minutes 47 seconds)

Ìý

Q – I’ve moved out of London to a much bigger garden and I’m doing No Mow May. It’s now just long grass with buttercups and daisies. What do I do next?

(38 minutes 15 seconds)

Ìý

Ìý