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Are rabbit droppings good for the garden? Why won’t my courgettes grow? What is the most bizarre plant you have ever grown? The GQT team are in Chipping Campden.

Are rabbit droppings good for the garden? Why won’t my courgettes grow? What is the most bizarre plant you have ever grown?

From tulips to hostas, the sprightly GQT squad are back to share all their green-fingered guidance from Chipping Campden. Prepped to share their solutions to a flurry of foliage dilemmas are garden designer Matthew Wilson, pest and disease expert Pippa Greenwood, and landscape architect Bunny Guinness.

Alongside the panel’s horticultural know-how, GQT regular Bob Flowerdew spices things up with his masterclass on growing chillies.

A Somethin' Else production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

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42 minutes

Plant List

Q–Are rabbit droppings good for the garden, and can they be used for fertiliser?

(1 minute, 19 seconds)

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Q– Why are some of my asparagus headless?

(3 minutes, 28 seconds)

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Q–I’d like to create a fernery with some old logs, which types of ferns would you recommend?

(6 minutes, 50 seconds)

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Hoster

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Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'

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Fern

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Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'

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Matteuccia struthiopteris ‘shuttlecock fern’

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Violet

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Primrose

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Q–How do you propagate or divide intersectional peonies?Ìý

(11 minutes, 43 seconds)

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Herbaceous peony

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Tree peony

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Q– I have a problem growing courgettes. They begin well in the greenhouse, but when they’re in the ground I struggle getting fruit. Help!

(18 minutes, 51 seconds)

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Q– Last year, I got a beautiful crop of tulips. What should I do with the bulbs this year?

(23 minutes, 44 seconds)

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Tulipa 'White Triumphator'Ìý

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Tulipa 'Queen of Night'Ìý

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Q– Should there be an icon on plant labels to indicate an invasive species?

(27 minutes, 57 seconds)

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Alchemilla mollis

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Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'

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Alstroemeria

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Q– We have a variegated azalea in a pot that has vine weevil in the roots. What is the best course of action?

(32 minutes, 29 seconds)

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Pine tree

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Q– What is the most bizarre plant you have ever grown?

(35 minutes, 39 seconds)

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Dracunculus vulgaris

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Clianthus puniceus

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Epimedium

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Tomato 'Red Pear'

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