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Are rabbit droppings good for the garden? Why won鈥檛 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鈥檛 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鈥檚 horticultural know-how, GQT regular Bob Flowerdew spices things up with his masterclass on growing chillies.

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42 minutes

Plant List

Q鈥揂re rabbit droppings good for the garden, and can they be used for fertiliser?

(1 minute, 19 seconds)

Q鈥� Why are some of my asparagus headless?

(3 minutes, 28 seconds)

Q鈥揑鈥檇 like to create a fernery with some old logs, which types of ferns would you recommend?

(6 minutes, 50 seconds)

Matthew Wilson鈥撎�

Hoster

Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'

Fern

Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'

Matteuccia struthiopteris 鈥榮huttlecock fern鈥�

笔颈辫辫补鈥�

Hart's tongue fern听

Violet

Primrose

Q鈥揌ow do you propagate or divide intersectional peonies?听

(11 minutes, 43 seconds)

叠耻苍苍测鈥�

Herbaceous peony

Tree peony

Q鈥� I have a problem growing courgettes. They begin well in the greenhouse, but when they鈥檙e in the ground I struggle getting fruit. Help!

(18 minutes, 51 seconds)

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

(23 minutes, 44 seconds)

惭补迟迟丑别飞鈥�

Tulipa 'White Triumphator'听

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'听

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

(27 minutes, 57 seconds)

叠耻苍苍测鈥�

Alchemilla mollis

惭补迟迟丑别飞鈥�

Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'

笔颈辫辫补鈥�

Alstroemeria

Q鈥� 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)

笔颈辫辫补鈥�

Pine tree

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

(35 minutes, 39 seconds)

惭补迟迟丑别飞鈥�

Dracunculus vulgaris

Clianthus puniceus

笔颈辫辫补鈥撎�

Epimedium

Tomato 'Red Pear'

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