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Exeter, Devon

What鈥檚 causing the leaves of my Fatsia Japonica to turn yellow and die? How can I make my five-year-old goji berry shrub look pretty? Kathy and the panel answer these and more.

What鈥檚 causing the leaves of my Fatsia Japonica to turn yellow and die? How can I make my five year old goji berry shrub look pretty? How do I encourage my fig tree to grow sweet tasting and nice sized figs?

Kathy Clugston and her team of horticultural heroes are in Exeter for this week's episode of Gardeners' Question Time.

Joining her to prune the audience's horticultural dilemmas are passionate plantswoman Christine Walkden, garden designer Chris Beardshaw, and "grow your own" guru Bob Flowerdew.

Later in the programme, we go back to basics with Dr Chris Thorogood as he educates us on plant roots and how we can best protect them.

Producer: Bethany Hocken

Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod

Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for 91热爆 Radio 4

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42 minutes

Plant List

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

Q 鈥 How can I make my five-year-old goji berry shrub look pretty?

(00鈥51鈥)

Q 鈥 I grow Florence Fennel in my garden - How far from other plants does it need to be? and does it cause any significant problems to crops around it?听(03鈥20鈥)听

Q 鈥 What鈥檚 causing the leaves of my Fatsia Japonica to turn yellow and die?听(05鈥38鈥)

Q 鈥 I have a variegated laurel bush that attracts lot of flies 鈥 what could I replace it with that will give all round year interest?听(09鈥48鈥)

Chris Beardshaw 鈥

Magnolias

Magnolia Felix

Magnolia听脳听soulangeana, saucer magnolia

Clematis

Clematisalpina, austrian clematis

Clematismacropetala听(d鈥), downy clematis

Rosa glauca听Pourr, rose rubrifolia (shrub鈥)

Edgeworthia chrysantha, paperbush

Christine Walkden 鈥

Daphnes

Elaeagnus

Chimonanthuspraecox, wintersweet

Lathyrus odoratus, sweet peas

Eccremocarpus

Eccremocarpusscaber, chilean glory flower

Cobaeascandens, cup and saucer vine

Edgeworthiachrysantha听'Red Dragon', paperbush 'Red Dragon'

Bob Flowerdew

Daphneodora听'Aureomarginata' (v鈥), gold-edged winter daphne

Daphne听脳听burkwoodii, burkwood daphne

Feature: Botany Basics with Chris Thorogood 鈥 Chris teaches us about plant roots (18鈥42鈥)

Q 鈥 Of all your gardening successes, which was the best or most fun and why?

(26鈥05鈥)

Q 鈥 How do I encourage my fig tree to grow sweet tasting and nice sized figs? (29鈥48鈥)

Q 鈥 What do the panel feel over those past 30 years have been the key changes in gardening trends?听(35鈥04鈥)

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