House of Lords

(4 minutes, 53 seconds)

Q–How do I keep my nails clean when gardening?

Chris–

Luffa

(7 minutes, 58 seconds)

Q–Which way should a turkey fig tree face to produce the most fruit?

(11 minutes, 40 seconds)

Q–I’m looking for a flowering shrub to plant in dry shade near a mimosa tree. What do the panel suggest?

Christine–

Physocarpus

Matthew–

Sarcococca

Euphorbia myrsinites

Mary Delaney rose

Chris–

Arum Italicum

Sophora 

(15 minutes, 12 seconds)

Q–I’m having no luck growing chillies from seed. What am I doing wrong?

Feature with Baroness Foux?

(23 minutes, 0 seconds)

Q–Does the panel have any suggestions for how to encourage owners of front gardens not to cover them in concrete?

(27 minutes, 17 seconds)

Q–How and when should I prune callicarpa ‘Profusion’?

(29 minutes, 53 seconds)

Q–I have a small north-west facing garden with two narrow raised beds. Which plants would the panel recommend to bring fragrance and colour?

Christine–

Jasminum nudiflorum

Matthew–

ophiopogon cheryingrum???

Dryopteris erythrosora

Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’

Hellebore

Chris–

Woodwardia

Fatsia tetrapana

Sarcococca ‘Winter box’

Osmanthus

(35 minutes, 59 seconds)

Q– My wife and I want to plant espalier fruit trees in our south-facing garden in Kent. What type of apricot, green gage and plum would do well in such conditions?

Christine–

Apricot ‘Tomcot’

(36 minutes, 26 seconds)

Q–We have an albertine rose that has been handed down to our family as cuttings. Do any of the panel have anything in their garden that’s been handed down?

Chris-

Taxus baccata, English yew

Matthew–

Narcissus ‘Cedric Morris’

Japanese anemone

Amelanchier

Pear tree

Christine–

Salix 'Boydii'