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Q – If you could only include one item to improve the diversity of your garden. Would you go for a compost bin, a pond, or a water butt?

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Q –What native plants can the panel recommend to add colour and structure to the pond?

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Anne –

Utricularia, bladderwort

Pippa –

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Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, frogbit

Matthew –

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Aponogeton distachyos, water hawthorn

Q – I have recently refurbished a pond. Can I use top soil in it instead of expensive aquatic soil? Ìý

(08 minutes 38 seconds)

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Matthew –

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Iris

IrisÌýpseudacorus, yellow Iris

Pontederia cordata, pickerel weed

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Q – The water in my small garden pond is thick and green, and the pigeons leave an oily slick on it too. How can I clean it?

(12 minutes 44 seconds)

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Q – The liner of my 20-year-old pond has broken, what is the best method to save the current life in the pond, and some suggestions for plants in the new, larger and (hopefully) more biodiverse pond?

(16 minutes 50 seconds)

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Feature – Pippa Greenwood visits Exbury Gardens dragonfly pond to learn more about them.

(21 minutes 27 seconds)

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Q – I installed a pond about 3 years ago but I’m yet to attract much wildlife. Can anyone explain why?

(27 minutes 01 seconds)

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Q – Could you recommend a container for a small pond, and what could I grow in it?

(32 minutes 11 seconds)

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James –

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Colocasia esculenta, elephant ears

Canna 'Taney'

Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Helvola'

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Q – We’ve decided to build a bog garden. Should I put a liner into an already damp garden? We’d also like to bring in some colour to garden but what would the panel recommend?

(35 minutes 41 seconds)

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Bob –

Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flower

Brassica rapa Pekinensis Group, chinese cabbage

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James –

Tree fern

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Christine –

Lysichiton camtschatcensis, asian skunk cabbage

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