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Why have my magnolia leaves turned brown? How do I care for a tamarisk? Why is growing poppies so difficult? Kathy Clugston and a panel of gardeners have the answers.

Why have my magnolia leaves turned brown? How do I care for a tamarisk?  Why is growing poppies so difficult?

Kathy Clugston and the panel are in South Staffordshire offering their top gardening tips. Joining Kathy to share their best horticultural advice is plantswoman Christine Walkden,  RHS Bridgewater curator, Marcus Chilton-Jones and gardener Matthew Biggs.

Meanwhile James Wong visits the Carbon Garden at Kew Gardens to learn about the importance of carbon in our ecosystem, low emission gardening and carbon-resilient trees.

A Somethin' Else production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4

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42 minutes

On radio

Sunday 14:00

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Plant List

1 minute, 40 seconds

We have a red anthurium and the leaves are beginning to go blotchy yellow. It’s in a north-facing window at the top of our stairs. How should we ensure that it thrives? 

7 minutes, 2 seconds

We've got a jasmine at the front of our property that climbs around the door. Would the jasmine be able to cope being cut right back so we can get more growth at the bottom?

9 minutes, 35 seconds

 Why is growing poppies so difficult?

Matt Biggs—

Welsh poppy

Papaver rhoeas ‘Angel’s Choir’

Eschscholzia californica ‘California poppy’

Papaver somniferum ‘Opium poppy’

15 minutes, 59 seconds

 I have a wisteria planted from seed. How long will it be before it starts flowering?

Marcus Chilton-Jones—

Magnolia liliiflora 'Nigra'

24 minutes, 12 seconds

 I've got a Magnolia and I've got it in a large pot but the leaves have gone brown and black at the ends. Why?

30 minutes, 7 seconds

 We have a tamarisk shrub at home. What is the best way of caring for it?

Marcus Chilton-Jones—

Tamarix pentandra

34 minutes, 30 seconds

 I have two rhododendrons and the leaves are covered in a black substance that looked like soot. Why?

Marcus Chilton-Jones—

Beach

Sycamore

Oak

39 minutes, 24 seconds

 My brother gave us some Jerusalem artichokes last year. How do we deal with this invasive plant?

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