Birmingham

Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Wilson join gardeners in Birmingham for a horticultural Q&A. Eric Robson is the chair.

Guest presenter, Alys Fowler visits Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library and Matthew Biggs sings out for his Plant of the Moment: Viburnum bodnantense 'Dawn'.

Questions addressed in the programme:
Is there a definitive difference between a plant and weed?
Can I put manure on my veg. plots at this time of year? Once the veg. are growing when can I feed them? How strict should my veg. rotation be?
Last year, I lost a willow tree to Honeyfungus. Are we safe now or do we have to wait to plant anything again?
What advice do you have for naturalising bulbs in a dark, shaded woodland.
My trumpet vine did very little the last 6yrs. Last year, however, there was lots of growth and it flowered non-stop since August. How should I best prune it?
Why do the hips on my Rugosa Roses shrivel and die before changing colour?
Sawfly have attacked our Berberis and Gooseberry shrubs. What to do?
Am I wasting my time planting a winter mix of green manure?
How can I heat my greenhouse without using electricity.

Produced by Howard Shannon
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.