On The Ledge

When it's unusually hot, you may feel the strain: your houseplants can struggle too. I offer up some tips to help your plants cope with a heatwave, and Doug Chamberlain of Vermont Hoyas joins me to an...

26 Jun 202031min

Tyler Thrasher is the host of podcast Greenhouse Rants and a brilliant polymath who breeds succulents, has designed and crowdfunded his own plant journal and much, much more. He joins me to talk about...

19 Jun 20201h 7min

If you enjoy a blast from the past, you'll like this week's profiled plants: three species that were once ubiquitous but have been inexplicably ignored in the current houseplant revolution: the piggyb...

12 Jun 202031min

Mealybugs are one of the most common and hard-to-treat pests you'll encounter as a houseplant grower, so it's high time we devoted a whole episode to these furry terrors! I interview entomologist Dr R...

5 Jun 202041min

Ever wondered why the leaves of your houseplants are different in shape? Professor Enrico Coen of the John Innes Centre joins to me to explain. I co-opt Stephen of the Plant Daddy podcast to help me a...

29 Mai 202041min

Alice Vincent (@noughticulture on Instagram) joins me to talk about two new planty projects: her book Rootbound, and an audio guide to sowing seeds - both perfect lockdown reading and listening materi...

22 Mai 202041min

In the final instalment of Diva Week Mireia of Instagram account @borngardening joins me to discuss Alocasia 'Polly'. For full show notes visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2020/5/15/episo...

21 Mai 202016min

Today's diva plant is Begonia maculata 'Wightii', the polka dot begonia: Daniel Minton of Instagram account @minstera_ offers up some expert care tips on how to keep it looking lush. For full show not...

20 Mai 202021min