Episode 324: A letter to my 12-year-old houseplant self
'Dear Jane ... it's Jane here, your own good self checking in from four decades in the future.' If you could talk to yourself when you first started growing houseplants, what would you say? For full s...
21 Aug 9min
Episode 323: So you've been given a miniature rose... here's how to save it!
How do you keep these tricksy plants alive indoors? With 100million+ mini roses sold every year, I am out to help save a few from the trash… and to tell you what plants to grow instead. For full show...
14 Aug 30min
Episode 322: Hop in the terrarium time machine… we're going back to the sixties!
Come with me to Broad Chalke in Wiltshire on a sunny summer's day in the early 1960s as we explore SIr Cecil Beaton's Winter Garden at his home Reddish House. Want to see images of the Winter Garde...
7 Aug 17min
Episode 321: Peperomia variegation, a top-heavy Homalomena and a fern called Judy
it's a Q&A special! I answer listener questions about the Terrarium Time Machine and its ferny inhabitant, why the watermelon Peperomia sports silvery marks and more. Timestamps 3:08 Judy, the fern ...
31 Juli 30min
Episode 320: Houseplants that give me the ick
I love houseplants, but I draw the line at these three. Find out which houseplants I really can't stand, and why! For full show notes visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/houseplant-ick Supp...
17 Juli 28min
OTL reloaded: Aroids with Dr Peter Boyce
This episode is a gem from the On The Ledge archive, first published in 2021. Aroid expert Peter Boyce joins me to discuss the newly-formed European Aroid Society, exciting new developments in the wor...
3 Juli 56min
OTL reloaded: Weird Plants by Chris Thorogood
I'm taking a break until July 17 but while I am gone, I am bringing you three gems from the On The Ledge archive. The first is episode 71, first published way back in 2018, all about some of the odder...
26 Juni 43min
