I talk to RHS Wisley curator Matthew Pottage about his passion for houseplants, his office plant collection, the controversial topic of variegation, and how the heck he managed to bag a rare Phalaenopsis orchid for £5 at a London department store.
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So, you've ended up with a home full of houseplants, but how do you display them best? I talk to interior designer Emilie Fournet about statement plants, why the fiddle leaf fig is so trendy and how to match pots with plants.
Read MoreWhen Alice Vincent asked me to take part in a panel discussion at the Garden Museum about houseplant trends past, present and future, I couldn't have been more excited, and when I heard my fellow speaker was Catherine Horwood I nearly bit her hand off. This week you can hear the discussion that took place.
Read MoreIt all started with a single fiddle leaf fig. Now Summer Rayne Oakes has hundreds of houseplants in her Brooklyn apartment, plus a chicken. Yes a chicken! I talk to Summer Rayne about how it all began, how to keep maidenhair ferns alive, the cool things you can grow in a vivarium, and why chickens and Calatheas don't mix in this week's show.
Read MoreJane Perrone talks to Mohamed Osman, who began to create an indoor jungle in his apartment in Cairo while recuperating from a heart attack.
Read MoreThe Maranta group, aka the prayer plants, all share an incredible plant superpower: they can open and shut their leaves. They're also one of THE houseplants of the moment, because they all have intricately patterned leaves that the current generation of houseplant fans just love. This is my rundown of the four clans of Maranta, plus I answer a question about a cactus with brown spots.
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