Want to learn how to really understand your plants and how to care for them? The journey starts here! Award-wining podcast host Jane Perrone guides you through the world of houseplant care with the help of a host of expert guests.
This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the RHS Urban Garden Show in London, with garden writer Alys Fowler and London-based horticulturist and garden designer Rob Stacewicz. Plus a question on how glass in windows and conservatories affects plant growth.
Read MoreIf you’ve listened to episode after episode of me talking about my plants, and have wondered exactly what my plant collection looks like, now is your chance! I offer up a tour of my kitchen and sun room plants, and answer a question about Adenium seed pods.
Read MoreI demonstrate how I get a plant ready to come inside, and talk to Norwegian houseplant collector Tommy Tonsberg about how he gets his plants through the long winter.
Read MoreI profile seven iconic trailing plants in bite-sized daily mini-episodes. From string of pearls to flame violet, find out how to look after these fascinating indoor beauties.
Read MoreI interview Rose Ray and Caro Langton of green interiors firm Ro Co to find out about their new book on propagation, Root, Nurture, Grow. And I answer a question about the purple shamrock plant.
Read MoreI find out how to look after moth orchids properly from watering to repotting, and take a visit to a British orchid nursery, to find out about the latest developments in orchid breeding. Plus, an extended Q&A with orchid expert Susanne Masters.
Read MoreHouseplant doctor Darryl Cheng explains why instructions to grow a plant in ‘bright indirect light’ don’t help growers, an we discuss the dangers of anthropomorphising plants. And a question about a Hoya that’s dropping flowers.
Read MoreI explore the wonderful world of palms with botanist Scott Zona, a Miami-based palm expert. Plus, a listener question about a cactus that's refusing to produce new prickles, answered with the help of British Cactus and Succulent Society president Colin Walker.
Read MoreColeus may be better known as outdoor bedding plants but they also make wonderful houseplants. Find out how to grow them with Kelly Norris of Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. Plus a question about an Abutilon that refuses to flower.
Read MoreLeslie Halleck, author of book Gardening Under Lights, explains what kind of light houseplants need and the options when it comes to choosing growlights for your plants. Plus a question about Venus flytraps.
Read MoreCarnivorous plants don't get more colourful, clever and downright dramatic than the tropical pitcher plants, aka Nepenthes. I chat to the founder of RedLeaf Exotics about why he loves these plants. And I offer a listener some suggestions on houseplanty places to visit in London.
Read MoreColin Walker, president of the British Cactus and Succulent Society, tells me about his favourite Aloes and Agaves and how to care for them. And a question about Alocasia ‘Dragon Scale’.
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