Episode 140: Diva Week!

It's Diva Week! I'm bringing you expert advice on how to care for five demanding houseplants, broken down into bite-sized episodes every weekday. Today’s plant is the polka dot Begonia.

Foliage houseplantsJane PerroneMay 15, 2020Cissus discolor, ferns, Begonia, Ficus lyrata, Alocasia, AroidsComment

Episode 139: Wolfie, and a potting shed soundscape

Want to know more about On The Ledge mascot Wolfie? Your wait is over. Plus I chat to orchid expert Manos Kanellos to answer a Dendrobium question, we hear form listener Gabby and you can hear me pottering in my shed in a new soundscape.

Jane PerroneMay 8, 2020soundscape, Wolfie, orchidsComment

Episode 138: Aspidistra, aka the cast iron plant

I talk to Philip Oostenbrink about his National Collection of Aspidistras and answer a question about watering snake plants, and we hear from listener Roos.

Foliage houseplantsJane PerroneMay 1, 2020Aspidistra, SansevieriaComment

Episode 137: Maria Failla of Bloom and Grow Radio

I chat to fellow houseplant podcaster Maria Failla about life under lockdown and how her podcast Bloom & Grow Radio began, plus I answer a question about the begonia vine, Cissus discolor.

Jane PerroneApril 24, 2020planty podcastsComment

Midweek bonus 5: I Love My Plants

I answer a question about buying houseplants from big box stores, we meet listener Lynne and we hear a song about plants from Mark Truesdell.

Jane PerroneApril 22, 2020midweek bonusComment

Episode 136: Clivias

Steve Hickman joins me to talk about a flowering houseplant that deserves more attention: Clivia miniata. And in Meet The Listener, we hear from Rose.

Flowering houseplantsJane PerroneApril 17, 2020CliviasComment

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