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The houseplant podcast

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.

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Episode 248: 31 fascinating facts about houseplants
Episode 248: 31 fascinating facts about houseplants

Jane Perrone offers up a collation of random houseplant facts, one for each day of the month.

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Jane PerroneDecember 13, 2022 Comments
Episode 247: planning a greenhouse
Episode 247: planning a greenhouse

Planning your dream greenhouse? I get top tips and advice from houseplant expert Raffaelle Di Lallo and Emma O'Neill from Garden Organic. 

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Growing under glassJane PerroneDecember 9, 2022Comment
Episode 246: Jade Murray talks about her new book, plus a wick watering Q&A
Episode 246: Jade Murray talks about her new book, plus a wick watering Q&A

I interview UK houseplant enthusiast Jade Murray about her new book The Indoor Garden, answer a question about wick watering and we meet listener Dorian.

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Jane PerroneDecember 2, 2022watering, houseplant booksComment
Episode 245: houseplant botany with Dr Scott Zona
Episode 245: houseplant botany with Dr Scott Zona

Dr Scott Zona joins me to talk about his new book, a Gardener’s Guide to Botany, plus I get some feedback on Fluval Stratum.

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Houseplant scienceJane PerroneNovember 18, 2022leaf botany, propagationComment
Episode 244: visiting the National Collection of Hoyas
Episode 244: visiting the National Collection of Hoyas

I visit the National Collection of Hoyas and chat to its owner Felix Horne, and I answer a question about a languishing lime.

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Cacti & succulents, Flowering houseplantsJane PerroneNovember 17, 2022Hoya, CitrusComment
Episode 243: root mealybugs
Episode 243: root mealybugs

I find out how to spot and treat root mealybugs with entomologist Professor Raymond Cloyd, plus I answer a question about braided houseplants.

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Pests & diseasesJane PerroneNovember 11, 2022FicusComment
Episode 242: a look at Pilea - beyond the Chinese money plant
Episode 242: a look at Pilea - beyond the Chinese money plant

There is more to the genus Pilea than the Chinese money plant (Pilea peperomioides): I discuss some of my favourite species, including the artillery plant and the aluminium plant.

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Foliage houseplantsJane PerroneNovember 4, 2022PileaComment
Episode 241: the paintbrush plant, Haemanthus albiflos
Episode 241: the paintbrush plant, Haemanthus albiflos

This South African species is one of the plants I get asked to identify most often: so in this episode I give you the lowdown on this succulent

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Cacti & succulentsJane PerroneOctober 21, 2022Haemanthus Comments
Episode 240: slipper orchids and orchid societies
Episode 240: slipper orchids and orchid societies

I visit orchid grower Malcolm Moodie to find out about the slipper orchids of the genera Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium and why orchid societies need our support

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Flowering houseplantsJane PerroneOctober 14, 2022Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium, orchids, soil and compostComment
Episode 239: what to do with a dead houseplant
Episode 239: what to do with a dead houseplant

This week I explain how do you tell when a houseplant really is dead, and what to do with its remains; plus I answer a question about a Monstera with a split personality.

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Houseplant care basicsJane PerroneOctober 7, 2022MonsteraComment
Episode 238: Dendrobium orchids and more with Kevin Wigley
Episode 238: Dendrobium orchids and more with Kevin Wigley

I visit orchid grower Kevin Wigley to find out more about this fascinating family, including Dendrobiums, Coelogyne and Psychopsis.

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Flowering houseplantsJane PerroneSeptember 30, 2022Dendrobiums, orchidsComment
Episode 237: Aeoniums
Episode 237: Aeoniums

I find out about the genus of succulents known as Aeoniums with National Collection holder Mellie Lewis, and answer two Ficus questions.

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Cacti & succulentsJane PerroneSeptember 23, 2022Ficus Comment
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