On The Ledge

By Jane Perrone

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Subscribers: 403
Reviews: 4
Episodes: 320

Chris
 Apr 25, 2022
lovely podcast about mostly houseplants! Thanks for making it Jane, assitant, Wolfie and your family by occasion.

Catherine
 May 19, 2021
Funny, informative and totally enjoyable.

Amanda G.
 Jul 29, 2020


 May 18, 2019

Description

On The Ledge is a podcast all about indoor gardening - helping you to grow everything from Aloe vera to the ZZ plant.  Presenter Jane Perrone has been nuts about houseplants since she was knee high to a Swiss cheese plant. She quizzes the experts, helps you find cool new stuff to grow and figures out how to fix your plant problems. For more information, email ontheledgepodcast@gmail.com or visit janeperrone.com.

Episode Date
Episode 288: air plant chat and how to grow a pineapple plant
Mar 13, 2024
Episode 287: light and light meters with House Plant Journal
Mar 01, 2024
Episode 286: fungus gnats revisited
Feb 16, 2024
Episode 285: A Jungle In Your Living Room - getting children into houseplants
Feb 02, 2024
Episode 284: Buying aspidistras, the price of aglaonemas, choosing plants for a front room and potting mix packaging
Jan 19, 2024
Episode 283: The Cactus Hunters
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 282: hear an extract from my book Legends of the Leaf on the venus flytrap
Dec 22, 2023
Episode 281, part 10: Begonia 'Silver Jewel' plus begonia care tips
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 281, part 9: Begonia 'Thurstonii'
Dec 14, 2023
Episode 281, part 8: the fierce begonia
Dec 08, 2023
Episode 281, part 7: the sun-changing begonia
Dec 05, 2023
Episode 281, part 6: the super hairy begonia
Dec 04, 2023
Episode 281, part 5: the beefsteak begonia
Dec 01, 2023
Episode 281, part 4: Begonia 'Lucerna'
Nov 30, 2023
Episode 281, part 3: iron cross begonia
Nov 29, 2023
Episode 281, part 2: polkadot begonia
Nov 28, 2023
Episode 281, part 1: introducing my top ten Begonias
Nov 27, 2023
Episode 280: Citrus and other fruit to grow as houseplants
Nov 24, 2023
Episode 279: Staking moth orchids (Phalaenopsis)
Nov 10, 2023
Episode 278: Gardening is Murder with Marta McDowell
Nov 03, 2023
Episode 277: growing in leca with The Leca Queen
Oct 27, 2023
Episode 276: The Rare Plant Scout
Oct 13, 2023
Episode 275: tissue culture with Plants In Jars
Sep 29, 2023
Episode 274: the black olive/shady lady/Bucida buceras tree
Sep 15, 2023
Episode 273: the hidden world of mosses
Sep 01, 2023
Episode 272: RHS plant trials and AGMs
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 271: Farmer Nick
Jul 28, 2023
Episode 270: carnivorous plants in the greenhouse
Jul 07, 2023
Episode 269: How plants can save your life
Jul 03, 2023
Episode 268: spiders and houseplants
Jun 19, 2023
Episode 267: container food growing
Jun 09, 2023
Episode 266: the Chelsea flower show 2023
May 26, 2023
Episode 265: gold veined oxalis (Oxalis debilis 'Aureoreticulata')
May 12, 2023
Episode 264: a sowalong update - plus what's inside your seeds
Apr 26, 2023
Episode 263: Legends of the Leaf illustrator Helen Entwisle
Apr 21, 2023
Episode 262: hear an extract of Legends of the Leaf
Apr 14, 2023
Episode 261: Not Another Jungle with Tony Le-Britton
Mar 31, 2023
Episode 260: repotting houseplants
Mar 24, 2023
Episode 259: Succulentomania - illustrations from an eighteenth century botanical treasury
Mar 16, 2023
Episode 258: Q&A special
Mar 10, 2023
Episode 257: introducing the sowalong 2023, plus the sensitive plant
Mar 03, 2023
Episode 256: celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and their houseplants
Feb 08, 2023
Episode 255: A Deep Sea Dive into houseplants at RHS Wisley
Feb 08, 2023
Episode 254: an update on peat-free houseplants
Feb 03, 2023
Epsiode 253: succulents and staghorn ferns
Jan 27, 2023
Episode 252: houseplant pot hacks
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 251: mycorrhizal fungi and houseplants
Jan 13, 2023
Episode 250: Hoyas with Betsy Begonia
Jan 06, 2023
Bonus episode: old houseplants (from the OTL archive)
Dec 30, 2022
Episode 249: The Allotment Keeper's Handbook
Dec 22, 2022
Episode 248: 31 fascinating facts about houseplants
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 247: choosing a greenhouse
Dec 09, 2022
Episode 246: Jade Murray talks about her new book, plus a wick watering Q&A
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 245: houseplant botany with Dr Scott Zona
Nov 24, 2022
Episode 244: visiting the National Collection of Hoyas
Nov 18, 2022
Episode 243: root mealybugs
Nov 11, 2022
Episode 242: a look at Pilea - beyond the Chinese money plant
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 241: the paintbrush plant, Haemanthus albiflos
Oct 21, 2022
Episode 240: slipper orchids, and why you need to join an orchid society
Oct 14, 2022
Episode 239: what to do with a dead houseplant
Oct 07, 2022
Episode 238: Dendrobium orchids and more with Kevin Wigley
Sep 30, 2022
Episode 237: Aeoniums
Sep 23, 2022
Episode 236: Three houseplants for cold rooms
Sep 16, 2022
Episode 235: Mangave
Sep 09, 2022
Episode 234: Flowering houseplants
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 233: leaf botany part seven - photosynthesis explained
Jul 29, 2022
Episode 232: talking cacti at the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 231: Growing Marantas and Alocasias in California
Jul 15, 2022
Episode 230: Big Cactus Rescue
Jul 07, 2022
Episode 229: are these houseplants extinct indoors?
Jun 30, 2022
Episode 228: Houseplant books with Maria Failla
Jun 24, 2022
Episode 227: houseplants and sustainability part four - Harriets Plants
Jun 17, 2022
Episode 226: Q&A special
Jun 10, 2022
Episode 225: Sinningia
Jun 03, 2022
Episode 224: the Chelsea flower show 2022
May 27, 2022
Episode 223: Tradescantia with Avery Rowe
May 20, 2022
Episode 222: 'new' plant chat with Memo C
May 13, 2022
Episode 221: cacti and succulents with BCSS chairman Greg Bulmer
May 06, 2022
Episode 220: Fittonia, the nerve plant
Apr 29, 2022
Episode 219: raid the recycling and help your houseplants
Apr 22, 2022
Episode 218: painting houseplants, with Aaron Apsley
Apr 15, 2022
Episode 217: the Barbican Conservatory
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 216: houseplant gift baskets
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 215: soil science part two
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 214: soil science part one
Mar 11, 2022
Episode 213: three quick jobs to help your houseplants
Mar 10, 2022
Episode 212: back to basics - houseplant watering
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 211: Alocasias
Feb 25, 2022
Episode 210: sowalong 2022 - cacti and succulents from seed
Feb 18, 2022
Episode 209: Anthuriums
Feb 11, 2022
Episode 208: houseplants of the past
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 208: houseplants of the past
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 207: festive plants Q&A
Dec 16, 2021
Episode 206: cactus talk with Ulrich Haage
Dec 09, 2021
Episode 205: LECA (expanded clay pebbles)
Dec 02, 2021
Episode 204: thrips
Nov 25, 2021
Episode 203: a visit to the Millennium Seed Bank
Nov 17, 2021
Episode 202: jewel orchids
Nov 10, 2021
Episode 201: Q&A special
Nov 01, 2021
Midweek bonus 6: a botanical family quiz
Oct 27, 2021
Episode 200: what's changed since February 2017
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 199: indoor bonsai with @bonsai_raff
Oct 12, 2021
Episode 198: Lechuza Pon
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 197: tiny plants
Oct 01, 2021
Episode 196: houseplants at the Chelsea Flower Show 2021
Sep 24, 2021
Episode 195: bringing houseplants into prisons with The Glasshouse - plus a look at lucky bamboo
Sep 17, 2021
Episode 194: clear pots - the pros and cons
Sep 10, 2021
Episode 193: aroids with Peter Boyce
Jul 23, 2021
Episode 192: houseplants and mental health
Jul 16, 2021
Episode 191: A visit to aroid addict Tony Le-Britton, aka @notanotherjungle
Jul 09, 2021
Episode 190: Jane's five rules for houseplant care, plus the lowdown on aphids
Jul 02, 2021
Episode 189: moving houseplants outside for a summer holiday
Jun 25, 2021
Episode 188: getting started with terrariums
Jun 18, 2021
Episode 187: snake plants aka Sansevieria
Jun 11, 2021
Episode 186: rescuing plants with Sarah Gerrard-Jones
May 28, 2021
Episode 185: the silver dollar vine, Xerosicyos danguyi
May 21, 2021
Episode 184: The Houseplant Expert by Dr David Hessayon - the book that launched my houseplant obsession
May 14, 2021
Episode 183: leaf botany part six - what do plants know, with Beronda Montgomery
May 07, 2021
Episode 182: Perrone's plant pet peeves
Apr 30, 2021
Episode 181: moth orchid rescue with Terry Richardson
Apr 23, 2021
Episode 180: Indonesian houseplant culture with Youtuber Onlyplants
Apr 16, 2021
Episode 179: citrus and more with HGTV’s Marianne Canada
Apr 09, 2021
Episode 178: leaf botany part five - dormancy
Mar 26, 2021
Episode 177: biological controls part two
Mar 18, 2021
Episode 176: biological controls part one
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 175: Hoyas and more with Ellen Zachos
Mar 05, 2021
Episode 174: celebrating four years of On The Ledge
Feb 25, 2021
Episode 173: plants behind glass at Hidcote
Feb 12, 2021
Episode 172: your sowalong questions answered
Feb 05, 2021
Episode 171: humidity
Jan 29, 2021
Episode 170: sowalong and plant chat
Jan 22, 2021
Episode 169: cactus and succulent poaching - what you need to know
Jan 16, 2021
Bonus festive episode: Jane reads A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Dec 24, 2020
Episode 168 addendum: On The Ledge quiz answers
Dec 19, 2020
Episode 168: a planty quiz, plus Aloe vera advice
Dec 18, 2020
Episode 167: springtails and swiss cheese plants
Dec 11, 2020
Episode 166: IKEA greenhouse cabinets
Dec 04, 2020
Episode 165: A look at leaf shine products, and how to clean leaves
Nov 27, 2020
Episode 164: plants and poses with Travis Cooper
Nov 20, 2020
Episode 163: behind the scenes at On The Ledge
Nov 13, 2020
Episode 162: Codiaeum variegatum aka croton
Nov 06, 2020
Episode 161: tissue culture explained
Oct 23, 2020
Episode 160: leaf botany part four - pigments
Oct 16, 2020
Episode 159: My Life in Plants with illustrator Katie Vaz
Oct 09, 2020
Episode 158: an A to Z of potting mix ingredients, part three
Oct 02, 2020
Episode 157: an A to Z of potting mix ingredients part two
Sep 25, 2020
Midweek bonus 6: Legends of the Leaf campaign launch
Sep 23, 2020
Episode 156: an A to Z of potting mix ingredients, part one
Sep 18, 2020
Episode 155: your listener questions
Sep 11, 2020
Episode 154: the price of rare plants
Sep 04, 2020
Episode 153: Claire Ratinon on growing food in small spaces, and racism in horticulture
Aug 28, 2020
Episode 152: leaf botany part three - silicon
Aug 21, 2020
Episode 151: the relaxation episode
Aug 14, 2020
Episode 150: Introducing the On The Ledge manifesto
Aug 07, 2020
Episode 149: terrarium tips and National Collections
Jul 17, 2020
Episode 148: leaf botany part two - CAM and guttation explained
Jul 10, 2020
Episode 147: identifying houseplants
Jul 03, 2020
Episode 146: helping houseplants cope with a heatwave, plus a Hoya question
Jun 26, 2020
Episode 145: Tyler Thrasher
Jun 19, 2020
Episode 144: underrated houseplants
Jun 12, 2020
Episode 143: mealybugs
Jun 05, 2020
Episode 142: leaf botany part one - shape
May 29, 2020
Episode 141: Alice Vincent
May 22, 2020
Episode 140: Diva Week part five - Alocasia 'Polly'
May 21, 2020
Episode 140: Diva Week part four - Begonia maculata ‘Wightii’ aka polka dot plant
May 20, 2020
Episode 140: Diva Week part three - maidenhair ferns
May 19, 2020
Episode 140: Diva Week part two - Cissus discolor aka begonia vine
May 16, 2020
Episode 140: Diva Week part one - fiddle leaf fig
May 15, 2020
Episode 139: Wolfie, and a potting shed soundscape
May 08, 2020
Episode 138: Aspidistra, aka the cast iron plant
May 01, 2020
Episode 137: Maria Failla of Bloom and Grow Radio
Apr 24, 2020
Midweek bonus 5: I Love My Plants
Apr 22, 2020
Episode 136: Clivias
Apr 17, 2020
Episode 135: Q&A special
Apr 10, 2020
Midweek bonus 4: BCSS by Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers
Apr 07, 2020
Episode 134: we want more plant emojis!
Apr 03, 2020
Midweek Bonus 3: let's hear it for the birds
Apr 01, 2020
Episode 133: a houseplant tour with Mercy Morris
Mar 27, 2020
Midweek bonus 2: keep on keeping on, Little Joe and a birdsong soundscape
Mar 25, 2020
Episode 132: Plant Tribe with the Urban Jungle Bloggers
Mar 20, 2020
Midweek bonus 1: how we're going to get through this...
Mar 18, 2020
Episode 131: OTL sowalong part three - inside the seed
Mar 13, 2020
Episode 130: OTL Sowalong part two - your questions
Mar 06, 2020
Episode 129: OTL Sowalong part one - growing ferns from spores
Feb 28, 2020
Episode 128: Monstera Mansion tour at RHS Wisley
Feb 14, 2020
Episode 127: sustainability part three - pots
Feb 07, 2020
Bonus episode: plant passports in the UK - what you need to know
Feb 04, 2020
Episode 126: houseplant takeover with the RHS Gardening podcast
Jan 31, 2020
Episode 125: what is biophilia?
Jan 24, 2020
Episode 124: plant health, herbs and sustainability with Maya Thomas
Jan 17, 2020
Episode 123: Jane's Hoya tour
Jan 10, 2020
Episode 122: Plant care soundscape (with added Wolfie)
Dec 26, 2019
Episode 121: Begonias part two
Dec 20, 2019
Episode 120: Begonias part one
Dec 13, 2019
Episode 119: how to give your houseplants a health check
Dec 06, 2019
Episode 118: surviving winter, with the Arctic Gardener
Nov 29, 2019
Episode 117: Euphorbias and other succulents
Nov 22, 2019
Episode 116: Hippeastrums (aka amaryllis)
Nov 08, 2019
Episode 115: living stones aka Lithops
Nov 01, 2019
Episode 114: houseplants and sustainability part two - the nursery trade
Oct 25, 2019
Episode 113: winterising your plants with the Plant Daddy Podcast
Oct 18, 2019
Episode 112: plant swaps
Oct 11, 2019
Episode 111: Cactusworld Live
Oct 04, 2019
Episode 110: Peperomias part two
Sep 27, 2019
Episode 109: Peperomias part one
Sep 20, 2019
Episode 108: Q&A special
Sep 13, 2019
Episode 107: Oxalis triangularis aka false shamrock
Sep 06, 2019
On The Ledge podcast trailer
Sep 03, 2019
Episode 106: ten commandments for houseplant care
Aug 09, 2019
Episode 105: five houseplants for beginners
Aug 02, 2019
Episode 104: strawberry saxifrage aka Saxifraga stolonifera
Jul 26, 2019
Episode 103: houseplants and sustainability part one - peat-free
Jul 19, 2019
Episode 102: spider mites
Jul 12, 2019
Episode 101: the spider plant (aka Chlorophytum comosum)
Jul 05, 2019
Episode 100: let's celebrate!
Jun 28, 2019
Episode 99: houseplants for low light
Jun 21, 2019
Episode 98: the science of plant propagation
Jun 14, 2019
Episode 97: indoor jungles with designer Martha Krempel
Jun 07, 2019
Episode 96: plants for bedrooms with Baylor Chapman
May 31, 2019
Episode 95: airplants, cacti and succulents at the Chelsea flower show 2019
May 24, 2019
Episode 94: carnivorous plants with Peter D'Amato (part two)
May 17, 2019
Episode 93: carnivorous plants with Peter D'Amato
May 10, 2019
Episode 92: Hilton Carter
May 03, 2019
Episode 91: growing herbs indoors
Apr 26, 2019
Episode 90: fertilisers for houseplants plus OTL sowalong part four
Apr 05, 2019
Episode 89: OTL houseplant sowalong part three
Mar 29, 2019
Episode 88: African violets with Annie Rieck plus #OTLsowalong part two
Mar 21, 2019
Episode 87: conservatory love with Ruth Kassinger, plus #OTLsowalong part one
Mar 15, 2019
Episode 86: houseplant styling with Rob Stacewicz
Mar 08, 2019
Episode 85: forest cacti part two - propagation, plus Rhipsalis, Lepismium and Hatiora
Mar 01, 2019
Episode 84: Forest cacti part one: Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving cacti
Feb 22, 2019
Episode 83: Scott Cain of @BoysWithPlants and @Tropicaloco
Feb 07, 2019
Episode 82: growing hoyas (aka the wax plant)
Feb 01, 2019
Episode 81: botanical Latin, explained
Jan 25, 2019
Episode 80: houseplant trends in China, Thailand and Japan with Michael Perry
Jan 18, 2019
Episode 79: houseplant gadgets, from hand lenses to hygrometers
Jan 11, 2019
Episode 78: houseplant hoarding
Jan 04, 2019
Episode 77: coral-coloured houseplants, festive care tips, and a look ahead to 2019
Dec 21, 2018
Episode 76: how to take great photos of your houseplants
Dec 15, 2018
Episode 75: do houseplants clean the air?
Dec 07, 2018
Episode 74: Aquascaping with George Farmer
Nov 30, 2018
Episode 73: Dutch houseplant adventures part two
Nov 23, 2018
Episode 72: Dutch houseplant adventures part one
Nov 16, 2018
Episode 71: Weird Plants by botanist Chris Thorogood
Nov 09, 2018
Episode 70: OTL at the RHS London Urban Garden Show
Nov 02, 2018
Episode 69: Jane Perrone's houseplant tour part two
Oct 19, 2018
Episode 68: preparing your houseplants for winter
Oct 12, 2018
Episode 67, part seven: Epiphyllum anguliger aka fishbone cactus
Oct 09, 2018
Episode 67, part six: Sedum morganianum aka burro's tail
Oct 08, 2018
Episode 67, part five: Peperomia prostrata
Oct 05, 2018
Episode 67, part four: Episcia cupreata aka flame violet
Oct 04, 2018
Episode 67, part three: Ceropegia woodii, aka string of hearts
Oct 03, 2018
Episode 67 part two: Hoya linearis
Oct 02, 2018
Episode 67 part one: Senecio rowleyanus aka string of pearls
Oct 01, 2018
Episode 66: houseplant propagation
Sep 28, 2018
Episode 65: moth orchids aka Phalaenopsis
Sep 21, 2018
Episode 64: Darryl Cheng aka House Plant Journal
Sep 14, 2018
Episode 63: Palms
Sep 07, 2018
Episode 62: Coleus
Aug 31, 2018
Episode 61: growlights with Leslie Halleck
Aug 24, 2018
Episode 60: Nepenthes with Domonick Gravine
Aug 03, 2018
Episode 59: Aloes, Agaves and other succulents with Colin Walker
Jul 27, 2018
Episode 58: indoor ferns
Jul 20, 2018
Episode 57: quick wins for indoor edibles
Jul 13, 2018
Episode 56: James Wong's houseplants - part two
Jul 06, 2018
Episode 55: James Wong's houseplants - part one
Jun 29, 2018
Episode 54: Streptocarpus and other Gesneriads
Jun 22, 2018
Episode 53: begonias, carnivorous plants and more with Mike Clifford
Jun 15, 2018
Episode 52: online houseplant buying tips and tricks
Jun 07, 2018
Episode 51: Matthew Biggs
Jun 01, 2018
Episode 50: the Chelsea Flower Show 2018
May 25, 2018
Episode 49: houseplants and Instagram with Kimberley Aston
May 18, 2018
Episode 48: the Temperate House at Kew Gardens
May 11, 2018
Episode 47: propagating succulents
May 04, 2018
Episode 46: Matthew Pottage
Apr 27, 2018
Episode 45: plants and interiors with Emilie Fournet
Apr 20, 2018
Episode 44: houseplant trends at the Garden Museum
Apr 13, 2018
Episode 43: Summer Rayne Oakes of Homestead Brooklyn
Apr 06, 2018
Episode 42: Behind the Seeds with Mohamed Osman
Mar 30, 2018
Episode 41: the Maranta group - Maranta, Calathea, Stromanthe and Ctenanthe
Mar 23, 2018
Episode 40: cats and houseplants
Mar 16, 2018
Episode 39: Matt Candeias, In Defense of Plants podcast
Mar 09, 2018
Episode 38: Perrone's kitchen houseplant tour
Mar 02, 2018
Episode 37: kokedama
Feb 23, 2018
Episode 36: houseplant sowalong special
Feb 16, 2018
Episode 35: hydroponics
Feb 09, 2018
Episode 34: Isabel Hardman
Feb 02, 2018
Episode 33: Q&A special
Jan 26, 2018
Episode 32: the venus flytrap
Jan 18, 2018
Episode 31: the Tradescantia group
Jan 12, 2018
Episode 30: New Year's Resolutions
Jan 05, 2018
Episode 29: Christmas houseplants
Dec 22, 2017
Episode 28: Lisa Eldred Steinkopf, the Houseplant Guru
Dec 15, 2017
Episode 27: Buying houseplants
Dec 08, 2017
Episode 26: Old houseplants
Dec 01, 2017
Episode 25: Watering
Nov 24, 2017
Episode 24: Prick cactus shop and Gynelle Leon
Nov 17, 2017
Episode 23: Mr Plant Geek, Michael Perry
Nov 10, 2017
Episode 22: Q&A special
Oct 19, 2017
Episode 21: Alys Fowler
Oct 13, 2017
Episode 20: Margaret Roach
Oct 07, 2017
Episode 19: fungus gnats
Sep 29, 2017
Episode 18: preparing succulents and cacti for winter
Sep 23, 2017
Episode seventeen: seeking Pilea peperomioides - the Chinese money plant
Sep 15, 2017
Episode sixteen: grow your own avocado plant
Sep 08, 2017
Episode fifteen: Cactus with Dan Torre
Sep 01, 2017
Episode fourteen: balcony gardening with Alice Vincent
Aug 03, 2017
Episode 13: James Wong
Jul 21, 2017
Episode 12: Robin Stockwell, the Succulent Guy
Jul 07, 2017
Episode eleven: plants for bathrooms, feat. Tillandsias
Jun 24, 2017
Episode 10: conservatories with Anne Wareham
Jun 13, 2017
Episode nine: Get Plants by Katherine Price
May 31, 2017
Episode 8: the Chelsea Flower Show 2017
May 23, 2017
Episode 7: growing chillies indoors
May 12, 2017
Episode 6: pots
Apr 28, 2017
Episode 5: how not to kill your houseplant with Veronica Peerless
Apr 06, 2017
Episode four: microgreens
Mar 29, 2017
Episode three: office plants
Mar 21, 2017
Episode two: Monstera deliciosa, the Swiss cheese plant
Mar 13, 2017
Episode one: terrariums
Feb 28, 2017