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Helping houseplants cope with a heatwave, plus a Hoya question
Episode 146
When it's unusually hot, you may feel the strain: your houseplants can struggle too. I offer up some tips to help your plants cope with a heatwave, a…
6 years, 4 months ago
Tyler Thrasher
Episode 145
Tyler Thrasher is the host of podcast Greenhouse Rants and a brilliant polymath who breeds succulents, has designed and crowdfunded his own plant jou…
6 years, 4 months ago
Underrated houseplants
Episode 144
If you enjoy a blast from the past, you'll like this week's profiled plants: three species that were once ubiquitous but have been inexplicably ignor…
6 years, 4 months ago
Mealybugs
Episode 143
Mealybugs are one of the most common and hard-to-treat pests you'll encounter as a houseplant grower, so it's high time we devoted a whole episode to…
6 years, 4 months ago
Leaf botany part one - shape
Episode 142
Ever wondered why the leaves of your houseplants are different in shape? Professor Enrico Coen of the John Innes Centre joins to me to explain. I co-…
6 years, 5 months ago
Alice Vincent
Episode 141
Alice Vincent (@noughticulture on Instagram) joins me to talk about two new planty projects: her book Rootbound, and an audio guide to sowing seeds -…
6 years, 5 months ago
Diva Week part five - Alocasia 'Polly'
In the final instalment of Diva Week Mireia of Instagram account @borngardening joins me to discuss Alocasia 'Polly'.
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6 years, 5 months ago
Diva Week part four - Begonia maculata 'Wightii' aka polka dot plant
Today's diva plant is Begonia maculata 'Wightii', the polka dot begonia: Daniel Minton of Instagram account @minstera_ offers up some expert care tip…
6 years, 5 months ago
Diva Week part three - maidenhair ferns
Maidenhair fern, from the genus Adiantum, are some of the biggest divas of the houseplant world. Matthew from Plant Daddy Podcast joins me to find ou…
6 years, 5 months ago
Diva Week part two - Cissus discolor aka begonia vine
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. Tod…
6 years, 5 months ago