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Episode 62: Coleus
Episode 62
'Campfire' ... 'Spiced Curry' ... 'Alabama Sunset' ... 'Dipt in Wine' ... no, I am not reminiscing about my summer holiday, I am of course talking ab…
8 years, 1 month ago
Growlights with Leslie Halleck
Episode 61
Leslie Halleck's book Gardening Under Lights (published by Timber Press) is a really welcome book for those of us who haven't fully dipped our toes i…
8 years, 2 months ago
Episode 60: Nepenthes with Domonick Gravine
Episode 60
Carnivorous plants don't get more colourful, clever and downright dramatic than the tropical pitcher plants, aka Nepenthes.
Domonick Gravine, founder…
8 years, 2 months ago
Episode 59: Aloes, Agaves and other succulents with Colin Walker
Episode 59
Colin Walker has been growing succulents for 50 years, and he just happens to be the president of the British Cactus and Succulent Society. I intervi…
8 years, 2 months ago
Episode 58: indoor ferns
Episode 58
Ferns. Love them, hate them, want them to go away and stop taunting you with their crispy leaves? This week I am attempting to give serial fern kille…
8 years, 3 months ago
Quick wins for indoor edibles
Episode 57
I've come to a bit of a standstill this week: I don't know if it's the heatwave the UK has been going through, the pressure of making a weekly podcas…
8 years, 3 months ago
James Wong's houseplants - part two
Episode 56
I had so much fun and fascinating stuff to chat about with expert botanist and houseplant maverick James Wong that I am bringing you another chunk of…
8 years, 3 months ago
James Wong's houseplants - part one
Episode 55
British-Malaysian botanist James Wong is sparking a one-man houseplant revolution. With no outside space to garden, for the last 18 months James has …
8 years, 3 months ago
Streptocarpus and other Gesneriads
Episode 54
Regular listeners to On The Ledge podcast will have heard me waffle on many times about how much I love Streptocarpus. The name may be easily confuse…
8 years, 4 months ago
Begonias, carnivorous plants and more with Mike Clifford
Episode 53
Behind an unassuming bungalow near Poole in Dorset, Mike Clifford's garden may measure up to just 65ft long, but it's absolutely packed full of wonde…
8 years, 4 months ago