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On The Ledge — 219 episodes
What happens when you add animals to a terrarium?
Episode 326: Planning your dream greenhouse
Episode 325: Five things I'd do today to help your houseplants
Episode 324: A letter to my 12-year-old houseplant self
Episode 323: So you've been given a miniature rose... here's how to save it!
Episode 322: Hop in the terrarium time machine… we're going back to the sixties!
Episode 321: Peperomia variegation, a top-heavy Homalomena and a fern called Judy
Episode 320: Houseplants that give me the ick
OTL reloaded - my top tips on how to give your houseplants a holiday outside this summer
OTL reloaded: Aroids with Dr Peter Boyce
OTL reloaded: Weird Plants by Chris Thorogood
Episode 319: Under glass at London's Chelsea Physic Garden: a journey through 353 years of botanical history
Episode 318: How to use propagation to save your plants from disaster
Episode 317: Anthurium Breeding Insights and more with Dr. Jeff Block
Episode 316: Deadly nightshade - as a houseplant?!
Episode 315: The houseplants that stole the show at Chelsea 2026
Episode 314: Becoming a fulfilled plant person with Sydney Plant Guy
Episode 313: Getting our hands dirty with terrariums - goo and begonias under glass with The Begonia Ladies
Episode 312: My houseplant hot takes - and they get increasingly unhinged
Episode 311: Teeny Tiny Terrarium Plants - I choose my top five
Episode 310: OTL sowalong - pollinating and growing Anthuriums from seed with The Plant Parlour
Episode 309: Whimsical houseplants
Episode 308: A sowalong quick-start, hairy Philodendrons and why your Calathea is miserable
Episode 307: pickle plants
OTL reloaded: leaf shine and cleaning leaves
Episode 306 part seven: the laughing man
Episode 306 part six: my recommendations for spooky stuff
Episode 306 part five: the pea that's a biological weapon
Episode 306 part four: treacherous remission
Episode 306 part three: WIN a copy of The Atlas of Deadly Plants
Episode 306 part two: a toxic tree, the European yew
Episode 306 part one: Introducing The Atlas of Deadly Plants
Episode 305: Pots and drainage - does a layer of stones help?
Episode 304: A life update (RIP Wolfie) plus a preview of my new podcast, Scribehound Gardening's Deep Dive
Episode 303: Late Night On The Ledge - Worcester Terrariums aka Ben Newell
Episode 302: Late Night On The Ledge - plants and tattoos with Dr Matt Lodder
Episode 301: Late Night On The Ledge - Hilton Carter
Episode 300: Late Night On The Ledge - spilling the tea with Sarah and Tea
Episode 299: Ottershaw Cacti and growlights for venus flytraps
Episode 298: Monstera 'Thai Constellation' - a deep dive with Pretty in Green
Episode 297: passion flowers as houseplants
Episode 296: live podcast recording with Worcester Terrariums and the Bearded Plantaholic
Episode 295: Houseplant Studios at the Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Episode 294: cheap or free houseplant care kit essentials
Episode 293: why seeds matter with Jennifer Jewell, author of book What We Sow
Episode 292: Lithops and other succulents with Tony Irons
Episode 291: rescuing cacti and succulents with Mint Plants
Episode 290: OTL sowalong part two - where to start growing houseplants from seed
Episode 289: launching the OTL sowalong, plus Anthuriums without cabinets
Episode 288: air plant chat and how to grow a pineapple plant
Episode 287: light and light meters with House Plant Journal
Episode 286: fungus gnats revisited
Episode 285: A Jungle In Your Living Room - getting children into houseplants
Episode 284: Buying aspidistras, the price of aglaonemas, choosing plants for a front room and potting mix packaging
Episode 283: The Cactus Hunters
Episode 282: your venus flytrap and why it died: an extract from Legends of the Leaf
Episode 281, part 10: Begonia 'Silver Jewel' plus begonia care tips
Episode 281, part 9: Begonia 'Thurstonii'
Episode 281, part 8: the fierce begonia
Episode 281, part 7: the sun-changing begonia
Episode 281, part 6: the super hairy begonia
Episode 281, part 5: the beefsteak begonia
Episode 281, part 4: Begonia 'Lucerna'
Episode 281, part 3: iron cross begonia
Episode 281, part 2: polkadot begonia
Episode 281, part 1: introducing my top ten Begonias
Episode 280: Citrus and other fruit to grow as houseplants
Episode 279: Staking moth orchids (Phalaenopsis)
Episode 278: Gardening is Murder with Marta McDowell
Episode 277: growing in leca with The Leca Queen
Episode 276: The Rare Plant Scout
Episode 275: tissue culture with Plants In Jars
Episode 274: the black olive/shady lady/Bucida buceras tree
Episode 273: the hidden world of mosses
Episode 272: RHS plant trials and AGMs
Episode 271: Farmer Nick
Episode 270: carnivorous plants in the greenhouse
Episode 269: How plants can save your life
Episode 268: spiders and houseplants
Episode 267: container food growing
Episode 266: the Chelsea flower show 2023
Episode 265: gold veined oxalis (Oxalis debilis 'Aureoreticulata')
Episode 264: a sowalong update - plus what's inside your seeds
Episode 263: Legends of the Leaf illustrator Helen Entwisle
Episode 262: hear an extract of Legends of the Leaf
Episode 261: Not Another Jungle with Tony Le-Britton
Episode 260: repotting houseplants
Episode 259: Succulentomania - illustrations from an eighteenth century botanical treasury
Episode 258: Q&A special
Episode 257: introducing the sowalong 2023, plus the sensitive plant
Episode 256: celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and their houseplants
Episode 255: A Deep Sea Dive into houseplants at RHS Wisley
Episode 254: an update on peat-free houseplants
Epsiode 253: succulents and staghorn ferns
Episode 252: houseplant pot hacks
Episode 251: mycorrhizal fungi and houseplants
Episode 250: Hoyas with Betsy Begonia
Bonus episode: old houseplants (from the OTL archive)
Episode 249: The Allotment Keeper's Handbook
Episode 248: 31 fascinating facts about houseplants
Episode 247: choosing a greenhouse
Episode 246: Jade Murray talks about her new book, plus a wick watering Q&A
Episode 245: houseplant botany with Dr Scott Zona
Episode 244: visiting the National Collection of Hoyas
Episode 243: root mealybugs
Episode 242: a look at Pilea - beyond the Chinese money plant
Episode 241: the paintbrush plant, Haemanthus albiflos
Episode 240: slipper orchids, and why you need to join an orchid society
Episode 239: what to do with a dead houseplant
Episode 238: Dendrobium orchids and more with Kevin Wigley
Episode 237: Aeoniums
Episode 236: Three houseplants for cold rooms
Episode 235: Mangave
Episode 234: Flowering houseplants
Episode 233: leaf botany part seven - photosynthesis explained
Episode 232: talking cacti at the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
Episode 231: Growing Marantas and Alocasias in California
Episode 230: Big Cactus Rescue
Episode 229: are these houseplants extinct indoors?
Episode 228: Houseplant books with Maria Failla
Episode 227: houseplants and sustainability part four - Harriets Plants
Episode 226: Q&A special
Episode 225: Sinningia
Episode 224: the Chelsea flower show 2022
Episode 223: Tradescantia with Avery Rowe
Episode 222: 'new' plant chat with Memo C
Episode 221: cacti and succulents with BCSS chairman Greg Bulmer
Episode 220: Fittonia, the nerve plant
Episode 219: raid the recycling and help your houseplants
Episode 218: painting houseplants, with Aaron Apsley
Episode 217: the Barbican Conservatory
Episode 216: houseplant gift baskets
Episode 215: soil science part two
Episode 214: soil science part one
Episode 213: three quick jobs to help your houseplants
Episode 212: back to basics - houseplant watering
Episode 211: Alocasias
Episode 210: sowalong 2022 - cacti and succulents from seed
Episode 209: Anthuriums
Episode 208: houseplants of the past
Episode 208: houseplants of the past
Episode 207: festive plants Q&A
Episode 206: cactus talk with Ulrich Haage
Episode 205: LECA (expanded clay pebbles)
Episode 204: thrips
Episode 203: a visit to the Millennium Seed Bank
Episode 202: jewel orchids
Episode 201: Q&A special
Midweek bonus 6: a botanical family quiz
Episode 200: what's changed since February 2017
Episode 199: indoor bonsai with @bonsai_raff
Episode 198: Lechuza Pon
Episode 197: tiny plants
Episode 196: houseplants at the Chelsea Flower Show 2021
Episode 195: bringing houseplants into prisons with The Glasshouse - plus a look at lucky bamboo
Episode 194: clear pots - the pros and cons
Episode 193: aroids with Peter Boyce
Episode 192: houseplants and mental health
Episode 191: A visit to aroid addict Tony Le-Britton, aka @notanotherjungle
Episode 190: Jane's five rules for houseplant care, plus the lowdown on aphids
Episode 189: moving houseplants outside for a summer holiday
Episode 188: getting started with terrariums
Episode 187: snake plants aka Sansevieria
Episode 186: rescuing plants with Sarah Gerrard-Jones
Episode 185: the silver dollar vine, Xerosicyos danguyi
Episode 184: The Houseplant Expert by Dr David Hessayon - the book that launched my houseplant obsession
Episode 183: leaf botany part six - what do plants know, with Beronda Montgomery
Episode 182: Perrone's plant pet peeves
Episode 181: moth orchid rescue with Terry Richardson
Episode 180: Indonesian houseplant culture with Youtuber Onlyplants
Episode 179: citrus and more with HGTV's Marianne Canada
Episode 178: leaf botany part five - dormancy
Episode 177: biological controls part two
Episode 176: biological controls part one
Episode 175: Hoyas and more with Ellen Zachos
Episode 174: celebrating four years of On The Ledge
Episode 173: plants behind glass at Hidcote
Episode 172: your sowalong questions answered
Episode 171: humidity
Episode 170: sowalong and plant chat
Episode 169: cactus and succulent poaching - what you need to know
Bonus festive episode: Jane reads A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Episode 168 addendum: On The Ledge quiz answers
Episode 168: a planty quiz, plus Aloe vera advice
Episode 167: springtails and swiss cheese plants
Episode 166: IKEA greenhouse cabinets
Episode 165: A look at leaf shine products, and how to clean leaves
Episode 164: plants and poses with Travis Cooper
Episode 163: behind the scenes at On The Ledge
Episode 162: Codiaeum variegatum aka croton
Episode 161: tissue culture explained
Episode 160: leaf botany part four - pigments
Episode 159: My Life in Plants with illustrator Katie Vaz
Episode 158: an A to Z of potting mix ingredients, part three
Episode 157: an A to Z of potting mix ingredients part two
Midweek bonus 6: Legends of the Leaf campaign launch
Episode 156: an A to Z of potting mix ingredients, part one
Episode 155: your listener questions
Episode 154: the price of rare plants
Episode 153: Claire Ratinon on growing food in small spaces, and racism in horticulture
Episode 152: leaf botany part three - silicon
Episode 151: the relaxation episode
Episode 150: Introducing the On The Ledge manifesto
Episode 149: terrarium tips and National Collections
Episode 148: leaf botany part two - CAM and guttation explained
Episode 147: identifying houseplants
Episode 146: helping houseplants cope with a heatwave, plus a Hoya question
Episode 145: Tyler Thrasher
Episode 144: underrated houseplants
Episode 143: mealybugs
Episode 142: leaf botany part one - shape
Episode 141: Alice Vincent
Episode 140: Diva Week part five - Alocasia 'Polly'
Episode 140: Diva Week part four - Begonia maculata 'Wightii' aka polka dot plant
Episode 140: Diva Week part three - maidenhair ferns
Episode 140: Diva Week part two - Cissus discolor aka begonia vine
Episode 140: Diva Week part one - fiddle leaf fig
Episode 139: Wolfie, and a potting shed soundscape
Episode 138: Aspidistra, aka the cast iron plant