Hi everybody, this is Joe Lample, the Joe behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner

show.

Today I'm speaking once again to UK-based houseplant expert Jane Perrone.

We've had her as a guest before in episode 178 with a focus on selecting and caring for

houseplants.

Well, since then, she's been hard at work on her newly released book, Legends of the

Leaf, Unirthing the Secrets to Help Your Plants Thrive.

I am here to tell you, even if growing houseplants is not your primary interest when it comes

to gardening, or even if you've just grown up with someone in your circle who had a house

planner to, stuck in a corner and left for dead, but it never died.

But those memories still live on with you, as they do with me, you are going to relate

to this podcast in a fun and nostalgic way.

This book brought back so many fun memories of many of the plants that Jane features

in her book, or perhaps growing houseplants is not your greatest gardening skill.

This book will help a lot with that too.

Jane Perrone has done a fantastic job researching the history of many of the most classic

houseplants, such as cast iron plant, Venus flytrap, Sansaveria, also known as snake plant,

and another name that is not very nice.

And another plant that is very popular today, Monstera, commonly known as the Swiss cheese

plant.

The history and stories on these iconic plants is fascinating, and I think you're really

going to enjoy this one.

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