Episode 276: The Rare Plant Scout
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
I chat to Jazminn WIlliams aka The Rare Plant Scout about tracking down people’s precious wishlist plants, how to buy safely from overseas sellers, and how to make sure your plants arribe in great shape. Plus I answer a question about one of the world’s worst houseplants!
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| 0:29.6 | Music Welcome to On the Ledge, the podcast that puts houseplants under the spotlight, |
| 0:50.4 | and only freaks out just a little bit when they turn out to have spider mites. |
| 0:59.1 | I am your host Jane Perrone and in this week's show, |
| 1:03.1 | I find out about a job that I think we'd all like to have. |
| 1:07.5 | That's Rare Plant Scouting. |
| 1:10.0 | I chat to Rare Plant Scout Jasmine Williams to find out more |
| 1:14.5 | and to get her top tips on how to avoid disaster when you buy plants from overseas. |
| 1:21.1 | Plus, I answer a question about what I consider to be the world's worst house plant. Hmm, intriguing. |
| 1:33.2 | My interview with Jasmine Williams, the rare plant scout coming up very shortly, but just |
| 1:38.9 | first to say something very important, which is my new thing. I can't exactly call it a book because it's not |
| 1:46.5 | quite a book. Houseplant gardener in a box is now out in the UK. It came out on the 11th of October |
| 1:54.7 | 23 and it's going to be available in North America from the 24th of October. So this is very exciting. |
| 2:03.4 | It's a set of 60 house plant cards. Each one has a gorgeous illustration and on the other side, |
| 2:10.1 | some text written by me with loads of nuggets of great information about how to take care of your |
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