Perhaps the most prized plant in my collection at home is my big monstera, I say big (I call her ‘big one’) as I have a little one too (which goes by that name, inventive I know!) ‘Big one’ is one of the oldest plants of mine and I grew it from a small plant,…
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As tulip season fades on my balcony garden, I have been mesmerised by capturing their wilting beauty as they crinkle up into abstract forms quite far removed removed from their former glory. As the petals separate to reveal their often concealed inner structure, the once solid forms of colour have now become detached and open…
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This year I decided to branch out from just planting my ‘usual’ bulbs on the balcony and plant some different indoor (in the UK climate at least!) bulbs too. On my balcony, I plant the obligatory tulips and daffodils annually, refresh my oxalis tubers and try some other bits and bobs. Lavender, peonies, and lots…
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After posting a photo of my manjula pothos on instagram yesterday (above), I thought it would be helpful to share some identification help and care tips for this interesting and increasingly popular species. I hadn’t quite realised how many types of pothos I had until I started putting together this post; a classic sign of…
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Back in October I wrote a blog post on oxalis dormancy care, as for many, the process of plants going into hibernation for the winter can be quite alarming if you are unprepared or unaware (as I was a few years ago!). I wanted to follow up this post with a quick visual update on…
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Following on from my Instagram post last week about sharing plants with friends, I wanted to share with you a little tour of my ‘plant-swapped’ plant collection. As I mentioned in my post above, there’s something so special about sharing plants and/or cuttings that have belonged to plants of yours, or those of friends. Each…
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I’m breaking my first rule writing this, by sitting in bed with my laptop. I try not to write in my bedroom but of course there can always be exceptions to rules. Drinking my tea earlier I found myself completely transfixed by the view outside my window. I live in a second floor apartment, which…
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For today’s post I wanted to share some tips for caring for your houseplants over winter. Here at HPH HQ, we are in the midst of winter (I’m based in the UK) and some of the annual occurrences have begun; the death of my parlour palm in my bathroom in the space of two weeks…
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You’ll know if you have followed me for a while that plants are not my one single ‘passion project’…they have always had to partner up with interiors and my love of design. For this post I wanted to have a bit of a chat about the process of photographing for Instagram and some of my…
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