The questions I get asked most frequently are surprisingly enough… ‘what plant have I just bought?’ followed closely by… ‘how do I look after this plant?!’ Sensing the despair in my readers’ questions, I think that the best way to address this common problem is to take things back to basics. Lets talk about BOOKS.…
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This week has seen a gardening paraphernalia explosion at Flying Tiger stores as we gear up for Spring. Whilst being pretty well known for their kitsch home decor, some gems can definitely be found here. For example, the general purpose pots I bought at the end of last year were from here and they look…
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For today’s post, I wanted to show some very recent gardening related discoveries I made in ALDI on Monday. I wanted to share this as soon as possible because you should probably act fast if there is something you have your eye on, as stock doesn’t hang around very long! Over the last few years, ALDI…
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Today’s post is all about plant styling, more specifically, interior styling with terracotta. As I highlighted in my 2018 Trend Report, indoor use of terracotta is increasing in popularity once again, which I would cite as being related to the retro cool mid century modern aesthetic. Whilst the minimal ‘clean’ monochrome style of recent years…
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With Spring just around the corner, stores are rolling out this years’ selection of bulbs, seeds, garden plants and of course, houseplants. As I touched upon in my previous post, this year, supermarkets are really tapping into the increasing demand for houseplants, and February has seen selections improve across a variety of retailers. Above: TESCO…
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This is a really exciting post for me to share because it features my first online plant order. I’ve always been a garden centre shopper (because I’m fussy) and love the process of going out, hunting down the plants …then deliberating which one I will be taking home with me! However, after doing a bit…
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_houseplanthouse× PLEASE LIKE + SHARE × This post acts as a petition to get @instagram to create a watering can emoji, for all our plant loving community here on IG! If you want one to be created then please like + share this image on the @_houseplanthouse page! ✨💦 🌿 A bit of fun last…
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This houseplant is one that I like to call an ‘indoor/outdoor’ plant because depending on the time of year, it occupies both of these spaces… at winter it lives in my kitchen, but come Spring it sits on my balcony until late Autumn. It’s the oxalis triangularis, more commonly known as the false or purple shamrock,…
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