Let’s talk about one of the less glamorous sides of ‘houseplant care’ – pests. Unless you have been extremely lucky, you will probably have come across bugs in some form or another. The reality of keeping quite a lot of plants means this can be an issue sometimes. Things had been running pretty smoothly in…
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Here’s something a bit different for today’s post in this ‘get to know… series’, which if you are a regular reader, you will know that I usually feature independent plant sellers. Instead, I wanted to share a website that has been set up my friends and I, otherwise known as ‘The Real Houseplants of Instagram’…
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Hi, I’m Laura and I’m an #aspidistraaddict. For those of you who have read HPH for a while now, it will be no surprise to you that I have a bit of a ‘thing’ for aspidistra. I currently have four in my collection and recommend them to everyone as I think they are extremely underrated…
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I‘ve been putting this post together over a couple of months and thought it would make an interesting and hopefully useful piece to celebrate Earth Day, which falls on Sunday 22nd April (today) and is all about raising awareness about recycling, with a view to end plastic pollution. Coming from an arts background, I have…
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TODAY’S POST IS THE THIRD INSTALMENT OF MY ‘GET TO KNOW’ SERIES ON HPH, WHERE I CHAT TO INDEPENDENT PLANT SELLERS TO GET TO KNOW THEM (AND THEIR BUSINESSES) A LITTLE BETTER. I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT AS HOUSEPLANT COLLECTIONS GROW AND INTERESTS GET FUELLED, MANY PLANT ENTHUSIASTS TEND TO LOOK FOR MORE SPECIALISED…
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Here is the final part of the book collection …be sure to check out the other two posts if you haven’t already! This last part focuses a little on the ‘trendy/coffee table’ style house plant books that are currently doing the rounds. Whilst I prefer a vintage gem filled with lots of detailed information, if…
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Here’s part two of my houseplant book collection… If you missed part one you can read the introduction over there! Part Three will be up on Friday. SUCCESS WITH HOUSE PLANTS // Reader’s Digest I’m going to go ahead and declare from the start that I LOVE this book. It’s pretty old but I managed…
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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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TODAY’S POST IS THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF MY ‘GET TO KNOW’ SERIES ON HPH, WHERE I CHAT TO INDEPENDENT PLANT SELLERS TO GET TO KNOW THEM (AND THEIR BUSINESSES) A LITTLE BETTER. I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT AS HOUSEPLANT COLLECTIONS GROW AND INTERESTS GET FUELLED, MANY PLANT ENTHUSIASTS TEND TO LOOK FOR MORE SPECIALISED…
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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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