This post is going to discuss the progress of my Snake Plant (Sansevieria Trifasciata var. Laurentii). I have two other varieties of sansevieria – the cylindrica and the hahnii which I will feature in a future post. The plant, which is also commonly referred to as ‘Mother-in-Law’s Tongue’, has a reputation as being an almost indestructible, easy…
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This post collates my photographs from my recent trip to Bordeaux – I snapped quite a few ‘plants in shops’ images that I posted on Instagram whilst I was away (my Instagram is ‘_houseplanthouse’). I wanted to use these photographs in a post so that I could write a little bit more about them and…
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Here are some photographs showing my Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana (also known as ‘Flaming Katy’). I’ve had this succulent for around two years and it’s kept its pretty pink flowers since it bloomed in spring, but they are just starting to wilt so will cut them back soon. When the plant has been pruned, move the plant into…
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Here is my collection of spider plants (chlorophytum comosum, also called airplane plants) that I’ve been growing over the last 2 years, after being given a baby plant from a lovely lady called Sarah. The main plant has been growing steadily over this time (photo below), although I think I put it in a pot that was slightly…
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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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For todays post I wanted to share the process of repotting a vintage plant that I’ve had in my family for over 30 years! The Victorian favourite also known as the ‘cast-iron-plant’ – the aspidistra is well known for being able to withstand neglect, and is extremely tolerant to lower levels of light. This plant…
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Here are some photographs showing the process of separating my jade plant [crassula ovata/ crassula argentea]. It was getting very cluttered and I didn’t want to move it into a larger container, so I decided to separate the plant instead. For the smaller divisions, I used two terracotta pots… taking inspiration from the & Other Stories aesthetic I…
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Last week I took some photographs whilst shopping in & Other Stories to showcase their impressive plant display in their Regent Street store. It’s one of my favourite shops and I always like to see how the variety of plants are ‘curated’… I actually enjoy looking at the plants as much as the clothes! What I like most…
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I‘d like to introduce my Monstera (Swiss Cheese Plant) which lives in my front room, that I bought one rainy October evening last year for five pounds…an absolute bargain! I had to drive home with it taking up all of the passenger seat of my MINI! I found this lovely mid-century style taupe glazed plant…
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Welcome to HOUSEPLANTHOUSE, a site created to document and share my love of houseplants. Living in a flat with very little outside space, I started finding ways to bring plants into my home. Aside from keeping a small herb ‘garden’ on my balcony, I found myself forming a collection of indoor plants that have slowly…
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