When it comes to small space gardening, a little bit of careful planning goes a long way in helping to get the most out of your space. At the end of one of my posts from last Autumn (‘In the garden September’) I mentioned that I’d been starting to think about some outdoor planting ideas…
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We are stepping outside for today’s post + talking about planting inspiration for small space gardening. This is the first instalment of a 2-part blogpost, in which I’ll be focusing on pots + planters. Next week in Part 2, I will be sharing my initial sketches for planting ideas if square footage is a little…
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Today’s post is a bit of a plant discovery story that started out as a photo I posted on my Instagram of a rogue pot of ‘ivy’ I have on my balcony. Labelled as ‘hedera helix’ when I bought it last year, this plant has been puzzling me with its upright growth habit and larger-than-your-average-ivy…
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If you’ve read my blog for a while, you’ll know that probably the staple in my balcony garden is my oxalis triangularis plant, which I dug up from a relatives garden a few years ago. It’s grown and grown and this spring before the plant woke up from dormancy, I decided to split up the tubers…
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Last year things went a little petunia crazy online when a new variety appeared on the market; the night sky petunia. A gloriously rich, quality-street purple strewn with white speckled variegation that resembled a night sky filled with stars. My plant from last year was definitely the show stopper of my balcony garden, here’s a…
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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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It’s that time of year again…Oxalis is getting sleepy after a summer of relentless growth. As many of you know, I grow my Oxalis triangularis in a pot on my balcony, and this year, my plant has grown to it’s largest since I have had it over two years ago – it currently spans 60cm…
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For today’s post, I just wanted to start by apologising for the gap in posts on HPH – I’ve been working on a few planty projects ‘offline‘ which I’m excited to share with you soon. I thought it would be a good time to share a balcony garden update as I’ve been really enjoying my second…
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