I thought it was about time I shared a little more of my outdoor plants + gave a bit of a container garden update. As you will know if you read my blog regularly, houseplants are my thing + outdoor gardening is very much a hobby that I see quite differently to my indoor plants…
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One plant in particular that is glad to see the arrival of Spring in my Monstera adansonii. Of course, I’m pretty sure all my houseplants are enjoying the beginnings of warmer temperatures but this plant really does not enjoy the cooler part of the year. I’ve had my adansonii for a few years now +…
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Pink plants are perpetually popular + this tradescantia is no exception. I’ve had this houseplant for a couple of years but every time winter has come around, it’s been a bit of ‘plant care-experiment time’ with keeping this Tradescantia fluminensis tricolour happy.The first thing to say is that this is a beautiful plant. It’s a…
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If you have stumbled across my website, you might be able to tell that I am a bit of a houseplant enthusiast. And more specifically, you will know if you followed along with my project The A to Z of houseplants, I am particularly fascinated by the naming of plants — the origins and etymology…
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A bit of plant care and repotting always calms me down and lifts my mood. I made this Kalanchoe planter as a present for my friend to put on her sunny windowsill – they will thrive here + are just coming into bloom. They are a great choice as an affordable present for the person…
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A new study was published yesterday (November 6) by Bryan E. Cummings & Michael S. Waring in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology (2019) that will definitely come as a bit of a shock to houseplant lovers. The paper, title ‘Potted plants do not improve indoor air quality: a review and analysis of…
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For the last 9 months I’ve been knocking my head every time I get into the shower on my staghorn fern, which has been enjoying the humidity of bathroom life. I’ve been keeping it in its nursery pot but knew that I’d eventually want to divide and mount it for it to thrive. So over […]
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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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