Cherry blossom season has arrived! Welcoming these blooms is a classic signifier of Springtime for many of us…
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Oxalis triangularis Q + A
Last week I shared a post over on instagram of my Oxalis triangularis purple, in which I asked my readers if they had any care questions they’d like me to cover in this year’s annual Oxalis post, which has become a bit of a tradition here at HPH. And questions you certainly did have! So…
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Planting inspiration for small space gardening — Part 2: Plants
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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Planting inspiration for small space gardening — Part 1: Pots + Planters
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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In the garden: September / sweet peas + sunflowers
With the arrival of Autumn, I thought I would share a garden update of how things have been looking here at HPH during September. The mornings have certainly been getting a little colder but there have been some lovely skies, sunny spells + evening sunshine to enjoy this month. As I’m writing this, it’s actually…
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In the patio garden: late July + August
For today’s post, I thought I would share some photos from how Summer has been looking in my garden here at HPH. In last months post (linked here) the patio was looking nice + full, but the sweet peas I grew from seed on my windowsill were still very slow to shoot up! There’s been progress…
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The annual oxalis triangularis update
As promised, here is the annual oxalis triangularis update — it’s a highly requested post as the popularity of these pretty purple dancing leaves are still on the rise in the plant world. I think this has to do with the fact that the last two or three years has seen this plant be marketed…
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In the patio garden : June + early July
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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Planting in the new garden
I thought I’d share some photos today from my gardening + outdoor seed sowing progress. Since moving I haven’t really shown much of my outside space — it’s nothing exciting, just a paved area with some grass + a path! But over the years, I have shared my balcony garden escapades alongside my houseplant obsession…
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