Happy 2020 to you all! I can’t get over how futuristic that sounds, but anyway. Thanks so much for the lovely feedback on the A-Z of Houseplants project I created + shared over December — if you want to see the complete blogpost have a look here. Let’s be honest, winter plant care can sometimes…
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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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I love witnessing the ebbs and flows in plant popularity, both in the shop and on instagram too. I can usually tell when a plant has got a lot of hype around it, or if it has ‘hit the mainstream’ when my non-planty friends (yes have tried to convert them, but no it hasn’t worked…
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As I’ve been sorting my plants out for cooler weather, I thought I’d share an update with some of my succulent propagations that are dotted around my apartment. I seem to find leaves all over the place, and always still get a little excited when I spot roots or baby plants forming with absolutely no…
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Today we are talking plant swapping… because swapping isn’t technically buying more plants! If you’ve read my blog for a while, you’ll know about houseplantswap.com ; a site set up by my lovely friend Brad for our group ‘The Real Houseplants of Instagram’; to easily facilitate the swapping of plants for our plant community. But incase…
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Meet mama pilea. I’ve had her for quite a while now and from looking like a UFO a few months ago (photo below), my plant has blossomed into a full and magnificent beauty. I wanted to share some care tips and tricks today as I get quite a few questions regarding how to keep this…
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A question, or rather an exclamation, I hear quite a bit in the plant shop is ‘my plant has leaves that are turning yellow, help! What does this mean?!’ So I thought I’d put some of the possible causes in a little post to help as it’s often a process of elimination to determine the…
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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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