Some time at the start of the year, I decided to take my Monstera adansonii out of its pot + pull it apart. I had been growing it around a U-shaped bamboo stake for nearly a year but it was getting to that point where the longest stems were seriously long + looking a little…
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It’s time for another Repotting Diaries here at HPH + in this instalment I’m going to be carrying out some plant rescues, alongside a spot of repotting rejuvenation for my Ficus elastica tineke gang that have not been loving life in the cottage. Plus, I’ll be repotting some other houseplants that would very much like…
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For today’s post I wanted to share my jungle cactus collection, alongside my care routine + propagation experiments with this lovely group of plants. First of all, let’s address the obvious question — what are jungle cacti anyway? Plants in this group are quite possibly my favourite type of cacti to grow + ones that…
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In today’s Repotting Diaries, I’m tackling some of my awkward plants! You know the type — the ones that are a bit of a hassle to re-pot that you might have been putting off for a while, or those that haven’t been doing as well as they could — I’m sure we all have a…
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Welcome back! Today’s post is the first Repotting Diaries of the growing season + of 2021 too. Repotting is an aspect of plant care I find really therapeutic + a process I sorely miss over the Winter months. During the colder part of the year I rarely carry out any repotting (unless there’s an emergency)…
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Today’s post is all about snake plant propagation. If you have a couple of these plants at home + have been thinking about giving this process a try, there are a few methods to choose from when it comes to propagating these easy-going plants. Throughout the post, I’ll be explaining the most popular processes alongside…
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Today’s post is a highly requested one + after chatting to some of you recently, I wanted to put together a post that compiles your frequently asked propagation questions in more detail, in a place that you can easily refer back to. You will probably know by now that propagation is an aspect of plant…
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Happy New Year! For my first post of 2021, I wanted to talk about my favourite houseplants to propagate.
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Winter has really kicked in now + the drop in temperatures, alongside endless grey skies + frankly pathetic light levels, got me thinking back to sunnier times. As we approach the end of the year, I thought it was a good time to share my reflections on the houseplants I’ve particularly enjoyed growing in 2020.…
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