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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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 my top 10 easy-care, hard-to-kill houseplants + the second in my series of ‘HPH guides’, after putting together the low light tolerant article that went up a few weeks ago. Soon after sharing that one, I got a call from a friend that prompted me to write this particular guide next… The…
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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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Whether you call them snake plants, ‘mother-in-laws tongue’, Sansevieria, or their newer reclassification ‘Dracaena’, these sculptural houseplants are a staple in many homes. They rose to popularity in the 70’s but with so many cultivars available today, it’s easy to see why snake plants are a great choice for a low-maintenance addition of greenery to…
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With Autumn well + truly here in the UK, my houseplants are getting ready for their winter rest. My focus this time of year is making sure my plants are in the best position possible to tackle the lower light levels + cooler temperatures (more on that in my ‘Getting your houseplants ready for Autumn’…
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As much as I love my larger plants here at HOUSEPLANTHOUSE, houseplant propagation is a real hobby of mine. I don’t know if it’s the lure of making new plants for free, or that the process feels like I’m getting to understand how my houseplants ‘work‘… whatever it is, I’m forever fascinated with propagating something!…
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This post is going to discuss the progress of my Snake Plant (Sansevieria Trifasciata var. Laurentii). I have two other varieties of sansevieria – the cylindrica and the hahnii which I will feature in a future post. The plant, which is also commonly referred to as ‘Mother-in-Law’s Tongue’, has a reputation as being an almost indestructible, easy…
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