Happy New Year! For my first post of 2021, I wanted to talk about my favourite houseplants to propagate.
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Plant Progress Report: Houseplants I’ve Enjoyed Growing in 2020
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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Tradescantia nanouk care guide
Let me introduce my tradescantia nanouk! I bought this incredibly pretty plant three months ago as a bit of a lockdown treat for myself + as a big fan of my other pink tradescantia — the fluminensis tricolour, I didn’t really know what to expect in comparison. I hadn’t seen a plant in real life…
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How to make a new tradescantia plant from cuttings
It’s that time of year again… last week I got my scissors out and cut back my tradescantia fluminensis tricolour entirely. My plant fared surprisingly well during the move but as Spring growth kicked in, my plant was looking a little… straggly. I think this is the third cycle of cutting I have done with…
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Repotting diaries #3 : manjula, maranta, dracaena + new plant purchases
In this repotting diaries I’m paying attention to my manjula pothos, maranta, some sansevieria/dracaena plants + at the end of the post, showing some of my newest houseplant purchases I posted on my instagram the other week. As I’ve said in the previous two posts in this series, these posts are intended to be short…
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How I stop my Tradescantia fluminensis tricolour from looking like a crispy mess
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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