Category: Plant care basics

• Keeping houseplants alive over winter | Part II

  

  The challenges of keeping plants happy during the dark cold winter months – including dying leaves, propagating and pests.

  Plant care basics

  Pests, Propagation, Repotting, Season, Winter

• Keeping houseplants alive over winter | Part I

  

  Winter brings with it a whole host of challenges for plant parents – including temperature, light and watering

  Plant care basics

  Humidity, Light, Season, Watering, Winter

• Christmas at Kew round up

  

  My first visit to Christmas at Kew Gardens turned out to be a magical night

  Plant care basics

  Events, Kew Gardens

• Review: IKEA VÄXER grow light bulbs

  

  Here’s my experience of IKEA’s Vaxer grow lights over the winter.

  Plant care basics

  Grow Light, Light, Propagation, Season, Winter

• 7 not-quite-beginner plants

  

  If you’re looking for good plants to learn more about plant care on, here’s what you need to know

  Plant care basics

  Aloe, Callisia repens, Crassula, Peperomia, Philodendron, Pothos, Sedum, Tradescantia

• Beginner plants that are hard to kill

  

  Here are the easiest plants I often recommend as the gateways into plant parenthood

  Plant care basics

  Sansevieria, Spider plant, ZZ plant

• The big 100

  

  Reaching 100 varieties of plant is a good time to reflect on the plant journey

  Plant care basics