Learn how to deal with caring for a lot of plants, what to do when you go on vacation, how to deal with bug infestations, and organise your fertilising routine.
This is not going to be a ‘get a plant to cure your depression’ article. I’ve had depression and I’ve had a lot of plants. They do not help me. They cause me stress because I’m too depressed to care for them, and then they die. I’m not saying that plants DON’T help depression for …
Happy Saturday! I am officially back into Calathea! This is the plant person’s equivalent to cutting a fringe – I might be fine; I might be working through a breakdown. We won’t know for a while yet! When I was researching my article on whether pebble trays work or not (I believe it’s being published …
Roberto Burle Marx was a Brazilian landscape architect, born in 1909. He was also an artist, landscape designer, and environmentalist. He didn’t just dabble in anything – designed thousands of gardens, and sat on councils/drafted legislation to stop the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. As for the artist part, that made up every aspect of …
There are differences botanical differences between trailing and climbing plants, but most of the plants we come across in the house plant hobby are natural climbers that can trail – they’d just prefer to climb. Is there a difference between trailing and climbing plants? Climbers usually have some sort of appendage (ugh, hate that word) …
What are we all up to this weekend? I’m removing the fake grass from our front garden, like the party animal that I am. A few things I’ve been thinking about this week: Monstera Burle Marx Flame I have an upcoming post on all the different variations/cultivars you can get of Monstera deliciosa, and I …