You’ve bought one (or many) air plants, you’ve got them home. Now you are looking at them on your kitchen worktop thinking, what the hell do I do with them now? I can help.
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Airplants live on air, don’t they?
Do air plants live on air? No they don’t – learn more about these fascinating plants.
Which houseplants like direct sunlight?
Do you have a sun-trap in your home that needs plants? Here’s what to do. First, let’s check that it’s really sunny. If you have a compass (most iPhones have them in the Utilities or Extras folder, or find an Android app ), check that the windows face south or west. I am a bit […]
Cats and houseplants
I have had many cats, not nearly as many cats as houseplants, but quite a few, nonetheless. Kittens, elderly cats, posh cats, moggies. Sickly cats and frighteningly robust cats. But never have I had an more interesting cat/plant relationship to witness than I have with my current cat, Baldrick.
Which houseplant can’t I kill?
Good question. And I get asked it a lot, usually with a chuckle. And I always want to answer, ‘Sure, if you can find me a cat/dog/gerbil you can’t kill.’ But I don’t, or not yet anyway. The straight answer is that if a thing is living, then you can kill it. But if you […]
Which houseplant should I get?
You want stunning, eye-catching and interesting plants to cheer up your rooms and bring in a bit of glamour. But you get soggy or crispy plant corpses. Over and over again.
