Brrr, I’m sure we are not alone in having had minus temperatures all week. It’s not often this painfully cold here in the south of the UK but no outdoor gardening has been done so for this week’s six I’m featuring indoor plants. Thanks as ever to The Propagator who hosts Six on Saturday every…
Tag: houseplants
Green is the new black: dispatch from the frontline of the houseplant revolution
The minute we walk up the steps of the Ace Hotel, Shoreditch, I know that all the talk about the houseplant revival is true. Here is a hotel lobby in the most fashionable part of town, full to the brim with millennials staring at screens – many appear to be there alone, happy to sit in…
Late to the houseplant party
I have spent the last few years finding out everything I can about growing plants outside, but when it comes to houseplants I still have a blind spot. For some reason, my brain fails to compute that houseplants, like all plants, need watering and feeding. The real miracle in our house is just how long some…
