The shops are brimming with some beautiful Christmas houseplants at the moment – but some are better than others. Here’s how to get the pick of the pots.
Houseplants
Succulent love
Succulents are easy to grow and can be grown outdoor in the garden or in pots, or bring them indoors as house plants. Here are 5 great succulents to try.
Are there any houseplants you can use?
Houseplants have a range of benefits and here are five houseplants that offer more than just looks and aesthetics.
Five easy houseplants
Here are five houseplants that are easy to grow and hard to kill, including African violet, begonia, coleus, alocasia and hydrangea.
Christmas gifts for houseplant parents
What can I buy for a houseplant addict for Christmas? Jean Vernon offers some festive ideas, including something very apt for vegans!
Summer holiday garden care
Before you head off on your hols, check out these useful and timely gardening tips from Martyn Cox.
Christmas gifts for gardeners
Are you looking for the perfect gift for a gardener? Jean Vernon suggests some seasonal presents ideal for gardening loved-ones.
What makes begonias good garden plants?
Geoff Stonebanks explains how he uses garden begonias in his award winning garden
Five new plants at RHS Chelsea 2019
Richard Jackson picks his favourites from this year’s RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year
What’s a good way to introduce gardening and plants to children?
Make the most of the school holiday and encourage children to start gardening, says Tamsin Westhorpe
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
If you are tired of the rush of red poinsettias that hit the shops before the festive season, look out for the crisp white beauties available this season and ring the changes
Urban plant trends from Asia
Michael Perry rounds up some new on-trend plants and ideas from his travels in Asia
Which indoor plants are on-trend?
Jean Vernon explores a few of the on-trend plant groups that are grabbing the attention of new gardeners
Cheese plant shortage shock
There’s been a surprising shortage of cheese plants in the houseplant departments of garden centres in the UK.
The revival in house plants sparked by Instagram pictures posted by millenials has seen price rises of 20% for the cheese plant Monstera deliciosa
Awesome orchids
One plant that has become incredibly popular in recent years – now our best selling flowering houseplant – is the moth orchid, Phalaenopsis.
Houseplants deserve better
Gardeners need to look after houseplants and not just use them as decor and then throw them away, says gardening TV presenter and writer Alys Fowler.
Houseplants are trendy
Sales of hosueplants have sky-rocketed as houseplants become trendy again. London-based North One Garden Centre attributes this to the Instagram effect.
Say it with plants on Valentine’s Day
Give a gift that keeps on growing this Valentine’s day with Richard’s suggestion of five houseplants.
Find out more >
