house plants
house plants really bring the the feeling of outdoors indoors by adding a touch of colour and life, all so important for wellbeing especially during the long winter months or grey days any time of the year.
With so many online houseplant specialist websites designed to help you find, buy and care for your perfect houseplants - just enjoy choosing the one, or ones, that appeal because of their foliage,size easy care and special features such as air-purifying, shade tolerance and pet friendly places, and place an an online order and the plants will be delivered directly to you - favourites of ours include;
Hotology who offer a very comprehensive collection of houseplants on their very informative website
The Llittle Botanical range of specially curated plants, succulents and cactis
and good to know ...
best places to position your house plants? some like full sunlight, others dappled light or prefer a shadier spot and the indoor temperature and humidity is important, some needing warm air to thrive, others a cooler environment, as a plant surrounding needs to replicate the the place, habitat and climate they originally came from
dusty leaves? the easiest way to clean indoor plant leaves is to pop them outside on rainy warm evening or use a water spray and sponge to gently wipe the leaves clean
when to water? many indoor plants suffer through over watering ... 'rule of thumb' - they need more water during warmer seasons, and very little in the winter
leaves going brown at the tips? this can indicate overwatering, and in extreme cases plants can rot orbecome pest prone
and most importantly ...
always make sure you put saucers underneath pots to avoid soil or water damage to work-surfaces,furniture or floors