Monstera Albo blessed me with two fenestrations on the last leaf and I decided to reward that with a moss pole extension. I have this plant for about a year, got it as a rooted clipping with an original leaf with beautiful fenestrations and a first wonky leaf (as they do). Great plant, maintained this…
GIVEAWAY! Win Premium Aroid Mix and two Epipremnums
UPDATE The winner of my aroid blend bag and two cute Epipremnums is Frances Derbyshire. Congratulations! To celebrate getting Green Monstera to the Burgess Hill Summer Fayre on 14th of June, I’m running a giveaway for Green Monstera subscribers (check your inbox). Not a subscriber yet? Fill the form and subscribe to the newsletter until…
The Dirtiest Secret to Plant Health: Soil Blend
Too many people are disappointed with their plant care skills, and there are far too many searches online regarding watering schedules, but the key to success is dirty, indeed. The needless loss of countless houseplant lives can be avoided with a specialized blend. In my experience, the only plants I have purchased with the right…
UPDATE Win a Premium Moss Pole Kit!
UPDATE: We have a winner! Thank you to everyone who joined the newsletter, I loved seeing the community grow. To keep things completely transparent, I used a random number generator to pick from our subscriber list, and the lucky winner is…Rebecca Bradley! Check your inbox, Rebecca—I’ve sent you an email to arrange getting your plant…
Practical guide to survive a siege, String of Hearts edition
String of Hearts (Ceropegia woodii) is, without a doubt, the cutest plant in my collection, absolutely adorable. No other plant is abandoning itself to gravity like this, focusing the energy rather on growing at an incredible rate, I suspect. I’ve got my hands on some clippings about a year ago from a generous fellow plant…
VIDEO The newest Pink Princess – repotting stage
My clinical skills regarding houseplants had a bit to suffer in my encounters with Philodendron Pink Princess. Third time’s a charm, right? First one I had was a rescue and I knowledgeable wrote how to chop and prop – sadly, I lost that one, rotten in a jar with moss. Second one was a clipping…
A New Leaf & A Bloom: My Anthurium Clarinervium’s Showstopper
Look what we have here! My beloved Anthurium Clarinervium is truly putting on a show right now. Not only is it currently in its fascinating female stage of bloom – for those of you who love a bit of plant science, this means the spadix is now receptive to pollen, displaying those beautiful, dewy stigmas…
My Current Plant Obsession: Tradescantia Zebrina ‘Quadricolor’
One of my absolute favourite tradescantias is the stunning ‘Quadricolor,’ and I bet I’m not alone! This plant has quickly become a star in my ever-growing collection, not just because of its vibrant foliage, but also because it’s incredibly easy to care for and propagate. I don’t have a dramatic origin story for my first…
Succulents kokedama – comeback in style
My plants took a well-deserved break over winter, but this extended until recently. With watering and a few repottings only when absolutely necessary, I even acquired new plants and clippings at a lower pace. This extended break was good for my calatheas, they look absolutely gorgeous, and I didn’t even repotted them once. Maybe I…
Alocasia Apocalypse and the Rise of Hydroponics
After a well deserved hibernation period, for my plants and myself, with very limited plant care and more reading than writing, a quirky idea sprouted: to move my alocasias to leca. This lightweight expanded clay aggregate were recommended many times by online plant friend for alocasias, or the two leaves plant gang, as I like…