Care Guides
Care guides by Rupert Foxton-Smythe
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Choosing and Buying a Houseplant – Right Conditions for Houseplants
Matching Plants to Your Home Environment The secret of growing houseplants successfully is choosing and buying a houseplant that suits the specific indoor environment.
Flowering House Plants – Free Flowers All Year
Everyone wants to have flowers in the home, but unless you have a garden, cut flowers need to be bought fresh every week.
Using Plants in Decoration
The role of potted plants in decoration should not be forgotten. At one time, these would never have been considered subjects for flower arrangements, but today pot-et-fleur, or the arrangement of…
Raising Ferns From Seed
Comparatively few gardeners raise ferns from seed, though the operation is really quite simple, and can be carried through successfully even in a living room.
International Flower Arrangement
Can anything in the world be more international than flowers, trees and flowering shrubs?
How Pollination Works
It is usually pollination requirements that cause a flower to be a particular size, shape or color, or to have the scent it does. Plants can reproduce either non-sexually or sexually.
Anemone Cultivation
Anemones are flowers of great value both to the amateur and professional flower grower.
Using Occasional Tables to Display House Plants
Occasional tables of every shape and size form good bases for displays. Grouped green plants on a long side table can highlight a picture, reflect in a mirror or act as a foil to favorite objects.
Growing Fruit in Containers
Fruit grown in containers needs a bit more care than if grown in the ground. Potting mixture dries out quickly, and potted plants need frequent watering when actively growing.
Growing Figs Against Walls
The fig is the least hardy of all the fruits grown outdoors in Britain and the northern States.
Wild Flowers
The range and type of wild flowers that you may find growing in your garden will depend upon the region of Britain in which you live, the type of soil you have, how exposed your garden is, and how…
Making a Sink Garden
Although traditionally used for alpine gardens, sinks are suitable for many other shallow-rooting plants and can add a rustic look when placed in a sunny outdoor corner.