Care Guides
Care guides by Rupert Foxton-Smythe
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Single Container Arrangements of Plants
Plants will thrive if they’re placed together in a single container provided you make sure that they’re compatible.
Growing Plants at a West-Facing Window
West-facing windows provide good but less harsh light than south facing ones, so they will suit a wide variety of flowering and green plants.
Wardian Cases and Accessories
As well as providing a home for tiny plants, Wardian cases, terrariums and other containers should be attractive, long lasting, safe and easy to look after.
Yellow Houseplants
Yellow is one of the best colors to add as an accent in small quantities to change the mood of a room. There is no better way to introduce this color temporarily than with flowering plants.
Planting Schemes for Herbaceous Borders
I do not know whether to regard herbaceous borders as more important to the large garden or to the small.
Using Fireplaces to Display House Plants
Although most fireplaces do not provide the ideal position for house plants, a wonderful temporary display can be created.
Colour Contrasting With Houseplants
Some colors are hot and others cold in the effect they create, and it is best to bear this in mind when creating a color scheme.
Mini Greenhouses for Indoor Plants
A mini-greenhouse will provide an environment which enables you to care for the more demanding house plants or to propagate from seeds and cuttings.
Eyelash Begonia – Begonia X ‘Tiger Paws’
Eyelash Begonia is really a name for a whole group of Begonias with erect white hairs on the leaf margins. These hairs do have an eyelash look and the name is very appropriate.
Hanging Peperomia – Peperomia Scandens ‘Variegata’
Like its close relatives, Hanging Peperomia is rather demanding, but once the principles of cultivating it are understood and practiced, it will thrive for years.
Sweetheart Plant – Philodendron Scandens
Sweetheart Plant is a fast-growing climber and one of the most popular foliage plants for growing in a room or conservatory.
Japanese Style House Plants
The Japanese have always been fascinated by the way that the natural elements of wind and weather shape plants and landscape.