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Do you have any tips for houseplants?

Our main tips would be:. Think about what plant you’re putting where - location matters and can make it much easier or much harder to care for your plant. Feel the soil before you water. If it’s already wet, you won’t need to water it again - and som

Can you recommend easy houseplants?

Yes we can! Most of the time ‘easy care’ means low maintenance and water needs - if you want a plant that’s fine with only being occasionally remembered, both the ZZ Plant and Snake Plant are great choices - and they’re flexible with light levels too

Should I be feeding my plants?

Probably - most plants will stop growing or grow less when they run out of nutrients in the soil. While some plants will grow quickly enough to need repotting every year, and so will get fresh soil with fresh nutrients regularly enough, most don’t gr

What should I be feeding my plants with?

We stock a few options, including organic seaweed feed, Liquid Gold Leaf houseplant feed, and Soil NInja’s slow release fertiliser. All of these are great for houseplants, and come with slightly different instructions for use. Cacti and succulents te

I just received my plant in transit and…

It’s a trailing plant and some leaves fell off as I was unwrapping - will it be okay?. Yes, your plant should recover - make sure to give it a water as it may be thirsty if it’s dropping leaves after being in transit! You probably won’t get leaves gr