Pots

Asparagus fern

Asparagus fern: great house plant companions

Indoor plant pot

Best indoor pots to buy

Kirsty Ramage pots of style. Photo by Andrew Montgomery

Wild-style spring plant display for the container garden

Peperomia

House plants The small yet easy grow Peperomia

House plant obsessed

The rise of the house plant: why the decade loved indoor plants

Umbrella plant or Schefflera

Houseplants How to grow Schefflera or Umbrella houseplants

A tropical planting display

Tropical planting display in a Victorian bird cage

Phlebodium aureum or fern

Houseplants How to look after the blue star fern

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Stylish container display with succulents

Agata Wierzbicka's illustration of a Dragon Plant

Houseplants Dragon plants are ideal for beginners

Page from N. B Ward's publication 'On the growth of plants in closely glazed cases', 1852 edition. The illustration depicts a 'Wardian Case' which was developed by Ward, a Physician with an interest in Botany, to protect his fern specimens from air pollution in London. It was later used as a method of safely transporting plant specimens from plant hunting expeditions back to Britain following successful tests by Ward in 1833 on a ship travelling from England to Australia.

The history of terrariums: the Wardian case

Book and pencil on garden table with old camera and summer flowers in garden

Simple ways to transform your garden this year

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Making an entrance with container displays

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How to plant a terrarium

Kirsty Ramage late season container display

Late summer planting combination for pots