house plants
Mini greenhouses for your garden
Whatever the size of your garden or outdoor space, growing under glass offers great opportunity
Houseplants | How to look after the blue star fern
Ferns sparked the first houseplant craze and are still a great houseplant choice, especially the unfussy Phlebodium aureum. Illustration Agata Wierzbicka
Best places to buy plants online: best online garden centres and plant nurseries in 2024
Here’s our pick of the best places you can order plants online, for both indoors and outdoors
17 timelessly elegant Victorian greenhouses and porch glasshouses for 2024
Check out our shortlist of the most stylish luxury glasshouses, Victorian-style greenhouses and top-end glasshouses with porches to transform your garden and growing possibilities in 2024
The best gardening podcasts to listen to
Whether you want to learn how to keep your houseplants alive, discover more about the National Trust’s gardens or just enjoy some lively conversation while you’re at work in the potting shed, there’s a podcast for you. We recommend seven of the best.
Houseplants | How to grow an umbrella plant (Schefflera)
Umbrella plants (Schefflera aboricola) are ideal house plants, with striking leaves. Jess Snowball, glasshouse manager at Chelsea Physic Garden advises on how to grow them.
Tropical planting display in a Victorian bird cage
Benjamin William Pope creates a stylish display from an old Victorian bird cage. Photographs by Andrew Montgomery
The rise of the house plant: why the decade loved indoor plants
House plant expert Jane Perrone looks back over house plant fever
How to plant a terrarium
Terrariums are indoor miniature gardens created under glass using moss, succulents and other low-maintenance plants. Follow our easy step-by-step guide to planting up your own terrarium.
The best terrariums for home style
Our choice of the best terrariums and bottle gardens for succulents and tropical plants.
Houseplant Takeover at RHS Garden Wisley is deep sea themed for 2023
The Houseplant Takeover returns to RHS Garden Wisley this week with a deep sea theme
Species pelargoniums for scented foliage and delicate flowers
Celebrated for their scented leaves, species pelargoniums offer the gardener a long-flowering plant that is much more delicate than their blowsy cousin, the geranium. Here are the best species and primary hybrid pelargoniums - with gorgeous pics taken by photographer Diana Jazwinski.
Why plant lovers should visit the Cornish Coast
Horticulturist Hannah Gardner is fascinated by the English Coastline, all 7,000 miles of it. But she has a particular affection for the Cornish Coast, where childhood holidays fostered a love of open horizons, dramatic cliff tops and diverse native flora. Here she explains why Cornwall is a top holiday destination for plant lovers and she shares the best places to find fascinating native plants and flowery meadows.
Book review: Wreaths
Read our review of Wreaths: fresh, foraged and dried floral arrangements by Katie Smyth and Terri Chandler of London florists, WORM. It's our book of the month.
Why plant lovers should visit La Gomera
Follow horticulturist and adventurer Hannah Gardner on her travels around the world in search of planting inspiration. In this episode she explores the volcanic hills of La Gomera in the Canary Islands.