Top 10 Indoor Plants for 2023
It's that time again - the Plant Runner's most anticipated annual blog post where we list a bunch of plants we think will be the year's hottest items, then wait...
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Best Houseplant Christmas Tree Alternatives
Yup, we're going there. If you've left it until now to organise a Christmas tree, I'm going to assume it wasn't ever on the cards for you anyway. BUT, if...
Keeping them potted - Which indoor plants are actually weeds?
Don't get us wrong - we love our Tradescantia tricolour as much as anyone, but taking a walk through a bushland creekline and seeing nothing but this South American import...
Top Five Ways to Kill Your Houseplants
Had enough? If you've gone plant mad and need to do a plant cleanse asap, well, this blog is for you. Alternatively if you're just looking for mistakes to avoid ...
Olive Tree: A Plant Care Guide
Looking for a way to stand out from all the other indoor jungles? If you've got the space (and a few other essential conditions), then maybe it's time to...
Air Plants: A Plant Care Guide
What better time to do a post on Tillandsia (Air Plant) care than when we have just received a fresh drop of Air Plant Holders arrive at the warehouse. Now...
Mould in my Potting Mix: Good, Bad or Mother Nature working her magic?
Seasonal changes, increased rainfall or higher humidity can all through your carefully established plant care routine out of wack. Finding white fluffy mould on top of your potting mix might...
Slow Release vs Liquid Fertiliser: When to use and what is the difference?
Yup its another fertiliser post, but this is a question we get asked so often its time to throw it out to the SEO gods and hope it gets read....
Best First Plant For New Plant Parents
Picture this. You've just time travelled into 2022 and realised the world has gone plant-crazy. In order to blend in, you'll need to score yourself a plant, and keep it...
Why are there mushrooms in your potting mix?
We have a tendancy to freak out when anything unwanted pops up in the potting media of our indoor plants. There isn't mush-room, for starters, and then we're expected to...
New Plant, No ID - Our Tips for Identifying an New Houseplant
You've just been gifted a new plant. It's looking incredible, now all you have to do is keep it alive. But there is no label, and the friend that...
Drainage holes for indoor pots: What you need to know.
Imagine you're wandering through a nursery and you come across a beautiful pot. Its the perfect size for that Phiodendron micans you have sitting on your bookshelf. Not only that,...
How to Care for My Cacti and Succulents Indoors
Given their light requirements, these prickly little suckers are often kept outdoors where the sun is brightest and they can cop the most light possible. But if you're really keen...
Should I Fertilise My Plants in Winter?
About this time every year we start getting all the 'Winter Plant Care' blogs come through. And with them, the favourite tip: Stop fertilising. But truth is, your plants don't...
The Best Ways to Clean your Monstera Leaves
We've pushed 'foliage cleaning' before on this blog, but the Monstera - with its large, fenestrated leaves - deserves its own post. Larger leaves naturally gather more dust, which not...
Strelitzia nicolai: A Plant Care Guide
Statement plant, anyone? This week we're looking at the Giant Bird of Paradise - a plant that's been bringing the drama to corners everywhere since 2017. And when we say...
12 Super Low-Light Indoor Plants
Despite the days getting shorter and mornings getting colder, I'm going to go out on a limb and say this probably hasn't made much of a dent in the growth...
Alocasias: A Plant Care Guide
Commonly known as an Elephant Ear, Alocasias are defined by their long tall stems and distinctive arrow-shaped leaves. Native to the Philippines and Borneo, there are over 80 known species...
Talking Transplants: When to transplant trees and shrubs
Seems crazy to be thinking about shifting plants as we head into winter, but Autumn is actually a great time to transplant trees and shrubs and other plants around the...
Rhaphidophora tetrasperma: A Plant Care Guide
Dubbed the 'Mini Monstera', this tropical climber is an absolute growth machine, seemingly unfazed by seasonal changes (when kept indoors). This week we take a peek at how to look...