Aspidistra elatior: A Plant Care Guide
Blog by popular request! We've had a few emails come in this week with questions about the Aspidistra elatior. And while responding to each email is something we're more than...
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Why Your Plants Thrive on Consistency
Green thumbs, budding botanists and everyone in between—is your houseplant collection looking a little forlorn? Are you starting to fear your luscious foliage may be on its way out? The...
How To Create a Potted Vegetable Garden
Gardening is a great way to get some exercise and enjoy the outdoors, but not everyone has the space for a traditional garden. If you live in an apartment or...
A History of Houseplants
If you're one of those people who can't keep a houseplant alive, don't worry – you're not alone. But people have been looking after indoor plants for over 5,000 years...
How to Increase humidity levels for your Indoor Plants
Looking to increase the humidity for your indoor plants? Check out our top tips below! If you have any green- thumbed friends or family, they may even be willing to...
What's the difference between a Monstera Thai Constellation and Monstera Albo Variegata?
When it comes to monstera plants, there are a tonne of different varieties to choose from. But without a doubt, two of the most sought-after would be the Monstera deliciosa...
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...
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...