Indoor Plants

The appeal of a plant subscription box is simple: someone who knows more about plants than you selects something interesting, pots it or wraps it properly, and delivers it to…

Your cat has just chewed through the third houseplant this month, and you’re starting to wonder whether any of them are actually safe. You googled “is a peace lily toxic…

Your flat faces north. The hallway gets no natural light whatsoever. The bathroom has a frosted window that barely lets in a glow. You have killed three plants in six…

You bought a beautiful monstera from the garden centre, brought it home in its flimsy plastic nursery pot, and stuck it on your windowsill where it has sat for eight…

Your pothos is dropping yellow leaves. The peace lily’s tips have gone brown. That fiddle leaf fig you paid £45 for is losing leaves faster than it grows them. You’re…

Your monstera is leggy, your fiddle leaf fig has stopped putting out new leaves, and the calathea on the north-facing windowsill looks like it has given up on life entirely.…

You’re paying £1.50 for a plastic packet of basil that goes slimy in the fridge within three days. Meanwhile, the Instagram algorithm keeps showing you those neat little indoor herb…

You bought a beautiful monstera from the garden centre, set it up by the window, and watered it every Sunday like clockwork. Three months later it’s yellowing, drooping, and the…

There are roots poking out of the drainage holes, the plant hasn’t grown in six months despite decent light and regular watering, and the soil dries out within 24 hours…

You brought home a gorgeous peace lily from the garden centre, popped it on your kitchen windowsill, watered it whenever you remembered, and three weeks later it was drooping like…