Houseplant Blog

Chlorophytum - Curly Spider Plant
Rediscover the joy of growing this popular and easy houseplant, featuring narrow variegated leaves and an abundance of cascading spider-like baby plants. Our cultivar even offers curly leaves, adding a...
Chlorophytum - Curly Spider Plant
Rediscover the joy of growing this popular and easy houseplant, featuring narrow variegated leaves and an abundance of cascading spider-like baby plants. Our cultivar even offers curly leaves, adding a...

National Plant Collections
The recent Plant Heritage Collection Holder Conference 2024 at Kew Gardens was a great experience for Lynne and me. Did you know Plant Heritage is the world's leading garden plant...
National Plant Collections
The recent Plant Heritage Collection Holder Conference 2024 at Kew Gardens was a great experience for Lynne and me. Did you know Plant Heritage is the world's leading garden plant...

Achimenes in the Autumn
If you have Achimenes (also known as the Hot Water Plant), you'll find they start looking a little yellow and tired at this time of year. They have a...
Achimenes in the Autumn
If you have Achimenes (also known as the Hot Water Plant), you'll find they start looking a little yellow and tired at this time of year. They have a...

My Green Experiment!
I took on a green experiment over the weekend: by seeing if I could attend a plant fair in a more environmentally friendly way. Instead of using a van, I ...
My Green Experiment!
I took on a green experiment over the weekend: by seeing if I could attend a plant fair in a more environmentally friendly way. Instead of using a van, I ...

Chinese Foxglove - an exotic houseplant worth a...
Looking beautiful in the greenhouse today is Titanotrichum oldhamii. Often referred to as the Chinese Foxglove, this exotic beauty stands out as an intriguing and visually appealing houseplant. Native to...
Chinese Foxglove - an exotic houseplant worth a...
Looking beautiful in the greenhouse today is Titanotrichum oldhamii. Often referred to as the Chinese Foxglove, this exotic beauty stands out as an intriguing and visually appealing houseplant. Native to...

Rex Dibley 1932-2024
Sadly, our father, Rex Dibley passed away on 25 April 2024. Rex probably did more to popularise the now well-known houseplant, Streptocarpus, than anyone else. Rex's interest in Streptocarpus began...
Rex Dibley 1932-2024
Sadly, our father, Rex Dibley passed away on 25 April 2024. Rex probably did more to popularise the now well-known houseplant, Streptocarpus, than anyone else. Rex's interest in Streptocarpus began...