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Why are my houseplants dying? LOOKING FOR RARE AND UNUSUAL  SEEDS? THEN CLICK HERE FOR THE ‘SEEDS OF EADEN’ SEED SHOP Having worked in the garden centre industry for may years the most often asked question I would receive is this – ‘Why has my house plant died?’ The second most asked question, if your are interested, was ‘do you have a plant that is evergreen, will flower all year round, will quickly grow to 4 ft and then stop at that height?’ They would of course be directed to the artificial plant section as such a plant does not exist. Anyway, back to the question as to why are my house plants dying. Usually the reason is the same in 80% of cases, and if the plant has died with a few weeks of purchase then it tends to reach 95%. That reason is too much water, and it is particularly prevalent during the winter and early spring period when most house plants are dormant. I understand why it happens, people often cherish their house plants like their children. Children require feeding a

We love the spring because it is a great time to asses our garden for the coming season and is a wonderful excuse for us to add new plants for our exotic garden. So we have pulled a selection of the plants we have chosen to solidify the our tropical effect garden which we hope you will enjoy. But don’t worry as we probably adding new specimens throughout the year. A number of the plants discussed here are those we have propagated ourselves or purchased online from specialist nursery’s. This is because they are very difficult to find at you local garden centre but you can usually find what you need by googling it even though it may arrive much smaller than you would expect despite the generally high postage costs! If you would like to see more content like this then check out our YouTube channel ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’. It is completely free to subscribe to and you can unsubscribe at anytime. Click onto the notification ‘bell’ icon and you will be notified whenever we publish a new