Houseplant of the Month - Pure Green Plants

Every month The Flower Council of Holland feature a different houseplant with details about the plant such as origin, different species and cultivars. You'll also find lots of advice on how to look after the plants.

Its October and time for another interesting Houseplant of the Month and this month it's all about pure Green Plants.

The interior shop West Elm,Tottenham Court Road, London branch is continuing to feature The Flower Council of Holland monthly houseplants. Here is a link if you want to have a look at what they have created using all green plants.
    







[Images from The Joy of Plants and The Flower Council of Holland.]

Houseplant of the Month - Alocasia - A Tropical Superstar

Houseplants and botanicals are very trendy and has become more and more important to a lot of people. Creating space for green plants in in your home is beneficial in several ways. 

How do you start building a collection of houseplants? What should you buy if you don't know anything about the plants or how to look after them?

Read on and I will pass on some inspirational tips. 

I grew up with a grandmother, mother, aunts and other relatives and friends who had houseplants on window sills, tables and on little plant stands in the corners. 

One relative would proudly tell anybody who wanted to listen that she had 100 houseplants. That was not very popular with the person that was asked to look after her plants when she went on holiday! 

Obviously over the years I learned a lot about how to look after houseplants and had a few myself. 

Later on when I started traveling and lived in different countries - having houseplants was out of the question. When we started having children - houseplants was not really on the agenda.

Very few houseplants from then on found their way into our house. A few plants given as gifts quickly died but others did survive. I have one that is still going after 25 years!

If you follow me on Instagram you'll might have noticed that more and more of my images has been of houseplants. Well, I will admit that quite a few new plants has found their way into our home lately..........! 

The houseplants you can buy today, many are quite different, compared with those early days back in Sweden. But even back then we all had big Monstera and rubber plants. 

Every month The Flower Council of Holland feature a different houseplant with details about the plant such as origin, different species and cultivars. You'll also find lots of advice on how to look after the plants.



They also feature lots of images showing how to display the plants in your home.

From this month, September 2017 till December, West Elm London store in Tottenham Court Road will display a different houseplant in their windows. 

This month it's Alocasia, in October it will be a selection of Green Plants, in November it will be Cyclamen and in December the plant will be Amaryllis.

Start with one or two plants and see how you get on. Before buying any figure out where you are going to put them. Plants need light, water, air and the right temperature as well as feeding during the growing season.

The trick is to find the perfect place with the perfect light level and temperature for each plant. Then the next trick is to give it the right amount of water - more houseplants are killed by overwatering than underwatering.

Embrace the green trend and above all enjoy! 

Images: The Flower Council of Holland  
  

Floral Media - Houseplant of the Month - Peace Lily

Houseplant of the Month the month of June is the Peace Lily.

Every month the Flower Council of Holland in collaboration with people from the horticultural sector chooses a plant that does well as a houseplant and is well liked by the public.

Here are some facts about the Peace Lily:

• The Peace Lily comes from the rainforests in South America.
• It loves a damp, moist atmosphere .
• The Peace Lily comes in different sizes - from mini to extra-large.

• The Peace Lily doesn't like a dry atmosphere - brown points on the leaves means the air is too dry.
• The Peace Lily grows happily in a bathroom.
• Keep the Peace Lily outside in a sheltered out of the sun position during the summer. 

• The white spathes are not the flowers, the flowers of the Peace Lily are tiny and are found on the pointed spadix.
• Peace Lilies represents peace - the white flower is the symbol of the white flag.
• It's a plant that is known for its air purifying characteristic.

• Keep the plant in a light position but not in direct sunlight.
• It likes regular lukewarm water with added plant food during the growing season.
• Don't let the root ball dry out.
• Regularly spray the leaves with lukewarm water. 

• Remove any dead flowers.
• Leave the plant to rest during the winter in a cool but light position and it will flower year after year.

Here is a fun little video showing how to make a living wall using Peace Lilies.

Here are two links to The Joy of Plants - Funny How Plants Do That - the UK branch of The Flower Council of Holland.

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Have a Happy Floral Monday!

I will see you later in the week.

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid

[Images provided by The Flower Council of Holland.]

Floral Media - Houseplant of the Month - Hibiscus

It's May and it's time to feature another house plant!

The Flower Council of Holland do a campaign that they call 'Houseplant of the Month' - where they every month will highlighting a particular plant.

In the month of May they are featuring Hibiscus as Houseplant of the Month. 

Indoor plants are popular again and green plants are featured more and more in interior magazines and on blogs.

Urban Jungle Bloggers are very much on target with this trend where Igor Josif and Judith de Graaff are doing a great job promoting and encouraging more green plants in the home.

The Flower Council of Holland is an organisation that promotes plants and flowers.

 

A link to more good stuff about flowers and plants on Flower Council of Holland.

Here are two links to The Joy of Plants - the UK branch of The Flower Council of Holland - Funny How Plants Do That.

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Have a Happy Floral Monday!

I will see you later in the week.

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid

[Images provided by The Flower Council of Holland.]

Floral Media - Houseplant of the Month - Ivy

It's April and it's time to feature another houseplant!

The Flower Council of Holland do a campaign that they call 'Houseplant of the Month' - where they every month will highlighting a particular houseplant.

In the month of April they are featuring ivy or Hedera as Houseplant of the Month. 

Houseplants are popular again and green plants are featured more and more in interior magazines and on blogs.

Urban Jungle Bloggers are very much on target with this trend where Igor Josif and Judith de Graaff are doing a great job promoting and encouraging more green plants in the home. 

The Flower Council of Holland is an organisation that promotes plants and flowers. 

Weather you are a consumer, florists or press you can all find out what Houseplant of the Month will be for all the coming months of 2015.

Apart from Holland the campaign is also run in France, Germany and the UK.

A link to more good stuff about flowers and plants on Flower Council of Holland.

Here is a link to The Joy of Plants - the UK branch of The Flower Council of Holland.

Also - yet another link to Funny How Plants Do That.

Here is also a fun little video called "Rugged Men with Green Intentions".

Have a Happy Floral Wednesday!

I will see you later in the week.

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid

[Images provided by The Flower Council of Holland.]

Floral Media: Houseplant of the Month - Primula

Houseplants are becoming increasingly popular again and green plants are featured more and more in interior magazines and on blogs.

Urban Jungle Bloggers are very much on target with this trend where Igor Josif and Judith de Graaff are doing a great job promoting and encouraging more green plants in the home.  

The Flower Council of Holland is an organisation that promotes plants and flowers. 

The Flower Council of Holland do a campaign that they call 'Houseplant of the Month' - where they every month will highlighting a particular houseplant.

In the month of February they are featuring the Primula.

Weather you are a consumer, florists or press you can all find out what Houseplant of the Month will be for all the coming months of 2015.

The campaign is also run in France, Germany and the UK. 

 

Here is a link to some more information about the campaign. 

A link to more good stuff about flowers and plants on Flower Council of Holland.

Here is a link to The Joy of Plants - the UK branch of The Flower Council of Holland.

Also - yet another link to Funny How Plants Do That.

Here is a little video showing how you can create your own DIY flower pot designs for the potted Primulas.

Have a Happy Floral Wednesday!

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid

[Images and video provided by The Flower Council of Holland.]