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Keeping happy houseplants

Matt Pottage, curator of RHS Wisley, shows how to nurture and propagate houseplants. needn’t be another spreadsheet of tasks to add to your already never-ending ‘to-do’ lists. However, they are not something that can be ignored for months, and perhaps the first, biggest lesson is correct watering, followed by the right positioning, then feeding and finally repotting.

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