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Houseplants

Houseplants: care, watering, repotting, pests and problems.

Houseplants at a glance

Hippeastrum · Amaryllidaceae

Position
Bright, filtered light
Soil
Peat-free John Innes No.2 or peat-free multipurpose compost
Watering
Sparingly until leaves develop, then regularly
Height
25–90 cm
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Growing and care

Houseplants through the year

Every job for growing houseplants on one chart. Click a row to open the full guide.

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In this section we use these sources: Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), Culham Research Group, University of Reading Herbarium. Each page lists its own sources at the bottom.