Guides

Identify your houseplant by growth habit, leaves and stems, with profiles of 30 common houseplants — key features, lookalikes and pet safety for each.

A step-by-step way to work out what’s wrong with your plant: check the soil, read the leaf pattern, tell living from non-living causes, and match the symptom to the fix.

Found a seed or lost the packet? How to identify seeds by size, shape, colour, surface and how they travel, with a guide to 25 common vegetable, flower, tree and weed seeds.