I Ranked Every Plant I Own
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Thanx, Richard! Very useful troubleshooting handbook.
"Every plant in my house" ignores the enormous trailing pothos across his ceiling line. It's just part of his house now.
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Yeah I was waiting for the favorite pothos…. Did I miss it?
Stop making me buy plants.
You can always proplift
I can’t believe I am going to watch you rank your plants for an entire hour. Hang on I need popcorn. And GO!
I enjoy this emensely! 😁
Enjoy!
If someone told me 4 yrs ago that id enjoy watching these id have laughed!. I sat cued this video up along with my lunch too!!!
It's a 36 minute long video..
@@funonvancouverislandImma watch it twice
Can't believe you don't like your Chinese Money plant. I got mine half dead and revived it. Right now, it's flourishing next to my window. Yes, it grows leggy, but it's still beautiful.
I really appreciate a slow growing plant. When I find a good spot and a good pot for it, it can just stay there and we are both happy.
Good to know that I'm not the only one who has a love/hate relationship with some of my plants. Great video!
Thanks!
Nothing beats Devil's Ivy! Sweetest soul, never troublesome. I have one 20 years on with many propagated kin throughout my house ❤
I have a Raven ZZ it was my first plant. Its constantly making new leaves. It's one of my healthiest plants.
I can't believe that you featured every single plant you own! So in depth! I am not even halfway through and love it already! ☺
Thanks!
Hi,
Ron here in the US. I grow alot of house plants.
I have been taking care of an Oxalis that an Aunt gave me for 25 years. Fantastic plant I have learned some things: Transplant only a FEW tubers into a bigger pot, pointy end up.
Enough for the coverage you want. It is very prolific and will spread on its own.You won't have to transplant again for a few years. Dry the extra then put your excess tubers in a paper bag. They last forever. I start smaller pots to give to friends or sell them
You said you were just coming into spring. Take the scissors to everything growing in that pot. Oxalis is perrenial. It gets scaggly in winter. It will start to regrow in a week or so. Keep them moist. Move it to a sunny location
The more sun and light, the less floppy it is and will have shorter leaf stems. It will tolerate direct Sun, even all day, but you sacrifice having the leaves open until the direct sun moves away.
I'm sure you know the leaves close at night. They also will close during the day if the plant is unhappy or stressed (needs water, etc.and in hot direct sun).
Great channel.
I’ve got a 47 year old croton, which touches the ceiling, more a tree now rather than a house plant. It’s been in many situations, cold, shady full sun and it’s just got on with it.
Cool
My croton hates me
Wow, nice!❤
That Croton looks like an S to me, but I don't know how hard they are to look after. TBH, I was hoping it might just look after me 😀
I love the look of croton, but they always die on me during winter. They seem to hate the dry air from the heater. (I live in the US. It snows here.)
Ive learned so much thankyou. I was diagnosed with Lymphoma and made a tropical freshwater fish plant room. With a goldfish pond and plants. I killed every alocatia. Thank you for helping me choose plants that i can succeed with
Thanks for watching 😁
My grandma has the most beautiful and big fern I’ve seen in a home and she doesn’t even research what to do for it (she has had it for a couple years and it’s been thriving the whole time)
Hey Sheff!! I know all about Venus Fly Traps now that I have some. Let the pot sit in a tray of water unless its winter (they go full dormant in winter, they NEED it), NO FERTILIZER, peat moss and perlite/sand substrate only, needs to be nutrient deficient. Pot need to be at LEAST 4 inches tall because roots grow down not around. Distilled water, Reverse osmosis water, or rain water only all needs to be 50 PPM or less. Get a cheap TPM METER to measure. Full Full Full sun. Our Sansi 10w bulbs need to be like 6-8 inches away, and for 12 hours. Humidity is overrated it doesn't need a lot to do well. Feed once a week-ish with pretty much any insect 1/3 the size of the trap (digestive enzymes rot the trap if it gets outside the trap. Spider legs wont affect seal). You can actually use fish flakes or freeze dried blood worms to feed, you just need to trigger the hairs once the trap closes so it does the final squeeze. Hairs need to be triggered twice within 20 seconds and the trap closes its first step. Once the hairs get triggered 5 more times, it does the final squeeze and seals the trap and digests the bug. takes about a week. If the trap doesn't do the final squeeze (false alarm) the trap will open in 6-24 hours. Traps only close one or 2 times then they die and turn black. During winter dormancy they will almost look dead and lose every single trap. As long as the rizome has new growth, and is hard, its alive. Research fly trap dormancy to see what to do. Putting it in the fridge is a common technique. They are SO FUN. Good luck!
this is really great! thanks for the info!
@@ShaudaySmith You're welcome.
Another great video! Aglaonema goes straight to S for me. Mine surprised me with flowers a few months ago.
My plants are nowhere near as large and beautiful, but I am trying, thanks to your videos!
You’ve got this ✊
I'm so glad to hear your opinion on diffenbachias. I thought it was me, but yours look the same. Thank you for relieving my plant mom guilt.
Never knew i wanted this kind of Video but i love it ❤️ Very Inspiring for my next Plant purchase
The purple pallida or Purple Heart here in the states I got as a cutting from my mom who got it from her mom 6 years ago and now I have lots and lots of them cuz it crawled out of the pot and rooted in the ground outside. I have taken cuttings and now it’s all over my landscape as a ground cover. It dies back in the winter and sprouts back out in the spring here in zone 8
Where do you live that it sprouts back. I'm in Missouri. You must be somewhere warm.
This was fun to watch! It was quite interesting which ones you picked as your favorites. I tend to lean on plants that give me the LEAST trouble, so MY S list are undoubtedly the ZZ plant, snake plants, rubber tree plants, and pothos plants. Interesting that you didn't feature any common Dracaenas (I have one that is over 40 years old that has been propagated numerous times). The tradescantia plants are an absolutely nightmare for me, lol! Other nightmares have been allocasia or calathea ( you have tremendous patience). Thanks for the video. :)
Thanks for watching 😁
Thanks for the entertaining video :)
The only Alocasia which I know that never loses its foliage even in Central European winter under standard home conditions and is very easy to care for while stunningly beautiful is the Alocasia "Red Secret", absolutely gorgeous one!
They are quite common and inexpensive, I got mine at some garden center 3 years ago and it keeps on living its best life while not requiring any attention or "special treatment" like most other Alocasias I tried (and hated/killed...) over the years. Highly recommend! ❤
Thanks for sharing 👍
That was fun! You're a brave man; I won't have any Alocasias or Calatheas in my house. I washed my hands of them a long time ago!
I'm also a big fan of Pothos (the one you showed us is a Marble Queen-I have two of them), and I have about six Golden Pothos, as they grow so well and look lovely all lined up in a row on a shelf
My Philodendron Birkin is actually looking fab (so far!), and I agree about the Tiniki; I have 2, and they are beautiful and easy.
One of my absolute favourite plants is my Tradescantia Nanouk - what a stunner - and I have just bought 3 more different types. For impact, my Kentia Palm looks incredible in my living room with an uplight casting stunning shadows on the ceiling in the evening.
PS: I didn't notice your asparagus fern?
I borrowed that one for that video
I potted my string of hearts in bonsai potting mix and it grows like crazy. I do have to water often since it's mostly gravel like soil
Thanks for identifying the plants with text. I'm terrible with plant names.
I have a notebook and pen, and pause it when I wanna write the plant I want down!
@@kelsey9605 Great idea Kelsey. He always provides so much good information.
No worries!
I’ve recently had a lot of success with my string of hearts plants! I’m in London, so similar conditions to you and after some trial and error I’ve managed to get them growing brilliantly! I have one (a variegated one) on a mantelpiece, trailing over the edge, about 2 meters away from an east facing window. My other two (normal ones) I have on high shelves of my book case, about 3 meters away from a south facing window. I water them about once a month and am constantly having to trim them as a couple of them keep reaching the floor (from two meters up)!
They grow like absolute weeds for me now and although occasionally I’ve had problems with bare looking stems, I just cut it back to before that point and it grows back brilliantly. I use an aquarium water conditioner too, except I use one called prime by seachem. They also seem to like the seaweed baby bio fertiliser although I use it very rarely. They are still an absolute pain to untangle however they do look amazing when they’re happy! One of them is in my zoom background (when I’m working from home) and I’ve got many compliments on it! They are definitely S tier plants for me now, after years of trial and (mostly) error. Definitely worth it in my opinion though, they look amazing when mature, flowing down from a high shelf, especially when they occasionally reward you with little flowers!
String of pearls however… I cannot for the life of me keep them alive!
What a great comment! I absolutely love string of hearts plants but have never had any success.. 🤦🏻♀️ Although I live in Italy so a different climate, your comment inspires me to try again.. I just love the idea of them growing like weeds.. thanks! 👍
Once i bought 3 "string of..." cuttings from a seller on etsy, all aboit 3 or 4 cms each. Hearts, pearls, turtles. I was a plant newbie at the time and all the cuttings died before they rooted. EXCEPT my brave little string of hearts. Years later and she's still going strong (several metres long, her own offcuts rooting nicely elsewhere too) and she wont stop flowering!
I'm in london so not a super different climate from you. But ive found the cuttings really take root well in a moss/perlite mix, covered with clingfilm (w a couple of small holes for ventilation) and kept moist. An established plant though can handle being underwatered!
Awesome tour thank you. You could combine a raven with existing zz to make it more interesting. The first time I saw a zz I was amazed by the shiny leaves and thought it would be easy to look after but I over watered it and it died of root rot but I collected some leaves and a top stem and propagated new plants
Good shout
I have a Philodendron new red which was growing aggressively and out of control, which I got under control with wall mounted3m Command hooks andgarden ties. Its now growing the way I want it to.
Great video. Very helpful. I thought you were going to go though all your plants which have made for a long video but enjoyable one. I bought a few plants for my birthday yesterday. One was a peace lily that is blooming. I asked the lady I bought it from if it will bloom again. But she said it might and gave it extra fertilizer for free. Wonderful 😊 can’t wait for your next video.
Thank you 😊
In my experience Fittonias died on me until I put one into a terrarium that I had. I know this is a bit out there but I now keep my Fittonia mother plant in the largest zip lock bags front IKEA. They need crazy amounts of humidity & the zip lock bag was the answer. I also have an other plant that’s much larger in one of the zip lock bags that’s supposed to be used for vacuum sealing a double duvets. Both plants are doing well & condensation forming on the inside of the bags. I open the bags now & again to give them a change of air.
Yes, I put Fittonias in terrariums and they do really well in the warmth and humidity
Great vid! So informative as well as it teaches a lot about your plants and their behaviors
Some random thoughts:
My Pilea mother plant, I keep it in a bright place where I dont see it often 😂 (and otherwise care for it well).
I do however take out a babyplant every now and then and put it somewhere where I see it often, since the babys look quite cute for a while.
Also if you chop the top off the bald stemmed Pilea, the bottom starts branching out all over, and the top can be propagated into a new non-bare stemmed plant.
They are a bit annoying when they throw a fit, but also have options!
My string of heart seems to like higher humidity, growlight brightness and even constantly moist (not soggy) soil, its doing quite well and some strings are well over 2 meters long. While it still throws a fit every now and then and drops a few leaves, it also flowers most of the time.
I recently started a second one from cuttings… in a growtent (very bright, super high humidity). It is now rooted well and starts to grow out strings.
For the leggy Dieffenbachia… maybe propagate? Or put some cute low bushy plants in front of the leggy stems?
Verrucosum: maybe put more than one plant onto the pole so that it will become more filled out?
Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you for Sharing beautiful House Plants lovely collections beautiful video
the first time I saw your green orange plant, I started looking for one. I found one a couple of weeks ago - I love it! Stunning plant. Good to know about grow lights.
I do love ZZ plants. I have a raven and a regular one too.
I actually like the Pilea (Chinese Money Plant), I got mine from the receptionist at my job. Her's is at work and we're many floors up in a glass building. It's so full and large, but I suspect the lighting has a lot to do with it.
*I hang my string of hearts in a W window & it's grown down to the windowsill in a couple of months as well as flowers every year. It is rather water hungry for a semi-succulent during the growing season. I care for it the way I do my Lipstick plant but the SOH usually wants more water in the summer where I'm at (PA)
*over summer put your Hoya outside on a covered porch. The UV light + heat/humidity outside help mine bloom
* the "orange green plant" is a Mandarin or Fire Flash Spider Plant. I struggle with mine too but those stems keep preventing me from tossing it. Colorful or patterned stem plants look so good on a higher up shelf/book stand.
* Rhizomeous Begonia for me stay neater. I can't remember the last time I removed a leaf other than to propagate it (once it was acclimated to my house anyway). They stay more compact too so more tuck in around other plant friendly. Would enjoy living next to you P. Santorini for example.
*Calathea & agalonema I struggle with
I agree with putting echeveria into B class. I have several. Easy to take care of, but meh. I have a fern about the same size as yours. Looks great and takes little care.
Cool plant list for selected species
In the U.K. - There are two plants that I really have success with - dieffenbachias and syngoniums. Because I also have an interest in aquascaping I learned that they can both live in a riparian environment (roots submerged and leaves above water). I simply pot them up like any other plant but keep them literally saturated with water. This seems to slow down the loss of lower leaves on dieffenbachias a lot, but if a stem does get leggy, I just cut it down and trim the top part then stuff it in the mud next to it's old stem (both should send out new growth) or, if I want a new plant, root it in water and then pot it. My syngoniums just romp away in their sodden mud and seem very happy. Both plants seem to do well with grow lights as I am in a basement flat, so have little choice!
One of my new favorites is aglaenema . There are so many varieties & kind of low maintenance. Love my pepperonia & it's low maintenance.
Other favs...
shamrocks ( though they seem to like more sun than the tags says ).
Money tree , once I came to realize it likes it's roots cozy. Love the Mandarin orange spider ( think you called it green orange) once I learned how to make it happy .
I totally agree on all the C group,I have the same issues with mine. With the Chinese money plant, I chop the top off and stick it straight into soil it looks much fuller.the purple oxalis is same as yours and every other one that I’ve seen,it’s just it’s growth habit.
Love your Coleus,I’ve been meaning to ask you every time it’s in the background. Great video 💚🪴🌿
Thank you 😊
My peperomia raindrop is thriving in a southern window in my sunroom in sunny California. Unless it is shock, it probably isn’t too much sun. Maybe it got a bit overwatered or repotted too frequently? They hate being repotted and mine has been in the same pot more than a decade. They are an easy plant here because they like the dry, but probably more challenging in your damp climate.
BTW, they are super easy to propagate from a node, a leaf, or even half a leaf, so you can easily make a back up copy or add cuttings to make it bushier. It also bounces back nice from pruning.
I agree with you on the zebrina and the oxalis. I love both of them but I have a difficult time getting them to consistently look nice. Yours look great!
That Chinese Money plant is beautiful. Send it to me if you don't want it
I think your purple shamrock needs a bigger pot. But when mine got scraggly looking, I caught it off even with the pot and it grew back thicker.
I love to see how different we all are! ❤ I personally do not care for alocasias or philodendron, but I deeply adore my collection of calatheas! Specifically the orbifolia and the roseopicta, those are my two S-class plants 😊
Not saying I'll be able to keep all of my 6 calatheas alive, but at this point I have started seeing them as long-lasting "flower bouqets" instead of short-lasting house plants, and so it's fine for me if one or two die every year 😅
Also really happy with my chinese money plant, I just cut it off at the bottom once it gets too long and leggy, and enjoy the babies until the circle starts again 😊
Lovely video - I agree with you on most of your rankings, except I do love my gigantic ZZ plant. Completely agree on your assessment of string of hearts - way too fussy. I avoid any “string of” plants.
You should get a philodendron micans - pretty velvety (not showy) leaves , climbs like a pothos and pretty easy to care for.
I'd like you to do a more intensive bit on begonias. Love them - find them hard to keep for very long
Sheffield made plants. You come up with the best,most interesting video ideas. Kudos 🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏 to you.
Glad you like them!
@@SheffieldMadePlants if you love plants. . You've found the right place.
"Snake plants grow slowly" tell that to my bastard man that about to burst out of his pot after single summer. Starting plant care youtube was a terrible idea, now I need so many new pots
Quite a nice collection.going to get a nepenthes. I do not understand the Birkin problem....mine is in aroid soil and gets a huge amount of light. Fertilize every month in Summer.
Me either. My Birkin is in regular houseplant soil in an east facing window and grows great. I don't think it likes too much babying.
Thank you! I had misidentified my new plant. According this video it is a green syngonium. I thought it was some kind of alocasia. Sounds like syngonium will be better plants in the winter months.
Thank you for this! Great video! I LOVE “String of …” plants. Theres something so beautiful about the way they trail. I have two String of Hearts plants but got my first String of Pearls yesterday as a present - I’ve wanted one for so long and so I’m really excited to look after it and learn what it likes :)
"if he gives me any trouble he's going to go right into C. He better watch himself😮😂😂😂😂"
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Love it! So excited for this!
String of hearts is the easiest ever. But it needs LOTS of sunlight. It grows really fast too. And it's very easy to multiply : just cut a bit and plant it directly. No need to water too much, but sunlight is not negociable. Suspend it on the top of your windows, and in a few months you'll get very long strings. Easily goes to 2m long. But these strings will die away in winter without a growth light.
Plant your least favorite together for a fuller look before pitching. If compatible, of course.
This is a nice preview for a dumpster episode. I really enjoy declutter videos!
I'm so excited to see that Coleus in the S category!!! I got one recently, much smaller, but with the same colors, and it amazes me!
I thought white leaves in a Birkin are normal, aren't they? Isn't that how they all start and then get their green stripes with age?
Yeah but mine go white to brown
i'm getting into potting mix made mostly of fine pumice and some ground up peat moss. my mixes of peat and perlite became soggy over time.
Lovely video
Thank you. In regard to the barrel cactus it only flowers towards the end of its life
Oh right!
I’m choosing to find it funny that for the plants we have in common, yours are verdant and bountiful with a couple of imperfections and you’re like - ugh! Meanwhile mine look like meth addicts and I’m still in denial, telling myself they’re not as bad as they could be!
As ive just started diving into houseplants more I love watching your videos. I only have a golden pothos and a dracanae deremensis so far but have a ton of ideas on what to expand into. Im always open to more suggestions and ideas.
Can’t go wrong with the s class ones
really liked this for,at, terrific quick yet informative run through. saw a couple that look very interesting for me to try. cheers
Glad you enjoyed it!
You are very entertaining. Love your humour.
I appreciate that!
Your Chinese money plant looks A LOT nicer than mine. 😂
I enjoyed this, Mr Sheffield. I am largely in agreement with your ratings except maybe the fern. I love them but I am always cleaning up after them. Like they’re not very well house trained…
I hear that!
I love that the marble queen pothos is one of your faves.. I agree with the Chinese Money plant… mine lulled me into a false sense of security. It was huge and then just died for seemingly no reason :/ I’ve added a couple of extra plants to my Wishlist for when I get my current collection down to more manageable numbers
lovely plants and framed photos you have on your shelves and wall
Thanks!
Barrel Cactus, like a few others in the same genesis, have to be a certain age before blooming. Usually 5-8 years. Full sun and likes heat (I have to over winter mine inside). So could take longer with your climate. After your video on the Money Tree, mine is finally coming around (kinda), I did get a propagation to grow. Mine aspires to be like yours
Going to take an eternity then
You have some great plants where’s the Thai constellation monstera 🤣 as that’s my favourite plant in my collection though I do love Hoyas and Pothos as so easy going in my experience
Hello, commelinaceae plant collector and enthusiast here! It's true that a lot of tradescantia, cyanotis, and other related plants in the family can get very leggy and fall into the 'not insta- ready' category more often throughout the year than is preferred. So I have some tradescantia and family recommendations for you that might be a better fit. Rather than tradescantia pallida 'purple heart'/'purpurea', I would recommend tradescantia pallida 'purple pixie'. The fuzzy, purple leaves are much more rounded and 'cuter', if you will-- so just overall, probably more aesthetically pleasing. I also strongly recommend plants from the tradescantia continental group (i.e. tradescantia c.g. 'sweetness', tradescantia c.g. 'unicorn', tradescantia c.g. angel wings, etc.) Most of the plants from this group are known for their compact growth and have beautifully-colored foliage.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Agree. Same thoughts.
Am new to collecting plants an flowers for indoors an outdoors loving ur channel ❤
Awesome! Thank you!
I live in Manchester and heavily relate. Our climate makes Monstera progress a tediously slow struggle. I bought a raindrop peperomia after seeing your video years ago-loved it when it was small, but not so much of a fan now that it's matured into a leggy tree. Loved the natural format of this video ❤️
Thank you 😊
Keep the leaves cleaned on the Monstera, 1pwk water. And partial sun 3days a wk. Remove dead leaves.
I absolutly love your Money plant. XD it is so cute XD
Great video, I'll take it as inspiration for my next one! 🌱
I looooove chinese money plants 😂 and yours is absolutely beautiful! Mine is 20 years old.
I’m trying Venus right now. I live in N.C. so I am going to try keeping it outside year round as it is a native plant. I learned that it needs only peat moss. So I will get it a new pot soon.
Sweet tour de plant, beautiful stuff, thanks 😊
I do like the awkwardness of the Chinese money plant personally but then I'm weird myself 😂
On the separate note, in the past my hoya didn't do much until we let it trail all over the room, pins where needed and so on and it did start flowering regularly (such fun little aliens ❤). Please don't throw it away, I'll pick it up from you if you ever want to chuck it 😅
Love the channel 🪴❤
Nah I’m keeping it
@@SheffieldMadePlants phew, wise. Don't let it climb all over a vase collection, makes for extra thrilling dusting operations 👌🏼 (PTSD twitch)
❤ lovely plants ☘️
🇦🇺🙋🏻 hey Mr Sheffield. I would find it impossible to rank my plants, but it was interesting listening to you justifications. If you enjoy the peperomia santorini, you should check out the rosso, very similar but with emerald green leaves. All peperomia go in the 's' category for me lol
I grow my chain of hearts in succulent mix and in terracotta - the terracotta draws the water away quickly and help to not overwater them. They do tangle!
I have 3 Rex Begonia, absolutely love their colour.
How are you enjoying passive hydro?
Loved checking out all your plants
I’m liking the lack of gnats. Not noticed amazing growth yet though
Am I crazy or did you not include your huge and absolutely stunning Calathea Elgergrass? Yours is the biggest and best looking I have ever seen! 🤩
Long story on that one
Loved this video. I agree on SO many of your grades...other than that I have a fascination for snake plants.
I learned something very recently about hoyas. It was on the internet, so it must be true 😂 . Hoyas prefer to climb rather than trail. If they are trailing the can make the decision that this path may be a dead end and they put the energy for new growth on something that is climbing. I set mine up, same variety yours, to climb. 🤞
I have a pink princess that I'm growing tired of playing midwife to every time she has a new leafspike. My Berkin is becoming a little difficult too. 🤔
I’ll have to try that to my hoya
Thanks for this great video. I love your plants.😻🪴
Thank you 😊
Funny how similar our tastes are; I totally struggle with those D-class plants, too, and chucked them, a looong time ago! 😅
Then again, “my” Zebby and Fittonias are just continuously shooting new leaves/growth and I have to trim it, CONSTANTLY… they seem to thrive on a mixture of extreme moisture, faint table lights, and neglect… (Chucked them in a tiny table greenhouse)
My monsteras (1 massive & 1 baby) are growing like the speed of sound it feels; 1 new leaf a week… it climbs up a moss pole though, no bamboozled schticks. (Just a plastic pvc pipe with dried moss wrapped around) no need for watering the pole but the plant wraps around, perfectly. I do turn the giant tub (on wheels) around, every once in a while, making the plant actually grow evenly! No problems with stretching into various directions.
I was wondering though: have you ever considered Clivia(miniata) and Strelitzia (bird of paradise) plants? If not, then why? They truly are amongst one of my favorites! Although I might be biased because I received my Clivia as a family heirloom (it’s well over 50 years old by now). ☺️
They've not tickled my fancy yet. BOD can get quite big and i've not got the space
@@SheffieldMadePlants Mm... yeah, they do tend to take over. Quite fast, too. But that's also what makes them so awesome-- and hard to kill... ghehe. But I totally understand if space is an issue!
Was just curious!
Hope you enjoy your weekend!
My Pepperomia Raindrop gave me much grief, and it died within a year. Granted, my house doesn't have the best lighting and it was fussier than I thought. Ironically, my Chinese Money Plant is miraculously still thriving. 😂
Great Collection... Love your vibe. That ain't an aloe vera though! 🌱
I got irritated with my tradescantia and stuck her outside at Easter. It’s June 12 now and she’s doubled her size. Heifer.
I love the philo red… and you! 😅
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Lovely plants….
For me S should be Traffic Light coloured Green (Go) and D should be Red (Stop)…
Agree with 90% of your ranking 😂
You seem to forget that all these houseplants come from a Rainforest somewhere in the world and they need to be treated accordingly, otherwise don’t bring them home. These plants all need warmth and consistent humidity. You could put a plate of pebbles with water under those plants for humidity. Don’t hate them when you are not providing the right climate for them!
Agleonemas are my favorites. I have three varieties. I received a giant anthurium a gift and it is stunningly beautiful. I recently acquired a tiny pink princess philodendron. It has tripled in size over the last few months and is one of favorites.
My old reliables would be snake plant, ZZ plant, peace lily, pothos, various philodendron, and syngonium. They look great, are easy to care for but don’t have a lot of pizzazz.
My wait and see category includes begonia, croton, caladium and a few plants that I have no clue what they are.
My disappointment category includes the lipstick plant, one of my monsteras and a Hoya (the one with the heart shaped leaves)
My least favorites are the Chinese money plant, tradescantias and one of my syngonium (the leaves have a bronze coloration which looks good up close but dead from a distance). I have a velvet pothos that has been a challenge from the start. The leaves curl under and almost all of my efforts to fix it(checking water, humidity, light, temperature, pests, roots…) have had no effect. I took cuttings of the tradescantias and the pothos and put them in water (I have old wine bottles that I like the labels) and they are thriving…for now.
I like the looks of succulents but I am death to succulents so I finally quit buying them.
Finally, I do keep a few aloe plants around but mostly for treating burns.
.. I think your Syngonium might be the Syngonium Bronze.. It has a bronze/greenish colour on the leaves and dark (very dark) reddish colour on the stems.. When leafs are dying off, they look like autumn, but so too when brand new 🤗 just give it bright indirect light and water/fertilizer when pot is dry..
@@aingealtara1479 Thank you for the information. The plant is actually very healthy and has new growth. I may move it to a different location. It’s currently next to a very green syngonium and the contrast may contribute to the “dead” appearance. I’ve also thought about getting more and grouping them together because I really do like the unique coloration.
@@FGM013 you're ever so welcome ☺️ I had a struggle too when I first got my Bronze.. I fell in love with the colours, but she kept playing tricks on mee, until I accidently left her in my kitchen thinking it was next to a teenage behaviour.. Now she's finally starting to "grow up" and behave 🤗 I just love all of my syngoniums..
💕 I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE CHINESE MONEY PLANT!!!! 🪴😍💕
(…also nicknamed: UFO Plant!)💗🛸 👽🪴
I had one last summer. Instead of using soil, I planted it in teeny tiny slate pebbles and let it sit outside on the patio where there was plenty of warmth and sunlight. It THRIVED🤩🌞🪴🤩 in the sun!!!! It only needed watering when the pebbles were dry. You can definitely get away with just filling the watering tray to water it that way. Just be careful not to leave it (or forget it’s outside) if you live in a climate with a winter season. I forgot to pull my plants 🪴 in before the first frost because our autumn felt like summer last year with 70-80 degree heat, so I didn’t feel a rush to move them inside. The first cold snap we had snuck up on me one week before Thanksgiving! Lol, I was devastated!!😢 Virginia had a very mild winter last year which is why I thought I could chance it.🤷🏽♀️ Oh, well. Lesson learned. 🌱🪴🌿🪴🌱
I have my pink fittonia on a south facing windowsill. I have to water it every two days as it shrivels otherwise. Its getting big now
Now that you’ve ranked them, great time to purge. Pass on the D’s and maybe re evaluate the C’s into a go or stay. Opens up room for things you want to try and reduces your plant workload!
Your Sansevieria is a Golden Hahnii
When you busted out the difebachia I started to giggle.
They really are a beautiful plant but if someone asked me which plant of mine I side eye on the daily.... its her! 😂
I actually really love my chinese money plant. I recently cut the top of it and put it into a glass of water until new roots came. So the whole plant is just the top with lots of UFOs.
We also call them UFO plant here. :D
Honestly I own some chinese money plants plus a very big one and it still has almost all of its original leaves except one or two I accidentally ripped off during transplants. Can't really relate to the "all of them lose their middle leaves" part. Only time I lost alot was when I let her dry out during her early stages.
Nice collection, we agree on so many plants lol. What is your advice on humidifiers?
I’m not so keen but my house is humid anywha