Plants I Will NEVER Buy Again 🌿 Why I Wouldn't Own These 10 Houseplants Again
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In this video I take you through the 10 houseplants I wouldn't buy again and why! All of these plants are my own opinions and based on my own experiences, so please don't let me influence your decisions - all plants are unique and beautiful, they're just not always right for everyone! LET ME KNOW what your plants that you wouldn't own again would be down in the comments below!
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As an avid orchid grower, I can understand the 'meh' with respect to the supermarket phalaenopsis, but the wider family has a vast array of forms & colours (leaves & blooms)... and scents - don't write them all off.
I adore Cymbidiums! I have too many Phalaenopsis orchids and they aren't "meh" to me. I do love them, they are all pushing up flower spikes now, but if I could get Cymbidiums to thrive in my home, I would have them everywhere! My best friend lives in So Cal, US, and grows them as foundation plants. There was an orchid house in my area, so I have owned many other varieties, Vanda, Oncidium, Paphiopedilum, to name a few, and I murdered them all, poor things!, which I find so puzzling, because I own some very difficult Aroids that grow great guns for me. I'm bewildered!
I probably haven't taken the time to properly get to know them cause I'm so put off by the supermarket ones. One of my friends has a bat flower orchid which is pretty cool, and very different. Who knows, maybe I'll delve into the orchid world at some point 😂
Yes this! I've grown orchids for about 10 years and my favorites are vandas, cymbidiums, alicearas/beallaras and cattleyas 😍
As an avid Miss Orchid Girl watcher I was bound to get obsessed with non phalaenopsis orchids at some point. (I've seen too many phalaenopsis chuz my mom ONLY had those. Like, 15 of them). I especially enjoy Phychopis and Arachnis Orchids!! They are just GORGEOUS! I have 16 different orchids now, and I only have 1 phalaenopsis (the shilleriana, I love the mottled leaves).
@@butterflymuse2707 Oncidiums are my vice, still have lots of phals too. I just chucked out two rescue cattleyas (my only catts) as they got some horrid black rot on them.
When I got into plants I went crazy and had to have all the plants. Then I completely ran out of room and it was so overwhelming keeping up with the care that I have been slowly trimming down my collection to only plants that I really love and focusing my energy on growing out those plants
I use the Planta app to keep up but other apps may be better.
Same! ❤😂
Did u end up giving some away
Same here! I’m a new plant mom (about 8months). It is addicting adding to the collection. Once I’m at a nursery I have very little self control 😅
SAME ! I took a huge leap and bought a spiral cactus !!! too adventurous, still in shock considering I only have 4 other plants ...... hoping everything goes well for everyone !
every sensitive fern i had , it died when i brought it home, so i chopped the stems and it regrew and it was fine. Ferns are sensitive to change in environment however their roots are extremely resistant. Which means when environment changes, they kill off the stems and stay dormant for a bit, then they regrow adapted to the new environment. That can even happen when you move it to a different spot in your home.
Currently going through this with my tri-color fern. Brought it out for summer and spoiled it, she nearly killed *herself* when she came back in during fall. 🤦♀️😂 That plant is never going outside again!!
This is sooooo good to know, thank you! I'll give her a chop back and see if she works some magic for me 💚
Thank you for this tip, I'm so scared of ferns I've killed so many because I think they are so beautiful. I'm going to try this! 😬🤞 pray for my next victim.
I wish I’d known that sooner 😢
@@kayciblizzard2742 when it comes to plants one thing I've learnt in general is to never throw away a plant even if all the foliage is dead. I only call the plant dead after I do a root inspection 1 week after the loss of foliage. If after 1 week the roots are still alive I give it another chance to regrow. If after 1 month nothing regrew and the roots are dead then I throw it. 70% of my plants survived full loss of foliage.
There are no bad plants, it’s just not the plant for you. Nothing to be ashamed of not wanting them in your space. It’s like love, if it needs to be forced then it’s not right for you.
Exactly! If you aren't feeling that loving feeling for whatever whether it's a plant, husband or a mere friend.......kindly depart on good terms.
Yep, the fern is likely still fine if the roots aren't doing anything weird - they're great at dropping all of their leaves and then pushing new ones better suited to the new environment. Plenty of people throw Maidenhairs out, for example, when really they need to be chopped back to soil level and left. It's likely just it's reaction to the change in environment. Good luck
Ooh that's interesting! Except for 3 poor leaves, my fern looks as crispy as Claire's and I was wondering what I was doing wrong 😅
Absolutely agree with your comment on the ferns. The Pteris type ferns need to be chopped back to thrive. I have two different types of maidenhair that threw a tantrum when brought back inside for the winter, but once I chopped them back, they rewarded me with new, beautiful, delicate growth. They now live in my humidity cabinet and look soooo good!
Hi Claire love your channel and content. I'm in Melbourne, Australia and grow my plants indoors in winter and outdoors under a green house in summer. I too have struggled with ferns, some are semi aquatic which no one talks about. Chop off the dead fronds, enclose it in a plastic bag to keep high humidity in a warm sunny area, and when it starts to sprout place it on a saucer where you can keep it moist all the time. Good luck
Thanks so much for the tip - I will DEFINITELY do this and keep my fingers crossed 💚
Yes ! I had this with a blue star fern , I cut it back and wow it’s grown back bigger and better
Your channel is new to me, and I’m so glad I’ve found it. 13 minutes in to this video and had to share, this video is a nice breath of fresh air. You focus on your relationship to the plant, how rewarding the growth is for you, how they fit in your environment, and instead of speaking negatively, you still speak from a space of peace and love. If only more of us could learn to think and speak critically and fairly about all kinds of topics. You have a new subscriber for sure!
I love the honesty that sometimes we outgrow some of our beginner plants! I’m currently cutting my collection to only what brings me joy and have been struggling with what to do with my large nanouk. Your video is helping give me the courage to find it a new home ❤
It can be so hard when you know it's a plant that you loved at first. I've had to get better at parting ways with plants that don't make me happy anymore, but it's lovely to think about the joy they'll bring someone else! 💚
Yes, this is where Facebook Marketplace comes in - someone will pay you for a plant you no longer want!
I don’t like colored plants too!!
Random question. Is plant mum the new version of crazy cat lady?
Happiest day in my plant collecting life was when I realized that very few plants give me real joy like vines do and so I dont have to keep anything but my vines (and my whale fins). I got rid of many plants and focused on my vine collection. Its so freeing to realize that loving plants doesnt mean you have to keep or own every single plant. It doesnt have to make sense to anyone else but you.
Oh I know what you mean about some of these plants! I have several Hoyas that I have decided just aren’t for me. They grow sooooooooo slowly! I have a Mathilde, (her name is Matilda), and she had one tiny leaf when I bought her. That was last Summer. She just grew two more leaves, FINALLY! I was so excited, but I know it’ll be quite some time before she grows more.😢
I have one word…Peperomia 🤷♀️
I second this! I had a peperomia that was just fine and then fell apart out of nowhere.
They can be temperamental for sure!
I had three. Now I have zero 😂😂😂
I love your videos Claire. I have fallen in love with plants! I'm growing my collection carefully picking the plants that would get along with the rest of mine :D watching your videos makes my day because I can see someone enjoying them as much as I do. I know what you mean about ferns! They're so difficult! But yeah, thanks for making videos. Greetings from Finland.
Thank you so much! 💚
Dont feel bad about the croton, the only time I've kept one alive was when it was outside in Australia's intense sunshine. Keeping one indoors is hard.
There is nothing offensive in this video. I have experienced some of the plants you mentioned. Yes you are right. I agree with your assessment. For the ferns, wow, I have never seen a bamboo fern. I notice they love acid soil. Since we have acid soil, I'd like to try it. So in a sense, you did an advertisement for some of the plants. I think you should feel free to share a longer list, your problems with these plants. I think it will be very helpful and popular.
Claire, I’m definitely on the same page with you regarding staying away from adding colorful plants and l my collection. I love the natural patterns and diverse variations of green plants. I like the jungle vibe, and uniqueness of leaf structure. Insofar as what I’m avoiding, moving forward it will be ANYthing that attracts thrips and other pests. I’m staying away from plants that are difficult to keep alive - it’s like throwing money down the drain when I could’ve invested in a plant with staying power!😅 If I’m calling out specific varieties, no more syngoniums, they bore me nowadays despite the variations. Also avoiding Verucossum type plants, and anything with thin leaves (almost always temperamental with light and water requirements). I’m also pretty much committed to WAITING it out for a few months to see if I really want to add a specific plant to my collection, and allowing the price to decrease - it ALWAYS does plant people!
Happy new year!
You are not alone, I have always had a strong preference for green since I was young. I much prefer green foliage plants (anthuriums, alocasia and monstera are my 💚's) and only have a couple of colourful ones (dahlias outside)
I think it's a very good way to view things only hanging on to plants that bring joy and that you love and letting other people take over ones that weren't meeting that need in you. It's hard to put a black and white description for it but I feel a kind of 'rapport' with my fav ones. Like I'm looking after you and you are doing so well and look great and that makes me feel good about things 😂
Fab video as always ty
For the fern- cut it back and put it in a cloche- trust me. I went through three within a month and then I got one as my last try and had an extra cloche, so I just threw it in there and it’s been doing marvelous!
I did the same and it’s getting all kinds of leaves.
Calatheas... just nothing but disappointment 😂 i liked them and had quite a few (still have one just about holding on) but i just can't keep them happy !!
I completely agree with you about colorful plants. I enjoy green and silvery plants. My collection is mostly scindapsus and aglaonema. My 💔 when you said trebuii moonlight is on your list of plants you’re no longer interested in. It’s one of my favs!
It’s one of my favorites too
I've tried three times with this plant and failed three times. Several TH-cam videos by "houseplant experts" also expressed complete failure.
@@lindaschad9734 what happened to it?
@@scwheeler24 All three got increasingly yellow leaves until the whole plant just faded away. I got the same result whether I watered them or let them get dry.
@@lindaschad9734ill try and cover my care techniques… I am not an expert by any means. This is what works for me.
I use a super chunky mix and water thoroughly when completely dry. I wait for the leaves to curl slightly before watering. I find this is tricky though. If I wait too long I lose a couple of leaves from letting the plant dry out too much 😕. I also put them in bright indirect light. I have three large trebuii moonlights. Two are beside east facing windows and the third is near a south facing. I do not supplement humidity and they seem to tolerate that well. I water with liquid seaweed (blue plant from Amazon) and fertilize a couple times per year with slow release osmocote.
I'm so happy to hear you not loving every plant. I think sometimes you're so perfectly good at taking care of plants! I'm very new at this and failing here and there so this video is helpful. I am falling out of love with tradescantia as well :)
I agree. I have the white and green one and it thrivesssss, I have giving some pieces to friends and they always go strong. I'm only 1 year into the plant world, but this has been deff a good beginner plant
Hi Claire! I think our tastes change over the years. I was crazy about hoyas and syngoniums and have a few still but don't want any more. Now I'm drawn to succulents and cacti. If you'd told me five years ago that I would be collecting cacti I'd say oh no, no, no!
I like them because they need a lot less water and low maintenance.
@@jackiewhitney5031 Yes! It's so nice not to have to water something every week...or all Winter in the case of cacti!
Me too lol
I killed my favourite beautiful maidenhair fern 3 times. It was a plant for 2 weeks. Last summer I've tried a fourth one. It started to dry out like others. But this time I wanted to figure out how in the world...
I've watched so many videos. And 2 videos were my key to a beautiful plant. First one said, fern gets new growth. It needs SUN!!! No halfsun half shadow half anything. It needs light, bright light.
Second video was from India after monsumrain. Woman collected fern with roots out of the fern-wall. She left all of them over night in a small vase with water, to plant them in soil by the next day. Some of this plants didn't reach the water just a night long, were dried out immediately. No humidity in the vase safed them. Plants get water over their roots - point.
So my conclusion was: try to water it each day.
Et voilà, my plant became so huge since last summer. Bright light + water each day (now in the winter every second, don't wait longer) = magnificent maidenhair fern.
Plants I have blacklisted : syngoniums, calathea, peru, aglaonema, pilea, diffenbachia, tradescantia. I'll just enjoy them from a distance.
Happy New Year Claire and friend 🐕 Another great video though melancholy. Agree that if the feeling is gone, let it go. With 200 tropical plants to care for I do not have time for plants that would rather be some place else. Unfortunately, my list of departures all went to plant heaven. 🪦Zebra Plant, Flamingo Flower, Umbrella Plant, Nerve Plant, and Cyclamen Plant. I know better to bring Orchids, Begonias or Pepperomias into my home. I enjoy them from a distance.
Bloody strings of anything, I love the way they look but unfortunately, they don't love me back haha
I am a retired Interior Designer. When I worked with clients I helped them come to know their personal style. Most people know some things they like, but a deep dive reveals more. You are loving a neutral backdrop. In design, we often create a neutral backdrop, accented with bright or colorful accents. This scheme replicates nature, but when we create a special space for ourselves it reflects current passion. This can change over time. Let your development come in a natural flow. Some individuals do not ever change. This is as it should be. Don't question it!
Caladium are sooo easy to take care of for me, and their looks are just 😍
Great Video.....I've also noticed that some of my plants end up just "Annoying" me and I can't quite put my finger on why, they just do, that's when I know they have to go.
I totally agree with the colorful houseplants. The occasional bloom is all of the color I want in my collection. I think tradescantia nanook and crotons are just way too loud in my space. I love that you described the tradescantia as a bit offensive, lol I couldn't agree more. People look at me like I've got two heads when I tell them I dont like PPP or other pink plants. That being said, I do appreciate some deeply colored leaf backs and poisonous looking veination or spots like begonia amphioxis... tell me why that is, I dont know? It's mostly all about the shades of green (and silver) for me. Great video! And thank you for not constantly apologizing for your genuine honest thoughts it was refreshing to just enjoy the plant roast without worry of people looking down their noses. Loved that. You rock! 💚
Claire - if i may - side of very interesting subject that made me subscribe to you - the intro is so much louder than the content of the video:} - just my own feel - a bit too loud:D got me surprised there. ! greeting from the Netherlands
Begonia Maculata was my "phase" plant. I LOVED them and couldn't wait to own one.... then I got one one and it does what your syngonium does, grows like crazy, its hard for me to keep up with to make it look good and not over grown... I still like it, and I still think its pretty, but I feel like its one of those plants that can look really unkempt and over grown, and not in a good way. lol
For orchid, try variegated Asian/small Cymbidium
I can give a pointer or two for the scindapsus treubii moonlight! I put mine in a smaller pot so the roots could fill it out faster and I fertilize her often. Once the roots filled out the pot, she started putting out more leaves. So don't give up on that one just yet if you love the look and want a long trailing one on your own terms. Good luck!
Yes some are 👎🏿plants,I try to buy plants that I love and enjoy,however there’s been a few👎🏿
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I don’t like having colour in my house it gives me anxiety. I like green and nude colours because it makes me feel calm and relaxed xx
I never heard dumbest reasons to say you wouldn’t like a plant nor I ever thought someone would use the adjectives you used to talk about plants. It just sounds like you don’t really plants.
Some of these TH-camrs and instagrammers do it for the internet points, not cus they actually like plants.
Tradescantia Nanouk - yes, 100% as you said! It does not fit with its colour (although looked gorgeous at first site in the shop), it also has this strange growth pattern and it grows soooo fast that I end up trying to find a best fitting (very light) space (or it loses pink and gets very leggy) and somehow this process of growing it is just not rewarding..
I absolutelz needed this video, I have an orchid collection that I've kind of fallen out of love with... As much as I care for them, they just don't give me the reward I'm looking for anymore...It's nice to know I'm not the only one who feels this way, and it made me feel so much better that I'm not a horrible plant grower for not liking them anymore
I had the same experience with colourful plants. I've had a few pink/purple varieties over the years, and after awhile I just wanted them gone. I was drawn in by a Croton last year and am coming to terms with the fact that I just don't love that plant and it has to go. I'm much happier with greenery. I do, however, love my orchids. Even the grocery store phals.
Love your videos. And yes, I agree with the colorful and flowering plants. Calathea are a thorn in my side. I don’t know why I keep trying. But yes, not again for me.
Keep making more videos!❤
I too dislike slow growing plants. When a plant grows quickly & is bountiful, I feel like i have done a good job!!
I can’t keep Parlour Palms alive to save my life. I kept buying them and trying again but no more. Crotons and Syngoniums hate me as well🙁
Happy new years! What I’ve figured out with wire stem looking ferns including the heart leaf fern is that they need to be in a self watering pot with water at all times. I’m totally with you on the croton, it gives me thanksgiving vibes. I do like colorful plants for my patio, like the caladiums.
I feel that with the Scindapsus “moonlight.” I do still like mine but for quite some time I wanted the dark form too cause photos were cool & I felt like I needed to “complete the collection” but I recently had the opportunity to finally buy the dark form but I ended up walking around the store with it in my hand for like a half hour before I put it back & grabbed something else because all I could think about is how slow my Moonlight grows. Maybe I’ll get the dark form one day but I’ll need to find a more established plant vs the 2 leaf plant I almost bought.
Ridiculous how we have to justify simply not liking a plant, people really do get offended if you dislike their fav plant, I mean what's the problem? We can't all have the same taste, enjoy your orchids and ferns and let others enjoy their alocasias and calatheas!
100% 💚
I can never keep Sensitive Mimosa plants alive. I adore them and have many happy memories of interacting with them in nature during travels… but they die swiftly in my care 😢
I had one growing really well in the bathroom window and then I went away for a week and forgot to tell my plant waterer about it and it was completely dead when I got home 🤦🏻♀️ it needs water almost daily. They are also not long lived in general, kind of like an annual plant.
How do you hold a plant that has spider mites so close to you and be calm? That’s so amazing.
I see one spider mite on one plant and I won’t touch any of the plants in that whole section. And I inform my family not to even graze them in fears of transmitting some to other unaffected areas. Talk about paranoid 😅😂
I actually thought this whilst filming, but I've got a ton of predatory mites on the prowl so I took the risk... EEEEEP! 😬
@@TheJungleHaven Haha! 😂 If only we have predatory mites here. Heard they do wonders!
It felt so good to hear that other people also have plants that bring them no joy after buying them. I felt like such a horrid plant mum!!
On another note, could you please tell me how the predatory mites work for the spider mites? Xx I've got an outdoor lilac that keeps getting them constantly and spraying it down with neem oil and horticultural soap isnt doing it much good, even now when it's got no leaves!! Would you reccomend the predatory mites? Where could I purchase some? Xx thank you so much!
I don’t like slow growing plants😢😢😢😢. It’s like they are not happy with you and rewarding your effort , time , love that you give to them 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Not all pretty plants we can take care of , and not are suitable to our spaces 😵💫😵💫😵💫
I'm a horticulturist and the best advice I give anyone is to look at the plants you want to buy and grow in their normal environment, analyse the plant's natural environment and work out soil type etc, remember you might not be the problem but how the plant was potted up before you bought it etc.
do not do what other people are doing unless they are pros like myself. by all means, ask summer Rain she knows her stuff if its possible call her.
I HOPE THAT WAS OF SOME HELP?! 🎅🙂😷
Thank you! I always try to do this myself, but despite attempting to do everything "right" that fern is still a mystery to me! 💚
I adore Maiden Hair ferns but I have always struggled with this plant! So no more (sad face)
I just got Orchids last year and didn't like them until I got it to reboom this year.
My nanouk is growing out of its pot but it refuses to hang down so it looks like it's got arms reaching straight out in all directions. And it either has rust or just browning leaves despite being in a cabinet. 😕
I completely agree around the treubii moonlight. I got a 2 leaf cutting and it's been unfurling the 3rd leaf for months. I just put it in with my exotica so I don't forget about it as much.
I've combined a lot of plants in the last couple of months such as a couple of Epipremnum (aureum, neon, Pinnatum, marble queen) and heart leaf Philodendron (scandens, brasil, micans lime) and Syngonium (albo, mojito, Ngern lai ma) and that helps with keeping the care down while still owning more species. And I love the variety in one pot. Especially when it's the same leaf shape in different colours/patterns.
Also had a lot of Tradescantia when I started and now I only have one that soon will be moving to a friend. That was totally a fase.
Now I am in the velvet Philodendron fase and slowly getting into Anthurium but I don't want a cabinet so that keeps the options limited.
Some plants I really like when I see them around but I just don't feel the desire to have them. And sometimes I give in and buy them and end up giving them away..
It's funny how we sometimes fall out of love with plants.
My Alocasia Frydek was a very nice specimen, when I got it, but I lost all interest very quickly. Now I'm more or less waiting for it to die.
You’re me lol. Ferns and crotons are my nemeses. I haven’t tried that philo but I’m wary of most slow growers. I get impatient and then neglect them 😬 I’ve love caladiums and syngoniums for other people 😅 They’re just too moody.
Claire, your video makes sense to me, most plants come from super perfect grow houses, so your pteris albolineata may just have suffered from shock, how about cutting your losses and cut all foliage away, and see what it does? also its winter, whatever it will do, it will do it slowly lol
For plants with high variegation or that tend to go full moon, look at the youtuber "pretty in green", I found him a few days ago, and as my monstera standleyana is going full moon, I'm trying his suggestion today for the first time as I don't want to loose it. I have nothing to loose, cos full moon plants can't photosynthesise as you mentioned yourself. here is the link:
th-cam.com/video/c6dL0OsUo_Q/w-d-xo.html
I would love your syngonium albo 🙈🙈🙈🙈 or a cutting of... the same for the scindapsus moon shine and the Philodendron Aff & Lupinum ...
I'm with you on the phalenopsis thing, they are gorgeous when in flower, then they spend a year doing .... gathering dust.
The spider mites on your Philodendron Aff are a pain indeed, have you ever tried neem oil? it works for me, I'm on the ground floor and get a plethora of bugs, neem oil is the only insecticide I use and working in the garden centre industry i have tried a few...
One last thing I'd like to add; we often say that plant A or B doesn't like me, in my case is Begonia Rex, its not a case that plants don't like us, its in my opinion more top do with the fact that we can't offer them suitable accommodation. And that's why I say that your pteris came from a perfectly perfect green house and suffered shock, cos your home has different parameters that are not perfectly perfect lol
Calatheas I won’t buy again . Lost 3 ! Got 2 babies growing doin well but what the decide to do when they come out of the mini green house , is another thing ! Awer I love my croton she wasn’t it good condition when I bought her . I trimmed her back an kept her in my cool dreary kitchen ( not much light ) . But she’s thriving
My huge success with this beautiful fern is I'm afraid, richly undeserved. It is growing (Not without a degree of condescending exuberance.) in the only part of my tropical jungle garden which had never benefitted from my botanical expertise. Indeed, I only noticed it rising out of a cloud of native maiden hair because of the drama unfolding nearby - where a young monitor lizard was taking flying lessons as it attempted to consume a bat twice its size. This Pteris would appear quite precocious as it is attached, via a mat of fine roots, to the top of a volcanic-rock wall high above a raging river - in fabulous equatorial Bali. Here it enjoys gentle air movement, 100% atmospheric humidity, very dappled but bright light, minimal substrate, no fertilising, and 100% free-drainage - combined with moisture on demand from the very porous pumice-type stone it resides upon. Hard to replicate for any length of time indoors in a pot of compost I imagine, but judging from the quality of your other plants, I would say - not impossible.
Caladiums are spring joy. I plant them outside and they pop back up in the spring. They shine outdoors if you live in the correct climate. Lots of fun. I have never tried them indoors. I can’t see making the effort for them as an indoor plant. I do covet your Syngonium Albo. I love it! I hope mine grows.
Save yourself the frustration. Every time I cut back a fern that is not doing well I constantly get new growth but as soon as it unfurls the same thing happens. You just end up watching single stems die one at a time.
I have killed a few crotons in Florida 😂 I felt like the worst plant momma in the world. I own hundreds of indoor and outdoor plant but crotons were hard to keep alive.
I'm the total opposite - i love flowers/colourful leaves and colourful pots 😅 I have a Pretty Turtle and i love it so much. My favourite plants are actually Streptocarpus- so easy to care for and they produce the most gorgeous flowers.
That being said, a plant i would never get again is an African Violet. Too fussy for my liking.
Sometimes it's good to discuss the good, the bad and the ugly. As much as I loved them, I would NEVER buy Calthea's again. Mine were never happy even with high humidity. By the way, I also live in Florida... the most humid state in the USA.
I agree about caladiums! I often see one and think “wow” and then like a minute later I’m like “meh”…I think some of them look a bit tacky 😬
Ugh the plant I don't think I would try again is the beautiful velvet jungle (I believe it was called ), it did soooo well for the first few months, then I think I made the mistake of moving her and it all went down from there, no matter what I did, nothing helped bring her back. And it was an absolute fav. Mayyyyyybe I might try again, but I highly doubt it. It killed me inside to watch her die ! But I would like to add, for beginners a good plant that I think is under rated is the Philo Birkin . One of the easiest I have.
Many thanks for this video. Very interesting and good food for thought. We evolve and we change or tweak our personal taste as we move forward in our plant journey. Moving forward for the most part is considered progress. There are many plants I admire in someone else’s home, however, I know those plants are not right for me. 😊 We’ve all had plants that no longer bring us joy and that’s okay. Re-home the plants that are not working out and it will give you more time and energy for other plants in your collection. 😊
Caladiums are wonderful as outside annuals but honestly quite crappy as a house plant. They get leggy they get spider mites. If you have room on your patio please give them another try they're great outside during the warmer months.
Maybe I'll try some on my balcony come summer time! 💚
I have an aversion to really colorful plants as well. I wonder if it has something to do with the bright colors of poisonous things in nature that puts us off on a subconscious level. Also, I will add I was on the same page with my Scindapsus Moonlight. I sold one and then later decided to try again because I do love the color. The second one I purchased does not stop growing. I have three or four new leaves coming out at any given time and had to re-pot it 2 months ago to try and get it to slow down, which it has a bit.
Try some pretty foliage orchids. It's a shame not to explore this side. I'm guessing, from the way you grouped all orchids together, that you haven't experimented a lot. That being said, I would recommend that you look into these:
- Paphiopedilum Maudiae Femma Green, it has mottled leaves, only opens one bloom per mature growth, and the bloom itself is not super colorful, it's also unusual enough that you don't see it at the doctor's 😂 but not super rare to the point where it would be difficult to replace
- Phalaenopsis Odorium, another mottled leaf orchid that looks very pretty in a mostly green collection, and the blooms are not super brightly colored, but they do have a very nice scent that I think is close to lilies of the valley
- Beallara (Alicera) Tahoma Glacier Green, this is a pretty big orchid, the flowers are once again a bit more green and not super bright, and it has a soapy smell that's very fresh
- Vanilla Planifolia is the vanilla orchid, it looks like a philodendron, grows very much like a tropical climber, and will take a few years before it blooms so you get plenty of time to decide if you love it or not
Agleonema red Siam, crotons, crassula, trebuii moonlight, and possibly hoya carnosa compacta (bc of mealies). I regret my xanthasoma, but I'll probably do it again...
I agree with you on too colorful plants like crotons and regular orchids. I would love to have a jewel orchid and vanilla plant though
The only plant in my collection that I regret buying is my Croton, it’s flourishing and is beautiful but it’s my only poisonous plant in my collection. I keep it out of reach but I still don’t like the worry with the curious cats 🤦♀️
I'm the same with wanting my plants to be green. Not white, purple or any color except green
What is that plant on your right side, with the larger, light green striated leaves? THAT was my problem plant! I finally have up after over a year of burnt edges, slow growth with like 2 leaves appearing after all this time. I tossed it🤣😭
I also don’t love croton, I really don’t love it. One year my husband got it for me for Mother’s Day as an outside annual and he loved it, I thought it was cool outside and I have a pastels mostly colorful outdoor garden, but for inside it irks me. I also just don’t love the colors. I grow naturalized flowers for my area and I don’t really love the bright colors exotic look. I don’t even like non green plants inside I came to realize over time. They don’t go with most home decor or paint schemes but greens do with basically any neutral color.
I’m the same way with greenery, I just really enjoy that over colourful plants. I do have a tiny Nanouk and a prince of orange, but that’s as colourful as I get here 😊
I feel this way about my pink princess. I had serious FOMO and found one I was so happy to have it but.... It's so ugly. It needs support to even stand up and I just don't like it idk why I even wanted it so bad I guess because I love pink and it's a "hot" plant to have but it's not doing it for me either. I put it in a spare bedroom (with good sunlight) and plan on selling it
Snake plants omg I can’t keep it alive! It’s so embarrassing because it’s amongst the most easiest plants to care for but I seem to always rot it from watering or under watering 😢. I’m giving prayer plants calathias another try so far okay….. but we’ll see.
I did the same thing to my trubii. I absolutely love the leaf shape and color, but I didn't love the way it was growing so I chopped and propped. Unfortunately a lot of the cuttings rotted so when I potted up what I had, I was left with 7 leaves haha! It still has not done anything since then and its been about 5 months. Good luck with yours! Hopefully you have better luck than me.
So I have a clipping of a wondering Jew. From my momma. Not sure the real name. But it’s doesn’t like me at all. That’s one plant I won’t do again. No clippings and definitely not buying lol
I’m averse to any kind of yellow striping or variegation. I love white or pink variegated plants, but the ones with yellow just look sick to me😅
Aw id gladly take cuttings of those plants 😅. For me i think im done with monstera albos
that first one you showed, needs misting every day, Crotons are hard to keep alive, they need a lot of sun, and they get mealy bugs ALMOST every time i ever had one, so i never bought another one, i tried 5 times, so i gave it to my son, he did great with it, but not me, ughh and no 3, root in water, works every time, any philly will, caladiums are hard to grow for me, not indoors no way.i love that syngonium green and while, oml i would kill for that, haha, love it. chop up one you really dont like, that silver one put in water, they will indeed grow quicker. and sell the cuttings, not a fan or orchids either but i grew them in water with glass beeds, they were pretty but no flowers, and i love and always will have the wandering jew, they are so so easy to grow, i dont like big leafed house plants other than Monstera , especially philly, i tend to love the tiny ones, to get rid of spider mites, take the plant out of the soil, throw it away and wash the plants leaves with cold watere and soap, spider mites come from soil most of the time, the only thing that i do love that i absolutely have horrible luck with are african violets, they demand too much care, my favs are snake plants and hoyas now, and i was given 2 Monstera plants when my son died in jan of 2022, and i absolutely love them, hoya i struggle with those unless i grow them in water , because grown in soil for me, they are so bad about mealy bugs, i bought 7 new ones recently that i love but i will have to check them non stop to keep that issue at bay, my new love is aloe of all things, i bought 5 new ones that are not the plain old ones, pretty rare ones and very thick leaves and i am in love with them, but my love for snake plants will always be my very favoriets and pothos, always
Crotons look garish to me, so I have never bought one. I have had many Phaelanopsis orchids & enjoyed them for years, until a scale infestation, which spread to each new orchid. I have been unable to eradicate the scale insects.
I had 4 crotons at separate times. My first 3 did really good but the last I absolutely don't know what I did wrong but I will never again own this plant. I take that back I might try one more time. lol
There's a feeling of relief seeing plant youtubers kill plants (as unfortunate as it is on your part) because it reminds me that no matter how experienced you are, you'll never be able to keep every plant 100% happy in your care, and you can still kill plants. Philodendron lupinum has a bad rep because of people's poor experiences with it, but I don't know, even the juvenile form with its exaggerated wide heart shape and the strong red abaxials still make me want to give it a go, it's my version of other people buying the melanochrysum even though those are notorious for stuck and warped new growth. And I would recommend others to buy jewel orchids and skip the tradescantias - they look more visually interesting without looking fake, they feel better wiith their velvet texture, they're a good substitute if you're looking for a plant with the same growth pattern and leaf shape as the tradescantia, and jewel orchids also flower!
Plants I'm never buying again: rhaphidophora tetrasperma - I killed mine because I buried its stalk which you're apparently not supposed to do, and the leaves didn't really bring me joy to begin with, I only bought them because I felt like they were a "must have" in every plant collection
Philodendron 69686 - this was something I've had to realize along my plant journey, but plants with strange leaf shapes don't wow me as much as plants with interesting texture and color. I don't hate the plant, but seeing it just gives me the "that's it?" vibes. I'm much happier now with my monstera peru and anthurium radicans for their textured leaves
Any scindapsus - scindapsus exotica was my gateway to houseplants, but I killed it when its leaves started wilting -not curling, wilting, out of nowhere. I was nee to the hobby so I looked for advice on the internet, but everybody seems to have only experienced curling and not dry withering of the leaves. Since then I figured that I'd never buy a scindapsus again unless I know how to solve the problem that killed my first one
Use bright daylight LED light on it, it’s bright and won’t burn it, ferns go nuts under LED light bulbs my ferns going nuts most plant flourish
I gave my lupinum away it was just meh to me. My sodiroi aff also got attacked by spider mites and right now it's just chunks.
I love watching your videos, but you talk really fast. Please slow down and take a moment to breathe . Other than that love love all ur plants collections!!
Thanks so much for the video, Claire! I noticed you have the homemade D shaped moss poles and was just wondering what you used for the plastic backing please? 🌱
Tried Pteris fern three times, it always died on me no matter how hard I tried. That said, the only fern that grows well for me is Boston.
As for Croton, human eye is drawn to the color yellow and orange first, so that one is pretty much guaranteed to steal attention.
I hate crotons too. They give me the ick so strongly too. They would sound good if decided, but they're just so jarring to look at and I get a strong ick reaction and that's that 🤢
I think that crotons are nice plants in the West Indies tropical gardens, I had one in Guadeloupe once, but I wouldn't grow them in an apartment in Paris, is is not appropriate to grow inside ...
Crotons are not appealing to me at all. To me they just look diseased. Those Instagram pics of perfectly ombré crotons are photo shop not reality.
Stromanthe - requires a ridiculous amount of humidity. It is in a terrarium nowand will soon outgrow it...what then? dunno
The third plan likes humid areas so place it in your bathroom, by the shower, and it will grow beautifully! Also When I make rice I use the water where I wash my rice to water the plans.
I tried doing the same and it attracted a lot of flies. It was nasty, especially because it's a balcony garden. Had to remove top soil and add new ones. Stopped using rice water after that. Only reuse spoiled milk, that too after diluting it.
Mother of thousands because it just gets out of control and hijacks every single one of your pots over time.
i actually reaaalllllyyy dislike crotons 😅 the orange and yellow and red looks sooooo out of place ive never seen a plant that looks good next to it