The BEST and WORST Trailing Houseplants (in my opinion)
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Anyone else a fan of the ‘foliage waterfall’ look? When you have several plants in a planter and grow some up a pole on one side of the container and let them spill down the other side? It’s my fave and I rarely see it.
Hoping to get mine big enough to do that. I have a montseria adisonii. (SP✔) sorry bad speller always have been. Need to get bigger pot to add a pole to it
Great idea. I have never thought of that.
Ok, so, my favorite is when someone puts golden pothos and neon pothos together and they let it trail. Such a beautiful combination.
That never even occurred to me, that’s a gorgeous idea!
I’ve never seen that can you send maybe a Pinterest link?
Not saying this is the case for any of the trailing plants you mentioned, but I've noticed that my trailing plants put out TINY leaves when they're overdue for a repot. Same vines put out 3x larger leaves once I finally potted them up! For me, it was Monstera Siltipicana and Philo Micans that behaved this way.
Thanks for another great video, and hope you're well :)
This was my case, my Pothos and philodendron were struggling and I just checked their roots for the first time since I bought them 1 year ago, completely overgrown to the point of rot. The only healthy roots were the ones closest to the plant, thank goodness, but now I have to completely repot them all in smaller pots even though they’re quite long due to so much root loss. I am just now learning the importance of checking roots.
Also they grow smaller leaves when they trail. If they are allowed to climb the leaves will be bigger
Your didn't have to get all dressed up for us! You look nice!!!
I totally feel the string of pearls. I hate all the string of's. Still looking for that full pot of cebu blue.
For string of hearts, try circling the plant down into the pot.. add over it a tiny layer of soil. Give it plenty of light, some moisture ( sparingly)..... Each node will grow into new plants. Try it!
It's so funny to me that so many people seem to have problems with string of pearls. I've had mine for like.. 3 years? At least waaay before I was really into plants and she's still so lush and pretty. She's probably one of my absolute favorite plants :D Just goes to show people have such different experiences with plants.
I gotten 3 and all dead 😒
i got mine a few days ago, repotted it(HUGE MISTAKE) you can probably alr tell im a newbie. the pearls started getting mushy(i didn't water it do idk what happened) now the stems looks brown and i separated the healthy looking stems (very short ones since my plant was already small to begin with) now im hoping the cuttings i took survive
update: after a few days, the soil dried and my dad had to be oversmart and water it 😀
I think it also depends on your home conditions, so it's not just dependent on the person.
@@urbutholstinks2304 oh I did that too but mine seems to be doing okay atm. A few pearls shriveled but I think it’s because I didn’t water it and it was shipped to me dry. It’s also variegated so the ones shriveling are all white and they usually die off anyways. If yours dies and you can’t find another then try buying plants online. I recommend succulent depot. The order came in 2 days.
My string of pearls was just like yours, but after I put it on my terrarium it started to get puffy and lush again. I don't water it 😅 it lives only with the high humidity and bright light.
i should do this! my string of pearls hates me!
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I agree with all of those. I never thought about putting my Brazil on a pole so I'm really interested in how that will look for you! Neon Pothos and Philo grow pretty slow for me but are easy and like the Curtisii I think the Dischidia Ovata grows well trailing.
My neon potho has taken awhile to grow. It was a small cutting. I just put in a south facing window..with a carport in between the house and sun.. and boom it’s starting to trail !! Yay!!!
I have a baby Dischidia ovata and it's put out a few vines but not much in the way of leaves yet. Can't wait till it does!
I have my Brazil on a pole and its only one vine but its BEAUTIFUL!!!
@Reva Ferns oh my gosh I wish I could send you a photo of mine! It’s so funny the difference of when I had it not staked vs then staked. And I don’t have it on anything fancy. It’s a thin bamboo pole from a orchid I had🤭😂DEFINITELY try it!!!
@Reva Ferns I just it a small moss pole in with my Brazil.. but the leaves are very big and variegated!! I didn’t tease any on to the pole.. it can if it wants.
Just ordered my first hoya curtisii and was so glad to see you feature this one again. (I also saw it on your hoya video). One of my favorite hanging plants at home is my peperomia scandens variegata (aka cupid). Bought it as a fairly full 6" plant a few months ago, and it is growing well. This may sound sort of clueless, but looking at that plant just makes me happy. Looking forward to more of your videos.
My Cebu blue took awhile to become accustomed to my house.. but it’s really taking off now!!
Thank you, I really appreciate this! 👏🏻😊
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FYI the trick behind string of pearls are: bright INDIRECT light- NO direct sun and light has to hit the plant from the top, very airy soil- they have to dry out COMPLETELY between watering and a good well-draining soil mix- all-purpose potting mix, cactus mix and perlite (1:1:1 solution)
My SOP gets direct sunlight and so far it’s been going really well!
you can do this by putting the planter tilted in a bowl so that it can be higher up in a window. same with heart leaf philodendrons.
Mine has done great in direct sun. I think the trick is bottom watering so the pearls don't get wet. And only water after the pearls start to shrivel.
Oh! Very interesting. I was told direct sun and didn't get this one because my space is primarily bright indirect light all day.
My parent plant sits in a south window. With my eves that means no sun April - August - then plenty of sun. I just keeps growing. My propagation sat outside all last summer with about 3 hours of late morning sun and grew well. It lost it top growth when I brought inside for the winter. I did not give it the sun that parent plant got. So I've moved it back to it's summer location outside. I treat them like succulents - sandy cactus soil and underwater badly.
Beautiful advice!
You definitely need to get a neon philo. I love mine so much and grows so quick
Omg I had no idea Moses in the cradle could look so nice!!! I bought one from the grocery store 2 years ago and it looks so wimpy but is super resilient. Could you do a dedicated video on care for it and how you got it to vine and trail so beautifully? Total goals 😍
👋 For SOP and SOD, I live in the Pacific Northwest and only found success when I keep them right up in my brightest, Southern window. They need like 8 hrs full sun in our Northern climate and latitude. I make sure the sun hits the top of the plant to keep it full. Also, their roots are so delicate. I avoid repotting. With the direct sun and watering 12-14 days, they are actually full and growing now. Also, my variegated SOP seem to struggle due to the lower chlorophyll. Hope that helps!
Try bottom watering your SOH. I had the same problem but I wrapped some vines in the top & started bottom watering & I haven’t had that problem since. RIP OG spider plant. She was iconic
I was watering my curtsii and string of hearts yesterday and thinking the exact same thing! I love my curtsii and it’s so fast growing and easy though I’ve been told by a couple plant friends that’s not the case with theirs
I was opening up my new hoya curtisii in the mail exactly as you started mentioning it!! Fingers crossed for this little buddy!
Love all your top 5 trailing plants, they all
Looks amazing ❤️❤️❤️
I purchased a few clippings of Cebu blue and I have a full 6" pot that is trailing a bit in less than 6 months. Cebu blue is one of the fastest growing plants I have seen.
One of my favorite trailing houseplants is the Hoya Linearis, I love the unique look of it. And my lipstick plant that is over 4ft trailing. I also love the heartleaf philodendrons but agree about the newer leaves coming in too small. I'd have to say of my most healthy and fastest growing is my jade pothos. Last summer I could not control a fungus gnat outbreak so I cut her way back and rooted in leca. She started off very small and now she's trailing almost 2 feet long again. I do love her, sometimes it's the most common & simple versions that impress me most. And I totally agree with you about spiders
Yes! Trailing plants are my jam. I am obsessed with the vines and the unique way they grow. I collect different varieties of Pothos, Philodendrons, Monsteras, and have a few Rhaphidophoras (same variety). I don't like difficult plants, besides Ferns (never let them dry out is my trick) and I find that most trailing plants are chill af. Im turning my kitchen and bedroom into a jungle by trailing the vines of Pothos and Philodendrons up the walls and ceilings 😊 And I definitely feel you on the tiny leaves of Adansonii and Brazils/Heartleafs. I have found sticking them close to a grow light or even near one gives them those big fat leaves again and thickens up the vines. Also the leaves of the Brazils turn bright orange and pink. So gorgeous! Anywho, thank you for all the great content💚
I wrap my string of hearts around the top of the pot, it ends up looking like a cupcake type silhouette, but it keeps it fuller. But also is a hassle to unravel if you wanna trail it 😅
Love how you started off with neon pothos, thats one of my favorites too! also 14:28 made me laugh so hard, i wonder if its a canadian thing to use the word unwell because i never hear it but its so cute for some reason
HAHA nope, not Canadian. Just my friends and I 😃😆
@@wildfern well it's rubbing off on me lol I'm gonna start saying it to😆
I have some of the same plants as you and I agree with you completely, especially concerning string-of plants. You’re spot on. My cebu blue is one of my favorite plants! Great video! 💚
I struggled with getting the watering right with my string-of plants for a long time when they were in soil. I've converted all of them to pon and they're doing surprisingly well. I have yet to try out a string of pearls, but I imagine it'll be a similar result.
My second houseplant ever was a string of pearls and it’s still thriving! I tend to be lazy and under care for my plants which it seems like they love. I just got an adansonii and am so excited to introduce a moss pole when it gets a little bigger!
I got a string of pearls as a new plant parent despite knowing it would be hard because I loved it so much. I underwatered it and the pearls got all shriveled and worst, the thin stems and roots got completely desiccated and no matter how I watered it after that, it stayed shriveled until I literally threw it in a jar of water. It's been there a couple months now. One string rotted but the other finally grew roots and started to get plump again. And it loved when I put it under a sansi light and when I gave it some fish fert last week, it finally grew a new bunch of baby beads! I'm so excited!
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I love this kind of content! I killed two string of pearls before getting lucky on the third! It’s a bigger more established pot then the last two. I have them in terra cotta in a west facing window, water every other week 👍
Hi Fern
Don't get too upset we all have issues with our band,try other options like put the spider plant in water after U clean it well same with its
Babs, the hearts vines place on top
of the plant circle
And U can propagate the ends on soil while attach to the mother plant ,in a small container and mist often ,
With the pearls is a bit of good luck try to change your routine a little light moist soil often but no wet ,don't give them up yet ,nothing to loose and is such a good feeling when they survive.
Good luck!!!
Great to see all your other plants are doing so well.
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I think i finally mastered stringing plants, i have a string of dolphins that is at least 3 feet long and my pearls are also doing well, hopefully i can keep that up as i just got string of hooks😬🤞🏻
It’s not even the care that turns me off about the other ones but the tradenscantia you have just is so appealing to me idk n the cebu blue is my fav n I just got mine few months ago as a cutting and now it’s roots are so strong n it’s continuously pushing out new growth love it!
I’m relieved that I’m not the only one experiencing shrinking leaves on their Brazil. I significantly prefer the hanging vibe compared to poles. I appreciate that while I’m let down that there’s no solution other than staking my Brazil, at least I have a list of alternatives🧡
You're so right about those plants. I love it that your neon pothos is such a fast grower. Mine has been veeery slow. It's really pretty though.
I wish the curtisii was as readily available.as string of hearts . I love ALL the small leaf hoya. I have one trailing plant that doesnt get mentioned a lot
succulent a- Kleinia petraea or trailing jade. It turns a beautiful purple when sun stressed too 😊
I love neon pothos! It’s definitely my slowest growing pothos though. And yes agree with the philodendron! So beautiful but those stupid tiny leaves 🥴
So glad I’m not the only one who just can’t keep string of pearls and dolphins alive 🙌🏻😂
I've murdered so many I'm probably on a serial killer list
lmao the only string of i have is a bananas and he’s doing good 😳 he hands in an east window and i water him when he gets wrinkly and then i just ignore him 😭
fern... you’re the absolute prettiest I swear 🥺🥺💗
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Wholeheartedly agree with you about the spider plants…mine are all washed out looking and even though I only use rain water, still they get the brown tips.
Loving your look today 🤗
I love watching ur videos✨
Your whole look today is so cuuute!! 🍊
I’m testing out my string of dolphins in a pot of perlite. Trying to revive it in passive hydro. So far it’s the healthiest mine has ever looked but I’ll keep you updated. I saw your video on perlite and said wth I’ll give it a go!
i got a all green spiderplant, and it’s so pretty! it was propagated alone, and therefor it didn’t give me any baby’s, so a few months back i planted a few baby’s in there. It got really sad and i almost lost all hope, but now it’s so pretty and almost has no crispy ends. It standing on top of my shelf so i forget about it sometimes, but i get so happy when i see how good it’s looking (: Also a few baby is on the way from it❤️
I really agree about string of hearts!! It honestly grows too fast, including the tubers which fill up the pot with just one strand each so it's just impossible to have a full plant. Mine also tends to put out tiny leaves the longer the strands get
I was nervous to try SOP for the reasons you mentioned! I was gifted a cutting but was afraid to propagate it alone (I have better success with soil propagating succulents if I put them in with another plant) so I stuck them in the first plant that google told me had the same water and light requirements which happened to be my little jade plant. And OMG! I LOVE IT! They look so good together! I’ve had them together since Christmas, and they’re still doing great! Just an idea if you want to try them again😊
with the SOP the trick is bright light and letting it completely dry out!! you’ll notice the pearls will noticeably wrinkle/sink in, slightly squishy too. bottom watering is also ideal, they don’t like humidity or water sitting on them :)
The cebu blue really is a freaking beauty! I finally managed to get a one leaf cutting of it, it honestly took me like a year to find it for cheap because it's so rare in Europe. I hope it'll do good for me!
I personally gave up on philodendrons as a whole, because the trailing ones don't grow nicely for me and the other ones (birkins and such) would probably need more humidity to unfurl nicely, so I just don't bother anymore.
My spider plant is probably the most neglected plant in my house and it somehow lives.. 🤣🤣
My regular SOP grows quite fast and is filling up the bonsai pot I put him in, repotted from a 5cm pot. I water mine probably once every 10 days and sits on south-facing windowsill, gets direct sun about 14hrs on sunny days (it's rare, about once a week).
Oh my, string of pearls is a tough one, been there! I kept mine in water for ages to bulk up the roots and grow more pearls, then I potted it up, giving the roots not too much room. I put it in a bright window and water when the pearls wrinkle. Finally they’re living their best life! 🪴
My string of pearls grows outside since its obsessed with sun, as most of my succulents are haha. I wish I could bring them inside but they look better outside. Also I water them more often then all the other succulents I have.
You can take a full neon leaf cutting from your philodendron brazil and pot it up and it'll grow as a philodendron lemon lime. Similarly if you take a philodendron brazil cutting and put it in a low light place you can get a regular heart leaf philodendron plant out of it!
What no way!! I had never thought of doing this with a full neon leaf! Ive propagated the darker ones, but never the other way around. How cool, thanks for the idea :)
@@wildfern You're welcome! Try it out❤️
I LOVE YOUR TOP!
I absolutely love Monstera Adansonii- I have mine hanging at the moment to see what it will look like and I am seeing some size difference, but I might propagate it more to see if that can spear some new big leaves.
I have just bought a string of pearls for the first time so fingers crossed I can keep it alive! I've had it for 2 weeks now and it seems to like the spot I have picked at the moment, but let's wait and see haha
Omg love ur top it suits u so nice😍😍
Thank you so much 😀
I find for my string of hearts as long as it has light shining on the top it prevents balding
I definitely agree with you on the string of pearls! I struggled with that one, too. Maybe again one day. I did have mine started only as cuttings, perhaps a well established plant would do me better!
I definitely agree with you about the String of Hearts and the Spider Plant.
My string of pearls had a rough start. They didn't grow. They looked bad. Etc. When I moved them to another part of the house and stopped overwatering them, they thrived! I've actually propagated that plant like 3-4 times now. Sometimes I think it comes down to luck! :)
I love your Neon Pothos ❤🌿😙
my basket string of pearls completely died. thankfully i had taken a single cutting and was able to propagate it. this cutting seems much stronger having been rerooted, and it’s even putting out new growth points. i’d recommend cutting your pearls and trying to reroot them (i used a moss box)
I saw a huge philodendron Brasil grown up a moss pole at a nursery. It's rather beautiful grown that way so I can understand why you don't like them trailing. I got mine as a really small plant and it's starting to grow bigger but the new leaves look really tiny. will probably decide to make it a pole to climb on soon. My string of hearts died on me but I did propegate it. Those are doing well and saved the tubers on main plants which has a new sprout. But I suck at String of hearts but trying it again. Placed two cuttings in my iamgroot container and it's seems to love it in there.
All my favorites too, I always have the purple tradescantia for the pop of color, I've been trying to get a 4" pot of the green one which I love. I feel the same about my green scandens (heart leaf) but I still live it. My Brazil is hanging, but I took the trails and attached them upward on the hanger, so I have the best of both worlds.
For pearls I've found a direct south windowsill and watering only when the pearls feel soft keeps it happy! Never tried the variagated though.
I love my tradescantia Nanouks despite the brown spots, but your green and white tradescantia looks amazing and I just might have to get one :)
Honestly I wasn’t into the trailing neons (pothos or philo) for my first year of being into plants but last month I finally realized how blind I’ve been! I have both in my collection now- absolutely beautiful trailing plants 🥰
I didn't pay them any mind till I saw a video from Planterina with an enormous and beautiful neon philo and I fell in love! Mine's pretty small but I hope it'll grow big and lush someday.
I used to struggle with my string of pearls too until I chucked it outside on my balcony. Honestly it needs the constant airflow so it doesn't rot at the base. Sunlight on top of the pot helps as well. And I water it much more than one would think to in those conditions 😆
I love your videos Fern! Have you ever experienced issues with electronics (computers etc) due to running a humidifier? I’m considering getting one but I’m worried it might cause problems with my Mac
My favorite plants in one video ! 🤩🌱👏🏻♥️
I got a 3 pack of Native when you did your last promo for them and I love it, never going back. I have experienced the browning tips on my spider plant and I went to the web and found that they need to be fertilized more often. Mine was sad and on the brink of death at only 3 sad leaves. Since I started feeding it regularly it has made a huge recovery. Currently I am trying to figure out how to grow my monstera adansonii on something. Do you have any tips on how to get a small one to start growing up a pole or plank?
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Harli G has a video where she takes Chain of hearts cuttings then takes spagnum moss and soaks it in Liquid-Dirt and places the cuttings in there to root. Once they takes off she lifts the whole circle of Chain of Hearts and puts it in the top of a pot of soil and they grow from there. Harli too also hates naked Chain of Hearts plants and wanted hers full on top. I did this exact thing she did and my Varig. Chain of Hearts new cuttings I just moved into a pot and omg it's stunning.
Omg I too am not a tradenscatia fan but every time I see urs so long lush and beautiful really makes me want one… n I looked yet to find one for me. Thanks for the video
I find string of pearls super easy, I just only water them when they start to look a little shriveled up and darker in color.
Hi for trailing plants they want to climb upwards. When your pothos or phil's grow "up" on a trellis or pole the leave grow larger in size. When your plants grow downward the leaves get smaller in size. In the wild the climb up trees so the higher they go the larger the leaf. :) I hope that helps in in encouraging your leaf growth. :D
Useful video. I’m looking to fill three pots with trailing plants right now. Just got a peperomia scandens variegata for one and also a pink variegated tradescantia fluminensis that could potentially be used for another. Neon pothos is being considered, but I already have a lemon lime philodendron so a neon pothos seems a bit redundant. I’d like to to suggest the crassula pellucida variegata “Calico Kitten” as a good trailing plant too. Kinda resembles a string of hearts, but it seems more sturdy and it propagates very well.
Oooh I will have to check that one out! Thanks for watching ☺️
Easy ones In my experience (in Texas with them in a west facing window) have been string of tears, string of bananas, and golden pothos. I have other trailing plants but they’re new and I’m trying to help them become more established so we’ll see if they do well with me.
Ohh girl I need a Curtisii so badly! Yours is just gorgeous 😍 I do see the resemblance in SOH too! My SOH looks like poo and I can’t get it to stop balding 😩
And that Burros Tail 😱😍
i know i’m late watching this but my sop and most string of things love being in my bright window in a self watering pot! i have it potted in regular soil pre packaged which is also weird but she hasn’t given me any issues aside from when i moved her to a spot with less light
Omg, that blouse is soooo pretty.
This makes me wanting to buy exactly those plants :D 🌱
My Brasil does the same thing with growing tiny leaves 😢 I was going to prop it up but I really wnat it hanging. But now I think I should prop up!
I totally agree with the string of pearls and spider plant!
Omg.. the baby burro's tail 😍😍😍
SOH I've found needs more ambient light and airflow, and you just need to keep wrapping some vines up to fill out the top! They will eventually root and start shooting out more growth on their own ☺️
Let dry out between, and feed once in a while with whatever you like.
This is just what I've been trying and it seems to be working.
My string of pearls suddenly was growing really well, then decided to melt out of nowhere a little after I moved. So sad. I never used to like them, then it kicked on and I got attached...
Yeah I felt like my SOP was doing great and then I looked at it and it was just disintegrating lol 😫 thanks for the tips!
I barely water my string of pearls but I mist it daily and it grows really well, I was surprised that it liked high humidity
That blouse with that hair 🔥 🔥 🔥
Always been super interesting in trying to grow pothos on a pole, but also love the jungle vibes they give just doing their thing
Thank you!!!
I’m a big fan of string of really anything (hearts, dolphins, pearls etc.) I think the key with them is giving them enough light. I live in sunny California and they’re a breeze for me
I agree with the spider plants. I had a giant one, split it into 3 plants and now I am down to 1. I put it outside and said if it makes it, it makes it, if not, don't even care. haha. My Brasil is doing the same thing, has large leaves at the top and growing small one now. But I really like it, so I don't care what size leaves it has. :) My neon pothos is taking a long time to trail. I bought it really really full, but it only has 1 trail and not very long. I have it under a grow light now, so hopefully it will do better.
Can you do a video on curtsii care please. I’m struggling with mine. Thanks!
Im surprised you didnt whip out your Hoya Compacta! I love my Hoya Crimson Queen and Hoya Pubacalix! 🙌🏻
Any time you say "unwell" I just can't help but laugh 💀 it reminds me of that time you said "un-well" separately in one of your videos & it's just such a mood lmao also, I recently got a string of pearls and I've only had it for about a week and a half 😅 so I can't really give any care tips buuut someone on IG told me not to keep them moist & to only water once the pearls look wrinkly. So I'm just gonna try to do that and hope that mine stays alive 😭 string of anythings are pretty tricky though so I'm on the fence about them as well. They're cute but 😬
I found Nanouk to be surprisingly finicky, too. Brown, crispy leaves for days! I still have 3 rooting cuttings but the mother plant died in dramatic fashion a few weeks ago. I was also surprised at how chunky it is compared to other tradescantia plants. Now I have what I think are logic lilac and tricolor tradescantia and so far they're a lot more tolerant.
Strings of anything needs a lot of light on the top ,so even in a hanging basket at a window if it’s to high they won’t get the light and die top down x
I love 💗 Pothos too! I have 6 varieties, so beautiful
When I lived in San Diego I went through the same woes as you with my variegated spider plant so I planted them outside. They grew lush and full and were in their element. Kind of funny considering the effort I put into them. I let my string of pearls go absolutely dry before watering them again, I also have a humidifier in the room with them. I have two pots of of the babies (full pearls just putting out their tendril or strings) if you would like to have one?