I love this. I would love to see more content like this. So many people want to feature crazy rare and expensive plants. I feel that there are SO many newbie plant parents out there (including me) that need info on these common plants. We go to the big box stores for our first plants. They all may be “old news” to the plant community but to us they are exciting and new and we want to learn as much as we can about them. Thanks for sharing!!
@@NewUkeNewYork exactly! I don’t really love to watch about plants I probably will never get. I want to get the common ones and make them the biggest, baddest ones that I can make them! 😁😁😁
I agree! I've been caring for house plants for almost 10 years now and I still get excited over a lush, beautiful pothos. I really enjoy the "common" plants because they're easy to grow, low maintenance and communicate their needs well
I agree, I don’t see myself ever spending more that around $35 for a plant, so rare expensive $100 for a one leaf rooted cutting are of NO interest to me.
Let's hear it for the philodendron burle marx. My favorite because of the ease of growing and propagating. It is also consistent with keeping the leaves sprouting winter, spring, and summer. A 4 inch plant can quickly grow into a sizeable floor specimen.... no grow tent needed.
I just love the plants I love, I’m not really interested in how rare or uncommon they are. Nor am I interested in getting the biggest leaves possible. I have many plants and I love them all.
I agree with you about just looking at the plant and not sweating if it’s common or rare! I love all common pothos varieties! And the solid green monstera is a classic!
The most common plant you will see in my house is a holiday cactus back in 2010 I was so addicted to them and they were everywhere in my home but I did down size to only 9 so I can have other plants 🪴 😆
I've keep seeing plant videos related to stress. Just know that you're the one creating your own stress, no one is forcing you to keep buying plants or put so much time into keeping them. A lot of people simply choose to buy flowers, watch them wither, and then buy new flowers. Too much talk about plants revolves around perfectionism, like it's a competition. Think about why you got into plants in the first place, I bet it wasn't because you wanted to have all the latest rare plants for your "collection". If anything, plants should be a reflection reminding us that nothing lasts, and that we should saviour the moment. So close down instagram, enjoy the plants you love, and don't worry about the rest.
I restarted my plant hobby last summer and due to expense, all my plants are pretty common. I love my philo Brasil and how different each leave is. I also love my heya compacta. I bought it in memory of my son because he was wild and crazy and fun just like this plant.
Your scindapsus is so beautiful💕 some of my favorite common plants are the rabbits foot fern (the only fern I’ve kept alive for multiple years) and avocado trees! Such a fun thing to grow and if you put them outside in the summer they get huge!
Hi Fern! I couldn't agree more with your selection 🌿, I only regret I live so far away (Poland), if we were neighbours, you'd find one of my three huge raphidophora tetrasperma on your doorstep 😉, all of them are propagations of my original one. Thank you for the video, greetings, Irena 🌿
After nearly 40 years of growing house plants I still love the old ones. Though I do get excited about a few rare ones too. The plants that used to be "common" are the ones people were able to take a cutting from when they were at your house. Its how I got all mine. You weren't really be able to buy plants back in the day. Maybe the odd one at the florists or maybe the fruit and vedge shop. Much the same as garden plants. I'm sure every area had the same dozen plants that everybody had. Ye olde spider would have been number 1.
I own most of the $5 section. 99% of my collection is common plants. The few that aren't are because I found variegated Marantas in the $5 table and Ive been exchanging them for fancy plants. Got a Philodendron Splendid recently ☺️
Crazy… the more common plant that came to mind for me as a favorite before you mentioned it was the rhaphidophora tetrasperma. Even stranger is that I still have yet to even own one. It reminds me of an oak tree for some reason 🤔 🤷🏻♂️
You asked where are all the string of pearls. They are at my house! 😁 I have a decent sized regular one, a small variegated one, and trying to prop both as gifts. ❤️ One of my favorite common houseplants is marble queen pothos. 🤤 No one will ever convince me that's not the most beautiful plant there is.
Same! I have 3 uncommon ones, they sit in self-watering pots and hardly need anything from me. My favorite has dark green leaves and burgundy backs, the flowers looks like tiny purple roses 🥰
I miss my philodendron brasil, that I gave away to make more space. I love that simplicity of plants that are just growing happily having no problem in the world..
I loved this video! I loved everything about it, felt like a chat with a friend lol ...I remember how excited I was when I got my Neon Pothos and wide form Adonsonii clippings from a plant swap by Summer Rayne Oakes from Brooklyn Homestead! Plants that are common is because they’re so awesome everyone should have them! Plant love from Brooklyn NY 💚
I try not to value a plant based on if it's common or not. Not disparaging that, but I try to just gravitate to what is most satisfying to look at or grow!
ey Fern, if you miss a tree: You can just bring a big branch from outdoors inside. Of course check it first (for any visible infestation) and once you've brought it home clean it by either giving it a shower or wiping it off (if for example it doesn't fit into your shower). It brings super cool nature vibes into the home. And also what you can do: You can put trailing houseplants on it - I mean you can kind of wrap around the ends of a plant around it. (Sorry, English is not my native language). I don't have a plant on my branch yet, but I want to exchange my branch soon anyways. It looks very great!
Ficus are just pest magnets, period. 😆 In my childhood neighbourhood in the Philippines, we had some Ficus Benjamina around. You can tell they have thrips because a lot of the leaves folded in half. When I was a kid, I unfolded them to unveil the black thrips. 😂 But, man, are Ficus trees beautiful! Especially when they are ancient. We even have folklores about them.
It took me a year but I finally transitioned my raphidophora to pon! It is finally looking like itself again 🤍 I totally agree with your list! They are all great common houseplants 🥰 Nice to see you back Fern 💙
It’s the old plants I grew in my teens that I always return to when I revisit filling new homes with plants. I find they grow well with easy care and they are as beautiful as the drama queens that bring as much stress as pleasure. Yes… definitely happy with my basic common beauties ❤️❤️❤️
Monstera is one of my favorite! Once you understand it, it really is easy. My next would be Satin Silver Pothos (scindapsus) Real Pothos, Yucca and Mass Cane, even though sometimes I have struggled with Mass Cane for some reason. Calathea is another that does not like my house, it is too fickle! Of course bringing up the rear would be ZZ Raven and ZZ Regular! Then there is my Cacti collection! I still have a much smaller collection than your average youtube plant enthusist! The plants and care of them are relaxing!
love this style of video and i love your list! I’d love to have a burros tail one day but where i live it’s not so common haha i mostly only own common plants but think my favorites rn is lace fern and calathea freddie 🌿 they grow so well for me
Calathea jungle velvet is my favorite. Maybe one of my top favorite plants out of common and “rare”. I had 2 beautiful plants earlier in my journey and they got spider mites, I followed suggestions and used neem(👿) and they died. I have not found it locally since and I am kind of afraid to ship them in. 😢 but I am on the hunt!!
This is super cute! Fern are you gonna do some Halloween merch? I’m sorry if you’ve mentioned before. I’m just like wanted to buy a cute sweater and if you’re making some Halloween stuff I’d rather wait for that ❤️
Thanks for sharing this. I see we have the same taste in common plants. I've been searching high and low for another Hoya Carnosa Compacta. I had a small one and didn't take good care of it and it went to plant heaven ☹️. Yours looks marvelous.
The first houseplants that I started out with but ended up killing because inexperience: • Angel Wing Begonia • Pilea cadierei (aluminum plant) • Pink polka dot plant • Red veined Fittonia • Petra Croton (have had success with crotons since!) • Peperomia caperata • Aphelandra squarrosa (zebra plant) 👏👏👏👏👏 I'd love to collect these plants again 🥰
Number one common houseplant I will not live without is the Monstera Deliciosa. I still have my OG babe I purchased years ago! Bought it as a baby in a 4" pot and as it grew, I cut and propped and shared at least 7 times???
My $6 Ikea Philodendron Brasil is my favorite plant in my collection. 🤷 It gets a lot of light so it has a TON of variegation. And it's growing up a moss pole which gives it huge leaves. I also have a bushy Bronze Syngonium that I picked up on huge discount from Lowes. And honestly it's prettier and fuller that like 90% of the "rare" syngoniums I see online.
Oh what a great video. I love this! So fun, inspiring (just added string of pearls to my list lol) and encouraging (my Calathea …). Can’t wait to see more like this! My favorite common plant ever is either my philodendron Brazil or Hoya krimson queen ….
String of pearls are like the goldfish of plants…they seem like a cute idea, they look like they’d be easy, but they end always end up croaking. I have had my current ones for a year after bringing them back from the brink and I’ve decided high light in a west facing window is they key. For watering, I follow pinch test- if it’s wrinkly I water, if it’s plump I leave it.
I totally agree with all of your picks! But I think I over watered my TR and root rot? I have been propagating them in water and they got gorgeous roots. Just recently put them in soil so fingers crossed! 🤞🏻 Thanks, love your videos!
I only get rare plants if I think they are pretty and something I'm able to keep alive.. Most of my plants are common, because they are pretty and easy to take care of 🤙🏼 appearance > rarity
You are so young !! Lol 😊, but i too have fond memories of plants i used to have ...but it was a cheap hobby back then !? And, no fungus gnats 🚫 apparently they dont santize the soil anymore ??! Do you have a solution ...??
I love your appreciation of the more available plants. There are some many gorgeous common plants. Marble Queen - hell no, she is not ordinary. If PPP had stable variegation with a constant variety of gorgeous leaves - in our dreams. Easy to care for beautiful plants make for a beautiful home. & the finicky divas that are more expensive & need more care have their place too of course. It just bugs me when people get snobbish about core plants
Until someone sells a a variegated banana tree from Mars, I believe that every Earth plants are unique and beautiful. Tagging them as "common" or "rare" is like comparing t-shirts and jeans with tuxedos and night gowns.
Unfortunately I've had nothing but trouble from my Adansonii. It is now sitting on my verandah. I prefer plants that I don't have to put on a moss pole . I just have a lot of trouble with them. I love Prayer plants 24 different types and Alocasias. I have 12. I love that I don't have to use moss poles. I really don't enjoy them and they don't work well for me.
Ive been a plant person for many years now and I’ve always been pretty basic with my plants I just have lots. I have 4/5 marble queen they’re my favorite! But I have tons of rare plants now bc people say I got them into plants and give my cuttings and I’ve never bought one!
Oh the Pilea… I’ve killed three of them. Even the propagations die on me. Same goes for Watermelon Peperomia. It sucks cause they are some of my favorite plants and would really love to have them thrive in my home but no matter what I do, how many different things I try they always perish. 😔
Your mealy bug comment made me laugh, because i’ve recently found Hoyas and prone to them- and also my favorite plant. My hoya compacta has them and it has been a nightmare!!!
I have a scinpapsis pictus (a little one in a 4 inch pot) but it grows so slow 😭 I'm realizing it wasn't very full to begin with, so there's literally only 3 vines that grow on it. I'm sad
I killed my begonia maculata over the winter (low low humidity and a few too many missed waterings) but this summer I got an angel wing begonia miss mummy for $5 and I am blown away by all the growth it has given me! It’s nearly October but it’s growing 2 new stems from the bottom and nearly a leaf of every node, not to mention the beautiful flowers!!!
My favorite "common" plant in my collection is my Purple Passion. It's absolutely gorgeous. The leaves are huge. And the purple hairs on the dark green foliage...to die for!
I got two variegated string of hearts plants that I put together and one day I noticed mealy bugs and LOST my mind lol. I was kind of new to the plant world and I was so disgusted but I also took pleasure in annihilating those nasty things 😭😂 it took me over a month but I got rid of them and haven’t had any pests since.
Thank you for sharing Fern! Lovely chill video and full of your feelings about adorable plants 🌱💚 I love calatheas and I am hoping to find a Calathea warscewiczii soon! I want to get a Hoya compacta too 😊 Hope you are doing great!
I hate string of anything, I have a string of pearls and a string of hearts. They have been on the verge of death for so long that I almost wish they would die so I could not have to care for them anymore. When they finally do die I will not buy them again.
I only have common plants because it’s too much of an investment for a plant that may not make it in my home. It’s hard to justify the high price tag even though some are gorgeous and definitely on my wish list. I have all of these or want them!
Pilea was my first ever plant and i killed it within 2 Weeks with overwatering it. I like watered it every day with a little Bit of water 😂😂😂 i thought its better
i dont have a strong opinion i have experience and calathea..ugh they are not worth ur time i feel like they do best in their natural inviorment but not at homes these plants dont like anything they dont like to much or to little light they hate all kinds of nutrition if its the soil or even just the tab water (and ours is trink quality so its also suitable for plants usualy) my 3 calathea dont do verry well even though at first they did i actualy dont know if i really want to keep them alive they look pretty yes and i dont like killing plants but those things are struggle are they comon yes are they pretty yes will they stay pretty probaply not depending on ur room climat soil and water i remoment a sword Fern they are comon and can grow verry lush and all u ave to so is get fiting over pot fill this with water to a thirs put the fern back in and let it drink from below easy
Sometimes i feel very overwelmed of my pricey plants to die on me. Those common cheapish plants are more easygoing and u are less stressed about loosing them or them having pests
My friend really wanted a Hoya compacta and I told her it looked like a big pot of green ears and she got really mad at me and didn’t end up getting it
My plant journey was most definitely a roller Coaster 😆 I hoarded plants of all kinds for a bit, than only wanted rare plants, to than focusing on aroids, to now looking at the plant for the plant itself and not because it’s rare or trendy. Now I enjoy my plants more than ever 🪴 ♥️ & some of my favorites are my common babes ! Pothos/Epi will always be a top !!
I just started my plant collection this past spring. And while I have my monstera varieties and pothos varieties a fiddle leaf, succulents, peperomia, snake plants… my baby, my absolute pride and joy, the girl I would do anything for? My tradescantia nanouk. I love her, she is flourishing, she is flowering. She’s beautiful 😍
In italy it's still soo hard to find raphidoforas and i've wanted one for sooo long, if i don't find it soon in a nursery i'm going to order one online...
I'm late to this video by like a week but I'm still leaving my comment 😅 First common plants > rare plants Rare plants are only rare for so long ( in most cases ) and most of them look like some sort of common plant that you could get for less than half the price I'm also someone who will spend 3 cents less on a different brand of beans that I don't really like but I saved the 3 cents 🤷♀️ My favorite common plant is pothos though. It's so wonderful so easy so many varieties and colors and shapes I love them. I know nothing about reclassified names or whatever I heard something about pothos being renamed or something? I dunno whatever it's always gonna be pothos to me and always my number one
Ahh yes totally agree! I’m really appreciating common plants these days :) and yeah a different plant entirely is technically called pothos, and what we know as pothos are epipremnum. But I agree with you - they are still all “pothos” to me too!
Furry feather calathea has been my personal favourite, it sits in very low light, grows like a weed and my humidity sits around 30%. I also love Christmas/Easter cacti!
I love this. I would love to see more content like this. So many people want to feature crazy rare and expensive plants. I feel that there are SO many newbie plant parents out there (including me) that need info on these common plants. We go to the big box stores for our first plants. They all may be “old news” to the plant community but to us they are exciting and new and we want to learn as much as we can about them. Thanks for sharing!!
Agreed! I tend to skip the “rare” care and haul videos. Just not for me. I don’t want to want stuff I can’t afford or can only buy two leaves of. 😉
@@NewUkeNewYork exactly! I don’t really love to watch about plants I probably will never get. I want to get the common ones and make them the biggest, baddest ones that I can make them! 😁😁😁
THIS!!!! I just want some nice plants from IKEA- I don’t have any $200 leaves!
I agree! I've been caring for house plants for almost 10 years now and I still get excited over a lush, beautiful pothos. I really enjoy the "common" plants because they're easy to grow, low maintenance and communicate their needs well
I agree, I don’t see myself ever spending more that around $35 for a plant, so rare expensive $100 for a one leaf rooted cutting are of NO interest to me.
I’m a pothos fanatic 😩. I have so many golden pothos in my plant collection, because it’s fast growing and easy to grow for new plant plant parents 💚💚
This was my first leafy plant and now I ONLY grab those 😩😭
@@raquelperson6356 I’m thinking of having a plant stand of only pothos in my apartment! They’re great.
@@yagirladrianne yes
me too
@@raquelperson6356 yes, mostly.
Let's hear it for the philodendron burle marx. My favorite because of the ease of growing and propagating. It is also consistent with keeping the leaves sprouting winter, spring, and summer. A 4 inch plant can quickly grow into a sizeable floor specimen.... no grow tent needed.
Same! My fav too.
Lol I don’t think Burle marx is common. I have only seen them in small curated shops for like $100. I WISH
Oh that is a great one!! They get so lush and whenever you cut them you get several new growth points 🙌
I just love the plants I love, I’m not really interested in how rare or uncommon they are. Nor am I interested in getting the biggest leaves possible. I have many plants and I love them all.
I agree with you about just looking at the plant and not sweating if it’s common or rare! I love all common pothos varieties! And the solid green monstera is a classic!
The most common plant you will see in my house is a holiday cactus back in 2010 I was so addicted to them and they were everywhere in my home but I did down size to only 9 so I can have other plants 🪴 😆
I love holiday cactus 😍
I've keep seeing plant videos related to stress. Just know that you're the one creating your own stress, no one is forcing you to keep buying plants or put so much time into keeping them. A lot of people simply choose to buy flowers, watch them wither, and then buy new flowers. Too much talk about plants revolves around perfectionism, like it's a competition. Think about why you got into plants in the first place, I bet it wasn't because you wanted to have all the latest rare plants for your "collection". If anything, plants should be a reflection reminding us that nothing lasts, and that we should saviour the moment. So close down instagram, enjoy the plants you love, and don't worry about the rest.
I restarted my plant hobby last summer and due to expense, all my plants are pretty common. I love my philo Brasil and how different each leave is. I also love my heya compacta. I bought it in memory of my son because he was wild and crazy and fun just like this plant.
Your scindapsus is so beautiful💕 some of my favorite common plants are the rabbits foot fern (the only fern I’ve kept alive for multiple years) and avocado trees! Such a fun thing to grow and if you put them outside in the summer they get huge!
Hi Fern! I couldn't agree more with your selection 🌿, I only regret I live so far away (Poland), if we were neighbours, you'd find one of my three huge raphidophora tetrasperma on your doorstep 😉, all of them are propagations of my original one. Thank you for the video, greetings, Irena 🌿
tez jestem z polski!
I'm here in Ireland and I buy plants online from Poland ;). I also have a Polish friend who talks to them in Polish when she's here :)
@@mollie3244 oh, really 😊, that's nice. I sometimes buy plants from Ireland. I have gorgeous dahlias "war of the roses" from Rachel
Rachel from Gardening at Douentza
My fav is def my Scindapsus exotica or my marble queen. Just because they act like they don’t need me at all.
After nearly 40 years of growing house plants I still love the old ones. Though I do get excited about a few rare ones too. The plants that used to be "common" are the ones people were able to take a cutting from when they were at your house. Its how I got all mine. You weren't really be able to buy plants back in the day. Maybe the odd one at the florists or maybe the fruit and vedge shop. Much the same as garden plants. I'm sure every area had the same dozen plants that everybody had. Ye olde spider would have been number 1.
At 55 years old… I fully relate to this 💗😊
I own most of the $5 section. 99% of my collection is common plants. The few that aren't are because I found variegated Marantas in the $5 table and Ive been exchanging them for fancy plants. Got a Philodendron Splendid recently ☺️
I HATE mealy bugs!!!!!!! People say they are easy to get rid of… people LIE!!!!!
Facts
I completely agree!! There is a time where im like "wow, i remember the setup/care/simpler times" !! i thought i was the only one!
Crazy… the more common plant that came to mind for me as a favorite before you mentioned it was the rhaphidophora tetrasperma. Even stranger is that I still have yet to even own one. It reminds me of an oak tree for some reason 🤔 🤷🏻♂️
You asked where are all the string of pearls. They are at my house! 😁 I have a decent sized regular one, a small variegated one, and trying to prop both as gifts. ❤️ One of my favorite common houseplants is marble queen pothos. 🤤 No one will ever convince me that's not the most beautiful plant there is.
Hi fern!!!
Oh youre right - those are gorgeous! I actually had one years ago and loved it.
Same! I have 3 uncommon ones, they sit in self-watering pots and hardly need anything from me. My favorite has dark green leaves and burgundy backs, the flowers looks like tiny purple roses 🥰
I want and African Violet so bad. They are beautiful. I love the foliage on them! I feel like they are such underrated plants.
Completely agree with your statements. Also, you earned my like and subscription.
Long live us plant nerds :D
I miss my philodendron brasil, that I gave away to make more space. I love that simplicity of plants that are just growing happily having no problem in the world..
I loved this video! I loved everything about it, felt like a chat with a friend lol ...I remember how excited I was when I got my Neon Pothos and wide form Adonsonii clippings from a plant swap by Summer Rayne Oakes from Brooklyn Homestead! Plants that are common is because they’re so awesome everyone should have them! Plant love from Brooklyn NY 💚
I would love to see you grow a jade! That’s one of my favorite common plants when they get big.
Even the “RARE” plants will become COMMON one day :3😂
I LOVE holiday cactuses. Them and pothos.
totally agree!!
me too :)
I try not to value a plant based on if it's common or not. Not disparaging that, but I try to just gravitate to what is most satisfying to look at or grow!
ey Fern, if you miss a tree:
You can just bring a big branch from outdoors inside. Of course check it first (for any visible infestation) and once you've brought it home clean it by either giving it a shower or wiping it off (if for example it doesn't fit into your shower).
It brings super cool nature vibes into the home.
And also what you can do: You can put trailing houseplants on it - I mean you can kind of wrap around the ends of a plant around it. (Sorry, English is not my native language).
I don't have a plant on my branch yet, but I want to exchange my branch soon anyways.
It looks very great!
Ficus are just pest magnets, period. 😆 In my childhood neighbourhood in the Philippines, we had some Ficus Benjamina around. You can tell they have thrips because a lot of the leaves folded in half. When I was a kid, I unfolded them to unveil the black thrips. 😂 But, man, are Ficus trees beautiful! Especially when they are ancient. We even have folklores about them.
It took me a year but I finally transitioned my raphidophora to pon! It is finally looking like itself again 🤍 I totally agree with your list! They are all great common houseplants 🥰 Nice to see you back Fern 💙
Awh hearing you talk about some of these plants I remembered those times on your channel
It’s the old plants I grew in my teens that I always return to when I revisit filling new homes with plants. I find they grow well with easy care and they are as beautiful as the drama queens that bring as much stress as pleasure. Yes… definitely happy with my basic common beauties ❤️❤️❤️
Yes exactly! Thank you for watching 😊
I agree, Adansonii are so beautiful!
I like the old pics. You are so pretty!
I'm currently super into the starfish and lifesaver cactus 🌵❤️🌸
I have everyone of those plants and dearly love them.
Monstera is one of my favorite! Once you understand it, it really is easy. My next would be Satin Silver Pothos (scindapsus) Real Pothos, Yucca and Mass Cane, even though sometimes I have struggled with Mass Cane for some reason. Calathea is another that does not like my house, it is too fickle! Of course bringing up the rear would be ZZ Raven and ZZ Regular! Then there is my Cacti collection! I still have a much smaller collection than your average youtube plant enthusist! The plants and care of them are relaxing!
How do you do it? I want to buy more plants but I’m worried about shelf space lol. How do you have so many displayed and managed?
love this style of video and i love your list! I’d love to have a burros tail one day but where i live it’s not so common haha i mostly only own common plants but think my favorites rn is lace fern and calathea freddie 🌿 they grow so well for me
I love my lace fern too, and really love my lemon button fern.
Calathea jungle velvet is my favorite. Maybe one of my top favorite plants out of common and “rare”. I had 2 beautiful plants earlier in my journey and they got spider mites, I followed suggestions and used neem(👿) and they died. I have not found it locally since and I am kind of afraid to ship them in. 😢 but I am on the hunt!!
This is super cute! Fern are you gonna do some Halloween merch? I’m sorry if you’ve mentioned before. I’m just like wanted to buy a cute sweater and if you’re making some Halloween stuff I’d rather wait for that ❤️
Thanks for sharing this. I see we have the same taste in common plants. I've been searching high and low for another Hoya Carnosa Compacta. I had a small one and didn't take good care of it and it went to plant heaven ☹️. Yours looks marvelous.
The first houseplants that I started out with but ended up killing because inexperience:
• Angel Wing Begonia
• Pilea cadierei (aluminum plant)
• Pink polka dot plant
• Red veined Fittonia
• Petra Croton (have had success with crotons since!)
• Peperomia caperata
• Aphelandra squarrosa (zebra plant)
👏👏👏👏👏
I'd love to collect these plants again 🥰
Number one common houseplant I will not live without is the Monstera Deliciosa. I still have my OG babe I purchased years ago! Bought it as a baby in a 4" pot and as it grew, I cut and propped and shared at least 7 times???
My $6 Ikea Philodendron Brasil is my favorite plant in my collection. 🤷 It gets a lot of light so it has a TON of variegation. And it's growing up a moss pole which gives it huge leaves.
I also have a bushy Bronze Syngonium that I picked up on huge discount from Lowes. And honestly it's prettier and fuller that like 90% of the "rare" syngoniums I see online.
Oh what a great video. I love this! So fun, inspiring (just added string of pearls to my list lol) and encouraging (my Calathea …). Can’t wait to see more like this! My favorite common plant ever is either my philodendron Brazil or Hoya krimson queen ….
String of pearls are like the goldfish of plants…they seem like a cute idea, they look like they’d be easy, but they end always end up croaking. I have had my current ones for a year after bringing them back from the brink and I’ve decided high light in a west facing window is they key. For watering, I follow pinch test- if it’s wrinkly I water, if it’s plump I leave it.
I totally agree with all of your picks! But I think I over watered my TR and root rot? I have been propagating them in water and they got gorgeous roots. Just recently put them in soil so fingers crossed! 🤞🏻
Thanks, love your videos!
Cooking breakfast for dinner while watching this!!! Ilysm fern ❤️❤️
I only get rare plants if I think they are pretty and something I'm able to keep alive.. Most of my plants are common, because they are pretty and easy to take care of 🤙🏼 appearance > rarity
You are so young !! Lol 😊, but i too have fond memories of plants i used to have ...but it was a cheap hobby back then !? And, no fungus gnats 🚫 apparently they dont santize the soil anymore ??!
Do you have a solution ...??
I love your appreciation of the more available plants. There are some many gorgeous common plants. Marble Queen - hell no, she is not ordinary. If PPP had stable variegation with a constant variety of gorgeous leaves - in our dreams. Easy to care for beautiful plants make for a beautiful home. & the finicky divas that are more expensive & need more care have their place too of course. It just bugs me when people get snobbish about core plants
Until someone sells a a variegated banana tree from Mars, I believe that every Earth plants are unique and beautiful. Tagging them as "common" or "rare" is like comparing t-shirts and jeans with tuxedos and night gowns.
My only complaint about the Adansonii is PEST MAGNET!!!!
Aww I missed you fern! Thanks for another amazing video 🌱🥰
Thank you Jackie 🥺💚 glad to be back (again lol)
Unfortunately I've had nothing but trouble from my Adansonii. It is now sitting on my verandah. I prefer plants that I don't have to put on a moss pole . I just have a lot of trouble with them. I love Prayer plants 24 different types and Alocasias. I have 12. I love that I don't have to use moss poles. I really don't enjoy them and they don't work well for me.
Never even once get bored watching you fern 🥳😘
Omg I cannot grow a scindapsus if my life depended on it but they are so beautiful. But this video isn’t called easiest plants 🤣
Ive been a plant person for many years now and I’ve always been pretty basic with my plants I just have lots. I have 4/5 marble queen they’re my favorite! But I have tons of rare plants now bc people say I got them into plants and give my cuttings and I’ve never bought one!
Oh the Pilea… I’ve killed three of them. Even the propagations die on me. Same goes for Watermelon Peperomia. It sucks cause they are some of my favorite plants and would really love to have them thrive in my home but no matter what I do, how many different things I try they always perish. 😔
That Adansonii shiiine! I know what you mean. It’s so beautiful, such an underrated plant!!
M. adansonii is definitely common but not the easiest under my care. They just turn yellow overnight 😅 It is a sensitive one.
I’m jealous of you Hoya carnosa compacta. Mines growing but I don’t think it’s going to make it over the edge of the pot till next spring.
Your mealy bug comment made me laugh, because i’ve recently found Hoyas and prone to them- and also my favorite plant. My hoya compacta has them and it has been a nightmare!!!
I have a scinpapsis pictus (a little one in a 4 inch pot) but it grows so slow 😭
I'm realizing it wasn't very full to begin with, so there's literally only 3 vines that grow on it. I'm sad
I killed my begonia maculata over the winter (low low humidity and a few too many missed waterings) but this summer I got an angel wing begonia miss mummy for $5 and I am blown away by all the growth it has given me! It’s nearly October but it’s growing 2 new stems from the bottom and nearly a leaf of every node, not to mention the beautiful flowers!!!
My favorite "common" plant in my collection is my Purple Passion. It's absolutely gorgeous. The leaves are huge. And the purple hairs on the dark green foliage...to die for!
Love it too but its a bi*8*ch for aphids, for me anyway. Recently, I've been putting it outside in the shade for the summer and that helps.
I got two variegated string of hearts plants that I put together and one day I noticed mealy bugs and LOST my mind lol. I was kind of new to the plant world and I was so disgusted but I also took pleasure in annihilating those nasty things 😭😂 it took me over a month but I got rid of them and haven’t had any pests since.
Thank you for sharing Fern! Lovely chill video and full of your feelings about adorable plants 🌱💚
I love calatheas and I am hoping to find a Calathea warscewiczii soon! I want to get a Hoya compacta too 😊
Hope you are doing great!
Your perperomioides is SO big! It's one of my favorites, too so I was excited to see it here.
Not me making content like this but nobody watches it 😭 anyways thanks for being you and making great content fern!!!
I noticed you put your plants on the arm of your sofa, you don’t have a problem with the fabric getting dirty?
Love it this video. I recently got a r. tetrasperma and it is the most amazing plant (only paid $10).
I hate string of anything, I have a string of pearls and a string of hearts. They have been on the verge of death for so long that I almost wish they would die so I could not have to care for them anymore. When they finally do die I will not buy them again.
I only have common plants because it’s too much of an investment for a plant that may not make it in my home. It’s hard to justify the high price tag even though some are gorgeous and definitely on my wish list. I have all of these or want them!
Pilea was my first ever plant and i killed it within 2 Weeks with overwatering it. I like watered it every day with a little Bit of water 😂😂😂 i thought its better
i dont have a strong opinion i have experience and calathea..ugh
they are not worth ur time i feel like they do best in their natural inviorment but not at homes
these plants dont like anything
they dont like to much or to little light
they hate all kinds of nutrition if its the soil or even just the tab water (and ours is trink quality so its also suitable for plants usualy) my 3 calathea dont do verry well even though at first they did i actualy dont know if i really want to keep them alive they look pretty yes and i dont like killing plants but those things are struggle
are they comon yes are they pretty yes will they stay pretty probaply not depending on ur room climat soil and water
i remoment a sword Fern they are comon and can grow verry lush
and all u ave to so is get fiting over pot fill this with water to a thirs put the fern back in and let it drink from below easy
Hi 👋 love 💕 ur VDs Thks for all the intro 🙏nyc👒🧤🇹🇹
Sometimes i feel very overwelmed of my pricey plants to die on me. Those common cheapish plants are more easygoing and u are less stressed about loosing them or them having pests
All the string of pearls are growing along my fence under the carport next to my elkhorns.
My fave common ish plants are philo Brazil, lemon lime marranta and micans 💖
Just bought a cheap big string of pearls yesterday, so happy with it
I don't really own any uncommon plants. I can not afford them. I love the ones I have though.
Took me a year to figure out my peperomioides too. Now it seems easy. Thanks for the video.
I love me a calathea rufibarba, especially in green.. unable to ever stop touching it
You always have interesting topics and you give it pertinance to one's own experience with plants.
Just flexing the calathea on us aint fair😅😂 guess they are the only plants I will never get a hang on
i could listen to u talk all day😩❤️❤️ love you fern!! also i love the longer vids!
My pilea peperomoides took off when I put it in my west facing window sill.
I feel this so much right now! My expensive anthuriums are stressing me out.
My friend really wanted a Hoya compacta and I told her it looked like a big pot of green ears and she got really mad at me and didn’t end up getting it
The warzweckii is sooooooo beautiful 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🤩
My plant journey was most definitely a roller Coaster 😆 I hoarded plants of all kinds for a bit, than only wanted rare plants, to than focusing on aroids, to now looking at the plant for the plant itself and not because it’s rare or trendy. Now I enjoy my plants more than ever 🪴 ♥️ & some of my favorites are my common babes ! Pothos/Epi will always be a top !!
I didn't know hoya compacta was so easy to care for! Thanks for the tip!
I just started my plant collection this past spring. And while I have my monstera varieties and pothos varieties a fiddle leaf, succulents, peperomia, snake plants… my baby, my absolute pride and joy, the girl I would do anything for? My tradescantia nanouk. I love her, she is flourishing, she is flowering. She’s beautiful 😍
Oh they are soooo pretty! Especially when flowering :) I used to have one, but couldn't seem to keep it happy, sadly.
I'll warn you string of pearls grow fast. At least mine do.
In italy it's still soo hard to find raphidoforas and i've wanted one for sooo long, if i don't find it soon in a nursery i'm going to order one online...
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i have a 30 year old rubber tree, you do have to stake these gals once they get tall enough they get too heavy to stand on their own
I'm late to this video by like a week but I'm still leaving my comment 😅
First common plants > rare plants
Rare plants are only rare for so long ( in most cases ) and most of them look like some sort of common plant that you could get for less than half the price
I'm also someone who will spend 3 cents less on a different brand of beans that I don't really like but I saved the 3 cents 🤷♀️
My favorite common plant is pothos though. It's so wonderful so easy so many varieties and colors and shapes
I love them. I know nothing about reclassified names or whatever I heard something about pothos being renamed or something? I dunno whatever it's always gonna be pothos to me and always my number one
Ahh yes totally agree! I’m really appreciating common plants these days :) and yeah a different plant entirely is technically called pothos, and what we know as pothos are epipremnum. But I agree with you - they are still all “pothos” to me too!
Pothos, spider, and new to me this last year, monsters delic.
Furry feather calathea has been my personal favourite, it sits in very low light, grows like a weed and my humidity sits around 30%. I also love Christmas/Easter cacti!
oh I love those calathea too!! and holiday cactus.