African violets are slept on, imo! I know they are thought of as old lady plants ,but you should try one. Many of them continuously bloom and can have really beautiful colors. I agree that the leaves are not particularly exciting, however there are some varieties that have interesting leaves. My favorite though, are the true trailing African violets. They grow as vines but have those classical african violet type blooms. So gorgeous. I specifically love the trailing species Saintpaulia pendula var. Kizarae. So so pretty.
I second this, AVs are massively underrated, and super easy plants. They make such good gap/tight spot plants (even more so with the miniatures) and there is SOoo much more variety to them than what you see at the grocery store.
I love that statement: “Because no body can tell me what to do!” When I moved out I called my mom to tell her I was eating dessert before dinner. Lol. This is a fun video!
My rattlesnake + triostar were on the way to the compost bin when we relocated them for some home renovation. They thrived in the new spot so they stayed with leaves that are twice as big. Other prayer plants are being moved there as I type. All my Hoyas are S! Thanks
I would put the Peace Lily in the A category, I got mine as a baby grocery store plant in 2019, now it is a huge-ass bush! It has flowered sporadically up until last year, now it spits out flowers whenever it feels like it! Spring, summme, fall, winter, I love it! I live in Norway so maybe the climate also makes a difference!
nah i'm in the north east. Peace lily's are great and they can even live with almost no light. Can't take direct sun though they can wilt but bounce back. but might be able to be acclimated. constantly flower, its the number one all time indoor flowering house plant for a reason. This youtuber seems like a fraud to me. what a world we live in lol. Funeral Plant? More like Grandmas plant lol.
I'm curious to see a tier list specifically for Hoyas now.. 😅 I, too, am a huge fan and wish there were more here. So much variety and so fun to propagate and gift I think.
I cannot believe how much we have in common when it comes to plants and what we do and don’t like thank you Nick for doing this video it is quite enjoyable to watch 💚😎💚
Starting a petition… all Hoyas in the S category 😎 how many I’ve actually kept alive verse bought ratio is is pretty bad. But I don’t care, I’ll keep buying them until I get it right 😂 Side note- somehow my triostar is thriving while all other Caletheas fail. 🤷🏼♀️
I was afraid of Calathea White Fusion for a long time because of your takes on it haha. But... I bought one anyway. It died within a week but I know Calatheas have tubers/ rhyzomes in the soil so I hung onto the pot of dirt and in a couple weeks it came back. Now I have a gorgeous pot of White Fusion and have had no problems with it at all, even during the winter! :)
As a bartender and gardener I noticed your really nice selection on your bar and I agree with many of your ratings! This is the second video I’ve seen from you and I’m also from philly! For all these reasons I had to subscribe. Please stick with the vids. Informative and entertaining.
I agree with so many of these. I would however move the Sansevieria up higher simply for the fact that it has come out with so many other beautiful varieties. Unfortunately though, not enough stores have these varieties as an option and unusually only have the common ones. Etsy has many varieties if you are into the Sanseveria though.
His lists are wild. He called the peace lily a funeral plant. and put the parlor palm in d tier cause its a palm. as if he could grow any other palm in his house lmao... let alone one thats bushy. A Yucca plant in C tier? smh.... Says he kills spider plants but put them in A tier? I don't think he is using any sort of criteria. My critieria is just the basic genus or of a plant type that lives best in the home. Not what is popular on social media whether even I can keep it alive or not in 2024. gtfoh....
Great fun video. I agree with nearly all your rankings and was so happy you put the spider plant in the a row. ( silly I know, but it is a longtime favorite.
You have a new subscriber. Your content is informative and fun. Plus I love anyone that can talk about plants and have a little liquor in the background. My kind of person 😉.
chameleon zz plant is the latest one. I remember when Summer Rayne first had one of her zz's turn yellow but was unsuccessful trying to propagate it. But Now Costa Farms is selling yellow ones that are stable.
I’ve had my oxalis triangularis for a year, got it in spring and it never went dormant! I was kind of hoping it would so I could break it up and give some to friends but it’s still alive and well and even flowered this past winter! Once you place it you CANT MOVE IT. don’t even turn it. Just let it grow. It’s a little fussy that way but I love this plant so much.
Most bog plants that get marketed as house plants like sarracineas, sundews and flytraps definitely agree with the d there but as an outdoor bog garden a or s with the flowers and unique foliage. Also fully agree with the orchid rankings I would want to know how you would rank oncidiums, dendrobiums, paphs and cattleyas since they are pretty available orchids
Hi Nick! It was fun seeing how you rated the plants. I agree with most of them, of the ones I have, or have tried. I would put all Sanseverias and Hoyas in A, ZZ plants and all pothos in S . Thank you so much for sharing!
Awwww my very first plant was an aloe vera, and I have always had at least 1 around, I love them so much as someone who probably burns myself every time I cook. Great job ranking!!
This video was so much fun. I agree with you on a lot of the D Plants. I may get a Golden Pothos since you put it in the S Column. I do have a Spider Plant and I am hoping that mine will grow some babies. I heard it takes a long time for the babies to come around. My plant will be 1 year old so we will see. Totally enjoy your channel. Can not wait to see your next video.
As always, really enjoyed your video. Watching your videos is so comforting, somehow! I mostly have pet-safe plants so I haven't grown most of these, but I do agree with you on the ones I HAVE grown! I know nobody asked *me* :) But the plants that I love that thrive the best in my home are: Ctenanthe burle-marxii (fishbone prayer plant) - this one is gorgeous. I know you talk a lot about how prayer plants struggle for you, but my ctenanthes and marantas (even my Calathea makoyana) are just so beautiful! I don't do anything special for them (although I do run a humidifier in the winter). They've been super easy care plants. Peperomia dahlstedtii Peperomia hoffmanii Marble pothos Peperomia obtusifolia 'Lemon Lime' Hoya carnosa 'Krimson Princess' Hoya memoria (gracilis) Peperomia rotu jitterbug Reverse variegated spider plant Hoya Curtsii Peperomia pereskiifolia Ctenanthe amagris Peperomia obtusifolia Marble Bonnie spider plant Peperomia Columbiana Metallica Calathea makoyana (Peacock Plant) On the other hand, I keep killing some plants that everyone else seems to love. Like Watermelon Peperomia. I just can't keep this one alive! Or String of Turtles.
First of all, I have to say, I love you. Second, your ranking of the Echeveria was wrong, lol. I will give this to you though, the types of plants you favor vs succulents is worlds apart, so I forgive you. I have shelves and lights and fans to keep my many succulents happy. And of them, as house plants, Echeveria can be temperamental. They do prefer to be outside if you have the climate for it. If not, there will be specific varieties of Echeveria that do ok inside vs others that just don't. Ok, maybe still D tier. :)
I love crotons easiest and most colorful bush to grow in the home. I got two I been growing for 6 years. a 5 ft tall 3 ft wide petra growing off nothing but two $20 amazon grow lights. and a 4 ft tall 2ft wide mammy red growing off another set of lights. I take them both out in the summer in the backyard porch from july to august. They lose alot of leaves when I bring them back in but grow more througout the year. They are super thirsty though. I had to report them last year cause they dropped alot of leaves from neglect. They in 14" pots with straight fox farms ocean forrest potting soil with no amendments. Still very bushy looking plants. They are in bigger pots than my 10 fot tall rubber tree. or 8 ft tall and 5 ft wide bushy yucca tree. I'm thoroughly watering them once a week and don't know what I'm gonna do cause I don't know about repotting to 16" thats gonna be crazy hard haha. I'm gonna have to call someone to help me when the time comes hahah. Like my rubber trees. Crotons just start branching out on their own as well to fill in areas.
Fun, fun, fun video! I have almost all of the s & a tier plants, but I have DEFINITELY, as a new houseplant lover, fallen for some of the trappiest plants-- I brought a calathea home from Ikea and it died a horrible death. That all said, I think tradescantia is higher! I've seen so many huge, full, hanging plants of tradescantia... mine will get there some day!
@@NickPileggiPlants I looked them up and it seems the Golden Pothos doesn't need as much light as the Marble Queen, so that would make it more adaptable, so that nudges it up 🌱
I love that the golden pothos is S tier. I have over 100 plants and it's still a favorite of mine. I have one in a hanging basket and a cutting from that one growing on a moss pole. They honestly look like 2 completely different plants.
I grow my peace lily in a north west window and haven't had any yellowing/browning tips. I do spray it every day in the morning. That jeweled orchid plant in the s tier needs high humitity, and constantly moist soil. I dont think it an easy house plant. .
I’m confused, I’ve got the oxalis triangularis it has never gone dormant for me. I’ve had this plant for 7 or 8 years now. It’s lives indoors from October to May and then outside for the summer.
i agree with you about calathea ornata, i had one and i was taking fantastic care of it, doing everything right, it and all my other plants were thriving and then one day it just decided to shrivel up and die for absolutely no reason like?? girl
the problem with calatheas are they are easy plants. But one or two miswaterings and that might be the end of leaves. Other plants are way more forgiving. Also need good quality water and steady fertlization. everything with them is consistency.
Ivy plants are my arch nemesis. They are always so beautiful at the store but die immediately when I bring them home; and always infested like you said!
Can't get a better more easy to grow colorful bush in the home. I have a mammy red and Petra that are unbelieveable huge now growing off nothing but grow lights, except for direct sun in the summer months outside in my back yard.. north East NY/NJ dweller here. I'd say they have grown one foot a year. lol.
Hi Nick love that video. I am ranking plants I have or had based on their behaviour in my environment S: Hoyas (Large leaves, green or variegated) + Orchids (All type:Green, variegated or mottled) A: Ficuses (Burgundy and Tineke in particular) + Sansevierias + Aloe Vera + ZZs + Rhipsalises, Scindapsus pictus exotica + Jades + Gold fish plant B: Pothos, Decorative Aloes, Dracaena sanderiana, Epiphylum anguliger, Hardy varieties (Ice plant, tephrocactus geometricus, haworthia etc…) C: Fiddle leaf fig (just because I do not want to put it in D section) D: Tradescantias, Peperomias, Echeveria, English Ivy, Ferns, Alocasia african mask I do love other foliage like philodendron and monsteras but since I have never grown any (Lack of space), I do not include them.
Depending on the peperomia, it might just be my climate but I have issues with pythium with the fleshier stemmed ones. I feel so weird only having Begonia maculata out of all of these, and i have a lot of plants.
@@Gee-xb7rt thats the only plant you have in his list? Wow. I have all the C and D tier plants. I plan on getting a costa farms red luna peperomia, the red ripple/shumi red caperata this season for a small narrow dresser top I have. But Parlor Plam is my favorite plant of all time. Only Palm you can keep alive indoors imo and it grows fat and bushy. I got one almost touching my ceiling off my desk that is full bushy and 5 ft wide. Literally lives in the dark with no windows off the ceiling room light and two little grow lights its smothering and towering over lol. impossible to kill plant, put it literally anywhere in any room with any amount of light and it will grow out a thick bush with enough bunched in there. The ultimate tropical look. Number one house plant of all time going back centuries for a reason imo.
❤ I love ranking the plants. You should make a tier list ranking different varieties of the same group. Like all pothos and Arrowhead varieties and so on. By the way I have purple and green shamrocks in my home alive and well year round. They never hibernate or take a break even in winter. It's been like 8 years now. They like a bright spot. Southwest facing window. ❤ So go grab some this st Patty's day.
Everyone talks about the rattlesnake, being a calathea, is a bit difficult, I got mine 2 years ago and she’s been great for me, I don’t buy any other calatheas, mind. But she’s great. Just realized o have a beauty star, she doesn’t grow, I forget about her on the bottom shelf, water once in a while, fertilize as needed, lights.. no growth… Random personal question, do you do drag? Thought about it? Please ignore me if you don’t want answer. I think you’d be awesome at it My variegated string of hearts did awesome, it was about 4 feet long, then I repotted it… dead
My Calathea musaica grows swimmingly, but it's the only variety I can successfully grow, so I feel you there! I don't do drag, I haven't really considered it because I don't do well with crowds -- the only reason I can do RUclips is because I get to film alone! But never say never 💅🏻
In my experience, Pink Princess isn't that hard to grow when it comes to keeping the variegation in good lighting and also it can handle some under watering. Mine just happened to come with a fungal infection so I had to throw it out after fighting it for two months. 😅
I laughed several times, thank you, Dieffenbachia were my first plants at 6 years old, I took bites from all of them, they tasted horrible, but did not dull my loud mouth (it was a dare from my evil Aunt ) my puppy also ate an entire mature Dieffenbachia and did not have any I'll effects except for a large vet bill. I have kept huge collections of plants for over 40 years, last year I purged over 600 plants (200 + Hoyas included) I finally bought a cactus last spring ( Peanut cactus I purged everything after that, I now have around 300 cacti Euphorbias and other Succulents. So not always for people who don't know about other houseplants😂
One of my cats (the fat one lol) is absolutely addicted to chewing on my dieffenbachia tropic snow! I can’t get that girl to leave it alone! Poisonous where??!! 😭😭😂😂
This is great! IMHO, the problem with the nurseries, they are selling the trending & what looks good on display, with no regard for what is best for the consumer; sure those calathea & alocacia displays are amazing, but does the typical buyer really know what they are getting into, or just buying a throw away plant? I have reduced my collection based on ease of care, functionality in the space, and of course aesthetic. It's such a relief to know that I can still have a beautiful collection without all the stress and heartache. The only Diva left in my collection is my Stromanthe Triostar for over 3 years; I just found the perfect spot and water her weekly. Oh, and don't dis the violets...they bloom for me every year...right now.
My favorite pothos is snow qeen. It's more white then marble qeen. But the golden version grows much faster.I think raphidora looks a bit simmilar to monstera monkeymask but It's esier to care for. I agree the calanoche is boring becaous it never bloom as much again and the plant never looks good wheb it grows up.
At the beginning of this video, I was excited to go on the link and do it myself. But then I agreed with 99% of your ranking so that’s pretty much that. No need and thanks for doing it for me.
Rattlesnake prayer plant is also my favorite, and I haven't successfully grown one either, but I just. keep buyin em lmao. I was nodding constantly at your Croton and ivy assessment....Spidermites, guaranteed. I cannot stand Pilea pepermoides, I just...Don't like how they look, like some weird alien planet. thing? It's C tier for me. Venus flytrap should be D tier. Most people can't keep them. haha, great video.
My top 10 plants. #1 Parlor Palm. #2 Yucca Tree #3 Burgundy Rubber Tree #4 Agloenema Silver Bay #5 Croton Mammy or Petra #6 fiddle leaf bambino #7 snake plant laurenti #8 zz plant #9 golden pothos #10 peace lily Never thought if as a funeral plant hahaha. Its the only flowering plant I have besides some red anthuriums except its impossible to kill. If you forced me to pick a succulent, it would be a jade plant. I find aloe vera's can go bad and can be a little gross. Never seen a jade plant get like that lmao. If You forced me to get a philodendron it would heart shaped vine, like a brasil or monstera deliciosa. I kill spider plants too. gave up on them haha. Even when they live I find they require alot of pruning are picky about water quality. I hate them. I'm willilng ot bet you can't keep a parlor palm alive and thats why you hate them. You should try it though its the only one you have a chance with. They get bushy and 5 ft tall and wide. They like the dark and like neglect, but need good air flow to keep the pests away. And its the only oine you can actually grow in any home. literally. none of you youtubers have palms, cause they are basically perennials in most homes hahah.
I can tell you that Macodet Petola is honestly so easy. It's the most unbothered plant in my collection, I usually keep mine in a terrarium but I recently transitioned a few cuttings outside and it was so quick to bounce up. It's an S tier plant for everyone!!
Never had one. But what I've learned is that the most popular house plants that are sold by the nurseries are indeed popular and sold for a reason. Regardless of what the youtube "influencers" say lol.
I would have to make two lists, one in which I assign "S" to plants most people could successfully grow and "D" to those that only super committed, super experienced plant parents are happy with. My other list would be more personal and with several of the items completely switching places; on this one I'd assign "S" to plants that I don't care how much difficulty they present, I could never give up on them. For example, I'd place my Calathea (Goepertia) Stella on the "S" row because I adore it, but OMG, I've killed it and it's come back probably 4 times in as many years. And I'd place Golden Pothos (E. aureum) on the "D" row because it is so easy to find, so easy to propagate, and so fast to get to a good size that I wouldn't mind giving mine away to even a person that I didn't love much.
That is a better idea indeed. Definitely have to have some sort of criteria for a list like this to come off genuine. Maybe do a score sheet based on each stat. then add it up and rank them.
That stromanthe triostar got yo-yo'ed around a bit! My S tier would be: raphidaphora tetrasperma, philodendron red rudolph and euphorbia trigona rubra - mainly based on their very strong will to live and minimal involvement of yours truly :)
Calling out people who will never be pleased -yes! Unfortunately, it seems there is a large group of people who will never be content. Buying a plant showing it off in a Facebook group, then trying to sell it a week later in another group. Someone needs to make a video about this! The Who’s down in Whoville and their overconsumption and the disability of satisfaction and contentment 😅
I do not agree on the Echeveria! I love them, and I love their babies! So easy to grow! They’re so easy to reproduce and make arrangements for friends. You gotta get into succulents!
Most people tend to hate calatheas (and I get it, trust me) and keep recommending beautiful pothos, monsteras, alocasias - then here I am with nearly 15 calatheas at my house because my cats chew on every plant I bring home and I absolutely need them to be non-toxic 😅 I have a collection of over 40 houseplants, all non-toxic, but I gotta say that calatheas are my absolute favorite
@@NickPileggiPlants there are a lot of gorgeous african violets with beautiful blooms and leaves, but they really grow best under plant lights. I grew them back in the eighties under fluorescents, and they loved it. If you look at some online sites you will see the wide variety of them.
@@colleenmcclurg2010 every light grows best under plant lights. I agree. If I had the money and didn't mind putting holes in my house everywhere. I'd have grow lights everywhere covering every plant lol. I'm literally have two huge croton bushes 5 ft tall off $20 amazon grow lights. Got a parlor palm literally grows in a room with no windows off the same cheap grow lights. 5ft tall and wide almost touching my ceiling off the table lol.
Easily the most fun plant video I have watched. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Makes me feel like I need to get a golden pothos again. Killed my first one by over potting, thus over watering. I ran across a picture of myself in my college dorm and noted a purple passion plant in the background. That was 4+ decades ago😮. Needless to say, I have always liked houseplants 😊.
Heheh Omg, I'm over philodendrons too!!! To much hustle... You try with a pole, then you have to extended it almost immidiately, you extended it now what? then leaves not always get bigger on a pole. Constant repotting etc. MEH. I also love my Hoyas :D they are fantastic. For me ZZ plant and snake plants are D tier! They are so boring
I find stromanthe not that hard. I can kill many plants but that one seems to do alright no matter what. I give it a little sun and often ignore it. Put it outside in summer. It still lives- for about 6 years now. Spiders only like me in the summer. d for sure. right next to that white fusion. horrible plants.
African violets are slept on, imo! I know they are thought of as old lady plants ,but you should try one. Many of them continuously bloom and can have really beautiful colors. I agree that the leaves are not particularly exciting, however there are some varieties that have interesting leaves. My favorite though, are the true trailing African violets. They grow as vines but have those classical african violet type blooms. So gorgeous. I specifically love the trailing species Saintpaulia pendula var. Kizarae. So so pretty.
I second this, AVs are massively underrated, and super easy plants. They make such good gap/tight spot plants (even more so with the miniatures) and there is SOoo much more variety to them than what you see at the grocery store.
Check out Rose Bouquet. The leaves are as beautiful as the flowers. Easy and is in almost constant bloom.
I haven't heard of the trailing varieties, maybe that's my stepping stone into African Violets! And thanks for including a variety to look up 💋
I love that statement: “Because no body can tell me what to do!” When I moved out I called my mom to tell her I was eating dessert before dinner. Lol. This is a fun video!
Lmaooo 😂 love that
I almost always eat desert before dinner nowadays. It’s great 😊
My rattlesnake + triostar were on the way to the compost bin when we relocated them for some home renovation. They thrived in the new spot so they stayed with leaves that are twice as big. Other prayer plants are being moved there as I type. All my Hoyas are S! Thanks
I'm jealous! They must look beautiful now 🥹
Enjoyed the video but would have liked to see a larger picture of each featured plant. Thanks Nick
And close ups should be a must
Same
I would put the Peace Lily in the A category, I got mine as a baby grocery store plant in 2019, now it is a huge-ass bush! It has flowered sporadically up until last year, now it spits out flowers whenever it feels like it! Spring, summme, fall, winter, I love it! I live in Norway so maybe the climate also makes a difference!
My peace lilies flower constantly for me! I don't know what I do for them, but they seem to be happy
@@RowanPlants #1 flowering indoor plant for sure.
nah i'm in the north east. Peace lily's are great and they can even live with almost no light. Can't take direct sun though they can wilt but bounce back. but might be able to be acclimated. constantly flower, its the number one all time indoor flowering house plant for a reason. This youtuber seems like a fraud to me. what a world we live in lol. Funeral Plant? More like Grandmas plant lol.
This was great! I loved hearing all the random little stories/memories you had for different plants that you might not typically talk about.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it 🤗
Love this. Your opinions feed my plant purchases every spring!
I'm curious to see a tier list specifically for Hoyas now.. 😅 I, too, am a huge fan and wish there were more here. So much variety and so fun to propagate and gift I think.
I cannot believe how much we have in common when it comes to plants and what we do and don’t like thank you Nick for doing this video it is quite enjoyable to watch 💚😎💚
Thank you! 🥲😄
Starting a petition… all Hoyas in the S category 😎 how many I’ve actually kept alive verse bought ratio is is pretty bad. But I don’t care, I’ll keep buying them until I get it right 😂
Side note- somehow my triostar is thriving while all other Caletheas fail. 🤷🏼♀️
I was afraid of Calathea White Fusion for a long time because of your takes on it haha. But... I bought one anyway. It died within a week but I know Calatheas have tubers/ rhyzomes in the soil so I hung onto the pot of dirt and in a couple weeks it came back. Now I have a gorgeous pot of White Fusion and have had no problems with it at all, even during the winter! :)
hahaha, I'm glad to hear it! My experiences are of course going to be different from everyone else's; I'm just here to share mine! 🪴
As a bartender and gardener I noticed your really nice selection on your bar and I agree with many of your ratings! This is the second video I’ve seen from you and I’m also from philly! For all these reasons I had to subscribe. Please stick with the vids. Informative and entertaining.
I agree with so many of these. I would however move the Sansevieria up higher simply for the fact that it has come out with so many other beautiful varieties. Unfortunately though, not enough stores have these varieties as an option and unusually only have the common ones. Etsy has many varieties if you are into the Sanseveria though.
I think I was a little harsh on the Sans ranking lol, they are amazing!
His lists are wild. He called the peace lily a funeral plant. and put the parlor palm in d tier cause its a palm. as if he could grow any other palm in his house lmao... let alone one thats bushy. A Yucca plant in C tier? smh.... Says he kills spider plants but put them in A tier? I don't think he is using any sort of criteria. My critieria is just the basic genus or of a plant type that lives best in the home. Not what is popular on social media whether even I can keep it alive or not in 2024. gtfoh....
Great fun video. I agree with nearly all your rankings and was so happy you put the spider plant in the a row. ( silly I know, but it is a longtime favorite.
Spider plants are amazing!!
This was super fun to play along with! Thanks, Nick!! -Kate who agreed with 90% of your decisions : )
I love this! You should judge more things!
You have a new subscriber. Your content is informative and fun. Plus I love anyone that can talk about plants and have a little liquor in the background. My kind of person 😉.
Fun video! I agree with most of your choices, except the Hoya - S tier for sure! 😍
I've been on the fence about a black zz but the chef's kiss just put me over the "get one" edge! Nice quick overview of tons of plants. Very fun!
I'm glad they're all over the place now, too! They used to be so expensive and hard to get 😱
chameleon zz plant is the latest one. I remember when Summer Rayne first had one of her zz's turn yellow but was unsuccessful trying to propagate it. But Now Costa Farms is selling yellow ones that are stable.
That Hoya is S tier worthy 😊
I keep about 4 or 5 different types of jewel orchids in moss in a terrarium. I love them.
That was FUN! Thank you.
I feel you! The rattle snake plant started it all for me.
Pretty good ranking. I can agree with most of it.
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This is very healthy for my tierlist addiction
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I’ve had my oxalis triangularis for a year, got it in spring and it never went dormant! I was kind of hoping it would so I could break it up and give some to friends but it’s still alive and well and even flowered this past winter! Once you place it you CANT MOVE IT. don’t even turn it. Just let it grow. It’s a little fussy that way but I love this plant so much.
Nick: " well, I always got a laugh out of it, put it that way"..lmfao..love you soo much. Really shot week in my life, so thanks 4 the laugh.
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Wake up babe, new Nick video dropped
Most bog plants that get marketed as house plants like sarracineas, sundews and flytraps definitely agree with the d there but as an outdoor bog garden a or s with the flowers and unique foliage.
Also fully agree with the orchid rankings I would want to know how you would rank oncidiums, dendrobiums, paphs and cattleyas since they are pretty available orchids
Hi Nick! It was fun seeing how you rated the plants. I agree with most of them, of the ones I have, or have tried. I would put all Sanseverias and Hoyas in A, ZZ plants and all pothos in S . Thank you so much for sharing!
Awwww my very first plant was an aloe vera, and I have always had at least 1 around, I love them so much as someone who probably burns myself every time I cook. Great job ranking!!
Everyone needs an Aloe - for safety reasons!!
😊 danke für das unterhaltsame und gute Video. Nette Frisur!
Great video, thanks!
I wish I hadn't looked up the history of Dieffenbachia 😳
Happy 2024 Nick..hugs to you from Toronto.
Thank you! You as well 🤗
This video was so much fun. I agree with you on a lot of the D Plants. I may get a Golden Pothos since you put it in the S Column. I do have a Spider Plant and I am hoping that mine will grow some babies. I heard it takes a long time for the babies to come around. My plant will be 1 year old so we will see. Totally enjoy your channel. Can not wait to see your next video.
Around a year sounds about right! Thanks for watching! 😄
As always, really enjoyed your video. Watching your videos is so comforting, somehow! I mostly have pet-safe plants so I haven't grown most of these, but I do agree with you on the ones I HAVE grown!
I know nobody asked *me* :) But the plants that I love that thrive the best in my home are:
Ctenanthe burle-marxii (fishbone prayer plant) - this one is gorgeous. I know you talk a lot about how prayer plants struggle for you, but my ctenanthes and marantas (even my Calathea makoyana) are just so beautiful! I don't do anything special for them (although I do run a humidifier in the winter). They've been super easy care plants.
Peperomia dahlstedtii
Peperomia hoffmanii
Marble pothos
Peperomia obtusifolia 'Lemon Lime'
Hoya carnosa 'Krimson Princess'
Hoya memoria (gracilis)
Peperomia rotu jitterbug
Reverse variegated spider plant
Hoya Curtsii
Peperomia pereskiifolia
Ctenanthe amagris
Peperomia obtusifolia Marble
Bonnie spider plant
Peperomia Columbiana Metallica
Calathea makoyana (Peacock Plant)
On the other hand, I keep killing some plants that everyone else seems to love. Like Watermelon Peperomia. I just can't keep this one alive! Or String of Turtles.
Lots of Peps and Hoyas on this list, so you know I'd agree 😂
First of all, I have to say, I love you. Second, your ranking of the Echeveria was wrong, lol. I will give this to you though, the types of plants you favor vs succulents is worlds apart, so I forgive you. I have shelves and lights and fans to keep my many succulents happy. And of them, as house plants, Echeveria can be temperamental. They do prefer to be outside if you have the climate for it. If not, there will be specific varieties of Echeveria that do ok inside vs others that just don't. Ok, maybe still D tier. :)
😂😂😂 lol so maybe we do agree!
I work at a plant shop and crotons are the one thing the owner won't carry 😆
I love crotons easiest and most colorful bush to grow in the home. I got two I been growing for 6 years. a 5 ft tall 3 ft wide petra growing off nothing but two $20 amazon grow lights. and a 4 ft tall 2ft wide mammy red growing off another set of lights. I take them both out in the summer in the backyard porch from july to august. They lose alot of leaves when I bring them back in but grow more througout the year. They are super thirsty though. I had to report them last year cause they dropped alot of leaves from neglect. They in 14" pots with straight fox farms ocean forrest potting soil with no amendments. Still very bushy looking plants. They are in bigger pots than my 10 fot tall rubber tree. or 8 ft tall and 5 ft wide bushy yucca tree. I'm thoroughly watering them once a week and don't know what I'm gonna do cause I don't know about repotting to 16" thats gonna be crazy hard haha. I'm gonna have to call someone to help me when the time comes hahah. Like my rubber trees. Crotons just start branching out on their own as well to fill in areas.
Your descriptions are unexpectedly hilarious, especially with the way you describe those hardcore aroid fans. So true.
😅😅 I'm glad you think so!
What about maranta lemon lime?Mine is beautiful. Easy to grow and propagate.
Why can I imagine nick wondering around in the middle of the night looking for the blooming hoya😂🤣🤣🤣
Fun, fun, fun video! I have almost all of the s & a tier plants, but I have DEFINITELY, as a new houseplant lover, fallen for some of the trappiest plants-- I brought a calathea home from Ikea and it died a horrible death. That all said, I think tradescantia is higher! I've seen so many huge, full, hanging plants of tradescantia... mine will get there some day!
Thank you, this was a fun video
Thanks for watching!
thanks Nick!🥰
Why is Marble Queen lower than Golden Pothos? Aren't they so similar?
I just thought the golden one was more deserving 🤠
@@NickPileggiPlants I looked them up and it seems the Golden Pothos doesn't need as much light as the Marble Queen, so that would make it more adaptable, so that nudges it up 🌱
@@fleabitz1474 variegated plans are always weaker then the original without.
I didn’t love snake plants, that’s until I found one that was called Ghost on the tag and it is gorgeous!
This was fun!
I love that the golden pothos is S tier. I have over 100 plants and it's still a favorite of mine. I have one in a hanging basket and a cutting from that one growing on a moss pole. They honestly look like 2 completely different plants.
It's such a wonderful plant!
I grow my peace lily in a north west window and haven't had any yellowing/browning tips. I do spray it every day in the morning.
That jeweled orchid plant in the s tier needs high humitity, and constantly moist soil. I dont think it an easy house plant.
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I’m confused, I’ve got the oxalis triangularis it has never gone dormant for me. I’ve had this plant for 7 or 8 years now. It’s lives indoors from October to May and then outside for the summer.
You're lucky! Or perhaps your home has just the right environment for them to stay actively growing 👍
I don't understands how thats possible. Are you sure its a real plant?" hahahah.
i agree with you about calathea ornata, i had one and i was taking fantastic care of it, doing everything right, it and all my other plants were thriving and then one day it just decided to shrivel up and die for absolutely no reason like?? girl
the problem with calatheas are they are easy plants. But one or two miswaterings and that might be the end of leaves. Other plants are way more forgiving. Also need good quality water and steady fertlization. everything with them is consistency.
Plant: _Known for its flowers_
Nick: "D tier, max"
This list is hilarious and I agree so much especially about the gimmicky plants
Ivy plants are my arch nemesis. They are always so beautiful at the store but die immediately when I bring them home; and always infested like you said!
One hundred percent agree with your ranking!!!
Another great video. My only disagreement is on the Croton. One of my favorites in my collection.
I used to love it! Just not anymore 🤷♂️
@@NickPileggiPlants good thing I still love you 😘
Can't get a better more easy to grow colorful bush in the home. I have a mammy red and Petra that are unbelieveable huge now growing off nothing but grow lights, except for direct sun in the summer months outside in my back yard.. north East NY/NJ dweller here. I'd say they have grown one foot a year. lol.
Hi Nick love that video. I am ranking plants I have or had based on their behaviour in my environment
S: Hoyas (Large leaves, green or variegated) + Orchids (All type:Green, variegated or mottled)
A: Ficuses (Burgundy and Tineke in particular) + Sansevierias + Aloe Vera + ZZs + Rhipsalises, Scindapsus pictus exotica + Jades + Gold fish plant
B: Pothos, Decorative Aloes, Dracaena sanderiana, Epiphylum anguliger, Hardy varieties (Ice plant, tephrocactus geometricus, haworthia etc…)
C: Fiddle leaf fig (just because I do not want to put it in D section)
D: Tradescantias, Peperomias, Echeveria, English Ivy, Ferns, Alocasia african mask
I do love other foliage like philodendron and monsteras but since I have never grown any (Lack of space), I do not include them.
Lol we got a big divide between the fiddle ficus and the rubber ficuses... 😂
Same experience with stromanthe, still love it, just can't keep it happy.
🥲 the most beautiful plants are always the most problematic!
@@NickPileggiPlants not othe case with agloenemas though lol.
I wish this tier list included cacti and pepperomia. Totally agree that pepperomia belong in S tier if they were included
Depending on the peperomia, it might just be my climate but I have issues with pythium with the fleshier stemmed ones. I feel so weird only having Begonia maculata out of all of these, and i have a lot of plants.
I know!! I want a whole Peperomia tier list of its own 😂
@@NickPileggiPlants Nick, since you are here, keep a fan on P. linedenii, its super sensitive to bacteria from water on the leaves.
@@Gee-xb7rt thats the only plant you have in his list? Wow. I have all the C and D tier plants. I plan on getting a costa farms red luna peperomia, the red ripple/shumi red caperata this season for a small narrow dresser top I have. But Parlor Plam is my favorite plant of all time. Only Palm you can keep alive indoors imo and it grows fat and bushy. I got one almost touching my ceiling off my desk that is full bushy and 5 ft wide. Literally lives in the dark with no windows off the ceiling room light and two little grow lights its smothering and towering over lol. impossible to kill plant, put it literally anywhere in any room with any amount of light and it will grow out a thick bush with enough bunched in there. The ultimate tropical look. Number one house plant of all time going back centuries for a reason imo.
❤ I love ranking the plants. You should make a tier list ranking different varieties of the same group. Like all pothos and Arrowhead varieties and so on. By the way I have purple and green shamrocks in my home alive and well year round. They never hibernate or take a break even in winter. It's been like 8 years now. They like a bright spot. Southwest facing window. ❤ So go grab some this st Patty's day.
Everyone talks about the rattlesnake, being a calathea, is a bit difficult, I got mine 2 years ago and she’s been great for me, I don’t buy any other calatheas, mind. But she’s great. Just realized o have a beauty star, she doesn’t grow, I forget about her on the bottom shelf, water once in a while, fertilize as needed, lights.. no growth…
Random personal question, do you do drag? Thought about it? Please ignore me if you don’t want answer. I think you’d be awesome at it
My variegated string of hearts did awesome, it was about 4 feet long, then I repotted it… dead
My Calathea musaica grows swimmingly, but it's the only variety I can successfully grow, so I feel you there!
I don't do drag, I haven't really considered it because I don't do well with crowds -- the only reason I can do RUclips is because I get to film alone! But never say never 💅🏻
In my experience, Pink Princess isn't that hard to grow when it comes to keeping the variegation in good lighting and also it can handle some under watering.
Mine just happened to come with a fungal infection so I had to throw it out after fighting it for two months. 😅
So, C tier? 😂😂
@NickPileggiPlants That's what I'd say! Annoying at times but not impossible 😂
Hope muffin is doing ok 💜💚 thanks for the great content! 😊
Muffin is living it up!! 🐈⬛
I laughed several times, thank you, Dieffenbachia were my first plants at 6 years old, I took bites from all of them, they tasted horrible, but did not dull my loud mouth (it was a dare from my evil Aunt ) my puppy also ate an entire mature Dieffenbachia and did not have any I'll effects except for a large vet bill.
I have kept huge collections of plants for over 40 years, last year I purged over 600 plants (200 + Hoyas included) I finally bought a cactus last spring ( Peanut cactus I purged everything after that, I now have around 300 cacti Euphorbias and other Succulents. So not always for people who don't know about other houseplants😂
😮 we gotta dare devil at home! Don't try this at home, kids 😂
@@NickPileggiPlants 🤪😅
Very interesting! Had fun! Loved the topic! I would have placed the string of pearls in E😂! ZZ in S!
In E lmaooo 😂
One of my cats (the fat one lol) is absolutely addicted to chewing on my dieffenbachia tropic snow! I can’t get that girl to leave it alone! Poisonous where??!! 😭😭😂😂
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This is great! IMHO, the problem with the nurseries, they are selling the trending & what looks good on display, with no regard for what is best for the consumer; sure those calathea & alocacia displays are amazing, but does the typical buyer really know what they are getting into, or just buying a throw away plant? I have reduced my collection based on ease of care, functionality in the space, and of course aesthetic. It's such a relief to know that I can still have a beautiful collection without all the stress and heartache. The only Diva left in my collection is my Stromanthe Triostar for over 3 years; I just found the perfect spot and water her weekly. Oh, and don't dis the violets...they bloom for me every year...right now.
I think you actually just described Nick's Tier list though lol.
I enjoyed this video!!!!!! A few good ones still to make the S list!!!!!!
I love my begonias. The variety and the foliage is stunning. Prone to spider mites. The purple passion plant had me laughing. They are stinky.
Great video
Love Hoyas
My favorite pothos is snow qeen. It's more white then marble qeen. But the golden version grows much faster.I think raphidora looks a bit simmilar to monstera monkeymask but It's esier to care for. I agree the calanoche is boring becaous it never bloom as much again and the plant never looks good wheb it grows up.
agree....would have liked bigger pics
At the beginning of this video, I was excited to go on the link and do it myself. But then I agreed with 99% of your ranking so that’s pretty much that. No need and thanks for doing it for me.
Amazing, haha! Great minds think alike, I supposed 😅
Rattlesnake prayer plant is also my favorite, and I haven't successfully grown one either, but I just. keep buyin em lmao. I was nodding constantly at your Croton and ivy assessment....Spidermites, guaranteed. I cannot stand Pilea pepermoides, I just...Don't like how they look, like some weird alien planet. thing? It's C tier for me. Venus flytrap should be D tier. Most people can't keep them. haha, great video.
My top 10 plants. #1 Parlor Palm. #2 Yucca Tree #3 Burgundy Rubber Tree #4 Agloenema Silver Bay #5 Croton Mammy or Petra #6 fiddle leaf bambino #7 snake plant laurenti #8 zz plant #9 golden pothos #10 peace lily Never thought if as a funeral plant hahaha. Its the only flowering plant I have besides some red anthuriums except its impossible to kill. If you forced me to pick a succulent, it would be a jade plant. I find aloe vera's can go bad and can be a little gross. Never seen a jade plant get like that lmao. If You forced me to get a philodendron it would heart shaped vine, like a brasil or monstera deliciosa. I kill spider plants too. gave up on them haha. Even when they live I find they require alot of pruning are picky about water quality. I hate them. I'm willilng ot bet you can't keep a parlor palm alive and thats why you hate them. You should try it though its the only one you have a chance with. They get bushy and 5 ft tall and wide. They like the dark and like neglect, but need good air flow to keep the pests away. And its the only oine you can actually grow in any home. literally. none of you youtubers have palms, cause they are basically perennials in most homes hahah.
QUESTION-What's everyones plant peeves and Nick can you do a video on yours?
Pretty good ranking
Thanks!
I can tell you that Macodet Petola is honestly so easy. It's the most unbothered plant in my collection, I usually keep mine in a terrarium but I recently transitioned a few cuttings outside and it was so quick to bounce up. It's an S tier plant for everyone!!
I have killed so many of those 🥲
I love to hear it! I'll have to give one a try
Lucky bamboo is really easy to grow even in water and in low lights. At least in B.
Never had one. But what I've learned is that the most popular house plants that are sold by the nurseries are indeed popular and sold for a reason. Regardless of what the youtube "influencers" say lol.
We have similar tastes!
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I would have to make two lists, one in which I assign "S" to plants most people could successfully grow and "D" to those that only super committed, super experienced plant parents are happy with. My other list would be more personal and with several of the items completely switching places; on this one I'd assign "S" to plants that I don't care how much difficulty they present, I could never give up on them. For example, I'd place my Calathea (Goepertia) Stella on the "S" row because I adore it, but OMG, I've killed it and it's come back probably 4 times in as many years. And I'd place Golden Pothos (E. aureum) on the "D" row because it is so easy to find, so easy to propagate, and so fast to get to a good size that I wouldn't mind giving mine away to even a person that I didn't love much.
That's a fun idea!!
That is a better idea indeed. Definitely have to have some sort of criteria for a list like this to come off genuine. Maybe do a score sheet based on each stat. then add it up and rank them.
Enjoyable 😊
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String of pearls should def be D tier. I’ve heard nothing but horror stories about them.
Oh that was fun. Cebu Blue is a ‘S’ for this collector.
That stromanthe triostar got yo-yo'ed around a bit!
My S tier would be: raphidaphora tetrasperma, philodendron red rudolph and euphorbia trigona rubra - mainly based on their very strong will to live and minimal involvement of yours truly :)
I've had it with that damn Stromanthe 😅
I agree 100percent
Calling out people who will never be pleased -yes! Unfortunately, it seems there is a large group of people who will never be content. Buying a plant showing it off in a Facebook group, then trying to sell it a week later in another group. Someone needs to make a video about this! The Who’s down in Whoville and their overconsumption and the disability of satisfaction and contentment 😅
You must be in Hoya groups 😅
Lmao the who's down in whoville, I can't 😂😂
I 99.9% agree with you on your ratings.
FUN!!
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I do not agree on the Echeveria! I love them, and I love their babies! So easy to grow! They’re so easy to reproduce and make arrangements for friends. You gotta get into succulents!
Would've loved your shittalk on Philodendron Birkin
What does the S stand for? Thank you.
Superawesome?
@Dan-yh8qp ah, that makes sense, thank you!
I’m happy to report that I have plants in every tier 😂😂
Reminds me of Kaylee Ellen.
Most people tend to hate calatheas (and I get it, trust me) and keep recommending beautiful pothos, monsteras, alocasias - then here I am with nearly 15 calatheas at my house because my cats chew on every plant I bring home and I absolutely need them to be non-toxic 😅 I have a collection of over 40 houseplants, all non-toxic, but I gotta say that calatheas are my absolute favorite
some aglaonemas look exactly like calathea twins, but they are impossible to kill and grow in the dark.
@@cooloutac but toxic, too, unfortunately!
African violets come.with age 😆
Im.only excited about getting them to grow from leaves but my mom has aged into them!
Give me a couple more years then lol 😅
@@NickPileggiPlants there are a lot of gorgeous african violets with beautiful blooms and leaves, but they really grow best under plant lights. I grew them back in the eighties under fluorescents, and they loved it. If you look at some online sites you will see the wide variety of them.
@@colleenmcclurg2010 every light grows best under plant lights. I agree. If I had the money and didn't mind putting holes in my house everywhere. I'd have grow lights everywhere covering every plant lol. I'm literally have two huge croton bushes 5 ft tall off $20 amazon grow lights. Got a parlor palm literally grows in a room with no windows off the same cheap grow lights. 5ft tall and wide almost touching my ceiling off the table lol.
Easily the most fun plant video I have watched. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Makes me feel like I need to get a golden pothos again. Killed my first one by over potting, thus over watering. I ran across a picture of myself in my college dorm and noted a purple passion plant in the background. That was 4+ decades ago😮. Needless to say, I have always liked houseplants 😊.
Oh that's so fun! I love that
Heheh Omg, I'm over philodendrons too!!! To much hustle... You try with a pole, then you have to extended it almost immidiately, you extended it now what? then leaves not always get bigger on a pole. Constant repotting etc. MEH.
I also love my Hoyas :D they are fantastic.
For me ZZ plant and snake plants are D tier! They are so boring
I find stromanthe not that hard. I can kill many plants but that one seems to do alright no matter what. I give it a little sun and often ignore it. Put it outside in summer. It still lives- for about 6 years now. Spiders only like me in the summer. d for sure. right next to that white fusion. horrible plants.