Top 10 Common Houseplants (That Aren't Pothos!)

[@wildfern]

We all know pothos reign queen in the realm of common plants, so I thought I would feature some other faves 🥰

[@jeseajones]

this is so funny to me because my local plant store can't get any in right now and I've been wanting one for a while!

[@alokasiablackmagic3444]

I feel very tired and annoyed by my work today so I’m just gonna watch all your videos at the background

[@wimbletone]

What I know is that the ficus elastica/rubber tree has two green varieties: Robusta - Light green/normal green. This is the closest cultivar to the rubber trees you find in nature. Burgundy - the one you have which has a deeper green colour

[@wildfern]

Awesome - thank you!

[@PlantsandPaints]

Omg, maranta lemon lime is soo rare where I live (Europe). I wish It wasn't. It costs around 180$ for a medium sized one and 40$ for a 1-2 leaf cutting. The other maranta (fascinator) which is basically the same, with orange instead of light green stripes, costs 5 bucks and You can buy it pretty much everywhere. I'm waiting for the price of a lemon lime to become reasonable.

[@milou4643]

Do you live in the Netherlands perhaps? They are available at plantje.nl right now for €30 :)

[@rosvokisu]

I love a good ficus elastica, the varieties with the dark leaves are so stunning! One of my faves as well and I was glad that it was the first on this list!

[@29jgirl92]

So upset that I've murdered two gorgeous big ones because I believe the whole "low light" thing! My current ones are doing so much better now that they get sun!

[@elizabethrivera3777]

That ZZ in background is gorgeous.

[@joshuahotchkiss6379]

CALATHEA ORBIFOLIA!!! They’re amazing!

[@flowers0fpeace]

I’m not into the Hoya compacta, but yours is so healthy and shiny. Your plants are so pretty 💚

[@wildfern]

Thank you!!

[@mwoods4608]

It's not really common because they don't sell it at Walmart...

[@megusina2794]

Right, burro means donkey. Your plant is Sedum morganianum (the species). Burrito is the name of de cultivar of rounded leaves 👌 (Sedum morganianum 'burrito') Maranta lemon lime is very, very hard to find in Spain as well 😭 The red line one is very common, at least here in Madrid. But I can't keep them alive 😥😥

[@metasymphony]

I came here for the plants but I am loving your hair and eyebrows right now wow 🥰

[@wildfern]

Thank you so much 😀

[@cmondavy]

The plant tags - on Etsy they cost $9.00/ea. You can buy the pendants on Amazon, 40 for $13.00 and the ornament hooks are 100 for $8.00 - make your own and save a ton of money. Just a thought.

[@waverine]

ok i just realized “satin pothos” is the same as scindapsus pictus! no wonder i see that it looks similar! its neither a pothos nor philodendron

[@wildfern]

Exactly!! :)

[@beautifulstems1631]

I love the lemon lime Miranta, it’s a little easier to take care off. The leaves are so “Big and Neon” very beautiful 😻

[@oneofeverything9820]

I have the Calathea Musaica and she is gorgeous! I just love her leaf pattern 😍😍

[@Rhumnchoke]

My favorite common houseplants are actually marantas ! I think they are so cool and they grow super fast ! I also really love sanseverias (dracenas?) because they come in so many different shape and they are good “decoration items” lmao

[@suedub5156]

I am not a calathea whisperer so believe me when I say how surprised I am that my calathea warscewiczii is thriving with me! It’s super velvety and yea, I let it every day! Also, I can’t wait for my small compacta to grow!

[@wildfern]

Ugh I want one so bad!! 😍

[@kgigi4]

I love my maranthas too! I keep it in my bedroom next to my diffuser and it gives me little white flowers often!

[@00DemolitionLover00]

Sedum Burrito (the one you have) - Pointier leaves Sedum Morganianum - Rounder shorter leaves The S Morganianum is usually nicknamed Donkey's Tail, and S Burrito is usually nicknamed Burro's Tail. Yeah they mean the same thing, and the nicknames are probably interchangeable. Same growing environment and pretty much the same care. I don't think the nicknames matter much, since they're so similar, apparently even botanists think that one of them might just be a mutation of the other. Sorry if someone already commented about these plants.

[@jannelaineeleodinmuo2442]

This is the most helpful information on this post, thank you!!

[@sallyalwayswins]

I’ve seen some people call the burros tail variety with the smaller, round leaves “burrito” or “little donkey!” I’m obsessed with my burros tail they are so freaking cute! I also recently acquired the red euphoria trigona and I’m obsessed

[@wildfern]

Ohhh cute! That makes sense. And that's awesome, enjoy the Euphorbia!

[@monzionek]

I just hope Hoya compacta comes to a big box store near me, they have 6-8 inch pots for less than $20 but my garden shops have the Hindu rope for $20 for 2 short stems 😢

[@wildfern]

Ooh I hope so too! They tend to be more expensive here too, I think it's probably because they're such slow growers. I started mine off from a small vine.

[@plantdustwoman]

Loved this! I could listen to you talk plants for hours! Lol I agree with all of these! So beautiful!!! 🤩

[@majkenhorton5148]

I have a calathea makoyana. It was my first more finicky plant but it's been one of the easier ones for me, I just keep the soil consistently moist. I highly suggest this plant because of its beautiful leaves that glow from the underside.

[@greentape7817]

Aw, cute sleeping doggie cameo at 3:25 ish! Thanks for shouting out some of the mvps, I love my plain old ficus elastica and plain old scindapsus argyreus. I totally agree about the shine factor on an adansonii, its one of the first things that struck me when I brought it home.

[@onlyplants]

Oh my god thats a happy Calathea!

[@wildfern]

☺️☺️☺️

[@k.j.krimson2590]

My very favorite houseplant that I own is my hoya compacta hindu rope. She has doubled in size since I got her last year. I only paid $9.99 at walmart for her and she is a full hanging basket. Her trails are so long/twice as long now ....& her growth has amazed me because I thought she would be a slow grower since she is a hoya. ....but nope. She grows so fast and is absolutely beautiful. I have her hung at the top of my north facing bathroom window and her trails go three quarters of the way down the window. She is so healthy, shiny, and has never had a single pest issue. Plus I have a feeling she will be producing flowers very soon.🌸 I'm so proud of her. (Can ya tell? lol) 😊😍😊🥰

[@wildfern]

Wooooow 😍 that is so incredible!! I have a feeling she will flower for you soon, too!

[@arix789]

As difficult as they may be, I definitely love my calathea makoyana! The pattern on the leaves is just stunning ❤️

[@JillyC5]

Definitely right about the lemon lime maranta in the UK! Been top of my wish list for a long time, they are crazy expensive. I hope they'll be here this summer!

[@wildfern]

I hope so too!!

[@jamiek7275]

My grandma has had her holiday cactus for 20+ years and it is huge!! I definitely recommend getting one to any new plant parents!

[@wildfern]

I love that!

[@mvbladyjinx]

My favorite calathea is warscewiczii. Mine is so hardy and it's very vocal when it needs a drink. Plus I can't get over those velvet leaves!

[@wandashaw3551]

Hi Fern, love your choices! One of my faves that I think are underrated are the Syngonium regular green varieties! I love them. 🤗

[@katiehastie162]

Yeah lemon lime marantas are so hard to get in the UK and when you do find them they’re £90-£100. I honestly want one but I won’t pay that much 😭😅

[@wildfern]

That's so crazy to me!!

[@marygrew4341]

I know it’s unrelated to plants but just came here to say you look so pretty here! I think it’s the wavy hair and the way you’ve done your makeup. Just 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 Great video too btw! 😊

[@wildfern]

Thank you so much 💕

[@SzymChannel]

Here in Europe Marantas Lemon Lime have the same price tag as Philodendrons Pink Princess. And it's a HIGH PRICE. On the one hand, I don't get it but on the other the plant market has gone crazy recently so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

[@cmondavy]

The plant tags are from MyPottedPlantShop on Etsy.

[@heyyjana17]

A lemon lime maranta the size of yours currently goes for £90+ in the UK plant groups which is insane as US sellers typically price them around ten bucks or something. For that reason they’ve also got the *rare* label in said plant groups.

[@wildfern]

Yeah I literally planned to sell it for $10 haha!! Too funny

[@heatherdegreeff1092]

I just chopped my ficus elastica into about 8 cuttings today 😬. I never liked how it grew, just one stalk in the pot, which I cut the top off of once before, and it grew back but never branched off, which is what I was hoping for. So I'm hoping my propagations take and that I can eventually have a bushier plant 🤞🏼

[@wildfern]

Ooo amazing! I have not propagated them before - is it difficult?

[@heatherdegreeff1092]

@@wildfern I don't know yet, I haven't done it before.... I did cut the top off once to try for some branching out, but I didn't propagate the top portion. So now, I have a top cutting that has 3 leaves, and the rest are single leaf cuttings, cut the same way we would propagate philodendron or anything else, below the nodes, leaving a piece of stem on all of the cuttings. We'll see!!

[@heatherdegreeff1092]

@@wildfern I sent you a picture on IG

[@rebeccatomlinson9043]

My argyreus grows 5x faster than mine exotica. . Everyone raves on exotica but my other just is thriving!!

[@Patadendron]

I totally agree especially with the crimson queen! So pretty and fast growing and joy inducing lol yours is gorgeous! 😍🙌🏽

[@marissamae5144]

New subscriber who lives near Seattle! I saw your Seattle video and love those shops!!! Love your channel already!

[@wildfern]

Awe thank you so much!! Hopefully one day I will be able to visit again, I love Washington and Oregon so much.

[@grinstaspinsta]

I honestly can't tell the difference between any of the scindapsis varieties 😅

[@jannelaineeleodinmuo2442]

argyeus leaves are small, exotic as are big (like three times as big) and more silvery.....after that I'm not so sure. 😝

[@farmerswifesince95]

I totally agree with you about hoya carnosa. Its been pretty gloomy on the other side of Canada too but my carnosa plants are growing like its spring.

[@katarzyna1268]

I would say that maranta lemon lime in Poland is considered as collector's plant, a and costs pretty a lot :). She is on my wish list 💚

[@MultiVentriloquist]

Yup, 85CAD for a 3-leaf lemon lime in Poland. It’s crazy. I’m not jumping on this freakin bandwagon and just gonna enjoy my fascinator tricolor :)

[@may-sy1ui]

I’ve just discovered you recently and I’m so in love with your planties, your channel and you. You are such a cutie

[@mjakobsen5183]

I have a calathea white fusion and she's such a beaut! I have mine in a relatively low light spot (on a nightstand about 5 feet from the window) and its grown really well and has lots of white varigation!

[@van.gravies]

Dude yes this and ornatta (not sure if that’s the same one as white stripe) are the ones that turned me on to calathea!! So pretty and unique

[@SheeqLuna]

You are a brave one for mothering a white fusion. I could never 🤣

[@leas.8603]

My white fusion died after 3 months. It's so beautiful but I just can't her. Never ever again.

[@rootedinplants]

I'm surprised the rubber trees are prone to spider mites considering their thick leaves. But that hoya queen is beautiful especially how it's trailing.

[@Ali-enAdventures]

I really vibe with all of these 😍 my fav calathea right now is the rufibarba. the leaves are soooo fuzzy and soft

[@kaitlynlightfoot9591]

Calatheas are some of absolute fave plants! My personal favourites are the ornata, white fusion, musaica, and rattlesnake! White fusion definitely needs a humidifier though.

[@ThePlantedCarlyflower]

I was a hoya Carnosa compacta hater. Until I got one. And now I’m in love. Mine is in leca and thriving. Such a cool plant.

[@em-mq3dz]

Okay wow the hair is STUNNING in this vid 💜

[@phoebevoysey6391]

Lemon lime marantas are so hard to find in the UK! I'd really love to own one but I can't afford pay £50+ for a cutting...

[@leas.8603]

Same in Germany. That's why I settled for the pink one :)

[@wildfern]

That's wild!! It's so strange how the availability of plants varies so much from place to place.

[@phoebevoysey6391]

@@wildfern Yes it's crazy! Also wild to think how much people will pay for a cutting that might not take :/

[@something.about.plants2495]

Good to know about watering the euphorbia....I have what I THOUGHT was a cactus, turns out it’s a very cute little euphorbia knuthii! Soooo I’m figuring out what it wants!

[@D0J0Master]

My favorite Calathea is the Prayer Plant, its awesome, love the huge leaves. Mine isnt doing so well but hopefully it becomes massive!

[@rhondafisher72]

I love the pictus , I recently bought small exotica and argyrus can't wait for them to trail.

[@wildfern]

Yes they are so beautiful! I can't wait for my exotica to trail one day too, it's been a slower grower for me so far though.

[@jannelaineeleodinmuo2442]

Me toooooo!!!! My Argyrus has just taken off and my exotica is about to and I'm soooo excited!! I call them my "sparkly plants" 🤩🤩🤩

[@Daisy_1557]

I’m actually collecting all Hoya compacta. I have three different ones and I’m looking for the last one I don’t have. 🤞

[@ShaunaFox]

your hair looks super cute!

[@wildfern]

Thank you so much 😀

[@nancylee1883]

All your plants are beautiful.

[@wildfern]

Thank you so much 😊

[@knitwit2871]

Hi love! I’m on a plant high because I just got a beautiful gloriosum that was stuck in the mail in the freezing cold for a week & I thought she’d be dead but she made it! Plus I got a squami seedling baby so I’m filled with serotonin & your videos help 😂😂😂

[@wildfern]

I'm filling with serotonin just reading about your new babies haha! So exciting!! 😍

[@knitwit2871]

@@wildfern woohoo serotonin for everyone 😂

[@alexagreer3378]

I love the calathea medallion and I highly recommend the pinstripe or rattlesnake!! I love the painted look.

[@shaneyelton5786]

lambs tail is the the one with slightly rounder "leaves"

[@cuteasapinkbutton17]

I recently got a Calathea Ornata and love the pink stripes and deep dark green!

[@io6007]

I think that the one similar to the Burros tail is the fish hook, it’s very similar just a little rounder and curves up.

[@emmasplantz]

I just got a holiday cactus because of you and I love it so much 😍🌱

[@luhnonato3]

About the burros tail: in Brazil we call this pointy one “bananinha” = little banana And the round one we call “dedinho” = little finger So I can see why you get confused, because in some country’s they have different names 🌸

[@gurlmadeincanada]

My orbifolia is turning out to be very easy care, such big leaves Love it!

[@bagbysparks7721]

Thank you so so much for this video!! Super helpful and I will definitely be purchasing most of these plants.

[@TobiasAb]

I have a calathea rufibarba, almost completly chewed up by one of my cats, ugh... And I have a calathea dottie. I like that they are pretty different from each other.

[@nikolakruk2709]

Maranta Lemon Lime is hard to find not only in the UK, but also in whole Europe. I live in Poland and a mature plant is worth even 250 PLN (something about 70 USD). That's very rare and expensive plant here compared to variegated maranta for example (about 50 PLN which means 19 USD). To give you a better look at how much it is, a nice cutting of variegated monstera deliciosa costs 150 PLN (40,2 USD) and a rooted and potted variegated monstera deliciosa with 2-3 leafs costs 250 PLN (70 USD).

[@wildfern]

Whoa, so interesting to hear about the differences in other places. Thank you for sharing.

[@nikolakruk2709]

@@wildfern if you want to get to know about the european plant market you can always ask me 😀 I've been watching your videos for 2 weeks now and I'm obsessed with them 😂 and also I see a lot of differences between Canada (and also USA) and the whole Europe

[@steph7872]

I must start by saying for me, the longer the video the better especially from your channel lol. My fav Calathea is the white fusion! You def should get one! The skindapsus Argyraeus is my FAV too!!!! I have two of them because I needed one in each of favorite most used spots of my house, My office desk and my bed:)💚💚

[@wildfern]

Thank you so much! And oh my gosh the white fusion are beautiful. I had one when I first got into plants and it died a sad spider mite death lol. I would like to try again with it one day though.

[@KatlinCatlin]

the one you're talking about is a lambs tail!! I have a little one!

[@AbiBloomUK]

You’re right about the lemon lime maranta. We have loads in the UK now but they’re now cheaper than £99.99!? You can get a variegated monstera for cheaper 🤯 They are beautiful though!

[@EpiphanyX5323]

I think the other succulent you are talking about that is similar to Burro's Tail is Sedum morganianum (String of Burritos). In Spanish, burritos would be like saying 'little donkeys.'

[@MyFellowFoliage]

Some Calathea suggestions: Calathea orbifolia and makoyana. Some of my favourites that are similar care to the medallion if not easier :)

[@gareth_vieira2632]

Great episode Fern!

[@Nicole-ge4vg]

I have not delved into the calathea realm yet, but I have seen that one and was very close to buying it. Someday, I will get the courage to take the plunge.

[@Niloriii]

I love to see big Hoya carnosa compacta... because I never saw ANY new leaves on a compacta. How does this thing grow? 😂 It‘s like the McDonalds of plants... it‘s there... but you‘ll never see how it was build

[@wildfern]

HAHA omg

[@hristossal]

Lemon lime are so beautiful! They are hard to find in EU im SO ready to buy one from Netherlands

[@milou4643]

Plantje.nl verkoopt ze nu voor €30

[@MrsVeronicat]

The ficus elastica looks like a melany to me! I might be wrong, since I haven't seen many younger plants of that variety :)

[@elyse6688]

Your Lemon Lime Maranta is stunning!!! I wish we could get them in Australia 😭

[@kbtt99]

Thank you 💕 I love all of your plants collection 😍😍 how is your little princess. Please do another video how to mix soil . Thank you☺️

[@bea6777]

Your queen is why I got into hoya recently 🥺

[@matildendron856]

I also have started to really like calatheas, I have an orbifolia, white fusion and zebrina and would recommend them all (although not for beginners!). Also, I live in europe and the maranta lemon lime goes for about 50$ for a small cutting here. Beutiful plants!

[@thedorkasaur]

I'm starting to think buying a selection of calatheas as my first house plants may not have been a good idea

[@camillechaumont5796]

Calathea Musaica has been very easy To take care of for me so i recommend 10/10🥰 But I adore all calathea so of course I recommend all of them 🤪

[@Tonii080]

I love the Calathea Makoyana. I have a few others and they are great too but I accidentally killed my Medallion lol.

[@kristinaamador2875]

Your holiday cactus is so beautiful!! How often do you water it?

[@wildfern]

Usually every 2 weeks

[@waywardsouls5778]

I love my rattle snake calathea I’ve never had a brown leaf with it’s always putting out a new leaf😁

[@EternalBeautyy]

Im unsure why but the Maranta Lemon Lime is quite hard to find in Quebec but the red variety is everywhere. Hoya Crimson Queen aswell 😔

[@LauraaC]

Burros tail has the pointy leaves like yours, donkeys tail has the round leaves. Yours looks sooooo happy and healthy! mine always get so sad

[@carolannbolinger3795]

You have beautiful plants

[@teresaxisto4631]

Calatheas... I love my calathea zebrina and my calathea velvet jungle 🥰 And yes, maranta lemon lime is not that easy to find in europe , I don't know why, we do have the other ones everywhere 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@wildfern]

Ahh YES I want that calathea!!

[@natassianewton8420]

My Calathea Medallion literally has 2 leaves left after a very nasty spider mite outbreak as well. I was going to throw it out but maybe now I'll just continue caring for it and hopefully she will be beautiful again one day..so sad

[@jazmine73317]

My MIL has a 30 year old Christmas cactus. Someone left one underneath our stairs at my apartment and I’ve been debating if I should bring it inside (lol I know that’s strange). It’s living it’s best life outside honestly and I think I’d kill it lmao.

[@something.about.plants2495]

The greenhouse I work at just got ficus tineke and I am going to get one soon!!!

[@cmondavy]

Oh my gosh - that sweatshirt!!!! Where can I get one? Love it!!!!

[@wildfern]

blialcabal.com :)

[@cmondavy]

@@wildfern Thank you!!

[@van.gravies]

My favorite common/underrated ones are actually crotons!! I find they want the same amount of care as calathea/maranta usually like (staying moist, lots of light and humidity) even though everyone says they’re hard to care for, and grow so gorgeously! I find that they’re not hard to care for, they just like being doted on. Ever since I figured out what it liked, it grew so many huge leaves. I don’t like the most common variety much, but I looooove the magnifica one, it’s insanely gorgeous and the colors are so pretty, and not ones I usually see outside of autumn, so I love keeping it in my house. And it’s fairly common still, since I got it at Lowe’s here in the US.

[@van.gravies]

One that idk if it’s common, but is definitely underrated because I’d never heard of it prior to finding it in a store, is a Dracaena White Bird. I dropped dead when I saw it because of how gorgeously variegated the leaves are, and the way the leaves kind of spiral. It’s my new favorite in my house at the moment

[@wildfern]

I love that you love Croton, especially because they get so much hate! The colours are beautiful.

[@jannelaineeleodinmuo2442]

Whaaaaaaaaattttttt noooooooo them things do not belong indoors. Do you live in a greenhouse?!?! 😆😆😆

[@van.gravies]

@@jannelaineeleodinmuo2442 I keep it outside in the summer (I live in the southeast so it’s super happy like that!) and then inside for the winter! It doesn’t grow in the winter, but it doesn’t die, so I’m happy 😂

[@erinfink6056]

I have a euphorbia lactea 'white ghost' and it is easily in my top 5 plants in my collection!

[@wildfern]

One of my dream plants!

[@Liono68]

I had an adonsonii and hated it. It had paper thin leaves and was way too fussy so I gave it to a friend with more patience than I have. :0p

[@ier2734]

I have a calathea white fusion and rattle snake but I also want more if I teach myself to give hem more attention hahah

[@katskeps9179]

Wildfern where is your hoodie from😍 love your vids lights my day up every time you upload! X

[@wildfern]

Blialcabal - blialcabal.com/shop-online

[@laurenjohnson5880]

Also love the zz in the background

[@wildfern]

Thank you! It's putting out some beautiful new growth right now :)

[@kavithahs3393]

Calathea orbifolia is to die for 💚

[@wildfern]

I have one and I’ve been struggling with it :( they are so beautiful though!