Houseplant Tour 2023! My Indoor Plant Collection 🪴

Earlier this year, we did a complete redesign of this room and it's now my dream plant lady space! I'll go over all the houseplants and talk about maintenance, light requirements, and more.
Curtain rods: amzn.to/46bfkix
For daily plant updates, follow me on Instagram @chicagogardener

[@jude1515]

I love the way you displayed your plants.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you so much!!

[@a.grossmane3337]

This is INSANE, one of the most beautiful houseplant tours that I've ever seen 💔💔💔

[@ChicagoGardener]

Omg thank you so much!!!

[@Thankful_.]

I, too, enjoy sharing my plant and garden videos! I’m happy I found your channel! ❤😊

[@zalehaburude7752]

Those Plants are healthy and lovely... 😍 😍 😍 Congratulations...Chicago Gardener. All the best wishes to you!

[@kusumlakshmipathy9069]

Your indoor plants are healthy and beautiful. Thanks for sharing your ideas and tips 💐

[@isaiasirizarry]

LOL "stop ignoring my house plants" I can relate.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m glad it’s not just me 😂

[@sarah9314]

Love all the classy vintage colors and furniture in your home. Beautiful ❤🎉

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you so much!!

[@goctalis3064]

Impressive plants , display and home! Thank you!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you so much!

[@mahsamoadeli5294]

Love your vibe. You speak my language and yours is the only plant channel I've enjoyed and understood as well. I subscribed instantly

[@ChicagoGardener]

Omg that’s a huge compliment, thank you so much!

[@DevilDuckification]

Love how you integrate the plants into your space! It looks natural and uncluttered, great restraint and good eye!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!! When I first started getting into houseplants I went a little crazy and had way too many 😆 I’ve pared down to large plants that work best I my space.

[@HouseplantsandHobbies]

I love your Kerrii! That's a wishlist plant for me. ❤️

[@cruelsister1]

Awesome tour. Thanks for sharing.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you so much!!

[@lisahimmel3882]

Thank you for all of your videos. I love following you because you live near me (I’m in a western suburb), so you are familiar with the weather challenges. Almost all of my outdoor gardening is also in pots, so I’ve learned a lot from you. My indoor lighting is definitely a challenge so I’m always looking for pet friendly low light plants. One of my favorite low maintenance plant is the Ponytail Palm. It’s technically a succulent type plant, so can go a long time between watering. And it’s adorable!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Ooooh i think that would be a perfect plant for a space I want to fill!

[@MandyNiXX]

I love your decor style! Beautiful plants

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you so much!!

[@lifewithpatti9531]

Your plants are beautiful and suit your home wonderfully. I have just started growing plants so mine are all fairly small.

[@ChicagoGardener]

What are your favorites so far??

[@mimi03231]

Love how you used hoops to form a trellis. Totally stealing that idea! I am with you on keeping all my house plants in one room. Makes life easier.

[@ChicagoGardener]

If there’s one in another room I will forget about it 😆 The hoops were from Amazon! I’ll see if I can link them in the description.

[@samirasufi8837]

I love Aglaonema's. I have two and they have been good to me, they are fairly easy care. My Green Papaya is gorgeous and thriving. I want to add the one you have and more to my collection.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I love them too! They’re such easy houseplants!

[@michellefrance1165]

Pretty houseplant collection ❤ I also have quite a few trailing houseplants and need to slow down lol, one if my favorites is my brazil love the heart shape leaves! I also have a fascination with oxalis because of the whimsy and color!

[@ChicagoGardener]

I love brazil too! It’s so hard in the winter bc all I want to do is propagate my plants but I’m going to run out of room for them 😆

[@ElyRyger]

Lovely and healthy plants! I would recommend dracenas or philodendron. They are so easy!

[@sezensera_]

So beautifull 👏👏

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!!

[@rhodealexandre6583]

You can always put your string of hearts under a grow light. SANSI has these small clip on light for single pots. You clip it on the edge of the pot

[@ContessyMadame_Messy]

I use the sansi puck lights. It's excellent

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!! Those sound like they’d work perfectly.

[@indrarani9576]

Nice plants home decor and nice snack plant and planter🎉🎉🎉

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!!

[@kbm4409]

I love the silver bay..I have two large ones and they bloom all the time at least 2 - 3 blooms each time

[@ChicagoGardener]

I love when I get a bloom on mine!

[@JenniferB_PlantMami]

Hi Bethany! Your collection is wonderful! You are doing an outstanding job at keeping your plant babies happy! I have close to 100 plants and also have a Cordyline, but have never seen an all green one like yours (mine is pink and burgundy)...may I ask where you got yours? I highly recommend a Scindapsus Exotica, my husband just got me one for my birthday and she makes me smile every time I look at her.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I got mine from gethsemane garden center in Chicago!

[@MOUSEMOM40]

What a beautiful collection of houseplants! I'm partial to the calathea myself. I've found that mine do better when I water with bottled water and not tap water. Not sure why, but if that's what makes them happy that's what they get lol.

[@ChicagoGardener]

What else do you do to keep them looking good?? I’ve killed all the others except for the one I now have.

[@MOUSEMOM40]

@@ChicagoGardener just using bottled water seems to work for me. I haven't even been fertilizing them because I seem to get crunchy edges when I use it lol. I also have them in a room with a south facing window, but I keep them about 8 feet back from the window.

[@soniapitter6427]

I started using distilled water and that has helped mine

[@johnchlimon-cp4yl]

Thanks 🙏

[@sarah9314]

I have a holiday cactus thats years old and it’s always my favorite this time of year it’s blooming now but top 5 all year for sure. Big beautiful lots of interest easy care! Obsessed with your silver bay!! Ive killed probably 3 aglionemas now i think i didnt let it sit dry long enough kept yellowing after each water but my little silver bay holding on with me. He needs a big brother i think haha

[@ChicagoGardener]

I think I need to add a holiday cactus to my room! Are they pretty easy to care for?

[@susanross1651]

One of my favourite plants is the ponytail palm (Beaucarnea recurvata) it’s slow growing, but you can buy bigger specimens, & it’s really low maintenance, but does like fairly good light. I think they are adorable. My second favourite is the Peace Lily.

[@ChicagoGardener]

So what I’m hearing is I need to go buy a ponytail palm 😆

[@susanross1651]

@@ChicagoGardener absolutely, you’ll love running your fingers through it’s long leaves 👍🏻

[@ContessyMadame_Messy]

You have very happy plants! So0o0 lush! I have an east, west, and south facing window, and my plants aren't as lush as yours.❤

[@ChicagoGardener]

I swear they look so good bc I ignore them 🤣

[@birendrasingh5492]

Nice

[@daisywrabbit]

you are the only person with a decent looking geo plant since Costa Farms released them. 💜🎉

[@ChicagoGardener]

Really!? What are the main issues with them?

[@daisywrabbit]

@@ChicagoGardener my guess would be under watering, but honestly, you’re only one of two people I’ve seen that still have the Geo plant. No one else on KZbin has made a video about it since they were released. I just want to see a more mature one. Yours is beautiful.

[@andrezapamella6602]

Belíssimo lar e amor pelas plantas

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!!

[@Jojo-cz4kp]

Wow your houseplant collection is so beautiful, and nicely decorated. I’ve always wanted to have a lemon tree indoors, is it relatively easy to manage for plant newbies?

[@ChicagoGardener]

I know some people who have no issues, but mine gets scale every winter 😫 so I always go in knowing I’ll be treating that at some point

[@peggybelcher4679]

Lemon plants are easy to start from seeds, wet a paper towel and place a few seeds on them and roll up, place in a baggie, in a small amt of time they will root and you can put one or two into a pot; good luck

[@onestrangeanimal3212]

Thank you so much for the tour 🙏 I like the tasteful way you've integrated the plants into your home design 👌 That space looks welcoming and harmonious. The philo that you have trailing is a Philodendron hederaceum, heartleaf philodendron in English. The P. 'Brazil' is a cultivar of the same species. That plant with the rounded black leaves looks very cool. I'd never seen one of those before. What did you say the species name was? Snake plants actually do best in very bright shade with some morning or evening direct sun. And your zz raven will thrive under the grow light.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!! The black plant is Geogenanthus ciliatus!

[@onestrangeanimal3212]

@@ChicagoGardener Thank you ☺

[@zarkatalksbangla]

wow

[@pamm701]

This is a beautiful room with gorgeous plants. If you are looking for another low maintenance plant, I recommend the umbrella plant. Mine is about 5ft by 5 ft and has about 5 branches. It gets low to medium light and watering about every 10 days. You can trim it anytime. I have only repotted it 1 time. Mine is 8 years old. It's a very full lush plant with glossy green leaves.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m actually on the lookout for another tall plant, so this might be perfect!!

[@peggybelcher4679]

Where did you get your grow light? Loved your tour of plants!!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Soltech solutions!

[@barbaracole4314]

I do the same as you buy 1 plant and propagate or take cuttings and make more plants, some are very easy others are a challenge but that's how we learn... question about the drying flowers how do you use them ?

[@ChicagoGardener]

There’s a video coming Friday that will show the first project I use them for! It’s my favorite. Then I’ll also use them to make wreathes and bouquets around my home.

[@OldTimerGarden]

A Giant White Calla Lily would do well in your space.

[@leajohnson8441]

The second plant is a heart leaf philodendron.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!!

[@lilian7089]

where did you get your curtain rods for the dry flowers? Nice decoration with house plant.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Amazon! I just updated the video description with the link.

[@lilian7089]

@@ChicagoGardener thanks found the video.

[@nikitasrivastava7907]

Do you have shelf recommendations? Especially for the pothos wall/curtain

[@ChicagoGardener]

The one I have is from target and I really like it!

[@nikitasrivastava7907]

@@ChicagoGardenerAny links would be helpful! Thanks.

[@johnjohn40100]

I want to find a good deal on giant snake plant and zz plant locally. Those are incredibly low maintenance. I saw a 4ft zz plant for $160 and 10 year old snake plant for $100, still too much.

[@scoobydoo5447]

I’m jealous of people that can manage to grow houseplants. I have low 4’ wide eaves over the windows so there’s usually not enough light to grow plants and I don’t typically like keeping lights on. I also keep my house cooler than most people in the winter, so everything I bring inside just goes into dormancy.

[@ChicagoGardener]

How cold do you keep it over winter?? I’m a person who loves the heat 😆 you could maybe try a snake plant. That one I’ve put in places with very very low light and it hasn’t died.

[@scoobydoo5447]

@@ChicagoGardener It is currently 53°F outside and thermostat is showing my house is at 62°F. When it gets cold outside, I may turn the furnace up to 65, but rarely goes much over that. I have a spider plant I bring indoors over winter, but even that shrivels up to about 2/3 it’s summer size.

[@lucianolucivan6600]

Try cast iron plants. The plain green and Milky Way.

[@melaniecarroll5755]

Immediate follow ❤

[@maijathrontveit6234]

Can we get a house tour?!

[@user-jh9xq3qm7s]

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[@kbm4409]

How are you watering the planter box?

[@ChicagoGardener]

I take it off the shelf (it’s not too heavy) and water in the shower!

[@SuperAlemoya]

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[@kimberlywheat6278]

I don't understand how you don't water very much, i go threw a gallon of filtered water a day with my plants plus i have a spay bottle i spray them with everyday aswell

[@ChicagoGardener]

I do all my plants on the same day, so no daily watering for me!

[@pudik2008]

New subscriber here. Love how you styled your plants in your beautiful home. My Hoya Kerii grows same as yours,long and empty spaces in between the leaves. All the ones I’ve seen are the same,mine grows really fast in bright light. For the marble queen it does grow slower because of the variegation. 💚🪴🌿

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m glad to know it’s not just my hoya doing that! I thought I might be doing something wrong 😆