Houseplants You Should Buy Big 🪴

[@Mia.Lou.]

Definitely want a video of plants you should buy small that get big! Absolutely loved this video 🪴🖤

[@Codangerz]

Yes please!!!

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Yaay you got it!!

[@carolwildey4897]

@@Codangerz Ditto!!!

[@ISmellAnIdea]

Definitely monsteras and philodendrons! They change so much when they grow and it's so pleasing to watch. :)

[@lindsayjayne2169]

Ditto!

[@ashlynnbrees7874]

Fun fact: I bought a raven zz from Walmart that was completely dead. Like, for real dead. And I grew it back from the roots that were still viable. Super proud of that.

[@Nena91]

Yes! I want a video of plants that grow quickly. I mistakenly bought a real fiddle leaf from Amazon. I was shooting for a fake one so I wouldn’t have to care for it- and here I am 😂

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Hahahahahah😂😂😂

[@imaginempress3408]

😊

[@jkgymnast49]

I used to think that about fiddle leaf figs too, but I feel like I found the secret and need to share. I grew my fiddle right next to a humidifier, about 3 feet back from a south window and it grew from about 1.5 feet to 7 feet tall in about 2 years. Wiping the leaves on a regular basis is a necessity in my opinion, I think the dust the leaves tend to collect because they are so big really stunts its ability to photosynthesize. I hope this was helpful to someone. Love the video!

[@LinguaNigra]

same, I had mine as a baby, moved it from a west facing window to an east facing one, added a plant light and it's my height now, after 3 years.

[@Yoliplanting]

Same here, bought two babies at IKEA and now they are huge. That was two years ago.

[@hberror404]

100% want the "plants you should buy small" video!!

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

You got it!!

[@bea-le2rw]

don’t know if you’ve thought of adding the spider plant to your “buy these small” -list, but mine grew from a cutting to two feet in like two months and it was really encouraging to see the process

[@lydiabradley6344]

Spider plants are champs! I'm in horticulture school and our collection of about 20 mature spider plants got covered with scale and sooty mold during the start of the pandemic when no one was on campus to regularly care for them. My class cut them back to soil level last semester and repotted them, and they have already bounced back completely and are even producing tons of babies.

[@jorgecanales798]

I've found that Snake plants really need to be outside during the warm months to grow at least in my situation where my south facing window is covered by screen and then blocked by some trees i have no choice but to use grow lights. I live in North Texas so the only cacti i can have outside year round are Opuntias and i totally agree with you, unless someone wants to make a mixed Planter, cacti should be bought or propagated big. Let's not forget that sometimes cacti will become summer dormant and not grow

[@Naronaxie]

I’m also in North Texas, left my snake plant in a low light area and it has grown so much! The biggest difference was feeding it fertilizer.

[@asianguyinmd]

I still have at least 40 years to watch my plants grow from tiny plants into giant iconic plants at least 10 ft tall. It'll be worth it.

[@maxkfuller]

I so wanna see the video about plants you should buy small. I find small plants so much more satisfying to buy because in a year or two the amount it has grown compared to its initial size is so significant and it was all your care and work

[@empressdoinalot]

Amen

[@LaurenRocks16]

I don't know if I just have wacky conditions, but I got a moonshine sansevieria just over a year ago and it's grown like crazy! Admittedly I didn't get it as a tiny baby, but it's definitely got loads bigger and constantly gives me babies. I've even got it to flower (don't ask how, I have no idea!!). However, I have a trifasciata that I've had for about three times as long, that has barely done anything at all (although I also got that to flower too somehow)! From experience, I'd say if you want a sansevieria that grows then maybe go for a moonshine.

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

That is AMAZING! I love hearing stories like this - gives me hope for mine that do nothing 🤪😂

[@lesleycapul8073]

I have the exact same situation! My moonshine sansevieria has grown a ton over the last year, and I'm honestly so surprised because I didn't expect much out of it. It's still in the same 6" nursery pot, but I love that it's been such a reliable houseplant that's exceeded my expectations :)

[@michellel4774]

I totally see where you're coming from regarding the fiddle leaf fig. But, I bought mine when it was small about a year ago (maybe 8 inches tall??) and am really enjoying watching it grow. It gives me a sense to satisfaction. It's is about 20 inches tall now and is very healthy.

[@charlenepolsky1575]

I bought a small Fiddle Leaf fig early in my plant journey & messed in up in all imaginable ways. I finally cut my losses & learned my lessons. Recently I got a large Fiddle Leaf, which looked like I had wanted the first one to be - tall & lush. I got it in a nice sunny spot & have not lost a single leaf. Love Love Love my Big Boy!!! Definitely do a follow up re plants that you can get small & do great - Pothos are a great example

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

So glad you got what you wanted eventually!!!

[@MsARTmajor]

Thank you for making videos about 15 minutes long, the perfect length to play while I do dishes. As for content, I liked this video and while I'm not new to houseplants, I did feel validated after recently spending money on two bigger plants. One of them was raven zz and I bought it in an 8 inch pot and it is gorgeous. I'm very happy to have this statement plant in my studio space ❤

[@sarmoy29]

There’s something about your videos and voice/personality that can ALWAYS pull me out of a slump. Thank you for always boosting my mood and helping me be productive 💚

[@Samm6977]

Lmao “he’s providing for his family - it’s ok” 🤣🤣 also yes to the plants you should buy small video

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

😂😂

[@mauru23]

I ordered a 4” samurai snake plant online knowing it would be a slow grower, but what arrived was a 2” plant in a 4” pot. It’s been almost a year and he’s barely grown at all but honestly it makes such a cute desk plant!

[@forumaura43]

Staring at my medium sized ZZ raven and very happy now I didn't have an option for anything smaller :) honestly this plant makes me so happy and it was definitely worth it for me to pay a bit more for a bigger plant.

[@wannabe_gardner5857]

Yes, I definitely would like to see the "plants that are worth it to buy small" video. 😁

[@sloane4836]

This is a really helpful video. I buy most things small largely due to finances but you have encouraged me to lash out and buy a larger stake plant. I agree with others about a video on what to buy small. xx

[@suekuly4723]

Thanks Becca and yes a video on plants we should be buying small would be lovely.

[@Jo_Alien]

Strangely out of the several pot of snake plants I have, the one that has grown the fastest and out out like seven new leaves is the leaf propagation I did when my sister knocked off a leaf. It took forever to root, but once it did, it started putting out new leaves within a couple months. My cylindrica is also also growing super well in its terracotta pot without drainage. I love my snake babies!

[@plantgirl_50bre50]

“He’s providing for his family” 😂 you are the cutest!

[@sterlgirlceline]

Great topic; thank you! 👏🏻😊. I bought a 2 1/2 foot snake plant at Walmart for $24.99 and there were HUGE (8 ft tall) Fiddles at the Salem, Oregon Walmart for only $29!!!

[@semprejgloh]

Definitely want that follow up video on the plants you should buy small. I tend to gravitate towards smaller plants for space and because they’re so cute tiny

[@Eileen-xk6wt]

FLFs are ridiculously easy if you live somewhere hot, sunny, and humid. And will grow very fast. If you have a more moderate climate it will be more high maintenance.

[@normadodson128]

Yes Becca! You should definitely do a video of small plants that can grow bigger. I enjoyed your video because you have interesting information on plants and I like seeing your plants they're beautiful plus your doggies💖 . Thank you Becca 💕

[@RLAnkrum]

Once again, Becca's advice is on point. Would enjoy seeing a follow-up video on buying small plants. Loved the squirrel distraction!

[@janicedunbar442]

I would love to see a video about plants to buy small. I like buying them small and combining them in one pot to make them fuller.

[@Akimills_84]

Yes! Definitely do the small plant video! I enjoyed this one! As if I needed encouragement to “go big or go home” with plants lol 💚❤️🪴❤️💚

[@Ashenkaniku]

I would definitely like to see a "buy them small" video. Even though most of the plants you mentioned I already knew about, I learned it all the hard way😣 (my fiddle leaf is about 1.5 feet tall and I've had it for almost 2 years). Also, cool tip about cacti. Did not know that putting them outside in summer could help growth. Maybe I'll actually be brave enough to get one now 🤔 my summers can get hot 🔥

[@juliezackrison3255]

THIS!! 🙌 Such great advice for newbies! And buying "small" would be just as helpful to them I'm sure!! 👍

[@ms89012]

Definitely a video for buy them small. It seems like monstera would make that list but I’m less sure on philos or the prayer plants, etc.

[@sihakrios6764]

I just have bought one of the cases from casetify with your code. They have really interesting once. And I'm excited how the shipping to Germany will go. And it's the first time I bought something sponsored of any KZbinr 😃🥳. Have a good day Becca 😊😉😘

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

That’s awesome!!! I think you’ll love it :)

[@elizabethjrich4415]

This was a very good video. I am sansevieria collector. I like to buy them small and watch them grow. I feel over the years that they've taught me to be more patient as a person due to my disabilities. I also have aloe vera, dracaena, ficus and ZZ plants that I've grown from small plants. I do have southwest-facing Windows. The love your videos and you've taught me so much. I would like to see a small plant video also. Thank you 😊 🙋‍♀️🪴

[@minimalcalla5278]

Please do a small version of this video! 🤩 Enjoyed this one loads and found it very useful!

[@wandashaw3551]

Hi Becca, yes please I would love to see a video featuring the opposite with the smaller plants. Thanks for this one, too!!

[@RandomRob3000]

My ZZs (I have both Raven and green) are slow'ish, but they're way faster growing than my snake plants which share the same shelf space in a NW facing window. I got all of them (snakes & ZZs) just over a year ago (Walmart/Costa Farms) and the ZZs have tripled in size from 8" to over 24" long and adding new canes fairly regularly - esp. now as the day length is getting longer I have a bunch of new canes popping up. ZZs are so cool. I think my slow snakes are even faster than my small fiddle leaf, and a few of my succulents/cacti are much faster than I thought they would be. I got a 8" 'Dragon Fruit' cutting last November and it's already over 4 feet tall - it's almost frightening! And my "Cow Horn" euphoribia has easily doubled in size over the past 6 months - from 6-8" to almost 18" Both are in a West facing sliding door window. And yes, all of my cacti go out from Spring to Fall (basically when night temps consistently stay above 45-55F)

[@carlieo.4302]

Definitely in need of the opposite video! I loved your little squirrel bit. So funny. Love all the planty content. 🥰

[@eleanoraddy4683]

As a long time owner of dracaena marginata I totally agree they stay exactly the same for years at a time especially if the light isn't tropical sunshine

[@billybailey4593]

I agree with all in the video except the zz plant. I got a 4 inch pot right before winter to go in a low light area in my living room this thing has been growing like crazy and I love the way it grows. I cant imagine what it will be like in the summer time if I put it in a sunny location

[@jeanmarietirado8310]

I loved this video and would love to see the small plants video. I too bought small plants when I started collecting 2 years ago and have learned the slow grow process. I live in Florida so most of my plants thrive with my natural climate I also tend to leave windows open. Funny enough I thought my cactus would be a slow grower. Oh boy is he huge, he is outside but sheesh 😅 any who’s love your videos hope to see more 🤗

[@lesleycapul8073]

Would love to see a follow up video! I'd also think it'd be cool idea to do "houseplants that you want to stay small" since my problem is that I live in a small apartment and my plants keep outgrowing some of my spaces lol

[@M_SC]

That’s going to happen to me. I feel like there’s options though. Sell, trade, propagate/cut back, replace with a different plant for a new experience,

[@sashalexia]

A small version of this video would be great! I have mostly small plants cuz I love watching them change, whether it’s a lot or just barely. I’d love to see if you have any suggestions that I might be missing. 🤔

[@kinascribble]

I live in Malaysia and I was fully prepared to have single whale fins for ages, but they grow surprisingly fast here! Whenever they grow a new leaf or two, I split the rhizome and plant it back how i found it and now I can't keep up with how many I have!

[@GeorgiaGrown90]

1000% wanna see the plants to buy small. Pothos and philos are my top choices. They grow so fast!

[@neonmoon2119]

Thanks for the advice!! I have been looking for answers about this!!

[@OMalleyKing]

Would love a buy it small!! This could be a cool series in different forms!

[@Karasaywah]

Just a word on cactus from a Florida girl, it's so so wet in the summer here and super humid and honestly my cactus do nothing but grow! As long as it gets enough heat and sun, they can tolerate the wet! Or so have in my experience :)

[@marcelagarnica7076]

Definitely want a video on plants to buy small!

[@jennifer_loves_8766]

I am in Florida but my indoor plants don't go outside because whenever you bring them back inside pest usually hitchhike a ride inside and boom they introduce themselves to all the other indoor plants .... I don't like dealing with pest indoors, grosses me out

[@Real_k8]

Becca really just dropped her phone on purpose 🤧🤧🤣🤣 that is commitment 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[@tracyfrederick5606]

My green ZZ puts out loads of new growth ! I give it really bright light. But this winter it out out 7 new shoots . ( My raven did too. It is just slightly slower. ( Indoors they were under poor light ) I have a shade cloth I got from Amazon. It's 75% I think. All my plants go out for summer camp !

[@scottycabuya]

Yes please make a video on which plants to buy small 😊😊

[@ididit36]

😂😂😂😂😂. “It’s ok, he’s providing for his family”! I almost fell off my bed!! Love your videos

[@caroline3907]

yes to the dracaena, I bought a dracaena marginata at ikea 3 years ago when i first got into houseplants and it looks exactly the same! This is such a great concept for a video

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Hahaha it’s wild to me but they’re basically fake plants in my eyes 😂 no change

[@M_SC]

Eh? Mine grow. Edit: ok not that tall/fast but fast enough for me. Depends if you want it to be a small bush or a medium plant or a tree. I consider my tiny baby rubber plants as totally different (like a different look and experience) from a big tree of the same type.

[@fernandoaguila6724]

@@M_SC eh? Good for you

[@anjalilakra15]

For me, my snakeplant grew bushier like crazy when I left it out in the monsoon rain for a 4-5 months. From my experience, decent amount of watering but good sun exposure can help the plant to grow fast.

[@anjalilakra15]

Even ZZ, I just left it out in the open when I relocated during the pandemic and when I came back it has grown at least 5-6 different stalks from just one stalk. In a span of 5 months ish.

[@jessipxd]

no i think this message is very important !!! ofc it seems kinda obvious but no, when you just start out, its not! i have a loooot of small plants and i came to realise that i dont like a lot of the ones that i got to be small and i only got it to just 'own' the plant, where it wouldve been smarter to wait a little and save up so i could afford them bigger. i just own a lot of very small plants now and looking back i really wish i wouldnt have gotten so many small ones!

[@michaelm9643]

Yes a video on small plants. Also when it’s time a video on transitioning plants outside.

[@akumaru2635]

Okay so I bought my snake plant three years ago as two small cuttings and I payed like 3€ for both. I always put it in the darkest corner in my flats and it grows really well 😅 It got like 3-4 new plants in the pot and I cut 6 cuttings of it because It grews too big 😅 Maybe I'm just really lucky but I would never pay like 50-100$ for this plant when I can get some nice cuttings which are growing well in 2-3 years. But really great video, I love it 😊

[@shadowcutiepie]

I would love to see what plants are worth buying small cause I love watching small little guys grow ☺️

[@marsf4883]

Oh man haha all my plants are super small! I guess my one leafed hoyas, and small cacti will take like 5-10 years to look different haha. But it’s so easy to buy many many small plants, since they fit anywhere. It’s fun to watch small plants grow, but it def tests the patience a whole lot!

[@c0ldlight1]

Yes! I love this. Different grow rates are definitely something interesting in plants. Hahaha I have a small draceana that I got thinking it would be a tree- and while it has grown in the past few years it is slow going. Would totally love a plants to buy small video.

[@Missfire267]

I’m not quite on your side with the snake and zz plants. My zz plant on the north side of my home is putting out three new shoots per year. And the two sanseveria i have grow like 2 - 4 inches a year or so since I’m in charge of wattering it. With the ZZ plant I know that it is still living when it is putting new shoots out in the spring. 😁

[@zenplantman4730]

Awesome video yes I can totally agree on buying big but I'm patient with plants and love to see them grow 😊 thanks for sharing 👍

[@TalkPlantyToMe]

One plant I wish I bought big was my silver sword! I got a tiny cutting when what I really wanted was mature leaves 🤣 oops.

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

I did the same thing!! Bought a bigger one eventually and no regrets 🤪

[@agnediciuniene9861]

I bought a wandering sansevieria small. It didn't grow at all during last 6 months. But doesn't show any decline too. Buying it small I imagined it to be my heirloom plant - quite easy to care for, slow grower, not big. I want to have it for the rest of my life and then leave it to my kids. 🙂 Slow growing, long living, "heirloom" plants could be a topic! My mother has a fern that belonged to her mother and my mother is 64.

[@terrizimmerman5297]

Absolutely agree. One more would be a ponytail palm.

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Oooh good one!

[@9005jackie]

Yes please make the follow up video! Thanks!☺️☺️

[@nataliesea83]

Yes, I’d love to see the fast growing video too! 💚

[@PlantyGal05]

I have a dracena that is over 7 ft tall. I got it in a combo pot with an Australian holly and some other plants over 10 years ago. The only other plant to make it that long with the dracena was the Holly- and that is not about 3.5 ft tall. They are still together in a larger pot with some pothos and ivy.

[@ladidadida2633]

Def need the follow up of smaller plants. Great topic

[@NatalieGrace99]

My sister is a very forgetful plant owner - she remembers to water mayyyybeee once a month? Because of that I've mixed a soil blend for her that retains water a little longer. She has a corn plant and a snake plant and both were small when she got them. She's had them for nearly 3 years now, and somehow, her plants are growing pretty fast! Her snake plant put out like 3 fins and her corn plant has practically tripled in size. Because she kind of sets and forgets, whenever she does come back, that slow growth is rewarding for her. Meanwhile I'm a fussy plant lady and I love fawning over my plants (I killed my corn plant 😂).

[@sharonmclaughlin2258]

Great points about slow growing plants. I’d love to see a video on fast growing plants.

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Becca. Yes you should do just buy small plants. I hope you had fun visiting Nicole. I saw your post in Instagram ☃️❄️💚🙃

[@luciesullivan2197]

My snake plant has grown a ton of new leaves, a foot in height and put out about 5 babies. I've had it for 2-3 years

[@peggylee5021]

Although I'm not new to plants, small plants that grow big fast would be a fun video. I bought a nice size sansveria whale fin with 5 leaves about 4 yrs ago. It now has 9 leaves, the longest is 26". It lives several feet from a plant light with no special care. If there were enough room, it would be in the west facing room.

[@strikkekose]

Love this video! The theme is really good and interesting. The background is also so pretty🥰

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Thank you :))

[@ryahroberts1623]

Loved this video! And yes, would love to see a plants you should buy small :)

[@lawaters95]

You can also create a little rock wall around the north side of a cactus! It'll absorb the warm light from the sun and then radiate it back to the plant at night! 😊

[@Twinkletoesss27]

Love this video idea!!

[@innekek2169]

Defenitely an upcoming vid about plants that do grow very fast..🐷🌼

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

You got it!!

[@OhHeyItsDanny]

I’ve learned in my experience, it’s better off getting bigger plants or big cuttings. I’ve had trouble with the smaller baby philodendrons I have

[@karlamaxine6968]

Good video. As the years go by I’m starting to by the plants that I incision.

[@gisellenelson7195]

Love this video would love to see a video on house plants that stay relatively small

[@ED-eh6iq]

I have the opposite opinion re fiddle lead figs. I bought a small one (less than a foot) for $15. It has grown 2-3 extra feet in under a year on my front porch. If you have good conditions they grow fast! And if you don’t have good conditions you probably don’t want to be risking big money on a big one...

[@evelynmartinez8751]

Yes! Do the small plant video.

[@gabrielabeltran5297]

Cute concept!!

[@imaginempress3408]

Becca my snake plants grow very well and make lots of baby stalks.

[@stephanieperry6725]

Yes please keep the videos coming

[@erin4707]

Honestly I think palm tree house plants you should buy big too. If you want them as a gaint plant, they are one of the most slow growing plants, (Only putting out 1-3 fonds a year depending on the specific type).

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Oooh yeah palms are definitely another one!!

[@emmyb05]

Those little ones you’re seeing might be fiddle fig bambinos! I have one. It’s so cute and a nice table plant.

[@TatumMarie803]

love this one! can't wait for the follow-up

[@sassyjaxxy]

That’s a great idea for a video. I’d love that.

[@vickktoriaa]

Definitely need a buy small list!

[@donutlady1]

Definitely want to see the video on fast growing plants, that I can buy small.

[@WilnaWanderlust]

I vote yes! For small plant too! 🥳🥳🥳

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Woohoo!!

[@mindfulmadeline]

I got my snake plant in a 10 in pot, and probably a few feet tall, for $25 at my local save mart grocery store. Sometimes, for buying big common plants for cheap, grocery store is the way to go. Just watch out for overwatered or pest infested plants!

[@lgarden7086]

Yes…I want to know what to buy small. I bought a Raven ZZ a year ago and it hasn’t budged….it was the Costa Farms medium size, came in peat and plastic after 6+ months I moved it to terracotta and well draining soil….still nothing. 🤔It gets some light and I’m watering about once a month. I still like it but I want to see it grow

[@bedtimebiblechat7152]

I had my barrel cactus on my porch, no protection from rain, and we went away on vacation and when we returned the cactus had imploded! Seems it rained while we were gone. I don't know how much rain we got.

[@stardoll1995]

Been so long since I commented haha! Gonna watch the video now hope everyone who reads this has a lovely day! 🥰