PLANTS FOR SMALL SPACES

Hi all :)
In todays video I am showing you space efficient plants - plants we can try and grow to maturity while still remaining space-efficient & compact, perfect for people who want to get the best out of their plants but are challenged when it comes to space :)
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[@Ambersoto90]

String of 'anything' are great, because they are always on the verge of death so never get beyond tiny size at all 😂

[@cloud__99]

This is too real 💀 I had a little string of hearts, it was doing great and I was so proud of myself and then recently I come back home after the weekend and it had committed suicide. From plump and green to completely shrivelled and dead in two days. How.

[@Ambersoto90]

@cloud__99 feel your pain, mine did the same 😂

[@sydneyplantguy]

Haha oh I hate all the strings 😅😅

[@gypsylee333]

Tell that to my 8 foot long string of hearts lol

[@lleo9703]

Strings of DEATH!!!

[@cloud__99]

“I’ve got a fairly mature version here” *shows plant with leaves half the size of my body* This was very helpful! You’re the king of huge plants but was great to see some small options!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@Loogiemistress]

Hahaha yeah!!

[@ericaeschenbacher4921]

Googling mature form of plants is what led me to SPG😹 Jan have you thought about creating a houseplant book or Aroid encyclopedia with all the lovely mature plant pictures, you should be so proud to have accumulated? I would love a hard copy of your work!??😻

[@sydneyplantguy]

Haha that’s funny!! :) mm I am thinking about it actually :)

[@libby.t4424]

For a long time, I couldn't get a Manjula, so I grew a Snow Queen and a Marble Queen up a moss pole.

[@lovesyorkies3395]

My daughter has put me to shame with her Monsteras…We purchased a 2 node Albo cutting for $250 around the middle of the pandemic. and I gifted her the top cutting, a Thai and an Aurea and the most recent is the Aurea. They are HUGE! We live in the U.S. Texas to be exact and she swears she got it to size up quickly with light. She has her plants in a SW facing window and all three are enviable. I may have to turn up my game. 😂 I just got a Brandtianum and I am enjoying it. It’s growing quickly. I’ll have to get it on a moss pole in a month or two. I also love my Rhaphidophora tetrasperma however I’ve cut it back a couple of times so I could give cuttings to friends. I’ll be leaving it alone now, I really want it to size up for me. Currently loving Hoyas though…I find it challenging and rewarding to get them to bloom!! …. and the fragrance of their blooms! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@sigvita]

I love this video! ❤ I never thought about the petiole length 😊, but now I realise that is the key. Thank you! 🙏

[@the_little_potager]

I love jewel alocasias...nice and compact 😊

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes :) agree! And the easiest out of the alocasias too :)

[@unnikrishnan-cr3lz]

Hii iam from kerala in India I like ur presentation and detailing about plants. Very nice❤

[@sylviagutierrez7676]

That s so true been there, not enough space😂. A good balance of plant sizes works... 💚🌵🍀🌿💚

[@clairepook2703]

Some great ideas I have a beautiful adonsonii love it and not too wide

[@Marlur]

Snake plants don’t take up too much room. Easy too!

[@christinecollins5142]

Thanks for making this video. I was just talking to my husband this morning about all my plants taking over our bedroom! It's the only room in our home with great light.

[@SunFlower44453]

Thank you !

[@tryitgirl928]

Love this Manjula! WOW. Definitely my next goal plant! Love the options, comparisons and details in this video, thanks Jan!

[@AvalonCN]

I just got an autumn queen or orange marmalade as we call it in the US, and I’m so glad to hear that! I’m tough on space already, but I just could resist getting this plant!

[@shadowboxer2747]

👍👏👏👏👏❤❤❤yr plants are taller than you .. i only love plants big leaves.. easy to maintain

[@maryperry5910]

Always a treat watching your videos Jan!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:)

[@Plantcrazelise]

Love this video! I live in a small apartment, and made the mistake of starting out with too large plants 😅 so I am searching for these types of plants all the time 😊 I think the Philodendron Gigas will grow pretty close to the mosspole. At least it looks that way at the moment 😊

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes it does :) thank you :)

[@emmanuelV37]

These are great choices!! Awesome info on each of them, thanks!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks:)

[@tanyawales5445]

Jan, what you are doing with Scindapsis Pictus 'Argyaeus' is styling the branches into a 'messy bun'.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Haha so true !!

[@banugol5254]

Thank you ❤

[@isabellemaurice5815]

Merci pour cette nouvelle vidéo 😊 En vous regardant, je trouve des informations, des encouragements 😉. Vos pothos "manjoula " sont vraiment spectaculaires, ils sont une pub vivante ! 💚🍀

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@Erin__D]

I absolutely a recommend a regular epi aureum like snow queen or marble as first moss pole plant. It was one of first and still the “show stopper” in my collection (even though I purchased for $10 at a grocery store!)

[@sydneyplantguy]

💯💯💯

[@tacanacy]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about root pruning to keep plants perpetually in the same pot. I haven't done it myself yet, but I'm banking on this working out for some of the plants I'm growing.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Never pruned any roots & I like to talk from my own experience so nothing to share :)

[@liltsummerlin423]

Beautiful Plants 😍😍

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks a lot:)

[@erichclaeserichamon3135]

You are really the man of my dream my all life already😊❤

[@sydneyplantguy]

🫣🫢😊

[@-Boone]

Ah, yep these are what I should be growing😅

[@corvusmonedula]

Hoyas! You wont get super large leaves but they can grow into a big bushy plant and are also climbers

[@shelleydewees1917]

Great video idea - my philo congo red has completely taken over my dining room and suddenly I find myself worrying how my other 150+ plants will fit in my house as they mature!

[@loreleimaid]

My biggest space hog is my tree philodendron (thaumatifolium now?) My Monstera deliciosa got so big I had to start over with cuttings. I'm trying to force my Gloriosum to climb a pole with aroid mix...we'll see if it is possible.😂 With around 300 plants I seriously need to find space savers. M.adonsonii and Rhapidophora tetrasperma both skyrocketed up poles and I have started over with those as well. Always a challenge! Good video.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yeah my thaumatophyllum takes up half my garden 🫢🫢😬😬

[@zizarazzaq9888]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@verlenelewis9866]

Snake plants, succulents and cacti

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

crawling Philos can be "stunted" and more space efficient by forcing the rhizome to bend. My gloriosum is in a fairly small (19 cm) round pot and I use a small stake to bend the rhizome back into the pot as it grows. It has wrapped around that pot twice but the pot looks full even though the leaves do not grow to their full potential. Some other aroids that I consider easy to grow and space efficient are Peperomia, Homalomena and Aglaonema (Chinese Evergreen). Peperomia come in such a wide variety of sizes, leaf shape, leaf texture, color, vining or non-vining, there is probably something for everyone in that genus.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Great idea :)

[@LittleWaffle]

the manjula and m. siltepacana are glorious !!! ps: as a college student , i'm soooo grateful for a video like this ! ps: a great plant that grows quite fast but is great to loop around a pole is the raphidophora tetrasperma (I don't think it was mentioned, but correct me if I'm wrong, my adhd brain might have missed it

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :) yes, good one! :)

[@carolstuff]

Great examples Jan! The only plants I can tolerate small are cacti; even then, I expect them to grow big😀

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@OctaviaTL]

Hoyas are great to grow as trailing plants! I was crazy enough to try it 4 years ago and they've been getting ever more lush and they're flowering like crazy! I hang them right next to the windows behind the curtains. It's a pity I can't send photos here in a comment 🫤

[@fainakub6092]

That is a cool idea!

[@OctaviaTL]

@fainakub6092 thank you. I do have to redirect the vines that are long enough downwards, using the older vines with leaves that are already in the downward position and I take the tip of the new vine off to the lenghts that I wish, about 40 or 50 cm, which triggers the vine to harden until it hangs on its own, without the support of the old ones and then I can release it.

[@fainakub6092]

@@OctaviaTL Thank you, I will try it.

[@aidashafei]

Love to see a video of you choosing few plants to get rid of and your thought process. I mean if you want? 😂 I have to do it once in awhile and it's not always easy. I vote for your siltepecana sorry 🙈

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes, will definitely do a video like that soon :)

[@ellencnixon]

💜💜

[@Loogiemistress]

Syngonium red arrow is a fantastic plant for smaller spaces. Would love to see how yours is now Jan!!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Good one!! Suffering in the greenhouse over winter a bit but will be fine :)

[@mariajesusmorales6121]

💌

[@tryitgirl928]

Okay, I have a new question! 😂 So for the crawlers, what if, instead of doing the soil trough style planter you grew them horizontally on a D frame moss pole? And then mounted to the wall (with command hooks or something since you’re renting for now) and then you could almost stack them like shelves to create a horizontal wall display?

[@fainakub6092]

I have 6 Raphidophora Tetrasperma cuttings on a moospole and they grow very lusch and compact, like a micans, but with a bit of monstera vibes.

[@ClaireSiconolfi]

I currently have my R.T. attached to small branches that act as support. It’s getting to the point where it’ll need a chop and prop. Those propagations are definitely going on a moss pole so I can let it grow. The R.T. has become one of my favourite plants.

[@melmac5173]

Great suggestions!! Can’t wait to try some out. Question off the subject - where did you find the pipette you use for dispensing GT into your water bottles. Am struggling finding a solution to something long enough, etc. Thanks for ALL your guidance

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :) here u go: amzn.to/3L1FMTl

[@melmac5173]

@@sydneyplantguyThanks! Your the best.

[@kimr4741]

for me, not a rare just a planty plant, would be an aglaonema, they have so many different colors with pretty foliage, easy to grow, stay pretty compact, does good in lower lighting and they are pretty easy and hearty.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Great suggestion!:)

[@virginiamartinez391]

😻🌿😻🌿😻🌿🤗

[@vicky3792]

Some cacti, succulents, Hoyas and some oddballs like dwarf variegated devil’s backbone.

[@corvusmonedula]

"Dwarf variegated devil's backbone" sounded so cool I had to look it up and damn, they look like the edgier cousin of the ZZ plant

[@halamadrid153]

Hallo meister, hast du probleme mit trauermücken in deinen moosstäben? Das würde mich brennend interessiere und wenn ja was machst du dagegen? Keep growing mate ❤

[@sydneyplantguy]

Hey:) me hab mit denen kein Problem :)

[@iRedPlants]

Jan, have you try monstera peru for climbing? one of monstera genus with slow growing (my experience) lol

[@sydneyplantguy]

I have mine trailing, but another good option that doesn’t mature well :)

[@iRedPlants]

@@sydneyplantguy I think it's the same as what you said about micans, they both can't grow to big leaves (mature) lol

[@karolinanefova5720]

Hey Jan! Please, how you keep plants so close to the window? I have plenty of plants right in the east - north window in Czechia. I think they are happy, growing and thriving but once the sun is really strong plants get really hot and I have feeling they are cooking! Should I stress about this? (I have monsteras and some crawling philodendrons in that place- monsteras looks happier).

[@sydneyplantguy]

My courtyard is protected by trees :) so I don’t get much direct sun comkng through :)

[@jaysarma00]

You could try sheer curtains!

[@OctaviaTL]

​@jaysarma00 from spring to autumn, I use the ones you can put right next to the glass, because I keep most of my plants on the windowsill. In the summer the sun doesn't reach my windows, apart from the eastern one, but I have Hoyas there and they appreciate semi-direct sunlight. Otherwise, I would put double courtins

[@lukewade4958]

Jan, is that a brandtianum in the background of your video in the living room? I have started growing one on a grow vertical but at this stage not sure if it will size up like the other philodendron or stay kinda small...

[@sydneyplantguy]

No in the background is sodiroi :)

[@lukewade4958]

@@sydneyplantguy I didn't see you talked about the brandtianum right after I posted too - oops! Thanks

[@dillonkentworth6718]

Today’s catchphrase is “lush display” 😆

[@Planty-Mandy]

Me *thinking of Peperomia and African Violets* Jan *pulls out giant moss pole* 🫠

[@sydneyplantguy]

🫢🫢🫢 well gotta stay on brand :D

[@torquess454]

Cactus mostly stay smaller or grow straight up My Micans is never happy, I think I’ll remove it from the terracotta pot it’s in and give it plastic, I’m always losing leaves 🤷‍♀️

[@sydneyplantguy]

Good suggestion!! Mm that’s odd to hear about ur micans! I found it to be quite easy 🤷🏻‍♂️🫣

[@nicoleevans128]

I didn't know Plowmanii are crawlers. I put a moss pole in there and forced her to climb lol

[@gypsylee333]

It's it doing well on a pole? I have a mamei that's already pointing upwards as he tried to escape the pot, I feel like I could get him on a pole 🤔

[@donttalkcrap]

Oh! I thought you said, "Spice is precious" and I thought you were about to teach us how to grow plants like cinnamon. But 20 seconds in I realised you were saying "Spies"... and I thought you were going to start talking about the Cold War. Man... you're Aussie. So you need to start talking like one. It's SPAAYYYCE Like Staya

[@sydneyplantguy]

😅

[@BettyBoopBarnes]

Choose the Brandi over the sodoroi for no plant in 6 months 😂 Brandi is a gorgeous girl but ughhhhh

[@sydneyplantguy]

😅😅😅

[@seanthomas6381]

Looking really fresh in the face there at the beginning of your video. What’s your secret?

[@louisejoel]

What are your plants on and can my plants have some? Just joking, mine are never going to grow that big in 0 degrees and it is a miracle they are still alive let alone dormant. The only reason 90% are not dead is that they do get sunshine.

[@maryperry5910]

Lol it's called monstera for a reason. Its a monster 😂

[@buffalo369]

At first, I thought monstera is a small indoor plant. Now my east facing window's monstera has 3 leaf that spans 60 cm. Any suggestion how to slow down the growth ??😮😮😮

[@sydneyplantguy]

Suppose the only way to slow it down is to give it worse conditions (specifically light) and don’t repot it ever again 😅

[@buffalo369]

@@sydneyplantguy don't report it, ok. Give it a worse condition aka less light? I can't bear to do it. Imagine if one day God says, I am too fat and He refuses to feed me anymore....😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@alexzibra1346]