10 "Easy Care" Plants You’ll Regret Buying

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[@robhuxtable]

I love this channel not only for the plant knowledge but also the humour "I've got ingrowing toenails that are easier to care for than this lass" - superb!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Glad you like them!

[@Linda-gs2kq]

I KNOW HIGHLARIOUS

[@maryphillips701]

This is now my favorite show to watch.I have a smile while I learn valuable information. You are super cool and please send my regards to your lovely wife.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks!

[@Linda-gs2kq]

Im with u🎉🎉

[@High_Heels_Lady]

and now we please need "easy care" plants we'll not regret buying :)

[@mrpigeon.mp4]

exactly!

[@sternchen6414]

I have a huge peace lily in my dark office. Sometimes I forget to give it some water, I don‘t give it fertilizer and it looks amazing for years now. I love this plant so much 😊

[@PlantsBalcony]

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[@allanlawrence3456]

I always love your terminology of how you love and talk about your leaf babies. You give great information with no deep technical jargon. Thank you

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks!

[@デンジ-i1l]

My Monstera adensonii lives like 1 meter next to my west facing window with a mospole and I had some slight yellow tips. Then I got him a mospole and I turned the plant so the mospole faces the window and casts a shadow over most of the plant. Its been a couple of weeks now and no yellow tips and pushing new leaves out like a mad man. Like 2 or 3 every week

[@marthe25541]

oh, good to know. I got one a few weeks ago and put it next to a north facing window. no yellow leaves until now and hopefully none in the future!

[@janetknox8857]

My peace lily in the garbage yesterday. I couldn’t make the damn thing happy no matter what did. Moved all over the house, tried more water, less water, humidifier, and it one last warning…gone! I think we are both happier.

[@ganecesands3619]

Peace Lily will grow in water. Maybe that's all she needed.

[@morebirdsandroses]

Thank you! I have a dreadful dracena that I really need to see the last of. March to the trash bin, too many failed tries and what a relief to give it up!

[@analogmyke646]

I plonk them in my aquarium, grows like a champ

[@janetknox8857]

@@analogmyke646 That’s good to know, a little late for this poor guy. I may give it another try keeping it in water. Thanks for the the heads up.

[@lisamac8503]

Instead of throwing away plants why not donate to thrift stores or shelters I do not understand why anyone would throw a plant away unless it is crawling with bugs Someone else might appreacte what you longer want Our throw away society speaks volumes-

[@RoadRunner1980]

I love how you even have plants behind your TV. Yes I know, overwintering but still, there are plants behind your TV ;-)

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

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[@Astara_star]

A tip I have for the Philodendron Birkin... Mine is thriving under a grow light in a self-watering pot. It's winter in Australia but Birkin is pushing out new leaves. I never let the soil dry out and in winter I only water from the bottom - filling up the self-watering part at the bottom of the pot. Thanks Richard for another fun and informative vid 😃

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks for sharing!

[@sheilacasper2030]

I agree with all your plants except for the first Hoya. This is my favorite species. I love the thick leaves. I love when they flower. I love how sturdy they are.

[@jonathanhutchinson6669]

I just got a gloriosum from a local plant shop. Biggest tip the owner of that shop told me; Put the plant in a long (rectangular) pot because it’s a creeping variety. If the plant runs into the side of the pot and can’t get out it will suffocate.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Good shout

[@vickykent353]

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[@anavah4yeshua580]

I love your show! I will tell you that from a previous show, I did change the water that I give my plants. I went from “well water“ to distilled water. I can’t believe the difference that it’s made. Every one of them seem so happy now. I owe you debt of gratitude.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Great stuff 👍

[@cjbird7121]

I talked to someone whose Hoya Kerii single heart in a pot finally grew after 7 years! I want a full plant so badly but I do also love the little heart in a pot too.

[@gypsylee333]

I just visited Oahu Hawaii and all these plants were thriving in the wild or as landscape plants. Alocasia and elephant ears everywhere, aphelandra, calathea, giant bush crotons... I'm super jealous but the humidity is too much for me to live in I think.

[@vuong_lenguyen]

Been experimenting with both my peace lilys (Patricia, Linda), I stuck linda in my bathroom with low indirect light, Patricia in my living room, with lots of indirect light. Patricia turned out to be super thirsty, and lost her petales quick, while Linda isn't so thirsty and still got her blooms, and even one stem with 4 blooms.

[@StuntedSlime]

The hoya plant is hilarious. Imagine owning a pet leaf!

[@ellietobe]

I’ve had my share of plants that seem to do really well for a while and then one thing after another seems to go wrong. I was beginning to think that they were just old plants that were near the end of their lifespan when I bought them but the main problem was the minimal information available for many different types of plants. Even searching online you find such generalized information. There are a couple of things that I have found that have helped out with some of these seemingly difficult plants. One is to use grow lights. Even if you have what you think are great sunny windows few of us can replicate the kind of light these plants would have in their natural environment. Many of us live in areas that do not have bright sunny days a great deal of the time. So I have added grow lights to my grow spaces….even by my windows and even for the plants that they claim are “low light.” With most grow lights you can adjust the amount of light you may need to high, medium, or low. I have also begun to use self watering pots for the fussy plants. The self watering pots that have a string that hangs down into the water underneath seem to work the best for the plants that I am working with but other types of self watering pots work well also. We always hear things like “this plant does not like “wet feet” but does not like to dry out all the way either.” This kind of thing made me terrified of root rot! How do you know exactly when that fussy plant needs water? Stick your finger 2” into the soil every day? I have too many plants to be doing that! I purchased a plant that was already in a self watering pot. It was a type of plant that I had owned previously but wanted to try again. The soil in the self watering pot always seemed to be quite moist so I got ready for a quick passing away of that plant….but no! It not only lived but it is still thriving! Why? We are told that these plants do not like “wet feet” but the soil is always quite moist with the self watering pot if you keeping water in it as you should. So why have these plants not died of root rot? I do not know and I do not care. It has worked and I do not have to fuss and worry over them anymore. So I now have several tropical type plants in self watering pots. They do wonderful. Even my fussy Aphelandra squarrosa (zebra plant) is thriving. That plant had done really well the first few months that I had it. It had bracts all over it and was beautiful. Then the brown edges began showing up. Then a leaf died and another and on it went until it looked terrible. I ended up propagating it and when I planted that propagation I put it in a self watering pot. It loves it and continues to grow and flourish. I think with the regular pots that the soil conditions were not consistent as far as moisture goes and some of these fussy plants need consistency or they just have a fit! I’m sure that adding a grow light helped as well. It now has the constant moisture and light conditions that I could not give it without adding the light and the self watering planter. No more guess work. Of course this is not the be all end all for every type of plant but it is working for those tropical foliage plants that used to drive me crazy. My orchids are a different story. They are doing well but their care is far different than a foliage plant. A self watering pot would not work for the succulents either because their water requirements are so different. I hope someday to find a good comprehensive book or some source of information on plants. Soil requirements are important to me but it is difficult to find ideas for mixing up my own soil for specific plants. You can’t use the potting soil that you buy in a bag for every type of plant. Different types of plants need different nutrients and soil structure. The correct information is not always easily accessible.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Wow. That was a lot.

[@vickykent353]

​@@davidmitchell6873 Yes, I love posts like hers!!

[@PlantPerson58]

I have a couple of varieties of tradescantia. They get on okay as long as I keep them pruned back. I’ve found them pretty easy to care for and propagate.

[@CinnaB33z]

I’m from the Caribbean, croton is used as fence plants between properties. I’m was stunned it is now sold as indoor plant

[@saguarenh2220]

I wouldn't call peace lilies "easy care" either, but mine is growing insanely fast (I bought it as a baby a year and a half ago and had to repot it four times since!!), which makes it very thirsty. But despite the many times it got all droopy from dehydration, losing several leaves afterwards, it's in bloom now! Six big, beautiful flowers that make me proud. It seems to have an odd love-hate relationship with me.

[@kissmiasma95]

That benjamina is beautiful, that's my dream plant. Hard to find variegated trees in my area.

[@kathleenchapman2204]

Peace lily are canna plants and as such do well with a bit of hibernation . They flower when stressed

[@fannybonnefoy6959]

I have 100 plants in my home and I struggle with peace lily... I feel bad about it espacially when I heard it's a "beginner plant"😅 I always asking myself if this "peace" Lily is making fun of me😂

[@nadoushable]

I had problems with peace lily when they were in a cold room with central AC. No more problems when I moved them to the kitchen , where it is warmer . My problem now is with indoor and outdoor Gardenias 🙄😬

[@mpras684]

Their silent mockery is a paradox when one reflects on their name 😜

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Like it!

[@catcollinsattractingabundance]

I struggled with peace lilies at first as I'd heard they are lowlight plants. But they do crave warmth and some light. I moved mine to an East facing window and it thrived. I've propagated two more peace lily plants from it this year. No blooms, sadly, but the leaves are dark green and glossy.

[@Narniaru]

My coleus is the same as yours. The mother plant died but a cutting from her grew so easily and is taking over !

[@ganecesands3619]

I have my Coleus in almost full sun outside. I keep the drip tray full of water about every day. I'm in Oklahoma, so we are fixin' to go into our hot season. Just this winter, I lost my last Coleus that I treated this way. She was in the original 10" pot for about 5 years.

[@Tybold63]

@@ganecesands3619 that is pretty long time - think coleus aren't "supposed" to live long despite excellent care but I can be wrong.

[@Linda-gs2kq]

I dont really believe there is a mrs shefield. BUT THAT DOESNT MATER. LOVE U❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@starwalker3488]

Glad an alocasia on your list - have no idea why my new one is dying! There's no obvious reason at all. However, Peace Lilies and me get on really well. Best advice I had was that they need to DRY out, and wait for them to "tell you" they're thirsty by all the leaves drooping. Then I give them a REALLY good drink in the evening, and by morning the leaves are all perky again. Always worked for me and I've grown them from small plants to huge ones where I'm getting intimidated with how large the leaves are getting 😆

[@ruthm1384]

Regarding hoya kerrii, don't give up just yet. It CAN start growing leaves, but for my plant, it took almost two years from when I bought it. It depends on whether that the single leaf includes at least part of a stem and a growth node. Once it starts growing, it grows fast.

[@RM-nf5eq]

My Oxalis is the exact same, looked strong in spring but just fell flat no matter what I do! It's lucky I still enjoy watching (the few vertical stems) close up each night so it is spared the bin for now.

[@morebirdsandroses]

Confession: I've decided it's rangy, goofy self is just fine. I enjoy the color(charming wine) very much.

[@RM-nf5eq]

@@morebirdsandroses Agreed. It has character... I just might need to find a more suitable place to display its... quirky self.

[@morebirdsandroses]

@@RM-nf5eq 😊 I also plan some fall to try Sheffield's hibernation method. Welcome to the whimsical plant corner!

[@spakchitown]

Your standup comedy always makes me laugh! Love your dry delivery.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

I appreciate that!

[@ththebg]

Thank you for making me feel better about not finding these “easy care” plants so easy. I have (or have had) all of them. Nailed it on all accounts!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

You bet!

[@tydanum]

I love my Crotons , in south facing window and are now twice as big as last year 👍🏻

[@Yellow.Surgeonfish]

The peace lilly is indeed one of the most easy indoor plants! Just needs frequent watering with fertilizer and light. Mine was blooming but i had to cut off her flowers because of my cats...

[@ZaDussault]

I have a hibiscus in a terrarium: It's full of thrips but never dies. I trim it at least 6 times/year and 2 weeks after a violent trim, he's back to try to escape the terrarium, leaves growing in the mesh and all.

[@blondehairbigboots]

I have had a Birkin from a little cutting and she is doing GREAT! She was slow for years but now she is huge! 7:47 xxxx

[@frumbert]

I had a red coleus and it wasn't performing and so I threw it into the front garden - bugger ya! Now I have to go at it with the power tools every other month. Looks fantastic, but boy is it vigorous.

[@maryoverton1126]

I keep my peace Lilly's on my screened porch and they love it! Flower like crazy! People called me crazy in south Alabama but I swear! Ever try air plants? They'll drive you nuts!

[@kathleengarness1660]

I have a Hoya kerrii that did have a bit of stem with it, and now it has grown more leaves. It's a very slow grower.

[@pinstripesuitandheels]

I was just thinking if you, because I finally found a Chlorophytum orchidastrum in my local flower shop! I discovered the plant when you made a video about it, and I've wanted one ever since. I'm so excited!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

That is awesome!

[@abett6111]

I think your oxalis isn't getting enough light. They tend to get the tall leaves when reaching for light. Ever since I started putting mine outside in summer, they've been much more compact. Although they seem to prefer a bit of shade from full-on midday sun.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Yeah I think so too

[@dragorsi]

I love my peace lilies 😂 one of them is blooming and I only water them once a week or when the look like they're gonna die 😅 we get along well despite this 😂

[@katyalupochev9589]

I saw a gorgeous tradescantia recently that was in a long plant pot, sort of trough shaped. The cuttings were placed at the ends and made to grow across the length of the pot rooting as they went, before they could reach the edge and start trailing. I’m gonna give that a shot with my traddies this year and see if that helps prevent the dreaded spindly stems.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Nice idea

[@Reversesymmetry]

I have had 0 trouble with my succulents, ZZ plants, pothos, philodendrons, and peperomias, but my crux is ALWAYS, ALWAYS spider plants!! I barely managed to save my third one by switching her to semi-hydro. Literally don’t know what I’m doing wrong, they just hate me. They start browning at the tips of the leaves and then start turning yellow within a week of bringing them home.

[@GilbertGoesWow]

Many years ago I was advised to feed them with every watering (I actually give them a cup of coffee) and mine all grow like things possessed. Maybe this will work for you too :)

[@jackrice2770]

I feel your pain regarding Ficus benjamina...I had a rather nice one, big and bushy...BUT, look at it with a mean expression on your face and it drops leaves. Move it a few feet...leaves rain down on the floor. Say a crude word and...yeah, raining leaves. While I like it's 'weeping' form, and everyone wants a tree indoors, right?...but be prepared to vacuum around it almost every day. Sigh. I guess I'll just accept the things I cannot change...and grow my avocado tree instead. Take THAT, Benji!

[@Tminus89]

I imagine a future where we have something small to replace ar/vr glasses like Apple vision pro, a device you can wear in public without looking a bit ridiculous. An app could scan all plants in it's neighborhood when shopping, and give you the real best care tips in an overlay, and also tell you whether the plant is easy or not. Or if it knows the circumstances in your home over an average season, it could mark less suited plants and/or tell you what would be required to make them thrive

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Neat idea

[@fredamariebrown4727]

I didn't know coleus could be grown in pots! I've only grown them outside in spring, summer, and into early winter in Texas.

[@Linda-gs2kq]

I think mrs shefield is SMART

[@fredamariebrown4727]

I'm SO GLAD you included the Peace Lily. I still haven't figured out exactly WHAT makes one happy and sounds like you haven't either! P.S. I've gone through several!!!

[@Linda-gs2kq]

Never knew there were so many philodendron. Which i have always loved the devil. Am on a mission now to have a collection. THANKS TO U. THANK U❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@travelnomad2128]

My alocasia finally died on me with all the leaves falling off, the brown creeping on the leaves one by one before falling off. Tried everything to keep it alive to no avail. Peace lily was dying so I took it out of the soil, separated the ones with still good roots, put them in water, it grew then replanted it in soil, it put out flowers in no time so hopefully this will continue, the thing is to wait for the leaves to droop before watering, this is its signal it's dehydrated.

[@irairod5160]

Oh no! Did you get any corms from the Alocasia? I find that the ones I grow from corms are better adapted to my home conditions than the original (nursery-grown) plants. They are STILL difficult, but not as much as the mothers have been. I rarely lose one of the "babies".

[@travelnomad2128]

@@irairod5160 I left the corm & roots in the soil, now that you mention it, I look at it closely and I can see a very tiny green peeking out. It's been all soil for a long time now so I thought it's dead. But now there's hope 🤞

[@irairod5160]

@@travelnomad2128 Yay! Water it (if it's dry) and wait. I've had many Alocasia, and a few prayer plants, come back from "nothing". Best of luck to you!

[@juliemarkham4332]

I TOTALLY agree about the Peace Lilly. Hardest plant to get to bloom.

[@kimgregory2781]

Love your channel 😊 I use to work in a greenhouse/garden center and when customers would ask be about how hard it was to grow ficus trees, I’d say great if you like to rake leaves inside the house. They are one of the worst for leaf drop. Right now I’m trying too get my swiss cheese plant (monstera) to behave, leaves are yellowing. I’m just started following your water advice, I’ve even got special plant food for it. Will see how it goes. I really like the plant just wish it wasn’t so finicky. Thank for your content, it’s both informative and entertaining.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thank you 😊

[@Yedolte]

I love my peace lily, I have no idea what’s going on with her as she’s always doing her own thing no matter what I tell her but I absolutely adore her!

[@Sixfuta]

Just FYI but the Tradescantia Purple Heart that over-wintered in my south facing window did great and kept their color; the ones that were a little too far from the grow light were pale and leggy at the end of winter but recovered their color when I put them outside in the spring sun. My Tradescantia Zebrina had her color fade to green under the grow light and is taking her time getting her color back outside in the same spot where she thrived last summer. It seems to me that if Tradescantia get enough light they can survive almost anything - not enough water, too much water, heat waves, cold spells…mine are happiest in direct sun with a lot of water, esp rain water and produce a lot of tiny beautiful flowers.

[@biba350]

Bought peace Lilly couple of weeks ago I'v always wanted one so far so good🤞 Amen to yellowing plants love your vlogs

[@hefoxed]

I've had similar issues with those "easy" philodendrons and have mostly given up on those that don't do well.. I suspect my place is a bit too cold for them to grow well. My glorisium is like a year old and has three crusty leaves. I believe I killed my melanochrysum unless there's a cutting floating around. I've started suspecting my temp is reason quite a few tropicals aroids just don't do well due to the whole not getting higher then 70 most of the year (we had 81 degrees yesterday! Last year we didn't get past 80 all summer! However, forcast for the rest of the month is all mid 60s). My humidity is fine. I would put the fussy ones into vivariums (that have higher temp and humidity), but I don't have big enough vivariums (or room/expense for one) for big leaf plants. But my less fancy philodrendrons are totally fine and grow swell -- painted lady, lemon line for example (...which from a quick google, are the same -- Philodendron domesticum). My peace lilies are some of my easiest, no fuss house plants. Except for the white stripe who's cursed. Scale love my hoya lisa and normal australis (iirc lisa is an varigated australis). I've been trying to get em off for years..Might try the new technique I've discovered of drowning the plant in water for a bit to drown the bugs. I've had really poor luck with Addisonia also. I've had "one" for like 4 or 5 years, and just been near killing it, bringing it back from a cutting cycle for years. Trying one in a vivarium that has a water feature now, with some roots in filtered moving water feature which I suspect will work well -- it rooted and grew well in an aquarium but didn't have a wall to grow up, which the vivarium can provide for a bit (it's only 36 inches tall). I suspect it can be very fussy with watering. I just ordered some crotons, gonna give them a second chance. My plane is to make a viviarium for them . I hate how the single leaf hoyas are marketed. Most people don't know they won't grow. I've put most of my oaxlises outside in containers. Some with tradescantia . Same with coleuses.

[@RobynFrancisModel]

Oxalis: Mine all live on a north-facing porch from March-October in US/Canada zone 6b. They get direct morning and evening sun for a couple hours each day, and at the extreme either end of their time outside they get NO direct sun. They are all compact, springy, and flower in MASS ABUNDANCE until they come in for the winter. Over the winter they get leggy and stupid as we always see, and never flower...but once they're out in mid-Spring they die back while pushing out TONS of new leaves. What I have found is it's the fresh air/wind/temperature fluctuations. I never water them when they're outside because I also live in a very humid climate: I just let the rain do it. They like to be moist aallllll the time! I struggled with oxalis indoors constantly until just pitching them on the practically sunless porch in a desperate attempt to revive them. So that's my advice on crazy full and bouncy flowering oxalis/shamrock.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks for the tip

[@Miniminibouh]

So confused why people are having trouble with spathiphyllum, it look so well in my house... I was so surprised when you said that it bloom better away from the window: in french its called "fleur de lune" = "moonflower", I wonder if this it the reason... It might explain why I have no problem with mines, they are in the bedroom, which doesn't having any grow light, it grows a lot every year so I have many of them and I love this plant because it really is easy for me to care for her, I just wait until she cries for water (the first ship where i got one said she was a drama queen and she definitely is but that such a good way to trian new plant parent!) Now I even use her as a notification for other plant on a shelf, when she looks thirsty I know its time to run the pump that watering the entire shelf (yes I had no more room for plant so I am now using the top of the walls! 😉) She doesn't seem to care if the air is a bit dryer (whereas other plant die on the spot if I dont run the humidifier) but I do live in the south of France which is very warm for a big piece of the year and a lot of "indoor" plant being tropical one, appreciate that... Depending on the humidity level anyway...

[@louisemcelhill5748]

I'm battling on with my Peace Lilly. I'm determined it will thrive ultimately. Your tips are appreciated. Re; those pesky fungus gnats, which I thought were fruit flies, until you put me right. They absolutely love my Peperomia, so I'm trying to keep it on the dry side.

[@thedaystarsfall]

Honestly, I’ve had peace lilies for many years and they’re definitely easy care for me. Only time I’ve had a problem is when I repotted one to a pot that was too big. Although I will say I certainly don’t expect any white flowers to pop up on them.

[@Zyriphess]

If your only issue with them is not flowering, and youre a little bold, look into gibberellic acid for peace lilies. My big bushy green peace lily hadnt flowered again since I bought it. After mixing a spray of it… 3 big blooms the size of my hand 🎉

[@elizabethgreco-nieves]

Loved this video, I’m so glad that it’s not just me struggling lately with my philodendron melanocrisis lol and the peace lily😫, always drooped no matter how much I watered it, then I repotted her then she had so many yellow leaves, now she’s in leca, after that, the garbage can🤣

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

For sure!

[@laregimbal]

You're in fine form today, Mr. Sheffield! Maybe you're at your best when you're not happy? 🤔🙃 ❤❤❤

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Could be

[@louisejoel]

I am a sucker for the pinks, purples, small trailing leaves and heart shapes but anything over 50 plants is too much work with the different care needs and repotting and dividing. Just loving my Monsteria deliciosa but yes, yellowing in the winter is a problem. Possibly some root rot but don't want to touch it until spring incase it dies.

[@Chris-op7yt]

it's funny how some of the plants are favorites in one part of the world and shunned as weeds in another. coleus is an outside plant here, but needs shade. it's an absolute snail magnet. so often most of it looks like been shot, holes everwhere.

[@jimmyjo1375]

I got a sunset coleus after seeing yours. Put it in leca. It’s a monster, grows so fast. I have to cut it back monthly.

[@nadoushable]

How long have you had the coleus plant ?

[@jimmyjo1375]

@@nadoushable 4 months maybe. I reduced the light hoping to slow growth.

[@pinkyssj4]

My flamethrower coleus grows fast too, I clip it regularly to keep it bushy. I love coleus. I propagated one to create a topiary type plant I saw a YT'ber did.

[@firozapatel9811]

Yes true some plants easy growing but it’s not easiest,my pink aglaonema still struggles to grow,good efforts to make videos thanks…

[@ThePawsOfDeception]

Hopefully this might help someone with peace lily problems. Although I don't have one myself, my mum has had one for years. For at leat a couple of decades it's been in the same pot in the same west facing window (actually a glass door) partially sheltered by a giant buddleia outside. Sometimes it's overwatered, sometimes it's ignored. She always uses Baby Bio fertilizer and it's always in the same warm, mostly shady place (although it is sometimes put outside during the day in the summertime if that glass door's open). It flowers incessantly!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks for the tip

[@WENDYKING-qc3vs]

They don't like being moved & messed with! If u find a place that they like leave them there!❤

[@jackiewhitney5031]

@@WENDYKING-qc3vs I feel this goes for most plants. I leave my plants where they are at...it works for me.

[@lionmonster777]

My adonsonii be giving me babies left & right & she's the reason I believed I could give plants another try since she's still looking pretty cute 💁🏻‍♀️ & going strong 💪🏽

[@kungae]

here in n. california , up by the oregon border, peace lillies do very well and flower year round. african mask plant does not go dormant in winter, just slows down. but also does well here. really those are easy care plants in this climate.

[@lindaedwards4632]

My Adonsonaii loved life for about six months last year and then light conditions changed. Winter in Canada 🤦‍♀️ I moved it to try to accommodate its needs, it hasn’t been happy since 🤷‍♀️🇨🇦

[@regi985]

So fun, my Adinsonii is one of my easiest plants. Just shows that easy is very subjective. Like zz-plants are easy unless you are someone that want´s to water every few days. So always ask people about their habit or previous experients before recomending a plant, an get at least a rough care guide BEFORE buying it, so you know what you are up to. Also my croton is fine with direct sun (morning to midday) in denmark, stays nice and colourful.

[@Septcrafter]

I love my adansonii. His name is Cheeseball!! He’s doing amazing and I have given many cuttings to friends and family. 😊❤

[@MrPerson101]

I would suggest glorious or splendid over gloriosum or Verrucosum 😊

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks for the tip

[@Karen-kc8om]

Don’t ever knock, peace plants they are the most beautiful plants. I’ve had mine about 10 years and it’s that big. I repotted it last year and I’ve moved it from the bathroom to the bedroom window and I spray with a nourishing all in one spritz you can buy in the shop for plants. It’s a food and it nourishes the leaves And put a little bit sprouting out always cut the dead off underneath. That’s not getting the light and turn your pot regularly so it gets the sunlight beautifully only water when it starts to droop that’s all you need to do. I’ve now bought my second piece plan and he is next to the one my big one in the window, I have had a mother-in-law‘s tongue snake plant bought for me and I’ve repotted it. I know it’s an African plant , it doesn’t like much water. It doesn’t like the leaves sprayed either , but wipe them with a moist cotton wool piece to keep it clean ,and it likes a lot of light and it likes warmth not drafts ,I always turn my plants so they get same amount of light when they start growing towards the window turn them, lastly talk to your plants. Talk to them as if they’re your pets and they will respond in group and beauty. I’m now learning yet again how to keep my orchids going and they homemade fertilizers that you can use sparingly the two plants that purify your air are the snake plant and the peace plant, they actually clean the air you breathe so get lots of them around your house and don’t let your cats and dogs go near them❤

[@7sins_of_life]

Gloriosum and other crawlers (Plowmanii/ McDowell) are great for medium/ lower light, for the rest it should be standard philodendron care. Also do great in semi Hydro! Every Adansonii I've had always got thrips eventually and promptly lost all their leaves. Regrowing them is a pain and I prefer my esqueletto since it doesn't do this. Your "alocasia elephant ear" is an alocasia Polly (alocasia amazonica) Elephant ear is, as far as I know, the common name for basically the entirety of alocasia. Read on Reddit that the birkin doesn't like a reservoir in leca. Would recommend looking for tips there! The Kerrii is more of a warning not to buy rooted leaves since I wouldn't classify this scam leaf as a plant (scam because some shops will say that it will eventually grow). The actual plant is very easy to care for!

[@sarahjane9285]

I feel your pain with the Birkin, one of my most favourite, but tempted to put it in the bin. I grew it from a cutting, kept it in leca and water and it was thriving, same place, same light, pretty consistent temp, same feed, she got quite big then nothing but drama, ive potted her in soil now so will see how she goes, ive lost at least a quater of the plant. Why do we do it

[@arc0330]

I love the Hoya Lisa, but sort of agree with you regarding the vining. My solution is prune her! 😂

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Good shout

[@Adonna2424]

I kill almost anything especially the EASY plants but I somehow keep Peace Lilies and Bamboo Plants in great shape - GO FIGURE!

[@hennesseyme9112]

I repotted my Andonsonaii two days ago and she is wilted, yellow and sad. I put her outside in the warm weather to see if that helps her. I don't want to purchase another one and it's the beautiful wide form.

[@unabridged2467]

I love me a coleus ❤ i have so many new plants because i propagate every leaf and stem. I’ve got a whole shrub now 😊

[@Gkrissy]

I totally agree on the peace lilly. Peace lillies are not easy for me. I've had Calatheas last longer than peace lilly. I've tried aroid mix and regular potting mix and still have gotten root rot 🤣

[@writegirl2937]

Another great video, Sir Richard! You continue to both inform and entertain!! I am glad to say I am one of your original OG’s on this channel.🪴🪴🪴😊

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

You definitely are!

[@Lilithliin]

Thank you, I really enjoyed this, The only thing I would ever say to people who would like houseplants is to say no to Crotons. I have the outdoor climate for them too, and will say no to that as well. They love to drop leaves so sometimes all you are looking at is sticks.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@ithacacomments4811]

I enjoy growing plants. I only grow plants outside now. I purchased some high quality artificial plants for inside. I got to frustrated with dealing with "bugs", and spending $$$$$ on plants that would not thrive in my apartment.

[@squarepantsu5837]

I love your fun and educating videos! Keep it going man!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks! Will do!

[@anastasiaaratovska856]

My monstrosity tradescantia nanouk grows insanely fast, huge branches in all directions, since I don’t have space for wide pots, I came up with a solution of getting a couple sticks and tying branches to grow upwards, so far so good

[@JessieMiller-so8ps]

My peace lily I bought it a year ago when it was a baby and it has not done great at all but once I stop feeding it tap water and started feeding it bottled water I'm starting to see it slowly starting to snap out of it .. and it's starting to get new growth.. I don't think they like tap water.

[@Yupppi]

I've killed golden pothos and monstera and whatnot, but when I carried peace lily in and just put it somewhere, it's been doing great ever since. It just doesn't care.

[@Shniedelwoodz]

I discovered that certain Philos really dislike repotting. My Mamei and McDowell (gloriosum hybrid) look like crap atm just because I dared to put them into a new pot that allows them to crawl.

[@jeremyloomis521]

Once I stopped listening to the “don’t water until your soil is bone dry” advice, my peace lily has taken off, and flowered for the first time in years.

[@chelsibee3247]

Well that's not appropriate for all plants anyway, a lot of them like to be moist

[@janicelindegard6615]

I gave up on alocasia and Birkin. Not worth the hassle. Birkin looks great in the shop/store, but is a rangy mess after a few months. Threw it away. Same with alocasia. My adansonii has reached the top of its pole. The upper most leaves are big and beautiful. The lower leaves? Well, there are none. I'm going to air layer the top half and start it on a new moss pole. I'll hope the bottom half starts growing again. Eventually, I guess I'll have a monstera adansonii forest.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Happening to mine too actually

[@IndianaKaranovic]

Ah yes, I’ve killed 3 Hoya australis and maidenhair ferns so no more for me, at least for now. I’m also bad with aloe vera 😂 My Hoya kerrii actually has some growth! I just had two hearts for over a year and then one of them sprouted and I got so glad so I watered it a bit more and I drowned it -.- it was in a terracotta pot but it died anyway. I have the other heart left though! And it’s growing! The leaves aren’t nice hearts but elongated weird ones 😅 My favorites are Rhaphidophora tetrasperma, I have to trim it all the time! Polyscias balfouriana and Ficus cyathistipula. ❤

[@sandyloyst1811]

OOOOOOooooo.......This is an unhappy plant mommy this morning. I noticed my alocasia's leaves do not feel as firm and one leave has yellowed some. lol I pulled it out from under direct grow light and put to the side. The fertilizer finally got delivered last night so I gave it some also. It's growing in water. An experiment. If it does not perk up in 2 days I will put it back in soil. Experiment done. There were 2 corms and I planted these and they seem to be growing. That's a plus. I need a CHEERIO or something from you that I don't kill it completely. lol. Have an amazing day with your plants. Thanks. Love and Peace.

[@sandyloyst1811]

Thank God the plant lady gave me this plant for free for all the plants I bought last week.

[@PlantsBalcony]

Great video, I'll take it as inspiration for my next one! 🌱

[@maryjane1851]

Whew... I feel so much better!🪴🔫

[@thefishmin]

The heartleaf hoya is completely fine and easy to care for, just dont but a singular leaf cus yeah, it wont grow. I have one of my own and its growing fine because it has a stem.

[@ShayyButter]

I saw prayer plants on an "easy care" guide and I deep belly laughed

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Shocker!

[@Stella-n-Luna]

I’ve got monstera deliciosa, adansonii and tradenscanthia growing out of my fish tank!

[@cecile436]

I'm surprised to see the adansonii in here. Mine is growing like a weed. Sure, sometimes I get a yellow leaf, but as I have to keep cutting the top because it gets too big/long, I can propagate what I cut and plant it back in there if the down part starts being too bare. Which hasn't happened yet, so I keep offering the propagated plants XD The birkin for me is one of my least fussy plant. I kind of neglect it and it still keeps growing. I had all in all 2 completely green leaf, probably because it's a bit far from the window in winter, but it started throwing back these lines the leaf after. Besides that, I already killed a spider plant, which is supposed to be easy to grow.

[@anuroopvk]

All these plants are very easy to grow in India, especially peace lilly. The thing has started to grow like weeds in my garden in the shade blooming like crazy and all.