Totally obsessed with all the snarky comments but just need to remind all you viewers that this is just a video based around the idea that plants will fall in and out of fashion whether we like or not & to simply learn from them (and save your $$ !!). Kudos if you don’t follow plant trends - me neither - but that’s not what this video is about.
There’s a podcast by Any Little Thing that recently was uploaded talked about plant trends . There’s actually historians who have focused on this and talk about house plant trends have been happening for a long time and they specifically talk about the history of orchids . Highly recommend! It’s a short episode and worth listening to
Was surprised by the Philo Brandi, but you're right, things become trendy then fall out of style pretty quickly. BUT I GOTTA SAY you introduced me to tetrastigma voinierianum & I'm hella surprised that that plant hasn't blown up! It's my #1 wishlist plant & I'm picking up a 10" pot tomorrow!!! Love your videos & your sass! Love from Canada
This x1000 I feel like others need to have the "trendy" plants in order to be accepted by this community. Its really weird, but plants are plants imo. I find it really cringe that others in this community are willing to shell HUNDREDS on plants as if it were to make them the "almighty of all plants", like, what? I get it, if you have the money, spend it. But why on 2 tiny leaves? 🤔
I was taking it as even if you love it maybe wait to see what price it is if it's trending when it stops (or see how long ago it may of been trending to check potentially inflated price) 😅 unfortunately I don't have hundreds to spend on a plant no matter how much I love it 😭 one day maybe 💕
Thats certainly the case for some, but I think they also do it for the content when you need to keep creating videos. Content creators and amateur reviews can be helpful for people who don't know much about certain thing and for that I'm thankful! We don't need to copy them though
I would so much rather have a cheap, boring plant thriving and propagating like a champ in my house than an expensive, rare, trendy plant dying because I don't know how to care for it
@@mwoods4608 VFT can thrive if they are in the right substrate, which they are never sold with so it’s normally not anyone’s fault. Use a net pot and pot in sphagnum moss, put the net pot in a reservoir of water (like a ziploc plastic container) and as long as you’ve got sufficient light or a grow light, then you’re good!
This plant trend thing is starting to look a lot like “fast fashion” and it’s not. These are living things that we look after and care for and deserve to be treated as such 🤍
@@Kris-st4zw given the fact the I’m a Marketing manager, I guess I have a deep understanding of pricing/demand/supply 😉 I’m just giving my opinion not trying to lecture anybody. Have a great day ☀️
@@RosesAndIvy 🤦♀️ why are you still breathing life into this. It’s been restated allll throughout the comments. Go comment under someone else saying the same shit.
Yes!!! The spotlight will be on various plants as time goes on, but they all deserve love & care, not to be tossed when it's out of fashion. I love all my plantsss
I'm so glad I never hopped onto this trend. The Rare or Hard To Find listings for any hot item is the first red flag for fads or trends that are money grabbers. Kudos to the sellers for making good money out of it.
I can't be the only newbie plant collector on a budget using this video to learn about beautiful, once "rare" plants that are now affordable and probably at Lowes
Not only Lowes, but some grocery stores have them too! I got a pilea for free at a grocery store because the sku wasn't working!! Same with a ZZ plant at Sprouts and even a planter at Lowes!!
Hi Nick! Would you consider doing a video on vintage plants? Could be cool to do one by decade and see what was trendy and maybe why. I recently learned a bit more bout cast iron plants in the Victorian era and how people used to rent them for photos. I know that would be more work for you in terms of gathering information but just a cool idea I could see you doing :)
such a cool idea! I know schefflera plants were big in the 70s...so many people's grandmothers have owned them! hmmm maybe i'll make a video on that, lol.
I wonder if the Pothos was ever a trendy plant. I remember it when I was a child and my mother had them and I still have a few in my house because they are beautiful no matter how long they’ve been around. You grow what you like and be 😊.
@Dani Masterson i dont really buy hype plants actually. I went thru a phase of feeling like popular plants mattered, and that was okay. Its also okay if anyone else is in that phase of their plant journey where they want to buy the hype ones. THAT IS OKAY. YOUR REASON FOR BUYING PLANTS SHOULDN'T BE JUDGED, because its no one else's business, at all. Super judgey to think YOUR reason for buying plants is legitimate and someone else's reason is illegitimate. People are so stupid and rude.
Me too!! I nearly screamed out loud with excitement when I walked into my Walmart and found a dozen of em I grabbed the healthiest one and I am still loving and appreciating her! I’ve also given a few pieces out to friends Bc well why not! Share the plant love!
Its crazy to me the absolute snoodiness of how people view houseplants nowadays..its become a status symbol that you throw tons of money at to wear a spitituality badge on your ego. Let's make houseplants a fun hobby again...
I grew up in the 60's/70's in a house full of plants! My mom taught me how to LOVE nature and I will ALWAYS buy what sooths my soul! I've never followed trends and I find the real pleasure is in buying a small plant that you like learning about and watching it grow... not spending a crazy amount of money on a plant that you know nothing about that's too big for you to take care of just to watch it die!!!
i think you are being a rather harsh. Most of the people I encounter are new(ish) to growning houseplants and may look to socail media sites for suggestions, the way a person who isn't a decorator might turn to sites about inte3rior dsesign for inspiration. My job is to maake sure those sites aren't steering them to a plant wrong for the conditions in our client's homes.
Exactly! I didn't even know my pilea pepperonis was "the thing" when I bought it. But I got her and she was marked down to $.25 because she had 2 leaves and now has tons of babies. (Yes I know I spelled it wrong)
Exactly! Some of the ridiculously priced plants are just plain ugly. It’s unfortunate when I fall in love with an expensive plant though. I’ll just wait it out 🤷🏻♀️
I agree! And the sourcing of truly rare plants can be quite shady, too. Just look at what's going on with succulents... so many species are now threatened with extinction in part due to poaching and smuggling. It's not worth it.
Has anyone else gotten tired of the crazy inflamed priced & started appreciating the “cheep” common houseplants again? Now my goal is to have a big full, long pothos LOL.
@ChampagneandWaffles yes! That’s why I love plants so much, you can share them 💙 I’d love to give cuttings of my “rarer” plants to people, just to bring joy to them. People shouldn’t have to spend crazy amounts of money for the plant hobby
The idea that people dont' want them anymore because they're no long 'rare' or 'expensive' is so bizarre to me. I love that plants become more readily available over time. I was finally ABLE to find and afford a ZZ Raven because of that and I ADORE IT. Trends are dumb. I'll be untrendy over here with my no longer cool houseplants.
Yeah, I think it's a very specific term in this case. When he says "on trend", he means that a store can increase the price because demand is high. That's all it means, though. Like, I think pilea stopped trending because it's easy and fast to propagate, not because people don't like it. Propagation is unique to plants, so plant trends will behave a little differently.
in the plant community are from time to time (or mostly all the time) plants, that are for whatever reason really hyped. maybe like an artist or movie etc. a few month THIS plant is the hottest shit like Bridgerton isTHE hottest shit and everybody wants to own it. and after everyone has one or if it is highly available the trend is gone. i'm a bit generalizing and exagerating, but in Germany (where I live) in the plant community I'm experiencing a lot, like I said, monthly another plant is the current IT Plant and everyone wants or gets it. momentarily it is the syngonium red spot tricolor, and of course the (in my opinion shitty ugly) philo pink princess and monstera adansonii variegaty. which are sold for so ridicously high prices
I don't think it's that nobody wants the ZZ Raven or it is "over" or unwanted. I think most of the people who are attracted to the beautiful dark leaves already have it 😅 I suggest it to all my friends looking for an easy plant. I think the ZZs are going to be grouped with Pothos, Snake Plants, and Philodendron. They may not be a "Difficult to buy/find" plant anymore, but they are still a desirable plant
@@jaclynns.jungle lol I want to buy another one every time I go to the store. I know Husbeast would make SO much fun of me though, so I have been resisting 🤣
It's a thing you start to notice when you follow a bunch of plant people on instagram, and suddenly you discover feed it's full of those trendy plants. Also you can notice just by looking at their price
It’s been like that since a long time. Remember the tulip trend or orchid trend way back in the Victorian (not really sure) era. Anything can be a trend if there’s enough crazy people lol
I come from a family that worked for generations in the garden industry and I find it really funny that so many people are offended that plants have trends. Everything has trends! Food, clothes, social behaviour,... everything! And don't get me started on the colours for plants and flowers.
so many people in this comment section think they can gatekeep houseplants. acting as if, if you have large amounts of disposable income to spend on rare or trendy houseplants, you're somehow "doing it wrong" and "not a true houseplant lover because you don't own 20 golden pothos" etc.
I bought a lipstick plant from a sweet old lady on FB market place who had too many. When I went to pick it up, she had left a Pilea in the box with a sticky note attached telling me that she wanted me to have it. I had NO idea what it was or that it even existed until then, now he’s my favorite ☺️
I'm a fronliner and during early days of COVID -19 I force my self to isolate from the rest of my family up to now , it was devastating , overwhelming and depressing every minutes while at work and so my large indoor plant collection was my companion / shoulder to cry while on isolation. It work and it was therapeutic for me.. I even bring a lot of plants at work despite the price was skies rocketing in the market to help other co workers cope up .
Lol I don’t follow the trends I bought my fiddle for 20 bucks at Home Depot when it was a 1 ft and now it’s 4 ft and I am like omg chill it makes a new leaf every week
Same found mine last year at Aldi for 5 bucks. It looked rough with the few leaves but she came through beautifully. She's now as big as me and just got her a bigger pot. Not sure why people have issues with fiddles😄
@@bellagonz6078 Not OP but I bought my ficus from Lowe’s and it’s growing like a weed. I have to keep mine by a south facing window since all of my windows face south (I live in an apartment). It seems really happy there. I keep it about 2 feet away from the window since it’s very sunny and hot where I live (zone 9). I water once a week or whenever the top of the soil is dry and sometimes mist the leaves. I clean the leaves occasionally and also rotate the fiddle from time to time. I also follow a tip I saw to shake the stem to imitate wind in order for the stem to be strong as it gets taller.
people should be able to buy whatever plants they want (as long as it's not hurting anyone) and not have people like you talking shit for no reason. if you want to buy plants that look pretty, good for you! if you want to buy plants because they're rare, good for you! if you want to buy a plant because it's trendy, good for you! you don't get to dictate why other people should be allowed to buy plants. you can't gatekeep houseplants.
I detest these plant trends. I gravitate towards pothos. I have so many in my apartment. Easy to grow, easy to propagate, they look beautiful, and they’re basically indestructible.
If you're an avid pothos grower, you probably know this, but in case you dont: In the wild, pothos plants climb on trees. If you buy a moss pole and tie short pothos vines to it, it will eventually attach to and climb up the pole. As the plant climbs, it will begin producing larger and larger leaves, eventually leaving you with giant, gorgeous plant.
I’m confused how plants can be trendy... if it is alive I’m not going to throw it out! It’s mind blowing to think anyone bought plants for fashion haha!
Same people who view Pinterest and see trendy ideas all over the internet. Tik tok etc and they’re suddenly designers, using plants for looks rather than practicality 😂
You can insult my Birkin from here to there, but I still love it and think it's beautiful! I don't even know what a Birkin purse is; I bought it for the foliage. And I didn't even pay a lot!
yeah birkin has nice lookin foliage. i dont get the hate, yeah its name came from a brand but so what. its just stupid that some vloggers hate the plant for that childish reason. while some people spend thousands on online games. lmao
I’m kinda glad that I got the Pilea peperomioides, zz raven, and philodendron birkin recently that they are more affordable. Super rewarding to see them push out so much growth this winter.
I really don't understand the meaning of a "boring houseplant", I love all my houseplants even the most common like pothos! Pothos is actually the coolest plant to me. They won't disappoint you, very easy to care for and the big green leaves are just stunning!
real plant lovers? how demeaning. if you like to collect plants that you like to look at, great. if someone else likes to collect plants that are rare or trendy, great. you're not anymore of a "real plant lover"
@@indigocrayon520 why is the difference meaningful? if you are prone to loving plants that are trending, or if you love plants that aren't trending, who cares? you are not a "real plant lover" just because you buy plants that aren't trending.
@@rupert909 because following a trend purely for instagram photos is hardly the same as a plant enthusiast don't you think? They don't love their plants, they love the clout they get for having trendy hashtags
@@indigocrayon520 the original comment made no mention of people who use plants for clout. it simply said people who buy plants that are trending aren't real house plant lovers. again, if you love plants that are trending, you still love plants.
It's so surreal hearing plants be treated like fast fashion objects. I love picking up discount "trash" plants and nursing them back to health. It's just so rewarding, and the process of learning how to make something thrive is so healing. However, the amateur astronomer and monstera lover in me desperately wants a Thai Constellation and your comment about them being affordable soon sparked a lot of joy! I cant wait to pick up a sad Thai Constellation from the discount shelf.
Rare is thrown around like nothing. In the plant community “rare” often means popular. Truly rare plants are often looked over until people want them. These plants often become extremely cheap, but usually if they’re easy to propagate. Especially using tissue culture.
I loved this video so much. It was like plant gossip 🤣 so wholesome. I didn’t buy any plants after March and started to shop recently and found all of my wish list ones are now dirt cheap. So glad I waited it out!
Funny how each of those plants is exactly what my local facebook plant trade group is asking for the most. Also, I remember my mom having a Pilea peperomioides when I was a kid, mid 80's or so. They are also in the old Reader's Digest? houseplant books. Or a book about indoor greenhouses? It was a really old book anyway. I'd have to see if I can find which book in my collection. They used to be very popular way back when in California. They have been in the US for a *long* time. (they remind me of Minor's Lettuce) A local greenhouse was selling them in 4 in pots for $25 last week. It's funny how plants fall in and out of popularity with each generation.
I have totally been thinking this about begonias. They were so massive in the 70s and I just think of them as grandma plants and now they're getting bigger and bigger. Some are stunning and unusual, but I totally don't get the fascination over the really boring looking ones these days.
In my country pilea is something that is present like always and it was always cheap. You could buy it for about 1-3 dolars in 2015, 2018 and 2020 as well. It is also quite easy to get variegated pilea for less then 10 dolars 🤷🏼♀️
Yep, I had one donkeys years ago, and a swiss cheese, a few types of grape ivy, spider plants, all the strings, lol. My first house plant about 35 years ago was a persian shield. I don't know where it went. Quality never really goes out of fashion ;).
I remember my Moms string of hearts, and I know she did not spend much $ on it...we were broke...but now...the price does not make sense. They grow so fast and propagate very easy...
Unfortunately for me, and others in CA, Costa Farms doesn't distribute to us due to CA regulations. I contacted CF back when they announced their Trending Tropicals because none of my stores were carrying their stuff. That's when I was informed that CA is apparently pretty strict in importing plants. So our stuff (where I live) is primarily from a nursery in Vista, CA. So, for me, Ravens and Birkins are not that common because we don't get Costa Farms plants. :(
@@angelmartin7310 it's not; we're called the salad bowl of the world, because we grow so many fruits and vegetables. Our climate is so mild that pests from around the world come here to settle down and raise a brood or two or a million; the regulations are to slow down the invasion as much as possible, and give farmers a chance to keep up.
@@distracted604 Coming back from Oregon we ran into one too. This is serious; billions of dollars, a significant chunk of our economy, is at stake and if there's one thing governments take seriously, it's money.
Anytime you do videos like this one I find it so interesting! I live in Southern California, and not a single one of these plants can be found in big box stores! They're still super hard to find and cost an arm and a leg from nurseries or online shops. This seems to be the case with most of the plants you deem common--we on the West Coast seem to be at least six months behind the East Coast. I look forward to seeing some of these more readily available!
I totally agree with this! Because of all the farming California has really strongly reinforced agricultural imports so the houseplant industry is kind of nerfed!
In Western NY - south of Buffalo, they are JUST starting to stock these plants deemed “out of trend”. I found this video rather hilarious. I saw the pilea on Instagram and thought, that’s cute, might work in my lower light home. They just entered stores here LAST WEEK. And they are not cheap online. I’ve grown houseplants for almost 35 years. Sansiveria, pothos, philodendron, oxalis, violets, etc. I’m having a “revival” of interest in my hobby and am shocked at the prices for plants I’ve had for years.
same with variegated string of pearls. earlier this summer a 2" pot was 30$, local nursery just restocked and they are 9.99$ for a 2.5" pot (Canadian, everything is pricey here of course and it takes about a year or so for 'common' USA plants to be here, especially since Costa Farms no longer works with Walmart Canada)
@Reva Ferns In the Winnipeg Manitoba area we have some great garden centers that sell a nice variety of plants. If they do not have what you want this week, then come back when the next order comes in. You are right Canada is a great country.
Me too! I'm thrilled to see them more plentiful in the stores and affordable. I loved the Birkin so much, I bought a second one when Costa sent them out in Trending Tropicals.
I actually love seeing former "high end" plants becoming affordable for everyone else (broke college student here). But I do understand the thrill of getting your hands on a "trendy" plant that no one else has
In my area, Midwest, if it's not the variegated version of "whatever", it's worthless. Hindu Rope hoya, and String of "Anything" seem to have bit the dust too.
And not everything looks good variegated!! When a plant already has a "busy" look with lots of texture, tiny leaves... it's just too much to add variegation. It's like wearing stripes with plaid!!
I just love a LOT of plants period. I wish the prices didn’t go up so much though. My mom never let us follow trends as teenagers. It just made us pick things that we genuinely like.
I like common plants and prove to be easy growers. I don’t have the desire to have plants other than what I like...most rare plants are to challenging to take care of...IMHO...I would still like a monstera Peru but happy to wait...
Easy to grow is so relative...orchids used to rebloom and even make babies on the stems after many flowers...then I switched from evaporative cooling to air conditioner and they die. But prayer plants love my structured water and seem to prefer warmth to extra humidity, could be the water.
I love the Birkin. I have two and the white veining on both is beautiful. I couldn’t care less about the popularity or rarity of a plant. If I love it I buy it. I am currently looking to get a Brandi, it reminds me of a Scindapsus which I also happen to love. Some plant tubers almost shame you if you love the basic plants. I happen to think they are by far the prettiest plants on the market. If they bring you joy, that’s all that matters.
I totally wasn't into them at first when they were super popular. Then when they dropped in price I grabbed one for a friend, and to be honest, when I had it sitting on my table for a couple days I just fell in love with it and kept it. Screw popularity. These are still lovely plants.
The plant bubble in my brain has popped for some reason. I think i've reached my limit and am trying to be a bit more minimalist when it comes to plants. It's summer here in Australia and I'm not replacing anything that dies and probably won't be purchasing any more. The cheap, tough, low maintenance plants are the ones that I want.
I think it’s less that people stopped liking it but more that everyone who wanted one has one. The price is just starting to come down to “normal” prices and availability.
I'm originally from North East India, currently risiding in Ireland, most of the plants he mentioned here are impossible to get where my family lives 😁
I think this year is gonna be the year of the rhaphidophora tetrasperma. It's absolutely lovely, grows like cabbage and is basically a mini version of monstera deliciosa. You can go wrong. Mine is shooting up like there no tomorrow.
i just googled that plant AND ITS STUNNING!! ill have to get my hands on one eventually .... ive been really into the monstera adonsinii lately and almost bought one yesterday but got a burgundy ficus elastica instead but i think since theyre so similar i might just opt for the raphidophora tetrasperma instead haha thank you
Totally agree! I got mine from Ikea of all places totally thinking it was a juvenile Monstera Deliciosa (and it was even mislabeled as a philodendron....) And didn't realize what it actually was until WAAAAY later. I'm about a month into bringing it home and 2 unfurled leaves already!
I’ve been lucky that all of my “rare” plants were great deals at the peak of their popularity. For example my 6’ fiddle leaf fig was $40 on Facebook marketplace that an old lady had been growing outside for years and my raven zz was given to me literally because I go “I love your black raven zz’s” when I went to pick up a litter box for my foster kittens. But then I live in Florida so if you leave a plant outside long enough it grows big enough to share!
In the Philippines, P. Birkins sell for about 20 dollars for a 4" pot... It's very new and hot here, but seeing it everywhere holds me back from buying; it's clearly not a rare plant.
Lots of our local plants in the Philippines are considered rare in other countries. Just as like how cacti and succulents are rare in our country as well. If the reason why you can't buy a plant is because it's not rare then you're buying it for the wrong reason.
The first plant I bought 2 years ago was a fiddle, and it died in less than a week. Since then I have Absolutely No Desire to buy another one. Seeing it on this list was very validating for me lol
The Canadian house plant market is still way behind the states at least in Alberta. Zz plants go for 30$ for a 6in pot and Hoyas are ridiculously expensive because they are never in stock.
I live in BC and the only place that I've heard of even having ZZ plants is Rona (I also live in a fairly small city haha), and they sell out so fast that I have to keep calling to see if they've gotten them back in stock yet!! I wish we had the same options and availability as the States :(
I don’t like that plants have become a ‘trend’ these are living things that have evolved individual beautiful characteristics over thousands of years. They ain’t here to make your Instagram look “aesthetic”
plants are not sentient. there is no moral imperative to care for a plant. if you're not hurting anyone, it's completely okay to neglect all of your plants. you are not a bad person for not watering your pothos. there is nothing wrong with taking a picture of a plant and putting it on Instagram. plants don't give a fuck what you do with them.
I have to admit it's sad to see these trends fall in the US, but being in outside and still desperately wanting those plants now :/ For example the Pilea peperomioides and the ZZ Raven. For a second I thought you were gonna talk about the Pink Princess Philo at some point, seems they're not that hyped anymore
You get raven zz’s that easily?!?! That’s still a sought after plant where I live and would e a $40-$50 purchase. It’s still a wish list plant for me! 🥺
If the slow growing ZZ Raven has been mass produced already why hasn’t that happened with Monstera Albo? Or Constellation? Are growers deliberately holding them back to keep prices inflated?
Variegated plants usually either revert or start producing pure albino growth (which cannot live unsupported by the main plant.). So a plant will only produce a certain number of viable cuttings before it goes all green or all white. This constricts the pool of viable production plants.
Albo is unlikely to ever be mass-produced because they have to be actively cultivated and pruned to prevent reverting. Thai constellation are in tissue culture, but getting them to decently saleable size takes time.
I purchased a pilea plant a couple of months ago and put it in an eastern facing window with bright but diffused light. I happened to be browsing in my local plant store, and I just loved the way the round leaves looked. I had no idea they had been so sought-after a few years ago. Anyway, it's grown quite a bit and is really happy. I love this plant, and it brings a very relaxing zen quality to the space.
I love my Birkin! I was never into plants and I saw it at the store and love the “drawn” in lines on the leaves 😍 it’s been doing so great and has tons of new leaves 🍃 I don’t get this “trendy” plants thing. If I like and it’s staying alive, then it’s a good plant 🪴
I like to find new and interesting plants as much as anyone else, so I understand that in a small way I contribute to houseplant trends. However, I hate how much emphasis there is on “trends dying” or “plants going out of style.” I wish we could all just appreciate the beauty of even the simplest, cheapest, most readily available plants. One of my favorite plants is a pothos that was gifted to me by my grandmother because it is beautiful, dependable, easy, and has that sentimental value. I always try to default to supporting smaller, local growers and plant shops, but I do appreciate that these varieties have been made more accessible to the people who love the plants just because they’re pretty and interesting plants-not just because they’re “rare.”
I got mine for free cause the seller accidentally sent it to me instead of the calathea orbifolia that I actually ordered...maybe i should sell it lol!
I still like all of those plants, specifically the pilea lmao I think they’re so interesting looking. But I wish the monstera trend would blow over already, I feel like it’s been AGES 😂
Great video Nick! It’s cool to see how quickly these plants went in and out of hyped trends. A lot of decor channels I follow are doing 2021 trend predictions that I find super interesting. I’d love to see what your predictions are for the upcoming plant trends!
My Pilea Pepperomioides wasn’t purchased because of a trend. I didn’t even know it was popular. It caught my eye, it was different from so many of the things I’ve seen before. I genuinely fell in love with it like with my other plants. They were all purchased, grown or propagated because they sparked something in me. I really wish people would stop treating living things as a fad. Let someone who is genuinely interested in caring for it, care for it.
Your channel popped on my recommended and I had to watch it because I didn’t know there were plant trends. New subscriber! Your videos are fun to watch and relaxing. Great way to end the night!
I've just joined a facebook group and I'm giving away propagation's to anyone who wants to give them a good home. Some plants are just hard to propagate and take time but otherwise I do not understand why they are overpriced. I don't have a variegated monstera but if I had I'd give plenty of it away. I don't know what to think of these people trying to make a few quid out of this, maybe because I'm older and for all the years I've been gardening we've been happy to share. It is one of the nicest parts of all this. Still, having an online community should make it easier to spread the love not grift the prices up. What am I missing?
I remember when the fiddle leaf fig first came into Vogue again. I found a little one, 4” pot, at the Bronx Botanical Gardens. I don’t remember the price, probably around $15. It’s now bigger than me and thriving. My only problem with it is finding places to put it in my dark house where it will get enough light.
I think Begonia maculata that everyone was all about a little while ago is going out.... curious what you think the next untapped trending plant is going to be...
Hi Nick , I moved from a rental and I took a couple of Fidel leaf fig cuttings from a very large one that was growing out front of this property , perseverance paid off from water propagation waiting for the roots too grow out and transferring them to soil after a long wait they are both growing beautifully in different homes as my daughter has one and I have the other 🙌🌱🪴👌🧤👒🇦🇺🦘🐨🤩 thanks for your videos 💗🌱
To hell with trendy, give me an easy grower that is beautiful and I'll be happy. It's a bonus that prices for most have come down. I like the brandy but they're still expensive here in Canada, so I'll wait until prices are more reasonable. Thanks for the video, it's this kind of content that is interesting and fun to watch.
I just recently started indoor gardening and got a pilea about two weeks ago... I loved how it looked and had no idea that it was rare in the US only like 5 years ago?? How were we missing out on them? I’m already propagating mine :))
I bought a 4" pot of ZZ Raven for $20 online. I KNEW Costa Farms would release them eventually but I bought it anyway. When I went to Lowe's a couple of weeks ago I bought a FULL 6" pot of the Costa ZZ for $18 😆 I like both of them 😏 Now I want a variegated string of hearts but I am NOT paying $15+ for a 1 node un-rooted cutting 😒
I was happy hearing you talk about the fiddle leaf fig because I bought a small one with that exact intention! I couldn’t imagine spending 300$ on a plant that was almost certainly going to die when I bring it home. They don’t like to be moved so it’s best to grow a small one where you have it and nurture it into being a beautiful tree. I have clipped off a few dying lower leaves, but mine is growing great :)
Such a great morning, when I see you have a new video up! It’s so funny to hear you talk about the birkin. I got one last spring and named mine Philbir once I learned that it was named after those bags (how pretentious!). I never would have paid a lot of money for it, but I do think a birkin, the way they’re supposed to look, are quite lovely, but mine is wonky as heck and throws out all kinds of irregularly variegated leaves (definitely a Philbir:). Now I love it for its wonkiness. It’s exactly what a wannabe fancy plant in my home should be. 😊
I am so over the insta hype of always the most unusual, rare, and most importantly expensive plants! The plant community was so nice until a few years ago. I like the occasional rare plant, too. But growing plants should be the opposite of consumerism. I think part of the problem is that some "plantfluencers" now have their own shops of relatively expensive plants, so they are invested in hyping the hype.
how does the fact that some people swoon for rare plants, affect you as a houseplant lover? surely when bob from down the road orders a rare aroid from across the globe, this doesn't affect your ability to grow and propagate your golden pothos. if someone wants to pursue expensive plants, that's great. if someone wants to enjoy the growing experience of cheaper plants, that's great. as long as you're not hurting anyone, you should be allowed to own whatever plants you want.
I want one but I'll wait until prices come down. I've never seen one in a shop here in Houston and the ones online are ridiculously expensive in my opinion.
I just started raising house plants and it's the cheap skate in me, but I love seeing cheap but interesting plants on sale. I buy most of mine from Grocery outlet.
I'm new to the indoor house plant community. I started because my yard is so brown it made me depressed. So I decided to bring life indoors. I've only purchased what speaks to me. I have to make sure they are fairly easy to care for until I get the hang of all this. I'm hopeful this will go well and I'll have a happy plant family by the spring.
