Plants I Dislike & WHY | Worst Houseplants IMO 

What plants do you not like & why?! **okay! I get it, having photos of the plants I’m talking about is what the people want. I just don’t have photos of plants that I don’t own 😅 I normally add footage of the plants I’m talking about, but in this case it didn’t make sense since I only had like 2 of the ones I talked about. I’ll be sure to include photos of the plants going forward where I’m able to tho!

Adding photos of the plants would have made the video better. I often don't know the names of the plants but recognise them when I see them.😄

Your monstera in the background quietly listening in on all the gossip. 😆

Here's me washing dishes, listening, agreeing with all the ones you mentioned... Then you come to pitcher plants... I had to pause it because I was laughing so hard when you said they're a bit "phallic" because when I look up from the sink my *ENTIRE kitchen window* is covered in pitchers!! I have 4 glass globes on the sill full of spaghnum moss and growing out of each are random varieties of pitcher plants. The vines cover the entire window. There's probably 40 pitchers staring at me in varying shades of red and green and spotted. I never thought phallic. Now I can't unsee it!! 🤣🤣😂😂 I called my husband and now he's hysterical too! He said, I knew you liked them for some reason! 😆 They're actually my absolute favorite plants - so easy! I feed them meal worms that I raise and sometimes a random bug or two that I find on the porch. Once you get some of them you'll look past the weiner look and see the coolness. 😎

I love the “hope you find this video to be something you tolerate to watch while doing dishes or something” 😂

I feel so represented seeing the fiddle leaf plant at the top of this list! To me they look like huge cabbage plants, but very expensive. haha About the string of hearts, in the region where I was born (interior of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil), this plant is called "coração de mãe" - mother's heart, and an interesting fact is that my plant is a daughter of the plant in my mother's garden, who in turn took the seedling from my grandmother's garden. I find this fact fun and cute. (I apologize if i'm writing something confusing, I'm using google translator)

"my least favourite pest".... I hope you do a 'My top 5 favourite plant pests' video on April 1st 😂

I have definitely found as I go through my plant journey that there are plants that I prefer over others. I find that I really enjoy fast growing vining plants. It's just very rewarding to see those new leaves sprout out all the time. It's like confirmation that I'm doing something right lol. I used to really dislike the golden pothos, but now it's one of my favorites. I also really enjoy the vining philadendrons. I'm trying to collect as many different pothos as I can because I seem to love them all. I went crazy at the beginning of summer buying different large plants, the fiddle leaf fig included, but I'm not loving them. I'm trying to find homes for them and I'm pretty sure I killed the fiddle leaf he's only got one leaf left 🤷.

I agree so much with these. I think my disliked plant is all Alocasias. I absolutely LOVE the way they look but hate how moody they are. Every other day a leaf dies and a new one comes and it was too the point where it caused too much stress for me to deal with them. They are also super prone to all kinds of pests which just wasn't worth it.

I have a 2 year old Sword fern and trust me it had a phase that it burned and nearly died. What I did was put it on a window sill that the sun was not facing at all (or in a room far far away from a window but still getting natural light) also I made a mistake to over water it so make sure you just water it once a week on monday and keeping that schedule so the plant remembers. This really helped and now its healthy and growing! Btw I also believe they love rooms with smoke cause my grandmother who smokes alot has one and it's a GIANT.

I wish you had shown pictures of the individual plants as you shared your opinions of them

Oh my gosh! The pitcher plant! As I was watching this my partner came into the room to proudly show off how "big and proud" his newest pitcher is. I'm dying right now!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I LOVE dracaena plants! My favorites are Lemon Lime, White Jewel, and Limelight. Trying to collect more of them. Maybe someday I'll open a Dracaena World plant shop with the largest Dracaena collection.

I’m pretty sure this would be my list too. I’d have to add most Calathea too, spider mites were ruthless on those (except Orbifolia, love that one).😂 Having had most of these and currently still have a couple I enjoy (birkin and frydek). But yeah it’s so interesting to see how our collections evolve and our taste and style develops over time and personal experiences. 🌱🌿🙌

For the string of plants, I just really dislike how droopy they always look because they just hang there without supporting themselves. Unlike a pothos where the leaves are still perky and look healthy and beautiful lol

I have killed a number of ferns over the years, especially maidenhair ferns. I bought a new on a few months ago and put it into a self watering pot. It loves it and has grown so many new fronds. I also have a couple of other ferns in SW pots ,with a fast draining potting mix, too and Calatheas. They all love it and are growing like crazy.

PROFOUNDLY OFFENDED MAAM!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤️❤️ This was a fun video!💪✨🌈

I think this video could have benefitted from pictures on screen as you are talking about them. We don’t all know the scientific name. And/or maybe the typed out plant name so we can look them up

I would love if you put a picture of every plant you dislike

“I hope you find this video to be something you can tolerate while you wash dishes or something” Me: about to start washing dishes and definitely enjoying the video 😳👀

It would be nice to see photos of them when you talk about each new plant... that would’ve helped a lot especially for people who don’t know every plant your talking about :) :(

I love my pitcher plant! It’s amazing how much it actually catches on its own. Thirsty little bugger (I water every 3 days) and it needs some maintenance. Spraying really helps with them developing pitchers. It grows so quick, I love it

I feel like I struggle with thrips on monstera varieties the most. While my lickety split that I've had for a couple years didn't have thrips, I have had an adansonii (wide form) with thrips and a monstera borsigiana with thrips that I got rid of after treating both soooo many times.

Ivy always die, triostar dried out and I gave it away, and cacti/succulents hate it where I live - not enough sun I think. Honestly the best plants I think are pothos.

gotta love the auto generated chapter titles. “Alocasia fried egg” lmao 🍳

totally with you on pitcher plants…some plants just make me wanna crawl out of my skin?? like for no reason they just make me uncomfortable?? same with orchid flowers, like i love orchid foliage but the flowers make me so uncomfortable

Your sense of humor gets me every time! I laugh of the most silly things you say and do 😂

Found my fiddle leaf fig thrown out in someone's dumped waste. Took off all the dead bits, planted it in standard potting mix with a bit of vermiculite and stuck it in the corner of my patio. It's an incredible beauty now, cost me nothing and needs no care except occasional water

Maybe try next time to add some pictures of plants about which you are talking. Sometimes I was forgetting how some of them look, so I needed to check in google and it made me distract to some other stuff 😅🙈♥️

No mean intended, I enjoy your videos, I wish we could see the plants rl or pix at the same time ;)

Nepenthes was my way of getting my husband into houseplants, and I let him look after them (with some gentle nudges about how to do it properly). We've also had people comment that they look like testicles, but the unopened pitchers are definitely phallic to me, and sometimes a good handful 😂😉

Thank you for the consistent content Harli ❣️❣️

I love the concept of this video! I dove headfirst in to plant keeping in 2018.and bought all the popular plants - now 3+ year into my hobby I've le a red how to be more discerning with what I like and why. 😀

Good video! I think it would be helpful if you added pics of the plant you're talking about cuz I'm bad with remembering names lol

my grandmother had five african violets in her kitchen window for as long as i can remember, my mom and i have been trying to keep them alive since she passed but there's only two left.. when they bloom they really are gorgeous. i wouldn't buy one for myself though

Live this video! I feel such a sigh of relief. I think every plan you talked about I was right in line with you on. Now I know it’s not just me on certain plants I have struggled with or have felt they aren’t worth my time. EXCEPT pitcher plants. They are so easy, fast growing and bloom constantly. I get the whole willy feeling they give off, but I think it’s hilarious!

I agree on the Dracaenas. I've never really been attracted to them. The pitcher plant is just plain weird and it reminds me of... well never mind. Have a great day Harli. Don't let the critics get to you girl.

Also, for thrips or any other pests really, I find that simply leaving the plants outside during the summer has solved all my pest problems. Well except for fungus gnats. I use mosquito bits for those. If any thrips or spider mites show up, I just use an old make up brush and use soapy water and go to town. I find that spraying them takes just as much time or longer of you are going to be spraying the top side and underside of the leaves, all the petioles and other nooks and crannies of the plant. Gently physically brushing them away with soapy and water seems to be a more efficient use of the time and all that through effort. Zero recurrence this summer once I tried doing that for my plants that stayed indoors.

My african violet is one of my favourites!!! I also find it boring most of the time and very needy as a plant. But shes also one of the fullest most beautiful plants i have, and is in bloom 100% of the time somehow. Everytime one flowrr stem dies another is there to take its place. Its one of few flowering plants i own and it holds a special place in my heart ❤️ everyone has their favourites/least favourites though!! Love your collection Harli!

I had a lickety split and it got thrips immediately. It was so severe, I cut all the leaves off, showered it, repotted it, and drenched it in neem oil. It had thrips again within a week and that's when I decided to toss it.

I am right there with you on the pitcher plants! When I first saw one I thought it looked like a ball sac, LOL.

This video made me feel like I was having a conversation with a friend. Loved it 💛💛💛

I am literally washing dishes while watching. My birkin grows constantly don’t know how it’s like 2 foot tall and wonky but I love it . Probably cause I got it from Enid. I swear she has like plant magic. I am not crazy about peace lilies.

So so funny! I was doing dishes when you mentioned it and FLF was the first plant I thought of when I saw the video 😂😂😂

You could have use stock photos from the internet since you dont have the actual plants

My easter lily is the bane of my existence. It's always drooping and dramatic. I've tried watering more, watering it less, changing up the fertilizer, moving its location, using distilled water, etc. It's the bane of my existence. Last week, I to re-pot it to see if that would help and, as I was detangling the roots, I found some gardening fabric wedged way up near the base. It took some time and effort, but I got it out. After getting it back in a new pot with fresh, sterilized soil, I was pretty optimistic I had resolved our disagreements. BUT NOOOOOOO. Apparently, the whole experience was just too traumatic, and it went into shock. All the leaves completely died off. I cut it back to basically nothing. Hopefully, the root system is strong enough for it to bounce back. I'm half hoping that it just dies though so I can replace it with something else. To make matters worse, whenever I go over to my mother-in-law's house, she has two easter lilies on her desk that are absolutely THRIVING. They look so lush and perfect that I thought they were fake for the longest time. She hardly tries with them either; it's infuriating. Rant over. Anyway . . . . . hope everyone else is having a splendid day :))))))) Rant over.

Yay new Harli G video, my fav!

this video is fun to watch in the background! I just think you should've included pictures of whatever plant you're talking about

I'd have to agree with you on all but one. I love my pitcher plants! I got them to control fungus gnats in my little greenhouse. Full sun, high humidity and let them sit in a little bit of distilled water. Super easy! Sometimes I feed them flies or mosquitos I kill around the house :)

I love carnivorous plants...but so far only 1 likes me back. Hanging pitcher plant vs the ones that grow up from the soil. If I try more carnivorous, I'll probably plop them in the basket with my hanging one & see what happens. Tip for the hanging ones...get that clear bucket thingy that hooks onto your pot to hold water to allow him to keep his feet wet. Mine is 4-5 years old now, despite letting the soil (spag moss) dry out more than ideal occasionally. You actually reminded me he needed water, despite the rain yesterday. And maybe try a fern in with him since they all like wet feet? Mine came with a hijacker fern, and it actually makes the plant look really neat.

I feel ya sister! Recently sent a lickedy split, an alocasia, and one of those small & affordable FLF “to a farm”. I used to have a pitcher plant, and it really grossed me out! I creatively hit up the pet shop for dead packaged crickets and… I stored them in my freezer so I could feed the plant… lol me no like

Fiddle leaf fig looks like lettuce to me, so I haven’t ever been able to get one. I’ll buy lettuce if I wanna look at some 😅

Wooohooo for Harli Friday’s!!

I love the concept of this video! - I would love the experience more if you had screenshots of the plants you mentioned…some I know but some I don’t. Also some are a family & im not sure which you don’t like. Dracena in general is a bit dull but that lemon lime one won me over 😀

I was shook when you said “string of plants” until you said string of hearts are the exception. I’m still sad about it because I love them but at least you appreciate the best of them.

I always enjoy watching There is also a lot of good information. Thank you

Is the Philodendron Sellom the same as the Lickety Split? My Sellom ALWAYS has thrips. It is the only plant I have that gets thrips constantly. I love my Frydek, it’s huge and gorgeous but it gets spider mites all the time. Definitely pest prone...which is the most annoying type of plant.

My list would be pretty similar! Definitely caladium because I don't like the dormancy part. Seems like a hassle and sad to see them go every year instead of growing bigger and bigger 🙈

You’re totally talking my language on most of the ones on your list- I’ve actually almost given up on alocasias- as beautiful as they are I can’t seem to make them produce more leaves and when they do the old ones die off 😞

I totally agree with you on caladiums. I still love them though. I just spend $10 a year, grow outside for summer and let them go. Too much work. I do have several banana trees outside and have to chop tops and cover for the winter. Kept one in the green house last year but won't do again

I've learned that its hard for me to like a plant that I know my cats are going to chew on. I've never had dracaena, it just looks like a cat toy to me. Same thing with palms. I tried to keep a ponytail palm at one point, big mistake! I had to hang it from the ceiling because my cats were obsessed with it! I do like the look of syngonium, but whenever I try it my cats bite off all the leaves. Peace lilies are another common plant I don't keep. They're toxic enough that I'm not willing to risk it.

Ok, the look thing totally makes sense bc that's how I feel about my monstera siltepecana. It's outside now doing great, but it's just boring to me. Going to try to have it climb up a moss pole and go from there. Tbh just waiting for a local plant swap to trade her out.

I have a couple kinds of Nepenthes pitcher plants, I love them. The pitchers definitely look phallic, especially before the lid opens up lol

I agree with you on everything but the African Violets which I love! It all boils down to each to their own.👍🏻

Hahaha actually watching while washing dishes. Love your vids ❤️

I have to say that most of the plants you mentioned are actually on my least favourites list as well. I don't keep succulents cause I can't keep them alive for some reason and you're right, many of them just look flat and i find because they are so low to the soil they are hard to water and I end up rotting them. All the string ones annoy me too. Like the string of turtles is so cool but the way they grow all tangled together stresses me out and i find them hard to water too. I also don't like most of the tradescantias... I have one medium sized fiddle leaf but it's super thick awkward shaped leaves annoy me and its hard to position it right because once any of the bottom leaves fall off they don't grow back and then you have one whole bottom side of stem all empty and the thing looks lopsided.

i felt the same about ferns! my boston was heading to the garden and then as my last resort i gave it a water globe and that solve the issue, it’s growing 🤷🏻‍♀️, and may I say harli i think the pregnancy has given you the courage to speak your mind without worrying too much about what people think 😅😆👏, some harsh comments towards “popular plants” on here but i love it! is good to know why they haven’t worked got you! could give people an idea of what they are doing wrong with a plant and try and correct it

Ferns and ivy are hard for me. I love ivy so much but I can never ever keep them alive. So sad!

Loved this video! Great morning giggle! Especially the “sac” effect of those pitcher plants and that they were “in your face” and you are pregnant HA HA HA! Nearly spit my coffee out on that one! I know I have a seriously disturbed mind sometimes, but as I said I enjoyed the giggle. I dislike Aglaonemas, which are really popular and “easy care” well not for me! And I love pepperomias but can’t keep caparatas, they just die, die, die for me. My lickety split has not had a pest issue.

Bahaha!! "It feels a little like 'In my face'"!!! Toooooo funny!!!

I think you should put the plants you explained in this video.. in the description so we can easily copy and paste to look them up :D I'm very new in my plant caring journey so every plant you talked about I have no idea what they are :x Just an idea!

♥️ love your content.

I love Musa, but so does my cat. He loves to snack on them, pull them out of the pot, and drag them around the house. It's not worth the work or the mess 😂 I also don't have the space for it to grow very large.

My Licketty Split was my favorite. Currently battling Thrips. Trying to decide if it’s worth my effort🥴

The popular plants I don’t like, which sometimes I feel like I’m the only one, are snake plants and spider plants. Yeah they’re beautiful plants and all but I don’t like them. To me spider plant looks like a grandma’s old kitchen wall decor and snake plants look boring to me :( and people are always like “they’re so easy you can neglect them” but that’s the thing, I want a plant that needs attention so they’re not for me :)

I always think of James’s Pokémon, Victreebel, when I see a pitcher plant & I love that about it lol but I never see a healthy one at a nursery to buy :(

😂🤣 I'll never look at pitcher plants the same again

I totally agree with your list! I’d add my Mottled Syngonium for me. I can’t keep the mottling to save my life! It is constantly reverting!

So relieving to hear that you can't keep ferns alive because all my calatheas and begonias (apparently difficult) are thriving but I just don't get ferns, or alocasias. I also don't like the banana plant nor birds of paradise unless I lived in a tropical region and had a nice tropical garden. I just wouldn't consider them as houseplants. I also never thought of getting a FLF because I've heard it's a pain and I don't like how they look. I might get the pitcher plant but I completely understand where you're coming from but my partner is a huge fan and I'm still thinking about whether it's going to be a hassle to keep it alive or not

I actually like the dormancy because I get to see them grow all over again. It's amazing!

My String of Things always turn into the Strings of Death LOL.

« String of bananas, string of beans.. I don’t know there’s strings of everything okay? » 😂 gosh I love you 🌈❤️

Yeah I tend to stay away from plants that go dormant! I’m so unsure on how to deal with dormancy so I’m just like nahhhh

My selloum (close enough to lickity split) is attacked by thrips basically all freaking winter! So frustrating!😬

Yess i agree with you totally! i get rid of the ones i hate straight away🤣 no time to even take pictures of them

omg i agree w/ fiddle fig trees. they're so finicky!

I found this video very entertaining. I am really loving my Birken now, but quickly realized it is a slow grower compared to my other Philodendrons. I still love it, but may be at your stage in 2 years. I agree with you on Ferns. They always dry up for me. Also, not a fan of Crotons. They look pretty at the store, then end up dropping leaves once I bring it home. Never buying those again.

Some plants that folks adapt to indoor really are better left outside. Caladium are stunning lining a shady walkway or patio in mass. I got thrips on my Alocasia Polly twice before in exasperation I plopped that pot in a lonely corner on my patio. To my surprise it has has been very happy in the Texas heat and has doubled in size from my neglect. As we grow, we all learn what grows well in our home environments and of course tastes change, nothing wrong with that at all! Thanks for your videos, I truly enjoy and learn new things from watching your channel, Thank you!

I would like a terrarium clear out and replant in the future if possible

I’m with you on most of these. I’m not a fan of fiddle leaf figs - opted for a Ficus Altissima instead and I LOVE it. Also I do love my string of hearts (which just bloomed this week!!) The Birkin though… I’ve had mine for over 6 months now and it hasn’t put out a single new leaf! But I still love it and I’m determined to get this thing to thrive. Just bought some liquidirt and hoping that does the trick! I actually like the fact that the variegation is unstable and how you never really know what your plant will end up looking like.

I agree with with all of the plants you mentioned. Even with the berkin! Mine had not put a leaf out in 8 months! I thought I was doing something wrong. Boston Ferns do great on my porch in the summer. After that, it dies. Thanks for this video!

I would like to see what thrips look like on the plant. I have a Frydek !

Red spots on fiddle leaf figs are caused by UNDERwatering, not overwatering. They should be allowed to dry partially between waterings but should not be allowed to get bone dry. Letting them dry completely can cause the red spots on new leaves and can also result in smaller leaves.

I love this video! I love to see people's likes and dislikes when it comes to plants. It's like someone's taste in music, everyone is different and it changes overtime. I don't think it's mean or rude to say you don't like certain plants.

I really found this video so useful but I would have loved it if you could have put the plant’s photos on the screen so I didn’t have to keep leaving the video to look them up 🙈 thanks have a great day I love your channel

I agree with you on Caladium. I had a bunch growing in pots last summer outside and brought them in not realizing they had dormancy periods. Ugh. Love em but I’m no good with that sh*t.

Not the banana tree! 😂 I have one with maroon/purple blotches. Such a cool tropical vibe. I love it. Love the strings too. I agree about ferns. Too much maintenance to keep them pretty. Unless you live in the tropics. 🤷‍♀️ Thanks for the video!

I feel the exact same way about alocasias and caladiums! Also pitcher plants, I get the same vibe - it's just something disconcerting about them even though the concept of them is cute 😆

Omigosh - virtually everything on your list - except the musa, which I’m still experimenting with, & pitcher plants, which are on my long-time bucket list - are the plants on my own “banished” list. They’re the plants I’ve failed with, that have made me feel like a failure as a Plant Mom because of the stunts they seem to pull, over and over, or the things they don’t do (like grow.😂) So thank you for this list! BTW, when you were trying to describe this video up top, I was thinking “entertaining” - this is bound to be fun & super-entertaining. But I was wrong. For me, at least, it’s been: - Comforting - Reassuring - Relatable, just to name a few. If a plant grower of your talents & experience struggles with pests, bloom cycles, dormancy, etc, with these plants, then I feel a whole lot better about the plant funerals I’ve held through the years for these same species. So maybe for you, this was an informal gab session, and that’s awesome - great to have that connection with subscribers, imho … But for me, anyway, this was a PSA. So again, thanks so much for posting! P.S. I do confess to a few ferns (outside of my aspleniums, etc.) that I’ve sent to summer camp in the garden & now that they’re healthy & strong, will be bringing in for the winter while i try (again!) to give the full pebble tray, spray bottle & humidifier treatment to attempt to keep them going. I’m just a glutton for punishment in that one area, I guess. But a glutton with eyes wide open! Met a new houseplant grower at a big box the other day who wanted help & advice, and one of my key messages to him, besides immediate warnings on the perils of spider mites 😱, was “Don’t get fooled by ferns! They’ll never survive the Midwest winter!” (And the corollary to that theorem: “Maidenhairs - so lovely! But they always end in tears!” Maybe what they actually want is to be watered with those tears?! 🤣🤣🤣 But I know the truth: I could cry a river & still probably wouldn’t stand a chance vs. an air vent! Oh, well! ) It’s the start of Labor Day weekend as I write this - fingrs x’d!🤞

You are so right about the fiddle leaf fig. It brought me to houseplant love. I keep asking myself why did I want this so badly? It is difficult to place and gets crunchy and in the end is mostly beautiful from far. Thankfully we just had a crazy summer and it grew 3 new leaves and thrived outside so I love it again. Still trying with ferns all the rest I never bought either because they dont inspire me. Currently I love geraniums! They do well in and out, flower all the time and dont need much at all. (Lost my apostrophes on this french screen ;))