Best Plants For Beginners Plus 3 Hard Plants

Since I have 63 Plants and Counting, I thought it would be fun for you all to have a plant tour and for me to show you 6 of the Best Plants For Beginners Plus 3 Hard Plants. I won’t take you through all 63 today, we will just focus on a few.

Whenever I post pictures of my plants on Instagram or Facebook I always get comments from people saying that they would love some plants, but that they are plant killers.

Intro

I love plants. I think it’s because I’ve always been a true nature child, so to speak. As a child I would spend my time in the forests, and it’s where I was at peace, and happiest.

Since I cannot spend my days in nature like I did as a child I guess you could say I like bringing the outdoors in!

So you guys, I did make video of this blog post. In the video you can see my plants and my care tips in action so you might want to just go watch the video!

Best Plants For Beginners Plus 3 Hard Plants

I thought we would start out with some super easy plants.

Philodendrons

Philodendrons, one of the easiest plants to grow. Alot like the pothos, in fact they are often confused for them. They tolerate a variety of light conditions including very low light. Try to keep the soil moist but don’t let it sit in water. These like regular feedings, especially in the summer. They only need to be repotted every couple years.

Snake Plants

Next up is one of my favorites, the snake plant, also known as mother in laws tounge. There are many varieties of snake plants. I believe this one is the Sansevieria Zeylanica.

This one loves bright light, and will send out new growth if you have it in sunny spots of your home. The nice thing about snake plants though is they also tolerate low light, they just won’t send out new growth if too far from the sun.

They don’t need to much care. Just stick your finger into the soil from time to time and if it’s dry go ahead and water.

Stromanthe Triostar

This one seems to be a fairly easy plant so far. It doesn’t like to be in the sun, most the light for this one is coming from my north window.

What we all love about this one is the colors. You can see the green which is expected of a plant, but check out the pink on the top leaves and the red underneath!

This plant closes up at night. I think this is the most fun plant for us as a family, we enjoy watching it! It likes to be sitting on little pebbles in a dish of water. You don’t want it sitting in the water though. It doesn’t like to dry out so the pebbles help keep it humid.

Ivy

Here we have our ivy. It’s been super easy. I have it close to a window but not in direct sun. It seems to tolerate a little neglect but I notice if I take good care of it it looks more lively.

Wandering Jew

In this picture we have my wandering jew. When I say 63 plants, probably 15 are wandering jews becuase this plant takes over.

It’s super easy to propogate, you just take clippings and put them in soil. It doesn’t like too much light, it’s a medium light plant. It’s also easy to care for. It doesn’t like to dry out too much for long though so you want to keep it on a schedule.

Pothos

Here is my silver spoted pothos. It’s super easy. It can tolerate a lot of neglect. It actually prefers to dry slightly between watering. It also tolerates low light. It’s easy to propogate, just put some clipings in water and wait.

Marble Queen Pothos. Takes so much neglect! It tolerates low light but will loose it’s variegation or marbleing if it’s not near a sunny window. Pothos like to be fed every couple months.

Eventually pothos become pot bound but you want to wait until they do before you repot them, if you do they will become more full. If you repot them before they become a bit more leggy. They will also become leggy if you don’t trim them.

To propagate just take a clipping and place it in water for a few weeks until roots spring from the stems under water. Once you plant them in the pot you want to keep them moist for awhile.

One thing I love about pothos and philodendrons is that I started with just one of each and they’ve multiplied. I now have a few ones around the house from the main ones!

Harder Plants

Alsobia

I’m watering this alsobia. Alsobias don’t like to be watered like you do regular plants, they like to be waaterd from the bottom up. But they don’t like sitting in water either. So you need to keep an eye on it. They also don’t like drying out. THey are picky!

Ferns

Ferns…Ferns are hard. I have here a kangaroo paw fern and next is a box fern.

Ferns don’t like to dry out at all. They need soil to be moist at all times, but they don’t like sitting in water either. I like to put some little rocks like the kind you get from aquariums in their tray, and keep the stones wet. This seems to help. They also like to be misted daily, as well as watered well at least once a week but you might check them two or three times a week and splash some water on them. They like a slow release fertilizer in the spring.

Ficus Repens

Another plant I’m have a hard time figuring out is the Ficus Repens or Creeping Fig. I absolutely love it! But it’s been a bit picky. I loves humidity, and to be misted daily. If you don’t it will dry out. It also drinks a ton of water and doesn’t like to dry out.

Final Watering Tip

I’ve learned that a good rule of thumb is to stick your finger into the soil and if it’s dry water, if moist, wait. I recently read that it’s best to water deeply and well once in awhile than it is to water lightly often. I don’t think these rules applies to ferns and the creeping fig though.

Hanging Plant Options

Hooks

A question I was asked recently on my Facebook page was pertaining to how to hang plants without having holes everywhere. Honestly, I used to worry about holes but I eventually stopped. I realized they are easy enough to patch. I do, however, try to be 100% certain I know exactly where I want hooks before I have my husband put them in!

For the plants in this picture, I had my son and husband stand with the plants in these spots where they are hanging to make sure the spots were right!

I just use generic hooks like the ones below, but my husband has a stud finder and he always looks for a rafter to hang them from.

Hanging Rods

Another option for hanging plants is to hang them off of curtain rods or even closet rods that are installed inside your window frames. I never thought of this before but when we moved into our home there was a closet rod in our north window. I thought this was so cool, it was as if it was just waiting for me to come along with my plants!

Hanging Ladder

My last suggestion is my favorite! I love to use a hanging ladder for my plants! I would like to get a couple more of these, they work so well! My husband found rafters in the ceiling to hang this ladder from, it’s heavy so if you aren’t sure how to hang one you might find a carpenter to do it for you.

For a lot of plant hangings I like to use these hooks and find they open up more hanging plant possibilities.

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