House Plants

House Plants Part One:

A collection of basic bitches and beginner plants, with some top tier house plants mixed in for fun.

Silver Vase Plant aechmea fasciata

Iron Cross begonia masoniana

This plant has greyish-silvery bands covering its long green leaves. Its flower ranges from being a light pink to a vibrant pink. Flowers during late summer to early winter.

Care Tips: Keep roots moist. Might like some misting in the warm months. Large, bright green leaves with a distinctive cross-like pattern on each leaf. A source I read said the flowers are “insignificant” which is hilarious to me. They’re a really fun texture, feels like an old woman in the form of a plant.

Care Tips: Likes high humidity so misting isn’t a bad idea. If you feel like it. Easily propagated by leaf cuttings.

Eternal Flame calathea crocata

Spider Plant chlorophytum comosum

This plant is honestly so beautiful and I want one immediately. If you look the real thing up you’ll want one too. Large, rippled leaves that are deep green on one side and deep purple on the other. Its flowers are bright orange.

Care Tips: Calatheas are as beautiful as they are demanding, make sure to keep them warm and in high humidity. .

A classic plant that can be put through anything. Great for beginners. Long, thin leaves that cascade from the center of the plant. Leaves are white with light green lines.

Care Tips: Propagation is very easy because the mother plant puts off pups above the soil.

Garden Croton codiaeum variegatum

Lucky Bamboo dracaena sanderiana

Base leaf is green, but the veins can range from bright red to bright yellow. Really fucking cool looking.

Care Tips: Requires high humidity. The better light it gets the brighter the colors on the leaves will appear. Propagation can be done through cuttings. Contrary to its own name, Lucky Bamboo is not real bamboo. You’ve been fed lies. Aren’t you glad you have me to look out for you? Thin, light green stalks that are often twisted around each other to make the plant look cooler.

Care Tips: Usually planted in standing water rather than in soil. Stand the bamboo stalks in an empty planter with some decorative rocks and fill with water. Replace the water once a week.

Rubber Tree ficus elastica

Swiss Cheese Plant monstera deliciosa

Thick, glossy leaves with red undertones. And this one isn’t a like the Lucky Bamboo, the full-grown Rubber Tree is a species of plant that rubber is made out of. At least, at some point it was.

Care Tips: The leaves can get dusty over time, wipe them down every once in a while. Be wary of overwatering and moving the plant around too much. The holy grail of house plants. At least, it seems like it to me. This plant gets quite larges. Its leaves develop distinctive incisions and holes as it grows.

Care Tips: Likes the freedom to climb, so make sure to give it plenty of support to do so. You can find specific poles for this online. This plant grows aerial roots that need to be pushed into the soil once they start growing.

Silver Ripple peperomia caperta

Heart Leaf philodendron scandens

The leaves are thick and grooved, which make them really fun to touch. Their flowers are long and pointy, usually white in color. Peperomia’s in general are not that difficult to take care of, so I recommend picking one up.

Care Tips: This is gonna sound weird, but peperomia’s like to be root bound. This means they don’t need to repotted very often. You could leave them in the same pot for well over a year or more. Be cautious of overwatering. Heart shaped leaves that form into a vine. Colors can range from yellow-green to dark green. Ideal for hanging planters or can be grown as a climber plant.

Care Tips: Very easy to propagate from cuttings. This is the type of plant you’d see in fancy propagation glasses, but you can just stick it into the soil to be honest.

Chinese Money Plant pilea peperomiodies

Snake Plant sansevieria trifasciata

Bright green, circular leaves that all spring from a central stalk. Perfect for kissing.

Care Tips: Propagation by cutting pups off mother plant. Put off new leaves constantly, so older leaves die off faster than you may expect, don’t worry about it. Tall, tough leaves that are deep green with yellow accents. (This plant is technically a succulent, but I needed the two sections to be balanced. Don’t sue me).

Care Tips: Doesn’t need to be repotted very often, likes to be pot bound. Slow growing so be patient with them.