Plants I'd NEVER Part With Staple Houseplants In My 300+ Collection

I now have a massive list of plants that are needed in my life. Thank you for your insight into some real beauties.

Omg the shock happened to me with my peperomia Cupid 😭 currently trying to prop it back to life. Also when is your birthday?! Mine is September 15th

Before you stood up to show us the cactus I noticed a plant behind you, is that a caladium? If I’m right, what is it called? Easy to grow?

Pothos are so nice for beginners. They have beautiful green foliage that brightens a room, and they are hearty. I also think they are great for learning about propagation.
Does your bird of paradise bloom?

Hey Claire love your videos! When you showed your anthurium it looked like it had white patches but didn't know if it was just the shine from the cam? Just wondered what that was 😅

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I love your plant collection! So many beautiful and healthy plants! 🌿💚

I share the same enthusiasm for Aglaonema. In my experience, they're pest-resistant, thrive in low-light conditions, and rarely develop leggy leaf stems, unlike other plants. They're not finicky about soil, and my plants always appear healthy. Their robust, firm roots make repotting a breeze, reducing the risk of repotting shock.

Aglaonemas are also incredibly adaptable. I had a few plants under a grow light upstairs for a year, then moved them to a northern window downstairs, and they showed no signs of shock whatsoever. In fact, they continued to flourish. I've even purchased some online, and they hardly showed any signs of shock after unpacking. While I've had pest issues with other online purchases, I've made it a habit to replace the soil upon arrival, even when not recommended.

However, the Aglaonemas seem unfazed by this, and I've never seen any negative effects, such as affected bottom leaves. On the contrary, within two weeks, I often notice new leaves developing. Although they start growing slowly, they can suddenly experience a growth spurt, producing multiple new leaves or shoots. Recently, I had one plant produce three shoots simultaneously, essentially yielding three new plants!

I'm passionate about these plants, just like you. They have a unique character, even 'sweating' at night like few other plants do, and their roots are truly remarkable!

Where did you get the copper leaf shaped plant support that you have in your alocasia? I love it!

Hi Claire ..I put my ficus Audrey out in the rain just for 30 minutes and I've noticed that the leaves looking awful yellow and discoloured. Hepl

It's always so nice to see you and your plants Claire ❤

Can you give ratio of potting soil, perlite and orchid mix for potting?

Those onions look soooo good!! ❤ your plants are beautiful, many of those are some of my favorites too 🪴😁

Hi Claire I know this is a random topic but can you do an update on your avocado 🥑 by the way I love all. Your plants and love watching your videos

Man I'd love to have a pallidiflorum! It's unfortunate that it's sold out in so many european shops atm.

Epipremnums (pothos), Peperomias, and Chlorophytum cosmosum (spider plant). So basic, but they are my favourites. The different varieties just have so much personality. I basically want to collect them all 😂

I do want to start adding Aglonema’s. I feel like I’m missing out.

Also, I share your feelings on my Rhaphidophora tetrasperma. I just can’t imagine it not being there. It just takes up a position and holds its own.

Your love for the Peperomia Hope inspired me to finally get one. I'm very happy I did as I love it!

I really need me a Euphorbia Ammak for no particular reason

I love my Bird of Paradise. I actually have three now, propagated one. Love the tropical feeling it gives too! 🪴

I love all of you plants. I love my ponytail palm, peperomia hope, and someone gifted me a manjula on a moss pole! I love them all though.
Q: do you find the your Rhaphidophora needs a grow light to climb like that? I have been struggling with mine

I finally got my mitts on a Spider plant "Orange Flash" and I just need that in my life. I have 35-year-old jade plant that I have cut hard over those years so its trunk is THICC compared to the crown, not that the crown isn't big. But it looks more like an old oak tree in shape than how I see people usually keep jade plants. I also just really enjoy my variegated ivy. So easy to get hold of and it just brings me joy having it cover a pole.

My hands down favourite is the Alocasia Longiloba. I have two, and I adore them. They’re so easy going, and the leaf shape amuses me to no end for some reason.

Once I found my phone in the fridge 😂

Love this video the one plant is the mini monstera I love it & my gloriousum another fave and my Hoya NGG. Love all my plants. Can’t wait to see ur next video.

I wouldn’t go without my Monstera Albo, Jose Buono, the Florida Ghost, Beauty and Green. My Philodendron Brazil and Rio are keepers too 😀🇨🇦

For me it’s my philodendron scandens brasil it’s not very special but I love the Way it’s growing on my wall right now

Hi Claire! One of my favorite of yours is the Mac Dowell!

I came for the spring onions, but the plants were good too!

For me, it would be my pothos…I’ve had her for about 15 years. I have propagated her sooooo many times. I think almost everyone at my office has one of my propagations. (not a very big office btw) 😂 I absolutely love my carnivorous plants. I have nepenthes, VFTs, pinguiculas, drosera and Sarracenias. Love all my Monsteras, Thai, Albo and deliciosa…I’m waiting for my daughter to gift me a cutting of her Aurea. If I knew how much fun Hoyas were, I would have started sooner. I just went down the Hoya rabbit hole less than a year ago and I’ve purchased quite a few cuttings so I’ve got a pretty good little collection now. Last but not least my cacti. I have a few euphorbias, some Gymnocalciums, variegated Opuntia, a few Echinopsis & Astrophytum varieties. Although I love Anthurium, there are too many hybrids to keep track of so I tend to be selective in my choices. This video was so much fun and makes you think about the plants that aren’t high maintenance that you love. Oh and a special shout out to Alocasias…I find looking for corms during a repot kinda like looking for a little buried treasure. 😂

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For me, I think i wouldn't want to part with my goeldii, Schleffera Variagata, my alocasias, White butterfly syngonium, and a few hoya varieties. And, yes, aglaonema are low maintenance BUT FOR those with pink or red variegation. Love the video❤.

You say photos are very easy. I have trouble with mine. Lots of brown spots need help any suggestions?

I think my plants I will always have are my monstera deliciosa, philodendron gloriosum, philodendron micans, and my zz. Honorable mentions are my philodendron glorious, Hoya mathilde, and anthurium vittarifolium

Loved this video!!! Plants that I would not part with would be my Anthurium -Wave of Love and definitely agree with the pothos plants as well as Aglaonemas. I also love my Calathea - Orbifolia (even though she can be a struggle). I'm starting to love my snake plant as it is getting bigger from a cutting and love my bushy Calathea - Leopardina.

When you introduce Joli I always say “ Hi Joli!” I have 3 rescues and they are a motley crew! Love love them. Ok so we need to see the bedroom plants—it’s been awhile! Second I am wanting you to move so we can see your collection morph! When you mentioned moss poling the pothos I just imagined what Claire’s collection in a bigger space would look like now! Tell Ross to take on a second job! JK! I am just imagining the possibilities! Love your content Claire!

My must haves are my philodendron Splendid and micans

Hi! What type of Hoya is trailing between your Euphorbias in this video? I bought one that looks just like it at my local nursery but the worker sadly didn't know what kind. Also thank you for always being you!

.. I didn't know about red spring onions.. But I know that when you chop off the green top, you can sit the rest of it in a glass with 1 - 2cm water, and the top will grow back and the onion will make roots 🤗

.. I love my Aglaonemas, and my Syngoniums, and all of my hanging pothos and philodendrons.. And my cane Begonia Catalina who is very special to me.. My maranta's and ctenanthes.. Oh, for flying sake, it's like choosing between your pets 😳 impossible..

Mine would be the Stromanthe triostar, alocasias black velvet & dragon scale, monstera Thai Con, calathea rufibarba, makoyana & rattlesnake, my Dean McDowell. Oh hell!! All of them. 😍

The Anthurium Pallidiflorum is top on my wishlist, but unless it's a baby, it's still very expensive.

so what are the care tips for the spring onions?

I'm in two minds about getting an aglaeonoma. My must haves are Alocasias. Frydek. Portadora. Regal Shield. Ninja. Any and all. Boston fern - so easy but big impact. Also calathea zebrina, and pepperomias. I have baby versions of all your other choices. My strelitzia (bird of paradise) is barely 5 inches tall currently.

😂 You did not seem drunk. Mix that ginger beer with a little lime juice and vodka for a tasty Moscow Mule. 😋 I'm such a fan of peace lilies. I have a couple different varieties that will always be a staple in my collection. I also love aglonaema colors and varieties, but can only keep them alive in water or perlite .

Great choices; I’d choose Dubia also!

I would immediately replace my Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica', Raven ZZ, Hoya carnosa Krimson Queen and K. Princess, Alocasia Stingray, Fernwood Sansevieria, Schismatoglottis wallichii, Monstera Peru, Calathea lancifolia (rattlesnake) and Stromanthe Tricolor.

Knowing myself as I do, I can't imagine not having a jade plant and a Thanksgiving cactus. Those are long-time staples for me. I think I'd probably always want to have a Hoya Carnosa Compacta and a Hoya Carnosa Krimson Queen. I would definitely also have aglaonema, though -- unlike yourself -- I go for the colorful ones. I think I'd also get a Peace Lily Domino. Lastly, either a Marble Queen or Manjula pothos.

I love your love of plants!

I really wish people would stop using Frydek as the common name for Micholitziana when it's not. Frydek means variegated.
Micholiziana common name is Green Velvet.

People (and businesses annoyingly) started calling it Frydek because they look similar, but it is not the same plant, and Frydek should not be used referring to the green version, because that is the green velvet, not Frydek.

Lovely idea 🥰
I have been a serious plant Parent for maybe 4 months, and my collection is not that Big. Maybe 25 plants and counting, plus I have a garden with both South and east facing places where I have around 12 plants and counting 😍

I have an Homalonema and I love her, she was one of my first plants and the tag just Said “green plant 40 DKR”. She is so Easy, the only place she did not like was the window sill in a South facing 🫣
I recently got 3 baby raphi. Tetra. And I can’t WAIT for Them to grow big 😍
Oh and I almost screamed earlier and scared my boyfriend, because I noticed that my BOP is putting out a new leaf 😍😍😍