My Top 5 Favorite Houseplants | Summer 2019

[@kathywilliamson9444]

Your super power is the ability to just rattle off the scientific names of the plants. I am in awe ever time I watch.

[@ashhanderson]

Kathy Williamson Right??!! I’m in awe too!!! If we keep watching we will eventually learn the names too!! Lol

[@lilytoogs9301]

Can somebody make a 10 minute compilation of Nick just saying the scientific names of plants?

[@brendaallid-makalintal4345]

I got a “selloum” last year and it was in a 10” pot. I did not take care of it well so I ended up killing it and had only 1 brown stalk left. I left it on my deck and watered it daily. It got so big that it is at least 6’-8’ across now. It has so many leaves and still keeps on going. For that reason, I have named my plant Lazarus like in the Bible. It came back from the dead.
I had to repot my plant into a 20” pot and is in a corner in my living room but still continues to grow. Because it’s so big now, I can not even take it out to the deck anymore.
This is a miracle plant for sure!
I love your videos! I’ve learned a lot from you.

[@xxsaaaron]

After finding an 'accidentally' variegated peperomia a few weeks ago, I also found a variegated monstera deliciosa at our local garden center today. It totally made me think of you and I'm sooo excited to see it grow!

[@maribootz2534]

Love your excitement Nick. I have your Wax ivy from your Etsy and I love it too! It’s no where as big as yours though. Wow! I’m so glad you have that special monstera! You will care for it better than anyone and share its beauty on UA-cam. I wish I could handle 350 plants but I can’t even imagine! You’re amazing! Thanks for the smiles!💚

[@carpediem.9]

wow that young monstera has such curious lime variegation :) I'd love updates on that guy :)

[@vvviiiiiicccc]

You're reaction when revealing the red on your cissus was adorable! Love it.

[@yoannabaumgartner9158]

I got my Thaumatophyllum in 1983 from a grocery store in a 10” pot with multiple plants in the pot and it was stuck in front of the window at my dorm for the first year. I named it George. . It was big then and it is Huge now since it is always outside. I love it too. I like your plant that is red on the underside!

[@rigamriba9945]

Wow! Amazing plants..good luck

[@vancityplantie5752]

I just adore your passion. It’s the way I feel when I see new growth on my difficult growers.

[@MosaicRose99]

My Scindapsus Pictus Argyreus is now growing up my bathroom wall. It is literally taking over, lol....

[@darbiannadinsmore8201]

These are my favorite kind of videos that you make. It's fun to watch how excited you are about these plants!

[@lisaadkisson3599]

I enjoy your connection and love for your plants!

[@gennymossiah7880]

Always a pleasure watching your show!! From beautiful cool Belize central America 😎😎

[@saraj8661]

That Scindapsus Pictus "Argyreus" is beautiful. I love the silver color with the smaller leaves.

[@TheTimeForChange44]

... and I just purchased a very NICE one from Pepper's greenhouse! Nick's plant in the background in several of his videos just put me over the edge to buy one!

[@kirstyb27]

Hi Nick,
🌞🌈Your such a pleasure to watch, probably because you can tell your such a genuine, nice person.
Thank you for sharing your favourite five plants, really enjoyed it and the stories behind them.
💚

[@pattychan818]

Love your love and excitement for your plants! It is great that you love your plants not for their popularities but they have a special place in your heart.

[@sarahthomson9649]

HOW CUTE ARE YOU?!!!! Omg I'm definitely an instant subscriber! I adore how excited you are about the purple backs of that cissus. So informative too!

[@toritwig87]

Nick your enthusiasm and love for your plants is so adorable and amazing 💕

[@keylovely6973]

I literally love allll of theses plants myself. And now you’ve made number 2 a wish list item for me. I’m a sucker for the under color leaves as well I was shook when you turned it around 🥰😩🙌🏾

[@135Bubby]

Your excitement for your plants is contagious! Thanks.

[@lainaslife6351]

That monstera is so cool! What a find 😄

[@moniquesmeadow]

You are a honey 🙂 and a real kindred spirit when it comes to plants ❤🙂

[@bodoorgeest]

And cats..

[@limbolegs]

I love seeing how happy these plants make you

[@elizabethduecker5809]

Love that you are back making videos.
Love your excitement and enthusiasm about plants.
Wish I had your Plant 🌱 Brain 🧠.
I am up to 300 + plants in my house and patio. I can’t imagine choosing a Top 5. Like you my favorites change, often. Right now my favorite is my Polynesian Ivy. I am such a Plant 🌱 Nerd 🤓. I could spend hours looking at it’s leaves.
Thanks for the time you take to shoot your videos for us.
Already Looking forward to the next one.

[@lalalariify]

Going back to this video just because and still in awe of how you pronounce these scientific names

[@jaaustin500]

Your monstera has the typical 2 tone varigation that we use on our clothes as generic "jungle camouflage" so it's kinda fitting that it has a name of undescribed....lol :-)....and there's NOTHING wrong with poison ivy. Nothing.
And, I know that it isn't a houseplant, but I have a bougainvillea that I just can't kill and I bring it in every late fall (Canada) and after it drops its leaves it grows again, flourishes and flowers by February once again in front of my south-facing window! And if I'm careful to acclimate to the outside in late spring it will keep it's leaves from that move and take off even more outside for the summer. It is just amazing! I've had for a good 5 years or so and I love love love it! My next fave is a new philodendron "jungle boogie" that I got last October and it's been growing like gangbusters all winter. It too is in my south-facing window so I guess I'll have to bring it back a ways in the summer but it just loves its new home for now.

[@jodyblas986]

Great top five! I really enjoy your enthusiasm for your plants!

[@amanda1838]

My scindapsus pictus exotica has been my favorite recently too!

[@billyhemingway73]

I honestly like that monstera better than the white variegation

[@kufujitsu]

Not sure if that one is a true variegated plant.
Variegation sometimes happens on the newer leaves, for protective camouflage out in the wilds.
The variegation might disappear on the older leaves in time..

[@mybrother1350]

kufujitsu wdym by true variegated plant?

[@rickbrosky3544]

The oxygen level in your apartment must be off the charts your awesome love all the information

[@shanjak1]

I am SO happy that I found your channel! Watching how happy your plants make you makes me happy!

[@KYMMEESJOURNEY]

I think they all are beautiful plants. I have the waxy one and the grape. I put them outside in the shade for the summer and they are growing like crazy. Great pics.

[@RGL86ful]

Congrats for highlighting your favs 🌱 your channel is so so inspiring ~ 👏👏👏😍😍😍🌱🌱🌱🤞🤞🤞

[@hollyhasegawa6095]

Nick, love your 5 favorite, giggled when you talked about how excited these plants make you. Maybe I should try and get one of your #1 favorite plant because I can't seem to grow ivy's but maybe I could grow this one since it's more like a succulent. I just today acquired the Ficus Elastica 'Ruby' at my local grocery store for 4.98, and it's in a 6 inch pot and very healthy, this plant is or was on my wish list. Wow to how many plants you have, thanks for sharing this video.

[@tamekahill2826]

Love your choices when are you going to do a house plants tour.Your home looks beautiful.

[@sandyg8794]

Hi Nick! WOW, 350 plants! That's amazing and they are all so beautiful! I love watching you and your excitement over your plants. I don't think that any of your top 5 favorites are boring. I like all of them. I may have to look into trying to find the senecio. I like the look of ivies, but like you, I've tried different ivies and no matter what I did, they got spider mites. I even purchased 2, sprayed with insecticide as soon as I got home, quarantined them, and within 1 day they had spider mites. Go figure! Thank you so much for sharing your love of plants. Already waiting for your next video!

[@cc31952]

It grows as a huge outdoor plant in California. In other zones, 8 and lower you can put it outside for the summer. It loves partly sunny spots. My #1 fav houseplant.

[@carayj]

I rescued a philodendren sellum from Lowes a few months back for $5 in a ten inch pot. Inside it did nothing , I put it outside a month ago and finally produced 2 new leaves, so bright light is a must for this plant.

[@michelletrimmer6750]

Fir some reason I have binge watched your videos. You spoken so highly of this wax ivy plant. I just bought one. Ivy is such a pain in the butt, I hope this is amazing.

[@MrWinshean]

Oh wow you cute Nick, love those blue eyes of yours. Anyways, good content, nice layout of plants as well. Keep it up, I’ll be watching 😋🌱🍀🌷🌵

[@shaylas-shelves]

Love this video! I would say my top 5 are 5. Fiddle leaf fig 4. Ctenanthe lubbersiana 3. Peperomia russo 2. Ludisia discolor 1. Macodes petola honorable mention: vertical senecio and trailing jade.

[@Uneedmoremeds]

I love your top 5 houseplants. It's always so nice to see and hear you talking about your lovely plants. Thanks for sharing😊👍❤.

[@frozenmangoes]

Pure plant joy. :)

[@benmcconnell657]

Philodendron Seloums are a common plant in the South Florida landscape world. They’re everywhere. Never heard them called anything else. They get massive when planted in the ground down here.

[@samanthadispenza8600]

Me encantan tus plantas. Gracias por subirlo. Saludos

[@carolinetuazon]

I loved watching your enthusiasm and love for your plants!! 👍

[@naysneedle5707]

Really enjoyed this video - so nice to hear someone enthusing about plants that aren't the 'trendiest' and to see something different.

[@sharonhall1067]

Great video. I love learning about your favorite plants. I also love that, while you are showing the favorites, the background is full of lush beautiful plants.

[@jennAKAskuna]

You are obviously super excited about your top 5! It was so fun to watch your joy grow with each reveal. ☺️💕🌱

[@oscarcheung7364]

Put on the lo-fi beats playlist on spotify on top of this video and instantly feel chill to Nick talking about plants! Great video once again, always excited for ur content!

[@sharonhall1067]

This is a joyful video. Thank you so much!

[@user-wq2mb6pe6u]

Я не понимаю, что вы говорите... но это не столь важно. Я любуюсь вашими цветами, вы молодец 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mirzahussain9419]

Must say your plants are really clean..please do a video on how to properly clean plants..as my leaves gets dusty over time..I used to spray water but again there r spots all over.anyway love your work nick

[@hi.im.monica9350]

Its strange, but one of my favorite plants at the moment is my little ivy. Its simple and easy to come by sure, but I would argue that it is a true beauty. It has two green colors and alot of white! The beauty just hits me every time I look at it!

[@ericcaridas9128]

My friends give me a hard time cause I have 25 plants! I’ll probably end up with 350 in a few years! Haha

[@amandarachelle13]

Did not know the difference between the two Scindapsus plants! I have both and am happy to know they will most likely do well. They are one of my very favs too!

[@tiffcl6545]

Yes, I love waxy ivy. Mine have purplish tint probably from strong light

[@Emily-qo1gw]

oh my god!!!!! Your favorite houseplant, the variegated wax ivy, is the exact plant I have been trying to find the name for forever! my housemate has one and she got it as a gift so she didn't know the name and Ive been looking for it everywhere! Hers is such a cool variegation too like its very pink on the front of the leaves. I totally agree with you though, it is one of the coolest plants and hopefully the cuttings she gave me survive/propagate ok because I want one of my own!!

[@justmejus]

Nick, which would you choose if you could only pick 1 plant to keep from everything in your collection? :)

[@goddess131]

wow love the Cissus Adenopoda that you showed, I would love to have that plant in my house and I also love when there is a different color on the underside of the leaves. And loved the ruby ficus you showed, I had not seen a ruby version before, would love to see this plant at the nursery.

[@kristen7623]

If there were houseplant trivia events...you would WIN

[@evitetriyani6005]

Lov ur plants😍😍😍

[@Daisy_1557]

Hi ,Nick I do have a couple of ur fav , but I also have ur number one favorite, the ivy. She’s is beautifully variegated. I found her at a nursery in Quackertown PA. I have her outside and it’s growing like crazy. Please continue to make more videos. I can actually learn the correct pronunciation on these plants. 🌿🌿🌿

[@MartiesPlants]

I was starting to think I was the only one who owns the Senecio Macroglossus. I never hear anyone talk about it. I love it so much too!

[@xaiuon]

What a nice jungle!!! Your jungle is beautiful.

[@EyeoftheWhiteWolf]

I'm going to school to become a vet tech but now I'm thinking maybe I should have a job like yours because you have access to a ton of cool plants!!! That's a nice variegated monstera!

[@plantsathome653]

love, love your plant collections, love your green space,

[@sassysucculent6291]

Wow my baby monstera started doing that with the leaves and I thought something was wrong with it ! That’s so cool, thank you for sharing !

[@andronicustorres9153]

I kept my bipinnatifidum outside in full shade on my south porch when I brought it home last year, and it just sat there. I moved it eastward 3 ft so that it got direct morning sun until noon ish, and it just exploded into life. It was massive, and massively gorgeous. It’s growth started to slow as winter approached, but then I brought it inside to 80 degree weather and it proceed to shoot out leaves like crazy again. Lol
I recently moved, and my outside porch is now west-facing.
Every gorgeous leaf was bruised during the move, and the setting, desert sun is way too intense. Every beautiful, yet bruised leaf is dry as a crisp, they’ve been falling off one by one. I’m so sad about it.
I’m hopeful though because I’ve since put it in my bedroom which has an east-facing window, so I’m hoping I can rejuvenate it back to its former glory. It has since sprouted three new leaves since I brought it back inside, but two of those three leaves don’t look so good either.

[@nurib.1415]

Wow, thanks for sharing. I got to ID the plant I just got last week at Home Depot. The Peperomia Graveolens. It is such a cute Succulent.🌵

[@quentonbell7355]

Excellent presentation.

[@Bebe-wm1ot]

Super score on that monstera! I’m praying for the same stroke of favor 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@SoErkz]

Omg... love your top 5. That monstera is awesome. Glad u got it. Looks like mutation in coloration. Keep it in its current lighting condition or even higher to keep its verigation alive. Rare indeed.
I had a couple of plants harmed due to planters falling on them. They do heal. Just feel bad for the awkward healing phase. Thought I was the only one with accidents like that. Glad Im not the only one.

[@Gabbi_Plants]

I wish I could have that many houseplants! Your air must be so clean!

[@cooperolm9687]

My favourite of my plants are my pinguicula. Low maintenance? Easy to propagate? Pretty lime green rosettes? Gorgeous and long lasting purple flowers? Frequently flowering? EATS MY PESKY FUNGUS GNATS? They're the best. I started with one plant a year ago and it has since divided itself into a number of them. I think I have 5 pots with two plants in each.

[@sallyhenry1716]

What a great top 5! That monstera is pure joy! 😄

[@veronicalundh7848]

Love all you choices thanks for sharing!

[@robes325]

cool. I like your taste in plants.

[@neiyangtaloh1143]

Nick your all plants are so beautiful and healthy..i want to visit your house..😍

[@bodoorgeest]

I love your Cissus! Really beautiful.. A few months ago i bought a very small Pteris Cretica Albolineata at the grocery store. English is not my first language so i'm not familiair with the english name for it. It was very cheap and not in a good shape. I repotted it and it grows very very fast, i ♥ It! I think i have about fourty plants but still this is My favorite..and my only fern as well.

[@latricewashington8490]

wonderful plant video, per usual. your enthusiasm is contagious!

[@Gabbi_Plants]

All your honorable mentions are my very favorites.

[@lindanehls8115]

You are too cute. Your 'grape' plant is fab! 🤗

[@sallysmith4801]

Love all of your beautiful plants...tfs.

[@anothernight82]

That last plant is awesome in that it looks like ivy, which I really like. I’m dealing with spider mites on mine. 😩 I wish it was as easy to care for ivy as it is to care for a Sansevieria. I love it’s wild, outdoor look. If this ivy doesn’t make it, I don’t think I’ll be purchasing any more. Thank you for the hope of possibly owning one that resembles ivy plants without all the fuss! I had no idea. I’ll have to see if I can find it. Great video!

[@instavid3160]

Thanks for sharing with us.

[@KymeGracia]

As always such a great inspiration. Now I want a wax ivy, I didn’t know they bloomed.

[@peppemiola4576]

I have a similar variagation in my monstera, only in one leaf, but I can't wait to see it make another leaf to see if the variation continues

[@MariaCastro-ih8md]

Thank you so much for all your advice

[@tethraleang6297]

Love all your plants Nick

[@chancemacdonald2046]

4:20 that plant just assaulted you hahaha. love your videos so many plants I wish I had all of them!

[@spontina]

You are so eloquent, educated, enthusiastic, informative and delightful to listen too. Thank you. What's growing in your bedroom?

[@bodoorgeest]

What's growing in your bedroom? 😂

[@spontina]

Hadewych.. my variegated skindoptris elongia penidopthera gigantum

[@kenjiwaynehernandez878]

Omg! I would more than love a propagation video on the Thaumatopyllum Bipinnatifidum! Mine looks so sad! I’ve had such a hard time finding info. on ways to propagate and groom this plant. I’m stumped on what to do next. Mine was also labeled as a Philodendron Selloum?!?! My plant would love you forever and ever🌱🌿🌴🌴

[@sarahreinhardt1414]

It is so funny you mention the labeling philodendron selloum. I litterally bought a monstera deliciousa last summer labeled that way at a Lowes! I thought to myself when I saw it, "That's not the right name, but for the price, I will take it!"😂

[@thecosmos9303]

I love ivy too!

[@AviSLeigh]

I have the same plant leaf fetish! One of my favorite is the peperomia ‘ruby cascade’ 😍

[@schwubs]

Scindapsus pictus (both varieties) is my #1 favorite!!!

[@diannalvey7183]

Love the joy you show in your house plants

[@moonflowers__]

I LOVE urban jungle!