When a little overboard last year and collected every variety of coleus that I could find. Then proceeded to propagate it continuously until the end of the season. Coleus turns dirt into a canvas ;)
Coleus is my favorite plant for indoor or outdoor. This spring I had a big box store give me a flat of 24 dead or dying coleus.I was able to save most of them and I gave them away as gifts and had them in my yard. I have 3 of the original ones still but I took cuttings, and I am enjoying growing them. So I don't think I will ever need to buy coleus again.
Same for me! They are a lot easier than other aquatic plants because they get their nutrients from the water and not from the soil and they are also really hardy! I have an Anubias nana that had grown a lot, I could even propogate is twice as it had grown babies. In another tank I have two Anubias berteri, which are the prettiest in my opinion. I also like the Anubias congensis, I have that one too. Anubias are relitively expensive aquatic plants, most aquatic plants are about €3 here but the Anubias are about €6, but a plus is that you usually get two plants in one pot!
You're welcome awesome. Love your attitude twords house plants that are not as popular, and those that are.... of course! I've learned a lot from you in the past couple years. I'm not killing near as many plans as I was in the beginning. My grandmother showed me a lot about house plants and garden plants when I was young. Then a few years after she passed I started indoor gardening again, however my husband at the time was very abusive and loved to kill my plans. I even had a heart leaf philodendron that was over 20 years old from my grandma. I'm back into house plans, I live in a small apartment, and we are not allowed to have plants outside the apartments in the complex. Thank you again for all you do for me and others. It sure has brought my self-esteem up from where it was years ago. God bless! Tracy
The beautiful epicia that you have has special watering requirements. Do not get water on the leaves or they will die. It loves a humid environment and is perfect for me in a covered bowl garden. I am an African violet judge and have just started expanding to other Gesneriads. Truly underrated! Love your videos, great cinematography and trustworthy information.
I kept cuttings of 3 varieties of coleus from last summer. I cut from them a week ago, planted it directly in soil, snd made sure they are kept moist. The leaves are perking up and beginning to grow.
I LOVE the idea of a water plant and the brown spiderwart plant was equally surprising. Thank you for introducing some alternatives ideas that differ from the usual suspects.
I have a Pellionia & Gasteria. And I agree with you, underrated and super easy to care for. I loved seeing this! Every "Top Easy Houseplants" on UA-cam are always the same plants. This was very interesting and I learned about plants I've never heard of. Thanks Summer! 🙂
For the coleus, I have a Fancy Feathers Copper Coleus, and it is the best plant I have. Grows fast, propagates like a champ, and the more sun, the redder it gets. It also look super unique. Can’t recommend enough.
My Anubias is 30 years old. I bought it for my daughter's aquarium where it thrived even though her fish didn't. I now have the Anubias in a decorative glass jar with gravel. I've divided it twice and it is still doing really great.
Thank you for the coleus inspiration. I have some gorgeous varieties growing outside and hate to lose them to the cold temperatures. At the same time though they are too large to pot up and bring inside. Taking cuttings is the perfect solution 👌🏻
I have a giant coleus - which I learned the name of in this vid! It turns a gorgeous purple with hot pink veining in the summer with just the edges that pretty lime green. It fades a lot in the winter, but still remains a bit purple. I gave a cutting to a friend, and hers went from a wee little 6 incher to several feet wide and stringers galore within 6 months, and basically plastered itself to her south-west facing window. Such a lovely plant and easy-peasy to care for.
Not only do I love your plants, but you have the most interesting plant pots! Where do you find so many pottery-type and interesting pots? They are unique.
i have my coleus under grow lights to i can take cuttings, i love growing them in water Suzanne here, my grandmother used to grow them in fruit jars in her kitchen window, in winter, full sun, they did amazing, mine always fall off and die after a time, but she had a gifted hand with those, they are simply not easy to grow indoors, and also have to watch out for mealy bugs, in soil they are a magnet for those
Transition your siderasis fuscata pulled slightly back from a Northern window in dappled light & you'll be amazed at what happens. Mine says hi & thanks for making her famous! 👋🌱 Pellionia are a joy to grow but I've found you need a really good moisture holding medium with a pebble tray or lots of other plants surrounding it for increased humidity because it will crisp up on yo big time.
Gasteria! Super thankful to have seen this. Eye keep one pulled away (2.5 ft) from an east facing window & it gets a bit of light from two grow lights that both 2 ft away from both its left & right side. Am super thankful that he is still alive & well. Had no clue what he was when eye bought him & neither did the shop employee. :) Thanks Summer!
I love growing the Anubiases in my aquariums!! I even had a variety that flowered at one point. I think I have 3 different varieties right now, they are so hardy and have gone through no less than 3 moves.
I have a Pellionia repens growing on the bathroom window and it's doing really well. I was glad to see it highlighted because I actually knew nothing about the plant beforehand!
I Love coleus!! Typically I buy a six-pack in the flower section once they arrive in sping and then pot them all up into 4" containers each and put them everywhere and/or give as gifts. Then in winter I'll cut back a bouquet of stragglers and water-root them and then pot those up in a 6" container and wait for Sping again. AND often I will look at "houseplants" in the outdoor or shaded areas of my garden stores, and often I can find the same plant for half the cost and usually in a gallon container; and another benefit is in California, they have to list the botanical info if it's an outdoor plant as oppopsed to just listing a common name for houseplants (if they even do that). I wish houseplants here had the genus and species name. Excellent video.
I took a cutting of my mom’s plectranthus and was shocked at how quickly it grew roots!! Way faster than pothos. I’m looking forward to having such a fast growing, kinda unusual houseplant 😍
I love my coleus plants they start out outside in the summer. When I buy them in the spring I always take as many cuttings off of them as I can so I don't have to buy multiples and spend all that money. there's one thing that I think they absolutely love and that's a product called soil moist. I know Lowes sells it and so do some gardening centers. They're little crystals that absorbs 50 times their weight in water. I think they keep the soil from getting soggy because they absorb the extra water and hold it what's in the crystal until the plant needs it. In fact if I forget and put it in pots that had the soil moist in last year for my coleus outside after a heavy rain it sometimes looks like I'm growing clear chunks of Jell-O in my pots.Sequoia seems to love the fact that extra Waters there and they don't dry out and start to lose leaves. At the end of the summer of my coleus are always over for high and very bushy. I also think the soil moist crystals help keep the soil for becoming compacted. with the expansion and contraction they help to aerate the soil and keep it Loose for the roots. I use it outside in my outside garden every time I plant flowers. The company says the crystals can last maybe after 5 years. any cutting I have does much better when it's in soil that has these crystals added. He has to be careful not to drop any of the crystals on the ground I called Creator on your floor because they can get wash down by your feet and make the Surface slippery. I love this product I think it's the best invention for gardeners. I learned about using these crystals from the man who used to be on PBS in the spring when they had a fundraiser. He said to get a pamper a disposable diaper and pull it apart and use the powdery stuff in there in the hole your tomato plant is planted in. That you said if it had a little tinkle in it from the baby that would just add some fertilizer for the plant. what I found with the polymer that's in those disposable diapers is that it gets slimy the crystal stick together because he would want little chunks of crystals falling out of a disposable diapers that got a hole in it. The soil moist crystals are difference in that they don't stick to each other they stays separate. I did take a pamper one time put the inside stuff in a plastic shoe box it absorbed I don't know three pounds of water I think so I don't use Pampers anymore my tomato plants I use soil moist. Try some soil moist and with your potted plants and you'll be amazed at how much better they do
Some terrific and interesting choices. I agree that coleus are super houseplants. Just take some cuttings from one’s garden towards the end of summer and not only do you have a colorful tropical houseplant all winter but in the spring you can take cuttings off of it to plant outside and the cycle can go on indefinitely. As you noted the modern hybrids do tend to need good light to maintain their amazingly colored foliage. ~ I grow my Gasteria outside in full sun. It gets red around the edges from the stress but otherwise seems quite happy.
Great selection. I have 3 of those mentioned (Pellionia, Episcia, and a similar spiderwort). Three others I've found to be really easy are Alsobia dianthiflora, just about any type of Columnea, and Peperomia liadensis (I *finally* found one after seeing the one on your tour of Jamie's Jungle!)
Yes I have 3 epicia one has red flowers and one has pink flowers I found the one with yellow flowers I really love this plants and so happy you mentioned them thanks so much
I had extra coleus last spring for my outdoor garden. I potted them and took them to work. I propagate them often and now 10 or so of us have them at our desks 1 year later. Because the office is lit from 7am-9pm they have all kept their color. I highly recommend them for a house or office plant.
I love growing Coleus indoors ❤ it's always a beautiful plant and it comes in so many different forms and variations~ I've had great luck with Sea weed coleus in the house, along with Dark star 😍 they're great
@@summerrayneoakes it's beautiful~ they come in this striking purple/burgundy color 😍 down side is they need a bit higher lighting than most coleus, and are a bit more finicky when it comes to moisture, but once you get the hang of it they are worth all the extra love ❤
I have the last plant, the Flame Violet and love it! I propagated a cutting from it that is doing well. I also have Coleus in my outdoor garden...I grew up with them outside in my mother's garden. I am going to take some cuttings and propagate them to add to my indoor garden. I just got one of the succulents too. Thanks for the video! I am going to a plant sale at my local botanical garden and plan to look for the plants in the video that I don't already have in my garden.
I've been keeping Anubias barteri in my shrimp aquarium for 3-ish years now. It's a wonderful aquatic plant and super easy. Growers have recently come out with a variegated version that I'm going to have to check out.
I have had anubis several times. I love that it can grow fully in water & also with its leaves above water and roots submerged. My goldfish liked it too much and munched it to the stalk. So much for the fish guy saying they didn't like it much, lol. I like to weigh it to heavy hard wood in my tank and the roots attach. It makes it even more beautiful imho.
I love this video, I only have the Pelionia Repens, it was a rescue I found from Lowe's and I absolutely love it, at first I thought I was going to kill it, but I had to realize it was a rescue, and had a rough start, but it is thriving so far and is an unusual little plant that I would have overlooked if I hadn't just taken the challenge. If I ever run across a brown spider wort I will pick it up for sure, it is a beauty. I'm also just getting good at growing succulents, and keep picking up ones here and there, and the ones you shared if I run into them I will pick up also. Thank you so much for sharing this video, it was so helpful and informational, and I really like that. See you in your next video, bye for now.
I wrote them all down. I have space in my north facing window, but problems growing plants there. My plant book read that grape ivy thrives on neglect so I bought one. Put it about 2 feet from the window and lost half the leaves. It is now hanging in the window, and looks like it is growing new leaves.
Loved the video, thank you! 😊 I have huge anubiases in all of my aquariums. And by huge I mean huge. Love them! They are said to be slow grower, low-light plants, but mines are growing like nuts!!! 😁
Episcia cupreata is one of my absolute favorites. The colors are spectacular, especially the pinks and purples. No cold water and they don’t like getting their leaves wet. Thank you for including this one. I don’t see it often.
pelonia repens that you have there is one of my all time fav plants, i adore them, i ordered 4 on amazon, but not fond of the big leafed ones, i love that one, but i find they do not do well outside the terrium, they require a LOT of humidty
I grow a couple Gasteria spp. My plants haven't ventured indoors yet, so I'm keen to try that out. An interesting hybrid I'd suggest is Gasteria 'flow' - it's an aloe hybrid (kinda makes you think the Southern African taxonomy needs some revision). Edit: Corrected Genus name... Hopefully this corrects my brain's miss-filing too.
omg I have an episcia cupreata with red leaves and I've been trying to figure out what kind of plant it is for more than a year!!! thank you!!! I moved it outside months ago and it just totally flourished, lots of new leaves, lots of new flowers
I picked up an unmarked/mystery plant this winter and it has struggled so much since bringing it home. I have researched and used plant identifying apps in an attempt to save this pretty little thing, but have come up empty handed time and time again. Thanks to your video, I recognized similarities between your episcia and the one I brought home. Sure enough, I have a'Pink Smoke' episcia! I will be potting it up into a smaller pot with an African Violet potting mix asap in hopes of saving the last little bit I have left. Thanks Summer! :)
I’ve had great success with coleus outdoors & honestly never thought of growing it as a houseplant. I think I’ll give it a try. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!👍🏽
i take cuttings indoors each year and use those in the spring in my beds. That way, each year i can buy MORE COLORS! hoping this year for the 'creme brule' cultivar
Summer Rayne Oakes Well, I’m inspired & definitely will follow your lead (& Michael’s). Coleus became one of my garden faves last summer & now I’ll try it inside too. Thanks again!✨
and I love coleus plants very very much. there's so many different colors I want to collect them all. I usually have trouble keeping them alive during the winter except as cuttings in water. this year I have a Southwest facing patio that's has sliding glass doors. I have the whole doorway blocked with plants and my coleus are beautiful pigeon Jeff bugs I didn't die like they usually do they didn't lose a ton of leaves but I think the big key isn't the light but the fact that I have a humidifier going and it's always 60% humidity or more and I think that's the key to keeping coleus happy.
I love Collius so much you never hear about it but I'm obsessed they are so unique, I've actually experimented with propagating it and I have gotten literally just leaves no node root! I had them in there many for looks bc I accidentally cut or knocked them off and I went to toss them the other day bc one was all dried up and to my amazement it had tons of roots reaching into the remaining water I rarely changed, I'd been meaning to toss em n hadn't gotten to it... now I'm happy I didn't lol! My favorite Collius I have is the wizard rose one that's also the one I was speaking about with propagating. Just stunning, they are the tiedye wearing hippies of the plant world so many different types, such a fan. All of mine are grown indoors with a east facing window (I do keep em as close as I can to the windows) they do fantastic despite being an "outside" plant. However I do avoid some of the ones that call for brighter light like the bright lime green and yellow one I forget the name.
I took notes lol. I have a bunch of Colius( Pretty sure I misspelled it lol). And you are so right, I have seen that plant in a few of my garden shops and in between. I walk right past them . I will be picking one up for myself and a friend who is a beginner. Thanks a ton for your suggestions. 💋💛🥀🌹💐🌻🍃
My friend gave a Coleus cutting and it has exploded and is so colourful now that the sun is out! My aunt gave me an Episcia cutting and it too is growing like crazy. It gets a little more sun and has beautiful green veins all over. 10/10 would recommend both to anyone!
Wow! I have an east facing lake Michigan window that gets a lot of light. My balcony gets tons of direct light during spring summer. The colius? Is perfect for me inside during winter and outside during other seasons. Thank you so much! And that aquarium plant I love it and going to find one this weekend! I like underated underdogs 😊
Summer, I promise if you take your anubias out of the water it will be so much happier. It fluorishes in a terrarium. You could leave it in the same container just without the water. It may even bloom for you.
I'm growing coleus from seed. Super easy to germinate but once sprouted they grow so slowly. It's been weeks and they're only just starting to grow true leaves. Cant wait to see what colors I've got.
I know people have owned aquariums for just solely aquatic plants. Same with indoor ponds but theyre mainly used for floating plants like duckweed or water lily. Most aquatic plants just need nutrients and sunlight with just water maintenance similar to keeping fish except plants are more forgiving than fish
I have 2 of these: 1) Gasteria "Little Warty" which I bought at Ikea this summer. Since then, I've started to see it here and there in plant nurseries. And 2) Pellonia repens. I thought it was interesting looking. It hasn't really grown for me yet, but it's still alive. I almost bought a Coleus a few weeks ago. I sort of regret passing it up because the store that had it, doesn't have it anymore. I'll probably have to wait until Spring.
I have taken mine out of the aquariums (where I had them about ten years) and they are way happier now that I have put them in high humidity terrariums. Much bigger too!
by the way I use the microphone on my keyboard to type my comment. It's very hard on my tablet to try and edit so please excuse anything that doesn't make any sense I think it didn't put the correct word when I said concrete in my previous reply. thank you so much for your wonderful videos I appreciate them. I don't have cable TV so I useUA-cam a lot to entertain myself and to learn instead of watching useless things on TV
This is the video I needed. My polka dot plant is not doing great and my prayer plant is starting to get a little bit of brown on the edges of its leaves. I have not given up on my first two plants, but I would like to get a third or fourth that are easier to keep.
My boyfriend and I are newly obsessed with plants, and he LOVES Coleus. :) So many gorgeous colors you just want to collect them all! I'm the same with Begonia Rex plants, I have one currently but if I ever find more I'll snatch them up quick.
I bought a Pellionia Repens yesterday. I had no idea what it was but I thought it was beautiful. I love the light into dark pattern and scalloped edged leaves.
Please people don't unlike these videos. I'm not saying to like them either but if you have a thought to say(that made you unlike it) say it in the comments. It'll be helpful for her and also she's the best and the thing she is doing nobody does. Love you summer.
When a little overboard last year and collected every variety of coleus that I could find. Then proceeded to propagate it continuously until the end of the season.
Coleus turns dirt into a canvas ;)
Love the way you describe it! and yes, I can see how it'd be easy to want to collect all coleus!
yeah I agree.. coleus is my personal favorite
Coleus is my favorite plant for indoor or outdoor. This spring I had a big box store give me a flat of 24 dead or dying coleus.I was able to save most of them and I gave them away as gifts and had them in my yard. I have 3 of the original ones still but I took cuttings, and I am enjoying growing them. So I don't think I will ever need to buy coleus again.
My coleus were slammed with mealybugs unfortunately.
I keep Anubias in both of my tanks and actually had one bloom UNDERWATER.
Yeah, I had them bloom too! They are very beautiful and easyto keep! 😁
Glad you're having easy experiences with them!
Same for me! They are a lot easier than other aquatic plants because they get their nutrients from the water and not from the soil and they are also really hardy! I have an Anubias nana that had grown a lot, I could even propogate is twice as it had grown babies. In another tank I have two Anubias berteri, which are the prettiest in my opinion. I also like the Anubias congensis, I have that one too.
Anubias are relitively expensive aquatic plants, most aquatic plants are about €3 here but the Anubias are about €6, but a plus is that you usually get two plants in one pot!
Yes mine too!! 💗
Earth Boy Sun And Rain. Do you use any kind of substrate?
Episcia have such beautiful vibrant little flowers! I miss my old one it used to flower all the time
I grow anubias in both my fishtanks. I love it, they're always putting out new leaves and the color is just a beautiful shade of green
I'm impressed. You really are seeing every plant as a beauty 😊😊
glad you're enjoying!
You're welcome awesome. Love your attitude twords house plants that are not as popular, and those that are.... of course!
I've learned a lot from you in the past couple years. I'm not killing near as many plans as I was in the beginning. My grandmother showed me a lot about house plants and garden plants when I was young.
Then a few years after she passed I started indoor gardening again, however my husband at the time was very abusive and loved to kill my plans. I even had a heart leaf philodendron that was over 20 years old from my grandma. I'm back into house plans, I live in a small apartment, and we are not allowed to have plants outside the apartments in the complex.
Thank you again for all you do for me and others. It sure has brought my self-esteem up from where it was years ago. God bless!
Tracy
Im such a sucker for purple undersides
Red too. Soothes the soul
The beautiful epicia that you have has special watering requirements. Do not get water on the leaves or they will die. It loves a humid environment and is perfect for me in a covered bowl garden. I am an African violet judge and have just started expanding to other Gesneriads. Truly underrated! Love your videos, great cinematography and trustworthy information.
Linda Ingle I almost killed an episcia until I realized it LOVES terrariums! Now I have 3 in an enclosed apothecary jar and one made a flower :D
Linda, thanks so much for your additional tips on Episcia and so glad you're enjoying these videos.
i just discovered your channel a few days ago and I love how specific you are with care instructions without being overly complicated! Thank you!
I kept cuttings of 3 varieties of coleus from last summer. I cut from them a week ago, planted it directly in soil, snd made sure they are kept moist. The leaves are perking up and beginning to grow.
I LOVE the idea of a water plant and the brown spiderwart plant was equally surprising. Thank you for introducing some alternatives ideas that differ from the usual suspects.
My pleasure. I really think a Part 3 is in order!
Oh my... I stopped your video to write down the name and information on the water plant. Love that simple idea. So fascinating!!!!!!!🙂
I have several Gasterias. They're brilliant. So beautiful and sculptural and so easy to care for.
I am growing the Siderasis fuskata plant. And it is a very special one.
I have a Pellionia & Gasteria. And I agree with you, underrated and super easy to care for. I loved seeing this! Every "Top Easy Houseplants" on UA-cam are always the same plants. This was very interesting and I learned about plants I've never heard of. Thanks Summer! 🙂
So glad that you enjoyed and that you also have been able to share your experience with some plants. :)
For the coleus, I have a Fancy Feathers Copper Coleus, and it is the best plant I have. Grows fast, propagates like a champ, and the more sun, the redder it gets. It also look super unique. Can’t recommend enough.
My Anubias is 30 years old. I bought it for my daughter's aquarium where it thrived even though her fish didn't. I now have the Anubias in a decorative glass jar with gravel. I've divided it twice and it is still doing really great.
So glad you've had such a reliable time with your Anubias! Something to look forward to.
Wow! Summer Rayne's I love this video and I love your pot how you match the plant
I love how your pots match your plants so well!
Thank you for the coleus inspiration. I have some gorgeous varieties growing outside and hate to lose them to the cold temperatures. At the same time though they are too large to pot up and bring inside. Taking cuttings is the perfect solution 👌🏻
I have a giant coleus - which I learned the name of in this vid! It turns a gorgeous purple with hot pink veining in the summer with just the edges that pretty lime green. It fades a lot in the winter, but still remains a bit purple. I gave a cutting to a friend, and hers went from a wee little 6 incher to several feet wide and stringers galore within 6 months, and basically plastered itself to her south-west facing window. Such a lovely plant and easy-peasy to care for.
I love watching your Videos. Thanks for sharing this with me 🥰
Not only do I love your plants, but you have the most interesting plant pots! Where do you find so many pottery-type and interesting pots? They are unique.
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Coleus!!! I've always loved them, they're like Foliage Flowers.
Great way to describe them :)
i have my coleus under grow lights to i can take cuttings, i love growing them in water Suzanne here, my grandmother used to grow them in fruit jars in her kitchen window, in winter, full sun, they did amazing, mine always fall off and die after a time, but she had a gifted hand with those, they are simply not easy to grow indoors, and also have to watch out for mealy bugs, in soil they are a magnet for those
so professional!!! nicely done. video, audio, performance, everything!
Transition your siderasis fuscata pulled slightly back from a Northern window in dappled light & you'll be amazed at what happens. Mine says hi & thanks for making her famous! 👋🌱 Pellionia are a joy to grow but I've found you need a really good moisture holding medium with a pebble tray or lots of other plants surrounding it for increased humidity because it will crisp up on yo big time.
I love your plants, but also your painting on the wall. Very JEAN MICHAEL BASQUIAT. ❤️ he was my fav
In the sixties coleus was THE indoor plant. Along with jades. Ah...memories!🙂
Loraine Mohar 🙂
Gasteria! Super thankful to have seen this. Eye keep one pulled away (2.5 ft) from an east facing window & it gets a bit of light from two grow lights that both 2 ft away from both its left & right side. Am super thankful that he is still alive & well. Had no clue what he was when eye bought him & neither did the shop employee. :) Thanks Summer!
I love growing the Anubiases in my aquariums!! I even had a variety that flowered at one point. I think I have 3 different varieties right now, they are so hardy and have gone through no less than 3 moves.
I have a Pellionia repens growing on the bathroom window and it's doing really well. I was glad to see it highlighted because I actually knew nothing about the plant beforehand!
I Love coleus!! Typically I buy a six-pack in the flower section once they arrive in sping and then pot them all up into 4" containers each and put them everywhere and/or give as gifts. Then in winter I'll cut back a bouquet of stragglers and water-root them and then pot those up in a 6" container and wait for Sping again. AND often I will look at "houseplants" in the outdoor or shaded areas of my garden stores, and often I can find the same plant for half the cost and usually in a gallon container; and another benefit is in California, they have to list the botanical info if it's an outdoor plant as oppopsed to just listing a common name for houseplants (if they even do that). I wish houseplants here had the genus and species name. Excellent video.
I took a cutting of my mom’s plectranthus and was shocked at how quickly it grew roots!! Way faster than pothos. I’m looking forward to having such a fast growing, kinda unusual houseplant 😍
May be one of the fastest to root!
I love my coleus plants they start out outside in the summer. When I buy them in the spring I always take as many cuttings off of them as I can so I don't have to buy multiples and spend all that money. there's one thing that I think they absolutely love and that's a product called soil moist. I know Lowes sells it and so do some gardening centers. They're little crystals that absorbs 50 times their weight in water. I think they keep the soil from getting soggy because they absorb the extra water and hold it what's in the crystal until the plant needs it. In fact if I forget and put it in pots that had the soil moist in last year for my coleus outside after a heavy rain it sometimes looks like I'm growing clear chunks of Jell-O in my pots.Sequoia seems to love the fact that extra Waters there and they don't dry out and start to lose leaves. At the end of the summer of my coleus are always over for high and very bushy. I also think the soil moist crystals help keep the soil for becoming compacted. with the expansion and contraction they help to aerate the soil and keep it Loose for the roots. I use it outside in my outside garden every time I plant flowers. The company says the crystals can last maybe after 5 years. any cutting I have does much better when it's in soil that has these crystals added. He has to be careful not to drop any of the crystals on the ground I called Creator on your floor because they can get wash down by your feet and make the Surface slippery. I love this product I think it's the best invention for gardeners. I learned about using these crystals from the man who used to be on PBS in the spring when they had a fundraiser. He said to get a pamper a disposable diaper and pull it apart and use the powdery stuff in there in the hole your tomato plant is planted in. That you said if it had a little tinkle in it from the baby that would just add some fertilizer for the plant. what I found with the polymer that's in those disposable diapers is that it gets slimy the crystal stick together because he would want little chunks of crystals falling out of a disposable diapers that got a hole in it. The soil moist crystals are difference in that they don't stick to each other they stays separate. I did take a pamper one time put the inside stuff in a plastic shoe box it absorbed I don't know three pounds of water I think so I don't use Pampers anymore my tomato plants I use soil moist. Try some soil moist and with your potted plants and you'll be amazed at how much better they do
I have several Anubis and one even flowered!! It was such a delight!! ☺️
Some terrific and interesting choices. I agree that coleus are super houseplants. Just take some cuttings from one’s garden towards the end of summer and not only do you have a colorful tropical houseplant all winter but in the spring you can take cuttings off of it to plant outside and the cycle can go on indefinitely. As you noted the modern hybrids do tend to need good light to maintain their amazingly colored foliage. ~ I grow my Gasteria outside in full sun. It gets red around the edges from the stress but otherwise seems quite happy.
Great selection. I have 3 of those mentioned (Pellionia, Episcia, and a similar spiderwort). Three others I've found to be really easy are Alsobia dianthiflora, just about any type of Columnea, and Peperomia liadensis (I *finally* found one after seeing the one on your tour of Jamie's Jungle!)
Yes I have 3 epicia one has red flowers and one has pink flowers I found the one with yellow flowers I really love this plants and so happy you mentioned them thanks so much
Glad you have experience growing them!
I had extra coleus last spring for my outdoor garden. I potted them and took them to work. I propagate them often and now 10 or so of us have them at our desks 1 year later. Because the office is lit from 7am-9pm they have all kept their color. I highly recommend them for a house or office plant.
I love my coleus, thing is crazy! I ordered two more from Steve’s Leaves last week. Such an underrated houseplant!
Your plant collection as always is outstanding. Where did you get your Siderasis fuscata? I would love to add it to my collection.
I love growing Coleus indoors ❤ it's always a beautiful plant and it comes in so many different forms and variations~ I've had great luck with Sea weed coleus in the house, along with Dark star 😍 they're great
Dark Star sounds so exotic!
@@summerrayneoakes it's beautiful~ they come in this striking purple/burgundy color 😍 down side is they need a bit higher lighting than most coleus, and are a bit more finicky when it comes to moisture, but once you get the hang of it they are worth all the extra love ❤
I have the last plant, the Flame Violet and love it! I propagated a cutting from it that is doing well. I also have Coleus in my outdoor garden...I grew up with them outside in my mother's garden. I am going to take some cuttings and propagate them to add to my indoor garden. I just got one of the succulents too. Thanks for the video! I am going to a plant sale at my local botanical garden and plan to look for the plants in the video that I don't already have in my garden.
I've been keeping Anubias barteri in my shrimp aquarium for 3-ish years now. It's a wonderful aquatic plant and super easy. Growers have recently come out with a variegated version that I'm going to have to check out.
I have had anubis several times. I love that it can grow fully in water & also with its leaves above water and roots submerged. My goldfish liked it too much and munched it to the stalk. So much for the fish guy saying they didn't like it much, lol. I like to weigh it to heavy hard wood in my tank and the roots attach. It makes it even more beautiful imho.
I love this video, I only have the Pelionia Repens, it was a rescue I found from Lowe's and I absolutely love it, at first I thought I was going to kill it, but I had to realize it was a rescue, and had a rough start, but it is thriving so far and is an unusual little plant that I would have overlooked if I hadn't just taken the challenge. If I ever run across a brown spider wort I will pick it up for sure, it is a beauty. I'm also just getting good at growing succulents, and keep picking up ones here and there, and the ones you shared if I run into them I will pick up also. Thank you so much for sharing this video, it was so helpful and informational, and I really like that. See you in your next video, bye for now.
I wrote them all down. I have space in my north facing window, but problems growing plants there. My plant book read that grape ivy thrives on neglect so I bought one. Put it about 2 feet from the window and lost half the leaves. It is now hanging in the window, and looks like it is growing new leaves.
Loved the video, thank you! 😊
I have huge anubiases in all of my aquariums. And by huge I mean huge. Love them! They are said to be slow grower, low-light plants, but mines are growing like nuts!!! 😁
Really glad to hear that you're having a good experience growing Anubias as well!
I love the lime green color of the coleus. Nice choices! I’m always looking for low light plants. 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
Episcia cupreata is one of my absolute favorites. The colors are spectacular, especially the pinks and purples. No cold water and they don’t like getting their leaves wet. Thank you for including this one. I don’t see it often.
pelonia repens that you have there is one of my all time fav plants, i adore them, i ordered 4 on amazon, but not fond of the big leafed ones, i love that one, but i find they do not do well outside the terrium, they require a LOT of humidty
Agreed that episcia and pellionia are under rated and easy to grow although I have killed some as a beginning plant mom
Summer Rayne's first rule: if it matches my kitchen, we are getting it 😁
I had no idea that coleus could be a house plant! Great, I’m going to try it as I love coleus outside. Thank you!!!
Yet another amazing plant video
I grow a couple Gasteria spp. My plants haven't ventured indoors yet, so I'm keen to try that out.
An interesting hybrid I'd suggest is Gasteria 'flow' - it's an aloe hybrid (kinda makes you think the Southern African taxonomy needs some revision).
Edit: Corrected Genus name... Hopefully this corrects my brain's miss-filing too.
I really do love the Gasteria - Aloe - Haworthiopsis hybrids myself. Thanks for suggesting
Loved the video, greatly appreciated the content.
omg I have an episcia cupreata with red leaves and I've been trying to figure out what kind of plant it is for more than a year!!! thank you!!! I moved it outside months ago and it just totally flourished, lots of new leaves, lots of new flowers
I picked up an unmarked/mystery plant this winter and it has struggled so much since bringing it home. I have researched and used plant identifying apps in an attempt to save this pretty little thing, but have come up empty handed time and time again. Thanks to your video, I recognized similarities between your episcia and the one I brought home. Sure enough, I have a'Pink Smoke' episcia! I will be potting it up into a smaller pot with an African Violet potting mix asap in hopes of saving the last little bit I have left. Thanks Summer! :)
You're welcome. And I just lost my 'Pink Smoke' Episcia to too cold of a draft in my window! Aye! Good luck!
Interesting plant ideas! The coleus are beautiful. I agree they make better outdoor plants, they get leggy inside
totes. But they are so easy to cut back, but they grow so much, you almost have to do it biweekly!
I want that aquatic plant so bad! Inspired
I have grown coleus indoors for many years. It always looks good, and is super easy.
I’ve had great success with coleus outdoors & honestly never thought of growing it as a houseplant. I think I’ll give it a try. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!👍🏽
i take cuttings indoors each year and use those in the spring in my beds. That way, each year i can buy MORE COLORS! hoping this year for the 'creme brule' cultivar
Michael Goelz That’s a great idea - thanks!
Yes, let us know how you enjoy it. Like Michael, I take cuttings in fall and grow them over the winter months indoors.
Summer Rayne Oakes Well, I’m inspired & definitely will follow your lead (& Michael’s). Coleus became one of my garden faves last summer & now I’ll try it inside too. Thanks again!✨
So many awesome and unique recommendations, Summer Rayne! Can't wait to add Siderasis Fuscata to my collection!🤗 Thanks for another great video😊❤🌱🍀🌿
So glad you enjoyed :)
and I love coleus plants very very much. there's so many different colors I want to collect them all. I usually have trouble keeping them alive during the winter except as cuttings in water. this year I have a Southwest facing patio that's has sliding glass doors. I have the whole doorway blocked with plants and my coleus are beautiful pigeon Jeff bugs I didn't die like they usually do they didn't lose a ton of leaves but I think the big key isn't the light but the fact that I have a humidifier going and it's always 60% humidity or more and I think that's the key to keeping coleus happy.
I finally found an aroid I can keep with my bitey cat. I just have to keep it underwater lol
I love Collius so much you never hear about it but I'm obsessed they are so unique, I've actually experimented with propagating it and I have gotten literally just leaves no node root! I had them in there many for looks bc I accidentally cut or knocked them off and I went to toss them the other day bc one was all dried up and to my amazement it had tons of roots reaching into the remaining water I rarely changed, I'd been meaning to toss em n hadn't gotten to it... now I'm happy I didn't lol! My favorite Collius I have is the wizard rose one that's also the one I was speaking about with propagating. Just stunning, they are the tiedye wearing hippies of the plant world so many different types, such a fan. All of mine are grown indoors with a east facing window (I do keep em as close as I can to the windows) they do fantastic despite being an "outside" plant. However I do avoid some of the ones that call for brighter light like the bright lime green and yellow one I forget the name.
The one that rooted was a different leaf from the dried up one. It was definitely alive!
I LOVE coleus! So many colors and patterns and super easy to take a cutting and just pop it into soil. I have never not had one root doing it.
Love the video, I am just starting my indoor garden. The colueos plant I I know it as "Joseph Coat" it has many colors
Highly Recommend this video and these plants 😊
The pellionia repents...I always look at them but I’ve never seen them mature. I am going to pick this one up next time I see one!
I took notes lol. I have a bunch of Colius( Pretty sure I misspelled it lol). And you are so right, I have seen that plant in a few of my garden shops and in between. I walk right past them . I will be picking one up for myself and a friend who is a beginner. Thanks a ton for your suggestions. 💋💛🥀🌹💐🌻🍃
My friend gave a Coleus cutting and it has exploded and is so colourful now that the sun is out!
My aunt gave me an Episcia cutting and it too is growing like crazy. It gets a little more sun and has beautiful green veins all over.
10/10 would recommend both to anyone!
Wow! I have an east facing lake Michigan window that gets a lot of light. My balcony gets tons of direct light during spring summer. The colius? Is perfect for me inside during winter and outside during other seasons. Thank you so much! And that aquarium plant I love it and going to find one this weekend! I like underated underdogs 😊
Super nice! Added to my wishlist 💙
Summer, I promise if you take your anubias out of the water it will be so much happier. It fluorishes in a terrarium. You could leave it in the same container just without the water. It may even bloom for you.
Thanks for your thoughts on this! I may get another one and give it a try that way.
@@summerrayneoakes seeing you respond to this comment makes me so happy that im gonna subscribe and im not even the op
I love episcia, I have several of them with different color. So beautiful and so easy
thank you for this! i feel like i haven’t heard of much of these, i definitely want that spiderwort plant now!
Very glad I can introduce something new for you. :)
I'm growing coleus from seed. Super easy to germinate but once sprouted they grow so slowly. It's been weeks and they're only just starting to grow true leaves. Cant wait to see what colors I've got.
such a great plant to grow all around!
I'm trying to my hands on a verigated pink princess. it's proving to be quite the challenge!
the anubias really got me interested. maybe I will try that one out in the future.
Great video and wonderful plants💚
That lime green plant is a dream 😍😍
I know people have owned aquariums for just solely aquatic plants. Same with indoor ponds but theyre mainly used for floating plants like duckweed or water lily.
Most aquatic plants just need nutrients and sunlight with just water maintenance similar to keeping fish except plants are more forgiving than fish
Coleus is a favorite for me since it’s easy to water propagate. Interesting recommendations, thanks!
I have 2 of these: 1) Gasteria "Little Warty" which I bought at Ikea this summer. Since then, I've started to see it here and there in plant nurseries. And 2) Pellonia repens. I thought it was interesting looking. It hasn't really grown for me yet, but it's still alive. I almost bought a Coleus a few weeks ago. I sort of regret passing it up because the store that had it, doesn't have it anymore. I'll probably have to wait until Spring.
Aquarium plants are great! Thinking of getting more anubias and trying to grow them partially submerged
They also bloom underwater. Coolest thing ever
I have taken mine out of the aquariums (where I had them about ten years) and they are way happier now that I have put them in high humidity terrariums. Much bigger too!
by the way I use the microphone on my keyboard to type my comment. It's very hard on my tablet to try and edit so please excuse anything that doesn't make any sense I think it didn't put the correct word when I said concrete in my previous reply. thank you so much for your wonderful videos I appreciate them. I don't have cable TV so I useUA-cam a lot to entertain myself and to learn instead of watching useless things on TV
This is the video I needed. My polka dot plant is not doing great and my prayer plant is starting to get a little bit of brown on the edges of its leaves. I have not given up on my first two plants, but I would like to get a third or fourth that are easier to keep.
My boyfriend and I are newly obsessed with plants, and he LOVES Coleus. :) So many gorgeous colors you just want to collect them all! I'm the same with Begonia Rex plants, I have one currently but if I ever find more I'll snatch them up quick.
LOve all these plants too!! Just a good tip- IKea sells cheap gasterias
Thanks for the tips.
Love the sound of your voice... So easy on the ears
I bought a Pellionia Repens yesterday. I had no idea what it was but I thought it was beautiful. I love the light into dark pattern and scalloped edged leaves.
Glad you can appreciate its underrated beauty!
Coleus seem to be verry popular in Sweden right now. Whit peopel having groups, charing cuttings and more. I have several in different colors.
i never thought of coleus as a house plant, i always grew them out doors great idea
i love coleus so pretty and so easy to root
Glad you've had an easy experience with them!
Siderasis fuscata is something i would love to grow. I had never even heard of it before. Thanks So Much! :)
you're welcome!
Love the videos with unusual plantas.
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