Check out these amazing Plant Stylists’ Secrets to Design Your Home with Plants that you can take ideas from to transform your house into an artistic delight!
12.06.2023 - 16:41 / thespruce.com
It's no surprise that our editors at The Spruce are definitely plant people—and many of us are longtime plant parents, too. We love the joy of bringing home a new plant after visiting somewhere special, placing it in the cutest planter, and setting it up in a corner of our home to live permanently. We've been through the trials and tribulations of underwatering, overwatering, moisture issues, and terrible pest pressure (looking at you, fungus gnats), which is why we're bringing you a non-definitive list of some of our favorite—and least favorite—houseplants.
Some of our editors share overlapping favorites, disdain for the same plants, and actually dislike what other editors love. Curious about which plants we think are the best and the worst? Read on to get our editor's take on their prized plant possessions, plus, which plants they think should stay at the nursery.
«I love a good snake plant. They are basically indestructible and come in so many beautiful varieties. They thrive in low light, so I can add them to the darkest corners of my apartment for a little bit of greenery.» —Kate McKenna, senior editor
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«This is like asking someone to pick their favorite child. I do love my philodendrons—heartleaf and Brasil. The heartleaf started as just one stem and has been propagated into a full, sprawling little plant that seems determined to be bigger than it actually is. The Brasil has such interesting foliage, and the new leaves start red and change color.» —Jenny Hughes, senior editor
This is like asking someone to pick their favorite child.
«My monstera is my proudest plant parent possession. After learning that watering from any aerial roots periodically was key, she has been thriving for years.
Check out these amazing Plant Stylists’ Secrets to Design Your Home with Plants that you can take ideas from to transform your house into an artistic delight!
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