Easy and Bulletproof Houseplants

Hey, Keith Ramsey with the garden supply company. I've got Shannon here. Shannon manages our house plant area of the garden supply company. She does all our buying. She's our go-to person when people have questions about new and unusual plants or plant care. Yeah. Today, we talked about just easy plants to have around a plant that you could buy for your son or your daughter.

Something that's for the, an interior designer. My favorite plant what's my favorite plant.

Mother-in-law's tongue. It never goes away. It's the easiest plant in the world. If you don't, over-water it, I've got about 20 of them, and there are so many different varieties, colors, and [00:01:00] sizes. It's great. It's excellent put it on a, in a pot, on a buffet, or put it on a pot on a shelf.

As long as you don't go over water and I've, overwatered one in the last two or three years and started to lose some, partial part of the plant and had to put a little bit of heavier light on it to get it to come back around. What other bulletproof plants do you like for customers who don't want to mess with plants that much and want to be successful?

Snake plans will let me say this real quick something our customers get a kick out of is on our care tag. It says tolerate almost any abuse, and it couldn't be more accurate. Yeah, absolutely. ZZ plants are another one that is very. Similar in care. Yeah, I think that's why it's easy.

Plants have gotten so popular because it's another plant that you can stick in a pot. And if you miss it for a week, it's probably not going to kill it. If you water it twice in one week, you might. Dragon trees, from the dressiness family or another one, can just be ignored. Yeah, that's a great plan.

So all of these plants are something that you [00:02:00] could pick up, and you can get into the house, plant craze without having finicky plants in your home. Something, they say houseplants they calm your mood. They're great for depression—clean, pure about the air.

There are so many positive points to it. So if you want a plant that you, that's not going to create a lot of extra stress in your life that, don't pick up the hardest plant to maintain. Maybe don't start with a rare and unusual $500 Bonzai and worry about every leaf falling off of it.

Start there another good one. Yeah. Patho is path is the original house plan. You go to the Mexican restaurant, and there's Panthers binding all over the ceiling. There's a. All, doctor's office, and they're so easy to propagate. So it's fun to take a cutting and watch that turn into a whole new plant for sure.

Jade plant is one to me. There's so Jade plant is a pass-along plant. Usually, people that, that are buying water or having. I've, I hear all the time, with all plants but Jay plant in [00:03:00] particular and my grandmother had one for, a hundred years, and she passed it down, or we broke it up and rooted cuttings off of it.

So it's a memory sake plant. But that's one that takes very little water and hardly loses a leaf. It's. And it is telling by the leaves when it needs water, how they wrinkle up a little bit. Yeah, exactly. That baby Jade is the other one. I think it is a bonsai plant, but it's also just an just. It's just as easy as a Jade plant.

But a different look than that red stem and the green leaves and the variegated ones are also gorgeous. Exactly. Is anything else that, that you have on your list.

Succulents for some people, succulent succulents are great if you've got bright light. Absolutely. It's a bright light or lights them up, there's. It has led lights fluorescent lights. It doesn't necessarily have to be an expensive grow light. You can use just a simple two two-bulb shop light and create a situation where, sometimes adding some light to [00:04:00] a room that way, from underneath a table or something, and then having a plant stand there.

And that makes seed hymns and succulents thrive. And that's such a great way to. That artistic value in the plant and water on those is almost non-existent it's it may be once a month scenario depending on the heat and the light. But certainly a tiny bit of work.

I think that's the, just adding the color of a pot and a plant to a room does make a huge difference. Finding those easy plants, the sands of areas, or the snake plants are the ones that we've always had a vast display of because I like them.

And it, and I like them because I might water once a week. I've got a house that's about an hour from here that and I'll leave about 10 of them there, and I water them every month and a half. And very rarely do you lose a leaf. Every once in a while, we'll lose a lethal age out, and you're pulling it out, but then we would water deeply, and it'll make it another month.

Yeah. I have a Hubba, that giant [00:05:00] leaf one. I was in bright lightroom, and it flowered for the first time a couple of months ago, and

Episode Transcript

Keith (00:16):
Hey, Keith Ramsey with garden supply com.
I've got Shannon here.
Shannon manages our house plantarea of garden supply company.
She does all our buyingshe's our go-to person.
When people have questions about newand unusual plants or plant care.
Yeah.
Today we were going to talkabout just easy plants to have
around a plant that you could buyfor your son or your daughter.

(00:38):
Something that's for the,an interior designer.
My favorite plant what'smy favorite plant.
Mother-in-law's tongue.
It never goes away.
It's a, it's the easiestplant in the world.
If you don't, over-water it, I'vegot about 20 of them and there's
so many different varieties, somany different colors and sizes.

(01:00):
It's a great, it's a great putit on a, in a pot, on a buffet
or put it on a pot on a shelf.
As long as you don't over water andI've, overwatered one in the last two
or three years and started to losesome, partial part of the plant and had
to put a little bit of heavier lighton it to get it to come back around.
What other kind of Bulletproof plantsdo you like for customers that just

(01:20):
don't want to mess with plants reallythat much and want to be successful?
Snake plans will, let me just say thisreal quick something our customers
get a kick out of is on our care tag.
It actually says tolerate almost anyabuse and it couldn't be more true.
Yeah, absolutely.
ZZ plants are another one that are very.
Similar in care.
Yeah, I think that's why it's easy.

(01:40):
Plants have gotten so popular because it'sanother plant that you can stick in a pot.
And if you miss it for a week,it's probably not going to kill it.
If you water it twicein one week, you might.
Dragon trees, from the dressiness familyor another one that can just be ignored.
Yeah, that's a great plan.
So all of these plants are something that,you could pick up and you can, you can

(02:01):
get into the house, plant craze withouthaving finicky plants in your house.
Something, they say houseplantsthey calm your mood.
They're great for depression.
Clean, pure about the air.
There's so many positive points to it.
So if you want a plant that you, that'snot going to create a lot of extra stress
in your life that, don't pick up thehardest plant in the world to maintain.
Maybe don't start with a rare andunusual, $500 Bonzai and worry about

(02:26):
every leaf that's falling off of it.
Start there another good one.
Yeah.
Patho is patho is the original houseplan, it's you go to the Mexican
restaurant and there's Panthersbinding all over the ceiling.
There's a.
All, doctor's office andthey're so easy to propagate.
So it's fun to take a cutting and watchthat turn into a whole new plant for sure.

(02:48):
Jade plant is one to me.
There's so Jade plantis a pass along plant.
Usually people that, thatare buying water or having.
I've, I hear all the time, with allplants but Jay plant in particular and
my grandmother had one for, a hundredyears and she passed it down or we broke
it up and rooted cuttings off of it.
So it's a memory sake plant.
But that's one that takes very littlewater and really hardly loses a leaf.

(03:12):
It's.
And it really is telling by theleaves when it needs water, the
way they wrinkle up a little bit.
Yeah, exactly.
That baby Jade is the other one.
I think that it is a bonsai plant,but it's also just an just, it's
just as easy as a Jade plant.
But a totally different look that, thatred stem and the green leaves and the
variegated ones are gorgeous as well.
Exactly.

(03:33):
Anything else that, thatyou have on your list for.
Succulents for some people,succulent succulents are great.
If you've gotten bright light, for sure.
Absolutely.
It's a bright light or orjust light them up, there's.
Led lights, fluorescent lights.
It doesn't necessarily haveto be an expensive grow light.
You can use a just a simple two,two bulb shop light and create a

(03:57):
situation where, and sometimes addingsome light to a room that way, from
underneath a table or something,and then having a plant stand there.
And that makes seed hymnsand succulents really thrive.
And that's such a great way to.
That artistic value in the plant andwater on those is almost non-existent,

(04:17):
it's, it may be once a month scenariodepending on the heat and the light.
But certainly a very little bit of work.
I think that's the, just adding thecolor of a pot and a plant to a room
really does make a huge difference.
finding those easy plants the sandsof areas or the snake plants are
the ones that we've always had ahuge display of because I like them.
And it, and I like them becauseI might water once a week.

(04:40):
I've got a a house that's aboutan hour from here that and I'll I
leave about 10 of them there and Iwater them every month and a half.
And very rarely you lose a leaf.
Every once in a while we'll lose, alethal age out and you're pulling it
out, but, and then we would just waterdeeply and it'll make it another month.
Yeah.
I have a Hubba, whichis that giant leaf one.

(05:01):
Was in a bright light room and itflowered for the first time, a couple
months ago, and the flower was huge andstunning and it lasted a good long time.
And that was really excitingfor me to see because you don't
typically see them flowering.
I've got a really close friend thatbuilt a house near mine and Dennis
, he's with clear light electric.
He's a good friend of mine, buthe's my electrician as well.

(05:24):
And I gave him a snake.
And If Dennis can keep a snake plan, alot, anybody can keep a snake plan alive.
It may be his wife Stacy may havekept that plan alive, but anyway,
he's still excited about it.
It was a house warming present andit was two years ago and it looks
better than when I gave it to him.
So that's the way that's the scenariowith us and severity or snake plant.

(05:46):
Everybody should have onebecause it's just super easy.
The other thing I like about theseselections we've talked about is really,
they can come in a small four-inch pot orthey can come in a 14 inch pot and you can
have it as a floor plant or as a tabletop.
Yeah.
So sense of various, some ofthe, some of them, the maximum
Heights, like eight or 10 inches.

(06:06):
So you can put it in a very small pot.
And then, like you said, have aplan in the corner of and then, if
somebody wants something that's fiveto six feet tall, put it on plant
stand and it still gives you that,that vertical, height than a corner.
I'm really excited about all thenew plants we've got coming in.
We've talked about easyto care for plants.
Everybody should stopby and just take a look.

(06:27):
It's a kind of calming, enjoyablescenario just to walk around.
Yeah.
Picked up this tagline, it'sour customer's happy place,
but we hear that all the time.
So it's come in and just walkaround and enjoy the house plants.
Cold, rainy days are warmand sunny, in our greenhouse.
So kind of fun.
All right.
Until next time everybody enjoy yourplants and we will talk to you soon.