Comments on: How Many Houseplants Is Too Many?

By: Caroline Cocker

Caroline Cocker — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:52:12 +0000

In reply to Nichola.

Thanks for your thoughtful comments!

Totally agree – tiny plants aren’t as resilient as larger ones and can take up waaay more of your time. This is especially true of plants that have grown up in your home and adapted to it. If you have space they also can serve as home decor and look less cluttered than several smaller plants.

This article was mainly aimed at compulsive people like me that accidentally ended up with tonnes of plants because their new hobby got away from them. I think a nicely curated collection that suits you (and your home) is the goal.

By: Nichola

Nichola — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:41:55 +0000

After some thought on this, I
would disagree with your suggestion of getting rid of larger plants. I’ve come to the realisation that older plants can be more rewarding with flowers etc then smaller plants and easier to grown. In my case, because I have cacti, they take so long to grown that the bigger specimens are more sought after and more impressive. So I am choosing to donate smaller plants and multiples to concentrate on the older ones or bigger specimens.

Donating them via a work staffroom, local fayre or online have worked well for me. I don’t feel guilty passing them on as free gifts.

By: Nichola

Nichola — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:22:30 +0000

Love the article. A helpful and entertaining read. I have a lot of cacti and succulents (100+) and prehouse move feel I need to consider reducing my collection. The new house is smaller and not as favourable compass direction wise for the plants…. I lost the fight over partly buy a house based on if it would be ok for my plants .

By: ferahtia.FS

ferahtia.FS — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 16:35:59 +0000

very informative thank you

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:40:56 +0000

In reply to Helena Beckett. Ooooh, good shout, thanks! Aphids are actually an easy fix for me - we made the aquarium into a terrarium for the frog, and he scoffs all the pests, but aphids are his fave.

By: Helena Beckett

Helena Beckett — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 22:39:32 +0000

If you’d like a small tree, try a parrot plant….I have two upstairs in front of a skylight. They’re around 12″ tall, the stems look like proper bark and they have like branches loaded with red and yellow “parrots”. Impatiens, so leaves like Busy Lizzies…a bugger for aphids though, so watch out for sticky leaves.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 08:14:54 +0000

In reply to Jessica. I would LOVE a tree! That’s so cool. I’m far more discerning about bring plants home now, since I’m up to *ahem* 125 plants. There’s a few I wouldn’t choose again, but I’m hanging onto them for sentimental reasons. Whilst I wouldn’t mind being able to start from scratch, I can’t imagine only being able to pick one!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 23:39:38 +0000

Oh gosh, I loved this post. Absolutely impeccable. I have experienced the touchy feely plants before so I get it. I moved recently across country and was only able to bring one plant with , my beloved Polka Dot Begonia, so I am working on my new collection. I can proudly say that I am now up to 4 again, with a propagated Plumeria branch on the way. (In my defnese I was on amazon at like 2 AM looking for my future plants and didn’t completely realizing I would get a tree, I just love the flower.) So I am aware I am no where near too many plants, just stumbled across the article and loved it. Thank you!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:16:57 +0000

In reply to Lucy. At this point in the game I see no reason not to buy plants. My house is already a jungle, a few mire can’t hurt!

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:22:01 +0000

The correct answer is “never!” 😀