- Hey friends, Lucrecer Braxton here.
I'm a gardener and I run the Instagram account,
SoulSista Plants, where I talk about all the plants.
And I do mean all the plants,
I've currently got about 80 in my home,
'cause plants are a stress reliever in a stressful world.
But taking care of plants does not have to be stressful.
And during this pandemic,
people have been acquiring a lot of plants.
They see something pretty,
they go buy that pretty plant and it's dead two weeks later.
So today, I wanna share with you,
five plants that are easy to take care of,
they are low-maintenance,
they look great in any space,
and regardless of the size of your home,
you can have some beautiful plants.
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The heart leaf philodendron,
hands down, one of my favorite plants.
Such a robust plan, never disappoints.
New leafs popping out all over the place and it trails.
It looks so good in a hanging pot
and it looks great on a shelf,
where you can just allow it to vine.
They like bright, indirect light,
water them approximately every week, week and a half.
It's an easy plant
because people don't have to worry about
whether or not they're gonna kill it.
For a beginner, seasoned pro,
person who just loves plants in general,
is the Sansevieria snake plant.
Look at this plant
and tell me how you are not in love with it,
and they require so little of my time and attention.
I water my snake plants maybe every three weeks,
during the growing season,
and during the winter, maybe once a month.
Great gifting plant.
This is a plant that you can actually set and forget
but don't totally forget the plant
if you wanna still keep it alive.
I did not love this plant when I first got it,
I just thought it was boring,
until I started discovering all
the different varieties of the Syngonium.
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First off, it's a vining plant,
as you see, it's trying to touch me right here.
It lets you know when it needs to be watered
because it will droop dramatically.
Water it, come back the next day,
the plant perks right back up.
I love that it also can thrive in low light, lower light.
Not no light.
Don't put it in your bathroom where there's no light
and think this plan is gonna live,
it's not, no plant will live in darkness, seriously.
It's not a bat.
Doesn't need to be watered all of the time.
I like to let mine dry out and then give it a nice soak.
Perfect plant for a beginner
or you just wanna add some green to a spot in your house
that doesn't get a whole lot of light.
How can you not love the ZZ Plant?
It is hands down one of my most favorite
to have in my collection,
The Raven ZZ is the one with the dark green,
almost black leafs,
and it comes up with these bright green shoots.
It does not need a lot of attention.
It can grow in low light,
it can also thrive in bright light.
Now, when I say bright light,
that doesn't mean have the sunshine beaming directly on it
and then killing your plant,
but instead, give it bright, indirect light.
Super easy to take care of, always looks good,
and I love mine in black pots.
It can be a very masculine plant.
Well, in fact, all of my ZZ Plants are masculine plants,
but get yourself a ZZ.
I love prayer plants, also known a Maranta.
Beautiful, there, oh, just, listen.
I can sit here and talk about this plant all day long.
At night, it closes up.
It's almost like the leaves come together
as if it's praying, and I love that about it.
And then I wake up in the morning
and I'm presented with this.
You don't drown it with water.
Maybe every week and a half,
I will check to see if it needs watering.
And if it does, I'll give it a nice thorough soaking.
It also likes bright, indirect light.
Be very careful about letting light hit
the leaves of the plant
because light that hits the leaves will damage it,
the leaves are very delicate.
But it's a beautiful plant.
It moves,
and who doesn't like to plant that kind of dances with you?
And here's some other tips I want you to think of
when you are picking out plants.
Make sure you pay attention to your lighting conditions,
how much time do you wanna spend taking care of the plants,
and do you actually love it?
There's nothing wrong with buying something that's large,
but make sure you've got the space
for that plant in your home,
that has a lot to do with plants thriving.
So again, I'm, Lucrecer Braxton,
I hope that you love learning about some plants,
and I can't wait to see
what you're gonna add to your collection.
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