How many house plants do you have?

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I have 20 but I know people who have 80. How many house plants do you have and AIBU to say that having house plants is good for mental health and wellbeing?

25. Peace lilies are really easy to keep alive for those of you that struggle! Only water them when the leaves droop. Leave well alone other than that!

I'm new to houseplants, and have about 15 I think (plus about 10 spiderbabies). I just got an aspidistra which I'm very excited about.

One of my peace lilies is also dying, but the other one is fine. Both on the same mantelpiece.

None. I have a slightly weird phobic thing about having plants indoors!

1. An orchid (dead, I think) and a cactus. I can't be bothered to look after indoor plants but I do like a vase of flowers

None. My ds has two. I've read recently that fake ones give you the same mental happiness as real ones so I think I will invest.

15

I have 18 in the lounge and about another dozen dotted around elsewhere. I also have a heated Propagator on the kitchen windowsill with about 25 succulent babies in.

1. I've had a spider plant since 2007. I do very little to maintain it, and it just refuses to die. I bought it from ikea and have repotted it twice

@MacraMee

26. Yes I do find looking after them good for my mental health. I love gardening so my houseplants get me through the winter months. Every Saturday morning they all get a shower and I like to potter around misting them and moving them around the house for optimum light. My username comes from my obsession with making plant hangers, its very therapeutic.

Can you possibly recommend a basic macrame plant hanger make? I've only ever made the very basic ones but I have loads to tshirt yarn & need at least 3 hangers.

None. I could probably kill a plastic cactus!!

@thehighsandthelows

Trying to keep them alive is not good for mental health and wellbeing

This!

None I've managed to kill unkillable Bamboo before

Only two, both were gifts. I hate house plants and wish I could throw these away! 😬

7 real and 12 fake (In places they'll get forgotten ie kids rooms or lack of light as I live in a town house with no windows in corridor/landing areas)

I got DD to count. We got to 50 and I asked her to stop.

I think I have a plant problem.

A basil from the supermarket on the kitchen windowsill and an amaryllis.

Sixty odd in the house. Plus about fifty carnivorous plants in the greenhouse - mostly Venus Fly Traps.

Five, but I currently have four vases of flowers (two of daffodils, one of tulips, and one mixed from my bouquet subscription).

None. I kill even the hardiest of plants, I even managed to see off a cactus, not sure how I managed that.

@DangerousMouse

About 3-400

Wow, that sounds glorious! Would you be happy to post pics?

2 but I do a lot of outdoor gardening.

1. I keep having problems with flies living in the soil(?) and having to ditch them.

@deadlanguage

5. I keep having problems with flies living in the soil(?) and having to ditch them.

They are called fungus gnats and are fairly easy to get rid of. There was a thread only the other day I think. You don't have to throw the plant away.

Zero, I don't have any windowsills.

None! I love them, but I'm allergic to a lot of plants. I get hay-fever beginning in March which lasts till September at least and I'm allergic to Christmas trees 🤦‍♀️

If anyone knows some idiot proof, allergen free plants, please tell me!