Your favourite houseplant

[AndWhatNext]

What's your favourite houseplant and why?

Photo or link to it would be appreciated too.

Dragon tree

One I can't kill

The one that looks like it will last the rest of the week tbh!! Not many windowsills in our house and they always look depressed on the tables etc. Ds 7 has The Windowsill of Recovery where they go for a boost! Always works!!

Snake plant. To date, they have proved unkillable

Peacelily. Seems impervious to my lack of green thumbs

Good old devils ivy!

Peace Lily, I kill everything else but I have a bunch of these that somehow survive

We have loads of house plants, around 30 at a guess. The easiest / healthiest are the mother-in-laws tongues which are well over 4 feet tall, a beautiful peace lily and some spider plants which are having so many babies I'm giving them away to anyone who visits! The dragon tree is also easy, as is a funky looking christmas cactus.

If they're looking sad they have a stint on the sunny kitchen windowsill and get extra Baby Bio. My problem child is a big palm in the bathroom, gets yellowy on the ends and needs snipping, but there's nowhere else to put it. She will be put out in the garden when it gets warmer, see if her behaviour improves.

Another vote for snake plants, they are lovely. I hardly water mine (I have 8)

Spider plant, its survived 3 or 4 years now which is really astonishing for me.

@StarlingsAreAmazing

Another vote for snake plants, they are lovely. I hardly water mine (I have 8)

Doh! I just googled snake plant and realised it’s the same as mother-in-laws tongue. Who knew! (not me)

Anyway, yes, pretty much unkillable

I have two favourites my orchid, that is just amazing, re potted twice, it is about to come into flower again, 3rd time this year. And my peacelilly that is absolutely gigantic, had it for many years.

Streptocarpus because they flower for most of the year.

I have four varieties. Harlequin Blue, Crystal Ice, Alana and Katie.

Lovely plants but dead heading them is essential (which can be a pain if you have lots of flowers) and you can propagate by planting a section of cut leaf.

Tradescantia. Tradescantia zebrina has leaves which are deep purple underneath and two broad stripes of metallic silver above. Z pallida is vivid purple throughout. And there’s another with green and white striped leaves and triangular purplish blue flowers whose centres are fluffy blue pincushions with 5 gold pins.

@MyCatStaresAtMe

Streptocarpus because they flower for most of the year.

I have four varieties. Harlequin Blue, Crystal Ice, Alana and Katie.

Lovely plants but dead heading them is essential (which can be a pain if you have lots of flowers) and you can propagate by planting a section of cut leaf.

I love those, I must treat myself to one.

Mother in law's tongue aka snake plant.

I bought mine from an 'I'm nearly dead rescue me' shelf 20 years ago, I've split it many times, it's still going strong!

(in fact, it threw a flower stalk last year, Google tells me that's a survival technique. My green-fingered mum was very impressed, didn't like to say it was due to almost total neglect)

I actually call mine mother in laws tongue also. But I was worried about offending someone on here!

I love the Zam Zam I bought from Beards and Daisies. It's very low maintenance and always looks glossy and healthy.

@StarlingsAreAmazing

I actually call mine mother in laws tongue also. But I was worried about offending someone on here!

Ha, there’s definitely worse said about mother-in-laws here

An anthurium which is now huge but reliably flowers.

Calathea. Cat safe too.

I love maidenhair ferns but my cat eats them so they never last long.

Hoya, it’s three decades old and a large specimen. The flowers, although small have a beautiful scent in the evening. Pretty bomb proof, and doesn’t mind neglect.

Calathea makoyana - so pretty and cat safe

Fairy washboard. Unkillable, cute and the idea of fairy's using it to wash their clothes tickles me

Anyone got a suggestion for a big pot in the shade? My living room is north facing and I've tried numerous times to put a plant by the TV (it is near a window). Killed the devil's ivy (which didn't recover in the south facing window) and now my cheese plant that been there 6 months looks sad .

Spider plant and cactuses doing v well!