May 4, 2023

First of all, the runner-up from the Easiest Indoor Plants to Grow contest is...

Marble Queen Pothos

The only reason it didn't push out one of the other Easiest to Grow entries is because this variety happens to be so heavily variegated it needs more light than the "standard" all green Pothos (Devil's Ivy) and also it tends to grow very slowly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And now it's time for my Top Three Favorite Indoor Plants!

These aren't necessarily the easiest, or the ones most likely to flourish wherever you happen to put them, but they are the ones I most enjoy growing.

1.Lucky Shamrock (Oxalis Triangularis)

While this one is really more of a cold-sensitive outdoor plant than a true "houseplant" I really like it because it's so beautiful. The fact that I can make it go dormant for a couple of months during the winter is also nice, when good window space is hard to come by.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Croton

Another plant that is happiest when outside during the summer....during the winter it squeaks by, shoved as close to the window as I can get it. The all-green leaves it produces during the winter turn red and yellow in summertime.

3. Rex Begonia

This one is cheating a bit, because my begonias don't always last very long (though happy outside, they have been known to die in protest when brought in for the winter) but there simply isn't a variety that isn't beautiful, and they are very easy to "re-start."