Indoor Plants 101

Millennials are obsessed with houseplants. Becoming a “plant parent” seems to be all the rage now for 20- to 35-year-olds. Millennials love plants so much, that in the last three years, houseplant sales in the U.S. have increased 50 per cent to $1.7 billion, according to the National Gardening Association.

Statistics Canada doesn’t break down houseplant versus garden plant sales, but overall plant sales increased by eight per cent to $1.5 billion from 2013 to 2018.

Simi says that when it comes to indoor plants, she has had zero luck with keeping any of them alive. What are the easiest plants to care for? Tropical plants seem to be quite popular in many homes now, so how should care for them? 

Wim vander Zalm is here from Art Knapp Plantland to tell help Simi turn her black thumb into a green thumb!

Guest: Wim vander Zalm 

President, Art Knapp Plantland

Millennials are obsessed with houseplants. Becoming a “plant parent” seems to be all the rage now for 20- to 35-year-olds. Millennials love plants so much, that in the last three years, houseplant sales in the U.S. have increased 50 per cent to $1.7 billion, according to the National Gardening Association.

Statistics Canada doesn’t break down houseplant versus garden plant sales, but overall plant sales increased by eight per cent to $1.5 billion from 2013 to 2018.

Simi says that when it comes to indoor plants, she has had zero luck with keeping any of them alive. What are the easiest plants to care for? Tropical plants seem to be quite popular in many homes now, so how should care for them? 

Wim vander Zalm is here from Art Knapp Plantland to tell help Simi turn her black thumb into a green thumb!

Guest: Wim vander Zalm 

President, Art Knapp Plantland