I am getting a couple of plant stands for my new place and would love a few hanging ferns to go with them. Suggestions?

I’ve always liked Boston or Asparagus Ferns. English Ivy is hard to kill it’s so easy to care for. Just cut it back once in a while. I also like Peperomia. It’s not ivy or fern but it’s very easy to grow and looks good with the others. I’ll have to check the spelling on that.

Maidenhair Ferns are very delicate looking.

I like Bird’s Nest Ferns www.guide-to-houseplants.com/birds-nest-fern.html because they remind me of lettuce, which I think is really pretty. I also like Maidenhair Ferns because they are light and feathery. And for something a little more unconvential and really neat looking plant I like Staghorn Ferns

I’m not a big fan of ferns so I can’t recommend any but; would you consider a hoya or two instead? They are wonderful plants; they hang and not fussy at all, you can basically ignore them for weeks. They are very hard to kill unless you over water them. They also have these amazing, complex waxy blooms that smell wonderful. There are a lot of different kinds of hoyas; here are descriptions of a few. You can find them at any garden store.

Exposure? LIght source? Heating? Room temperature? Dry or moist air?

Gail, tons of light (tall windows), room temperature (70), dry air, and electric heating.

@mama_cakes Some ferns need high humidity to look their best. You’ll need to manage their climate a little. The best looking fern I ever had was hanging next to a fish tank.

I have recently discovered Rhipsalis, and I love it! It’s like a head full of green hair, and very unusual. It’s also been a very easy keeper so far.

Boston fern….I’m keeping one alive for the first time in my life. I give him a cup of water every day (the cup I use is one of those small plastic Casey’s cups that come with the mini cookies in them), and spritz him down with water at least 2 times a day. They need a LOT of water.

Philodendrons (the ivy you’re probably talking about,) on the other hand, I can’t seem to keep alive either. They seem to be the opposite of Boston ferns. They seem to like to be left alone until they’re screaming for water. Since I’m a once a week waterer, that doesn’t work for either of those two….but I’m still trying!

What @lillycoyote said! Hoya! I’ve had my Hoya for….30 years? And I think my Dad had it for several years before that…..

With bright light and that balmy temperature, you could try the flowering plants.

Christmas and Easter Cactuses are lovely, orchids easier than you think, hanging geraniums, cyclamens, even flax seeds will sprout and bloom (a cheerful little blue flower).

Thanks, everyone.

I’m going to pick up some next week. I will let you all know how I made out.

Is this your first foray into plants, @mama_cakes?

@Dutchess_III Yes, ma’am.

Oh my! I oughta send pics of my plants! I’ve had many of them since the early 80’s. They’re HUGE! I’ve had them longer than I’ve had my kids. I just don’t know who I’d go for first if there was a fire! (That was a joke!) Believe me, when one passes on for whatever reason, it’s kinda sad. I’ve only had one die for no apparent reason but…he was getting out of control anyway. I seriously though of donating him to the Jungle Room at our zoo in Wichita. But he died.

@mama_cakes If this is your first foray into plants then I would definitely go for the hoya, to start with at least. They’re very nice plants, require very little care and are pretty much impossible to kill. And Christmas cactuses as @gailcalled recommended too. Those are very easy to care for and both the cactuses and hoya will bloom which is nice in house plants.

My hoya has only bloomed once in all these years~

@Dutchess_III My understanding is that hoyo don’t bloom until they become root bound so if you’re repotting them as they get larger, stop it. :-)

No, man! I haven’t repotted him in….well, about 18 years ago this sales person came around with this wacky magic water stuff that you can grow your plants in, so I tried it out on my Hoya. When she came back a few days later, her eyes got really big and she said, something like, “Um…that would be a lovely plant to lose…um, just in case…um…” So I put him back in dirt in his old pot. That’s the only “re-potting” I’ve done. I don’t know why it doesn’t bloom….maybe that was just a really traumatic event? Maybe it needs a ther-pist? WhooooSaw!!

Oh @mama_cakes! In 20 years you too will have plant stories to tell! I have more! Each plant really has it’s own story…Ooops…getting off subject here…