You ve mastered Insta-worthy succulents, and your flower beds are the envy of the neighborhood. Your green thumb is ready for a new challenge.
“I feel like the best way to tell when you’re ready to try more complicated plants is when you have the care needs of your current plants pretty well mastered,” said Kayla Janecek, online sales coordinator at Lepley & Co. “This way, you’ll have a foundation of plant care knowledge that’ll help you grow more challenging plants successfully.”
To ease your transition to harder plants, Janecek recommends trying your hands at philodendron, a genus of tropical plants with more than 480 different species. Philodendron range from easy to advanced but all with similar core care needs, and the huge variety means there’s a plant for everyone’s taste.