Aloha! Join me as I show you 20 of my favorite high light loving plants that are perfect plants for south facing windows. Not all south facing rooms are created equally when it comes to lighting for your plants, so along the way, I'll also give you some tips and tricks regarding things that can drastically affect the lighting in a room that you may not have thought about before. If you've been struggling to find the best houseplants for south windows then you've come to the right place! This is the second video in a multi-video series on understanding plant lighting in your home, so be sure to hit that subscribe button and notification bell so you don’t miss out on any of the upcoming videos in the series.
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LINKS TO OTHER VIDEOS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
String of Plants Care | Full Senecio Care Guide: https://youtu.be/pEKHOeB05c8
20 Low Light Indoor Plants | Houseplants for north facing windows: https://youtu.be/nb5LjmavLQM
Bedroom Houseplant Tour + Plant Care Tips: https://youtu.be/q5szJnvwrio
Living Room Plant Tour + Plant Care Tips | Part 3: https://youtu.be/mON6bJNkTo4
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:22 What kind of light does a South facing window get
0:52 What does direct light mean
1:06 Cacti
1:27 Difference between desert cacti and tropical cacti
2:38 Succulents
2:51 Haworthia retusa - Star cactus
3:50 Importance of acclimating plants to Southern facing windows
4:20 Sedum - Donkey tail
5:24 What is sun stress on plants - Is sun stress on plants bad
6:38 Senecio - String of plants - String of dolphins
7:51 Snake plants - Sansevieria aka Dracaena
8:55 Colocasia - Black coral taro plant - Elephant ear
9:32 Importance of size of a window on lighting in a South facing room
10:07 How to use shadow test to judge amount of light a plant is getting
10:53 Ways to diffuse direct light for houseplants
11:41 Ficus - Ficus elastica
12:11 Ficus lyrata - Fiddle leaf fig
12:50 Musa cavendish - Banana plant
13:39 Bird of paradise
14:29 Crotons - Petra croton
15:22 Chain of hearts - Ceropegia woodii
16:59 Air plants - Tillandsia
18:05 Palms - Pygmy date palm
18:30 Ponytail palm
18:55 Coleus
19:38 Hoya - Hoya curtisii
21:11 Signs and symptoms a plant is getting too much light
22:51 Effects of trees and awnings on lighting in a South window
23:49 Hibiscus - Variegated tropical hibiscus
25:20 Cordyline - Hawaiian Ti plant
26:22 Dichondra - Dichondra silver falls
27:27 Not all windows are created equally - How new windows affect lighting
28:06 Temperature considerations for South facing windows
29:10 Begonia maculata
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