Top 10 indoor plants selling out due to millennial demand

by | Jun 3, 2019 | News, Plantaria, Sustainability | 0 comments

Indoor plants

Research from online outdoor living retailer, Internet Gardener, has revealed millennials’ favourite indoor plants which are selling out. They have got this information from researching thousands of Instagram posts.

Millennial interest in the plants is so great that plant retailers across the country are selling out. With specific waiting lists for the most popular on Instagram.

The top 50 posts from almost 6.1 million images across five hashtags were analysed to see which plants featured frequently in each individual post.


The top 10 plants are:

  1. Swiss Cheese Plant (7.28%)
  2. Princess-Blue (7.0%)
  3. Chinese Money Plant (4.48%)
  4. Devil’s Ivy (4.2%)
  5. Boston Fern (3.64%)
  6. Hedge Cactus (2.82%)
  7. False Shamrock (2.52%)
  8. String of Hearts (2.52%)
  9. String of Pearls (2.24%)
  10. Rubber plant (2.24%)

The Swiss Cheese Plant was found to be the favourite across Instagram’s top posts, accounting for just under 7.3% of all indoor plants shared on the platform. This species of houseplant also received on average 745 likes per post where it featured.

The plant that received the most likes on average, however, was not the same species which featured the most. The Chinese Money Plant, which came third as it appeared in 4.48% of posts, actually gained the most likes on average at 2001 per post.

To see the full piece please click here.

more latest news ➡

Bradford garden centre group wins award

Bradford garden centre group wins community award

The team at a Bradford-based garden centre group is celebrating after winning a regional business award. Yorkshire Garden Centres, owner of Tong, Tingley, Bingley and Otley Garden Centres, won the Community category of the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business...

Feverfew launched new gardening apparel for women

Meet the supplier: Feverfew Garden Co

Taking the gardening glove market by storm, Feverfew Garden Co is the UK’s first garden wear brand exclusively designed for women, by women. Garden Centre Retail catches up with Rachel Eunson, the driving force behind the brand. As with many recent ventures,...

HSBC economist

Ex HSBC economist to speak at GCA conference 2024

Former HSBC Head of Economics will be helping delegates at the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference understand the resurgence of inflation and the challenges that it continues to bring (January 28 until 31, 2024). Mark Berrisford-Smith, who worked...

Primeur Whiskey Barrel

Primeur launches new range of recycled planters

Looking to the 2024 season, garden retailers can step up their sustainability game and enhance their outdoor offer with a brand-new Primeur range of recycled planter designs and colourways. If you are keen to stay ahead of the curve and meet the increasing demand...

Sustainable pest control launched on GROW platform

GCA GROW launches sustainable pest control course

Garden centre staff can now gain knowledge to help customers to deter and combat pests in a more natural, sustainable way via the GCA GROW (Garden Retail Online Workshops) e-Learning platform. The organisation has launched its new Sustainable Pest Control course....

Rising stars with Gordon Emslie

Rising Stars finalists announced

Five individuals from GCA member garden centres have reached the finals of the industry body’s Rising Stars programme sponsored by Westland Horticulture. The staff were put forward by their garden centres and took part in a series of workshops this year. GCA...

Read GCR's latest edition!

Subscribe ToThe Wednesday Word

Subscribe To
The Wednesday Word

 

Get all the latest news, events & more straight to your inbox every Wednesday.

You have Successfully Subscribed!

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This