Here are the five houseplants experts say are going out of style in 2025.

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Calatheas

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Our two houseplants experts agreed:calatheasare out.

houseplants going out of style in 2025

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Philodendrons like to crawl or climb (or trail, if there’s nothing to climb up).

“Their ‘easy-care’ label has lost its luster,” Griffin says.

A staple of every space from aesthetic living rooms to the vet’s office.

Closeup view of calathea leaves

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But the fact we couldn’t escape it was its downfall.

Philodendron pink princessis another one of those plants that needsjust the right lightto get its signature pink splashes.

Philodendron gloriosum plant with large heart-shaped leaves in black pot

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Photo of two echeveria succulents in a container taken from above

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a fiddle leaf fig growing indoors

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Monstera deliciosa ‘Variegata’ plant with white and green splotches on leaves with cutouts closeup

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