Low Light Best Indoor House Plants

Low light conditions are always a challenge for the indoor gardener.

Low light best indoor house plants.

Native to central america arrowhead vine syngonium podophyllum can tolerate a wide range of low light conditions. But all is not lost. A similarly striated pink phalaenopsis world class bigfoot orchid is 30 from odom s orchids. If you ve ever tried to grow plants in your basement you ll know that they don t like darkness.

31 best low light indoor plants and how to care for them snake plant sansevieria. However quite a few can survive in low light conditions so before you get skylights installed or replace all your real plants with fake ones maybe reconsider your choice of house plant. 12 best low light houseplants for darker spaces staghorn fern platycerium spp. This indoor palm tree works like snake plants as the neanthe bella is included in nasa s list of plants that clean air.

Medium light would be in an east or west facing room. When young arrowhead vine forms a bushy mound. Its handsome foliage can be bright green bronze or variegated. Check out my latest video.

Snake plants also known as. Chinese evergreen aglaonema spp. Both its toughness and handsome foliage account for aglaonema s longtime. Bromeliads are little tropical wonders that are perfect for growing in an office with only artificial light.

While in the wild staghorn ferns grow on trees in the dappled shade of the. Over time the plants will begin to vine making them ideal for hanging baskets or trained up a trellis or totem. Here are 20 indoor plants that thrive on low light. Prayer plants are very tolerant of low light conditions but not so much of cold temperatures.

9 indoor plants for low light maidenhair fern. North facing rooms or rooms with no windows are considered low light rooms. This is my top pick for beginners or reformed house plant serial killers. Nerve plants or fittonia prefer brighter light but they can handle low light quite well although more colorful varieties might look a little less bright with less sun according to costa farms.

Parlor palm also known as neanthe bella is one of the best low light indoor plants because it can thrive indoors where other palm plants may struggle. If your room has no windows you should leave lights on 12 hours a day or rotate low light plants into the room for a few weeks at a time before moving them back to a naturally lit room. Not only can the snake plant survive with low light it s also extremely. Dumb cane.

There are some house plant species that positively thrive on little or no light.