Dear CasaSugar,
I want to get a house plant for my not-so-green apartment, but I need something low maintenance since I'm barely home on my days off. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Lioness5
Hi Lioness5,
I was just at a friend's house this weekend and she had stunning houseplants. This is remarkable only because she used to have a black thumb — she killed every plant she touched. So what changed? She found easy, low-maintenance plants that could deal with her occasional indifference to their existence.
To see the rest of my answer, and to leave your suggestions, just read more.
I've rounded up a few different types of plants that might work for your house, depending on your home's growing conditions. Take a look!
Plants That Will Grow in Water
Don't want to bother with planting your houseplants? Then check out these plants, which will grow in a vase or bowl of water!
- Wandering Jew
- English Ivy
- Bamboo
Plants That Need a Sunny Room But Little Else
- Cacti
- Aloe
- Bromeliads
Plants That Require Little Care And Indirect Sunglight
- Snake plant
- Spider plant
- Wax plant
- Ivy
I hope this helps! Anyone else have other suggestions for easy-to-care-for, hard-to-kill houseplants? Let Lioness5 know by leaving a comment below.
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Luella
thanks ...that helps ...will have to look up a couple of names though
1What do you do if you've got such a black thumb, you kill bamboo (it's true...I've killed three bamboo plants to date)?
2I want a plant but I'm horrible. I'll try one of these and try to keep my kitty out of it.
3I love my spider plant.
4I seem to have a knack at killing almost any plant other than Orchids. They have a reputation for being difficult but I've found as long as you provide them with adequate sun and water once a week they thrive.
I have a Violet that I've almost killed...but it's finally flowering
They're pretty
easy too.
And I have a Wandering Jew (planted) that loves the sun it gets in my cubicle.
I water all my plants once a week, since that's about how often I remember to!
5Oh I forgot...I have mostly Phalaenopsis Orchids (Moth Orchids). They're by far the easiest ones to maintain!
6For something big, try a ZZ plant. Zamioculcas Zamiifolia. Pretty low maintenance. Very pretty and bright green.
7everytime i buy plants they are on the brim of death after a week. my boyfriend takes them home and somehow they relive and are gorgeous. i dont get it. its very frustrating. haha but at least i enjoy them when i am there.
8i don't know. i always water too often or not often enough. right now i have some "lucky" bamboo in a vase with water in the bottom and that's it. i find Yuka plants to be pretty good for tolerating drought.
9I KILLED my Aloe Vera plant.
10Any of the philodendrons is oh, so easy to grow. All it needs is indirect sunlight and reasonably moist soil; but it will tolerate your forgetting to water it more than occasionally. Philodendrons have a consistent rate of growth and can enhance any home with an invigorating atmosphere.
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