Indoor Plants That Need Very Little Light

With this tiny houseplant guide appropriately sized for my studio space i could finally navigate the world of low light indoor plants with confidence.

Indoor plants that need very little light.

Mydomaine grace kim. 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. Snake plants purify the air you breathe and release oxygen. Spider plants native to tropics around the globe and the first houseplant for innumerable people probably owes its popularity to its unique growth habit and for its ease of growth as a low light houseplant the mother plant a clump of curving leaves that resemble long broad grass blades sends out long stems with baby plants at their ends.

Featuring a boldly patterned dark green stripes along with the underside of the leaf showing a lovely tone of purple this plant is one of the best indoor plants out there. The brasil variety has gorgeous gold and green variegated foliage while micans sports purple flushed leaves with a satin like texture. Naturally my eyes immediately gravitated to plants that required very little natural light and to my delight many of them were tropical in appearance stemming from the rainforest. Since this plant is one of the most durable indoor plants it does quite well in low light and only needs to be fertilized once or twice a year it s ideal for beginner gardeners.

They are very hardy hard to kill plants. The term low light can be very misleading. This fast growing vine works well in hanging baskets or can be trained to climb a small trellis or totem. About low light indoor plants.

It means that these are indoor plants that tolerate low light. One of the best indoor plant varieties philodendron is very tolerant of dark interiors. They love to grow at room temperature. Better known as the mother in law s tongue the snake plant is a very durable and popular indoor plant.

North facing rooms or rooms with no windows are considered low light rooms. I love the spider plant chlorophytum comosum plant for how hardy it is with nearly zero sunlight. Two newer varieties offer colorful foliage. In fact during the winter months it needs very little water at all.

Require very little sunlight and can survive in heavily shaded areas. Notable properties that make them great for offices. It can survive for years in indirect light and even live prosperously if it s been lacking water for a while. Not only does it need watering just once a month but it can also go weeks with neglect while still standing tall and firm.

Medium light would be in an east or west facing room.