Indoor Plants That Require Minimal Light

More on low light levels at the end by the way.

Indoor plants that require minimal light.

Native to central america arrowhead vine syngonium podophyllum can tolerate a wide range of low light conditions. Cast iron plant the hardy cast iron plant aspidistra elatior is aptly named for its ability to handle all types of indoor and outdoor living conditions. Aechmeas are typically sold while they are already flowering and they will hold their bloom and shapes for many months in poor light or artificial light conditions. It also has an air purifying ability helping to remove formaldehyde and xylene from indoors.

Its handsome foliage can be bright green bronze or variegated. Like some of the other colorful plants on this list the oyster plant thrives and will show its purple hue more in brighter light but it s a low maintenance plant that can handle lower light. So you must consider growing this non toxic low light plant at your home. Plants need sunlight to photosynthesis and produce chlorophyll this is what makes them green.

In most cases indoor plants that grow well in low light are hardy in nature and tend to grow easily with a minimal amount of care and maintenance. 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. When young arrowhead vine forms a bushy mound. Parlor palm most popular indoor palm variety it s an excellent houseplant for almost any situation it grows even in those dim corners where nothing else will grow.

It produces clusters of tiny yellow flowers in spring however they don t appear in low light conditions. Chlorophytum comosum the spider plant is an easy to grow adaptable plant. Indoor plants which do not require much light plants which do not require much light fall into the category of shady indoor plants which require less than three hours of direct sunlight or half shady indoor plants which require a light exposure of between three to six hours. Keep in mind that low light isn t no light.

Over time the plants will begin to vine making them ideal for hanging baskets or trained up a trellis or totem. These are available as flowering as well as green plants. It requires only minimal care and moderate light.