Cast iron plant aspidistra elatior.
Indoor plants that tolerate low light.
These easy care low light houseplants will not only grow but actually thrive in less than optimal conditions.
This shrubby plant is the easiest of the citrus to grow indoors.
Available in dark green and variegated forms spider plant chlorophytum comosum makes a great tabletop or basket plant in low light conditions.
More houseplants for low light.
Check out my top picks for darker rooms.
Some of the most colorful plants can actually tolerate low light rooms.
Don t worry these low light plants can come to your rescue.
And they don t have to be boring.
This plant with large deep green leaves has earned its common name because it s nearly indestructible in addition to cool temperatures it will also take low light.
If you ve ever tried to grow plants in your basement you ll know that they don t like darkness.
But all is not lost.
In fact plants need light to survive.
Low light conditions are always a challenge for the indoor gardener.
During the winter mist the plants frequently to help prevent the leaf tips from turning brown.
But to really thrive this indoor evergreen needs brighter light conditions.
Now you know what a plant thinks is low light and knowing is half the battle.
Low light or indirect light.
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.
There are plenty of indoor plants out there that are easy to care for forgiving and low light tolerant.
Norfolk island pine yes it tolerates low light.
Some even do better in shadier spaces if you can believe it.
Up to 12 inches tall.
Weeping fig can tolerate some low light but still requires some higher intensity light each day.
Indoor plants that grow well in low light.
Rounding out our list of the best low light indoor plants is the arrowhead plant also known as the american evergreen.
Even plants that do well in outdoor shade tend to need more light when grown indoors and this can be hard to come by unless you provide auxiliary lighting.
Here are 20 indoor plants that thrive on low light.
You can pot it hang it or even grow it along a trellis or pole.
These plants don t just tolerate low light they can happily live in low light conditions for a long time without any adverse effects.
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.
It likes warm summers but is happy with winters between 50 and 60 f.
Gi joe next let s check out some of my favorite houseplants for low light.
There are some house plant species that positively thrive on little or no light.
