Low Light Indoor Plants

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.

Low light indoor plants. There are some house plant species that positively thrive on little or no light. Also while lighting conditions are essential when choosing low light houseplants other vital factors may affect plant survival such as humidity water fertilization growing medium and temperatures. Prayer plant maranta leuconeura a unique indoor plant that prefers to be kept in low light conditions they are also super fun to have. North facing rooms or rooms with no windows are considered low light rooms.

But all is not lost. Available in dark green and variegated forms spider plant chlorophytum comosum makes a great tabletop or basket plant in low light conditions. When the soil is dry to the touch. Keep the water fresh and your lucky bamboo will thrive for many years.

They eventually brown and whither before they re replaced by new growth. You can pot it hang it or even grow it along a trellis or pole. Rounding out our list of the best low light indoor plants is the arrowhead plant also known as the american evergreen. Lucky bamboo commonly sold in vases of water lucky bamboo are perfect indoor plants for low light rooms.

Their leaves are open during the day and then close up at night. The aptly named staghorn fern is a low light plant that works both indoors and out. The essential details on each plant listed below are also included in the description. Medium light would be in an east or west facing room.

During the winter mist the plants frequently to help prevent the leaf tips from turning brown. Low light conditions are always a challenge for the indoor gardener. The best low light indoor plants. Its leaves look similar to its namesake.

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.