Very Low Light Indoor Plants

North facing rooms or rooms with no windows are considered low light rooms.

Very low light indoor plants.

There are some house plant species that positively thrive on little or no light. Medium light would be in an east or west facing room. In fact plants need light to survive. 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.

If you ve ever tried to grow plants in your basement you ll know that they don t like darkness. One of the best indoor plant varieties philodendron is very tolerant of dark interiors. With this tiny houseplant guide appropriately sized for my studio space i could finally navigate the world of low light indoor plants with confidence. Two newer varieties offer colorful foliage.

Low light indoor plant list. Here are 20 indoor plants that thrive on low light. 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. This fast growing vine works well in hanging baskets or can be trained to climb a small trellis or totem.

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. 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. The plant gurus at pistils nursery in portland make it easy to look like a living art pro by offering staghorn ferns mounted on diamond shaped cedar board with sphagnum moss. 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 one of the best houseplants for very low light conditions and will happily grow in just about any area of your home. These low light houseplants are sensitive to fluoride so try to avoid using hard water and make sure to it s warm think room temperature. Moreover if the light level in your house is very low this will never be a problem since the plant can still totally grow even in extremely low light environment. Cast iron plant aspidistra elatior named for the fact that it s extremely tough cast iron plants thrive on neglect.

Be careful to avoid letting the soil dry out completely. But all is not lost. This plant can grow well even in dry environment. Mydomaine grace kim.

Arrange a few on an indoor wall and frame with other low light houseplants and bring the jungle indoors.