Indoor Plants That Require Minimal Light

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.

Indoor plants that require minimal light.

More on low light levels at the end by the way. It produces clusters of tiny yellow flowers in spring however they don t appear in low light conditions. Keep in mind that low light isn t no light. Plants need sunlight to photosynthesis and produce chlorophyll this is what makes them green.

The bromeliad family of plants are not typically considered easy house plants but the aechmea genus includes species that positively thrive in low light situations. Over time the plants will begin to vine making them ideal for hanging baskets or trained up a trellis or totem. Its handsome foliage can be bright green bronze or variegated. Chlorophytum comosum the spider plant is an easy to grow adaptable plant.

These are available as flowering as well as green plants. 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. When young arrowhead vine forms a bushy mound. 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.

1 lucky bamboo 2 spider plant 3 zz plant 4 devil s ivy 5 kangaroo fern 6 red prayer plant 7 the areca palm 8 peace lilly 9 peperomia 10 snake plant these 10 houseplants are all beautiful easy to care for and will do well in low light conditions and homes. 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. Otherwise houseplants would look more like white asparagus which is grown under layers of mulch and dark plastic to keep the growing conditions dark.

It also has an air purifying ability helping to remove formaldehyde and xylene from indoors. 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. Native to central america arrowhead vine syngonium podophyllum can tolerate a wide range of low light conditions.