In this post, you will find the answer to the most popular questions about indoor plants for low light and how to know which is the best for you.

If you are reading this blog post, I don't need to convince you about the benefits of having a house with indoor plants. But we know that taking care of an indoor plant - or any kind of plant for that matter- can be tricky.

If you are a beginner, you are recovering from a bad experience with house plants, or simply you have a house on the north side of a street or a small apartment that doesn't get much natural light, let me tell you that the best way to start is with an indoor plant for low-light.

Even though there are plenty of beautiful options, you do have to know which one will be the perfect fit for your lifestyle, interior design needs, and the meaning behind each one.

General care

Most of the plants that you will see below have similar care requirements, for that reason i will list some of the most important aspects you need to know.

• Water every 1-2 weeks: Most of the times, plants die because of overwatering. The rule of dumb to use is to touch the soil of your plant. You should allow the first layer of the soil to get dry before thinking about watering. This means that you should only think about watering if when introducing half of your index finger, the soil feels dry. IF that is not the case, then its best to try again in some days. These test is something you should do in the beginning faces of each season because your plant will have different needs, but once you have discovered the time your plants needs before watering again, it will pretty much be the same every year.
• leafes turning yellow: These is a sign of over watering, the best way to recover your indoor plant from these is by leaving them without water for at least a week. Once again here you should touch the soil to know when is the best time to water them again.
• Leafes turning brown: These is a sign for under watering, the best way to recover you plant from these is by bringing them into you shower and soaking them with water, leave them there for about 3 hours so all the extra water can drain and then move them back again to their place. Touch the soil of you plant to know when is the best time to water them again, it will probably take around 1-2 weeks for it to need more water, when it does, just repeat the process.
• Sun light: Even though most of these plants thrive in low light environments, they still need to feel some light. Think about it these way. In a natural environment, these plants would grow under other bigger trees, so the light they receive is filtered by the bigger trees. In a house with indoor plants this would mean having them next to a window that has some light curtains, and if your windows dont have curtain, then it would probably be best to have them a bit further away.

Tall low-light indoor plants

1. Lady palm (non toxic)

Even though lady palms grow relatively slow, you should know that they will eventually get to be in the taller side of plants.

1. Rubber plant

Rubber plants grow relatively fast so you will most definitely need to repot it.

Hanging low-light indoor plants

1. heart leaf philodendron

If you have pets you should avoid these plants because even though they are not lethal, they are toxic when ingested. Cats are especially attracted to the leaf shape of this plant and will want to play with them. So unless that you have them at an unreachable high for them, it would be best to pick some other plant.

1. Phothos

Photos plants are very popular because they can be grown both in water or in soil. They are usually mistaken with the heart leaf philodendron and although they are very alike, the photos plant is much more resilient and grow faster. in some cultures the photos plant (also known as the devil’s ivy) is consider a money tree.

1. English ivy

As well as the photos and heart prilodendron, English ivy is best to be kept away from pets and children as they are poisonous (much more than the mention ones).

1. Thilandsia

Thilandsia’s are air plants, these mean they don’t need soil to grow. Although they absorb water and nutrients from the air you will have to soak them in water for about 20-30 min every 10 days.

small low light indoor plants