Living in a flat with no garden, I am forever on the look out for the easiest to keep houseplants, which don’t rely on direct bright sunlight. I’ve always depended on faux plants to add a spot of green to our flat as I struggle to keep real plants alive due to the lack of light. I’m admittedly not the biggest fan of faux plants, as they just don’t have that feeling of something natural and living.
We have quite limited window space so I’m always looking for new low light houseplants. Whilst these plants don’t require bright, direct sunlight, they do require in direct sunlight, so be wary of where you place them. I’ve found we get the best results in our kitchen as we get sunlight all day.
Check out these 5 low light houseplants that are hard to kill. There is definitely an indoor plant out there for everyone, trust me, I’m not the green fingered but I love my plant babes.
succulents
I love keeping succulents, not only are the super cute and come in a huge range of species, they are really easy to look after ~ depending on the species you choose, as there are some extremely hard to keep ones out there ~ stick to succulents like Echeveria, Aloe Vera, Panda Plant and Crown of Thorns and you will be good. These are all considered easy to keep and grow indoors all year round.
zz plant
Basically indestructible, if I can keep it, anyone can. This is a fan favourite and a very popular plant for offices as it thrives in areas most other plants will not. The zz plant (Zamioculcas Zamiifolia) requires very little watering and actually prefers to be kept on the drier side. This is definitely a must have plant! Bonus it’s beautiful!
cacti
Cacti are so much fun to keep, most don’t require very much maintenance or watering and they can produce some of the most beautiful flowers. I have some great luck with my Bunny Ear Cactus (Opuntia microdasys) and Mammillaria ~ definitely be careful with the Bunny Ear spines, they are minuscule and really irritate your skin. Best not to have around children or pets, unless kept up high.
spider plant
The beautiful spider plant is perfect for popping in hanging baskets, it does great in both bright and low light conditions where other plants might kit thrive. I love the colours on this plants, so beautiful and will compliment all decor.
prayer plant
Given this name due to it closing its leaves at night. This is a extremely hardy plant can grown over 6ft with huge green/purple leaves. This low maintenance tropical plant is adaptable to almost all light conditions and is very forgiving. Of you look and listen closely you can hear and see the leaves closing at night, so cool!
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Succulents and cacti are gorgeous and really sturdy, which adds some strange stability for me. So nice!
They are lovely aren’t they, I really want some more, but we are lacking window space atm 😢
I have been getting into having more house plants recently. I am desperately trying to solve what the issue is with my spider plant at the moment, I’ve only had it a few weeks but the leaves are turning a bit brown in spots. I am hoping I can revive it a bit.
I love the leaves of the last plant, very stripey! I may just have to invest in one of these.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Aimsy xoxo
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I love spider plants so much.
I’m only just starting to get better at keeping plants, I used to over water them a lot!!
Succulents are my favorite! I feel like you can never have too many plants but I always try to make sure what I have is non-toxic to our pets (we’ve got quite a few rescues).
Love them, there are so many varieties too! I just want a greenhouse full of them!
I didn’t know AV came in succulents! I have a full size one that I’ve neglected but is still going strong. But I want smaller plants for my apt. Definitely going to look into that!!
Enjoy! I love Succulents, they are so cute!
I’ve been thinking about getting some houseplants so thanks so much for sharing!
Your so welcome, have fun house plant searching 🌱
Omg, I had no idea that you could hear the leaves of prayer-plants close at night. I definitely have to find one to adopt into my home. Since I’m always looking for ways to make my home more eco-friendly, this post was awesome, especially for cloudy, cold winters. Thanks so much!
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Awwww you are so welcome! I love prayer plants they are so cool! And beautiful aswell! Happy plant shopping.
Finallly working toward owning my first plant baby! I think I’ll have to start witha spider plant seeing as my father got one when I was born that also turned 24 this year!
Great post, thanks for inspiring me to finally go out and find my first child.
Yay, enjoy! I love spider plants 🌱 you’ll soon have multiple plant babies 🌿
I always tell people claiming that they “kill plants” to have succulents and cacti because they’re so easy! Good post and love pictures!
Yes! I love cacti, they are so beautiful, my bunny ear one is the best!
I love plants! Good to know more about different kinds 🙂
Me too, I want a house full of them.
I’m defiantly going to be adding some of these to my plant collection, they look gorgeous!
So lush aren’t they! Im going to end up with a flat full!
Love this. Thanks for the recommendations!!
You are so welcome.
I love succulents. I currently have two of them in my room that is thankfully still alive. My older succulents died like after 2 weeks of buying it so tips like these are what I’m thankful for.
I had the same problem with a couple of my succulents. I think it must depend on where it’s from as it was from the same place another died 😫
This is so helpful for those who are novices to raising houseplants. In definitely clueless when it comes to some of these. Lovely photos too
Thank you. I’m always learning too x
I just recently got a spider plant and I am so excited to have this plant baby but I am so bad at keeping them alive indoors so I’m glad to know it is sturdy. The prayer plant is beautiful, I will have to check this one out too!
Awwww congratulations on being a plant mum! I love spider plants they are so pretty!
Love the look of that prayer plant! So pretty! I had a similar plant and it didn’t like anything after a while, so fussy haha.
Claudia x
They are so gorgeous. Love the colours.
Thanks for sharing!!! I’m in the process of putting a project together at the moment and need some houseplant recommendations, so I’ll definitely have a little look to see what I can find!
Melissa x
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That’s amazing. Good luck with project x
I am always on the look out for some plants I can keep inside or on my balcony. I live in a flat too, although I do have a balcony so have a mini outside space but I don’t get much sunlight on it. I have a cactus that I love, and with the warm weather at the moment too it’s so fascinating seeing it grow!
Chloe xx
Oh I’d love to have a little balcony, would fill it with plant babies 🌿
This post came at the perfect time for me as I’ve been on the lookout for a new plant that is pretty low maintenance. I love the look of the succulent and I really want to get a spider plant! X
Succulents are so pretty and spider plants too! Love them!
I love cacti! Bunny Ear cacti are one of my favourite types as well, they’re so cute and also super low maintenance x
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Mine currently had 3 babies! I’m so happy!! We have one area in our kitchen where plants love, cacti seem to thrive there 🌿
Absolutely LOVE spider and succulents!
So lush aren’t they.
I’ve been known to kill even the ‘unkillable’ plants, but the ZZ plant and the prayer plant both look really interesting. Thanks for the tips!
Haha same here!
I love this information. I’ve been looking for nice house plants.
Happy plant hunting. I brought 2 more today. I will have a house jungle 🌱
I’m a huge fan of house plants! I’ve got a few cacti, succulents and a spider plant. I can’t wait to grow my collection!
Awe lovely, I know I’m the same, we just have to be careful because of our cat, I need more spider plants in my life.
I love plant they are beautiful
Thank you 😊
Thank you SO much for writing this!! I’ve wanted a prayer plant for the longest time but forgot what the name of it was haha. I can’t wait to pick one up from my local florist, my house is in dire need of some new greenery. xx
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Awe amazing, they are one of my favourite houseplants. I have another variety arriving soon and a snake plant! We’ve been loving adding some fresh greens to our flat xx
I recently bought my first succulent from IKEA and it’s my first ever house plant, I’m very happy with it as I find it very cute! I don’t know what specific type of succulent it is though, I hope I can care for it well!
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I love succulents, they are so cute, I have a couple of them now ~ my tip would be don’t water them too much, this was my downfall in the past and they like it by the window with lots of light 🙂
I have an aloe vera and peace lily and they are so easy to look after. Definitely want to purchase more plants after reading your post 🙂
They are so pretty. I am obsessed. I have a few more plants now, a lobsters and snake plant and love them x