Top 10 house plants that are easy to care for and that are great to
have around your home if you are new to owning house plants. More than
bringing some of that greenery indoors really helps you make a space feel
fresh, relaxing, and alive.
1. Pothos
Pothos are a very
popular plant. These are beautiful and
bushy but they can be very dangling plants as well with these beautiful
green leaves. They come in a few different varieties like
Golden pothos, Marble green pothos which is kind of like a variegated
variety with some white
and green, and Neon pothos which is bright green
and lovely. These are very easy to care for plants and they are not too
fussy but they are pretty resilient.
They
can handle different kinds of environments and lighting conditions but
generally moderate indirect light is good for them to place near a
window but not too much direct sunlight. They can also
handle slightly lower light conditions as well. Water them once a week.
They are thriving and easy to propagate. So you can take a
clipping of one of the vines and place that in a little jar of water for
a few
weeks and change the water weekly. After that, a whole bunch of roots
will
start to grow and then transfer into the soil and make sure they are
well watered. That's the way that propagated them.
2. Spider Plant
The spider plant is another resilient and adaptable
plant. It has different
kinds of varieties too.
They can also handle a variety of different kinds of environments
and lighting conditions. They are pretty good in lower and moderate
indirect light but not too much direct sunlight and you can place them near a
window or stairs.
Water them once a week and they will create baby spider offshoots and you can propagate
those baby plants. They can grow big, so you can just snip off
the plant in the soil and water it in a little pot then you
can leave it connected to the mother plant until it grows roots in a new
little pot, and then snip it off. You can easily propagate them.
3. Snake plant
The snake plant is also known as a mother-in-law's
tongue. This is wonderfully easy to care for a plant with no fuss and
also pretty pest and disease resistant. These are good if you are
someone who doesn't have a ton of light in your space because they can
handle lower light and environments but they are also good in moderate
light too.
You can place them in the living room or bedroom which has low
light. Snake plants are succulents so they don't need a ton of water. This is another great thing if you are looking for low-maintenance plants that don't need to water daily or they don't need moist soil all the time. You can water them twice a week. They are completely okay with
soil dry.
4. Aloe
Aloe is super good and you can use aloe gel for skin
and hair. They can manage moderate and indirect light or direct light
but not too much. They are easy to care for and aloe is another one that
doesn't need to be watered very often, it's obviously in the succulent
family as well. It's like a little cactus you don't have to water too
often.
It's totally fine for the soil to get kind of dry, but you want to keep an eye on it. You want the leaves to look nice
and plump but they hold water in their leaves, so they are okay with
being alone usually for a little while. It will grow loads of baby plants that you can easily propagate.
5. Dracaena
There are a few different kinds of dracaena, one of
the
most popular ones is the song of India which is such a pretty name and
it is a kind of yellow exterior on the leaf with a green interior. They
are pretty good with moderate light.
They will take a little bit of
sunlight but you don't want to give them too much sunlight because it
can
burn the leaves. They don't need to be watered too frequently. You can
keep the soil a little bit moist but let it dry out a little
bit between watering or at least the top inch or so the soil can dry.
6. Dwarf Jade Plant
It is also known as elephant bush and it is
not a true jade plant but it's quite similar to that. It is called a
dwarf jade and this one is highly recommended. It is easy to care for and it's a very light-loving plant. So definitely good to have
it by a window if it can some through the day. It takes a lot of
water though when it's in a lot of light you do water fairly often, it's a
succulent so it's holding water in its leaves.
They start to get a little
thin pretty quickly you don't want to over-water it though it is prone
to root rot. So when the soil dries out before you water it and it does take
a decent amount of water.You water them maybe once or twice a week. It is easy to
propagate. You can just trim part of the stem with the little leaves on
it and let that dry for a day or two then place them in succulent friendly soil then it is good to go. Easy to create new little
plants from it.
7. Dwarf Umbrella Tree
These are pretty hearty and they are
resilient, you can have these long time. They tend to
be pretty easy to care for and they are
good with a little bit of sunlight but also good with some indirect light
throughout the day is good to water them fairly regularly. You can keep
the soil moist but you don't need to over-water. They handle drying out
more than a handle over watering. When the soil is dry you can water it.
8. Flamingo Flower
It is in the same family as pothos, so it
kind of looks similar but they grow these heart-shaped leaves, and also
it will
grow a red heart-shaped flower which is so beautiful. It is also easy to
care for. Once the soil feels dry you can water it about once a week.
And it's pretty good with partial sun and also a little bit of sunlight
or moderate. You can easily propagate with the little cut of the stem
with leaves
and you can plant them in a pot.
9. Flaming Katy (Kalanchoe)
Easy to care for, its looks and grows
in the most different ways. This is in the succulent family and it does
love quite a bit of light. You can have it near a window that would
be great. It holds water in its leaves as well as other succulents do. You don't need to over water but you can water once a week but give
it through watering.
It is so lovely and it will grow little flowers. These plants will bloom different colored flowers like red or yellow. It
grows these thick trunks that go in all these directions. You can
propagate it with a tiny little cutting and once you potted it into the
soil, it
will grow so fast.
10. Monstera Deliciosa
This is so beautiful and very expensive
plant but if you already got one of those at home you can make more from
it. The main thing of this plant to cut and the note on this particular
plant is the two stems coming out of a single junction, the other way
that notes if there is a root coming out from it and on
the monstera, this is called the aerial root. Cut about 1 or 2 cm below the node.
There are two options with this in terms of how
you can propagate. One of them and probably the one to put it straight
into a big vase of water and then wait till it gives you some roots and
then transplants it into the soil. Second, you can propagate this which
is propagated by putting it straight into the soil which is an awesome
option. Monsteras do like a lot of water so you can make to add a little
bit of
water on top.
“A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.”
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