Mother Earth’s Garden

Best Plants for Indoor Environments

by Rebecca on July 20th, 2007

If you’re looking for the perfect plant for that difficult indoor space, here’s a little list I put together of plants that do well in certain, more difficult to grow areas indoors.

Steamy Bathroom (with good light)

• Flamingo flower
• Cape primrose
• Coleus
• African Violets
• Aloe Vera
• Prayer plant
• Peace Lily
• Croton
• Ferns
• Hibiscus

Small Cool Room or Foyer

• Cactus
• Citrus
• Japanese fatsia
• Spider plant
• Umbrella plant

Dark Corner of Medium Sized Room

• Cast-iron plant
• Chinese evergreen
• some varieties of Dracaena
• Snake plant
• Philodendron
• Pothos

Sunroom (kept cool)

• Asparagus fern
• Cactus
• Clivia
• Ivy (English and Swedish varieties do best)
• Artillery plant

Sunroom (kept warm)

• Bromeliads
• Passion flower varieties
• Cactus
• Crown-of-thorns
• Grape ivy
• Wax plant
• Jade plant
• Panda plant
• Nerve plant
• Ponytail palm
• Ficus

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