LOW MAINTENANCE AND BEGINNER PLANTS

If you’re just starting out with indoor gardening, believe you have a brown
thumb or don’t have a lot of time to devote to plant care, there are many
plants that don’t require too much maintenance and are more tolerant of
neglect than other plants, including:

• Air plants (Tillandsia spp.)
• Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis)
• Arrowhead plant (Syngonium podophyllum)
• Bromeliads
• Cast iron plant (Aspidistra elatior)
• Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema spp.)
• Corn plant (Dracaena fragrans)
• Devil’s ivy (Epipremnum aureum)
• Dragon tree (Dracaena marginata)
• Heartleaf philodendron (Philodendron scandens)
• Hoya (Hoya spp.)
• Jade plant (Crassula ovata)
• Japanese aralia (Fatsia japonica)
• Mistletoe cactus (Rhipsalis baccifera)
• Mother-in-law’s tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata)
• Peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii)
• Philodendron (Philodendron bipinnatifidum)
• Prayer plant (Maranta leuconeura)
• Rubber plant (Ficus elastica)
• Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
• String of pearls (Senecio rowleyanus)

• Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa)
• Umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla)
• Zebra cactus (Haworthia fasciata)
• ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)