Better Air Quality with Low Maintenance House Plants

Top 10 Low Maintenance House Plants

Plants bring a great natural color and feel to any indoor area.  As well, they have many other proven benefits that will actually help to improve the quality of your life.  Plants remove harmful pollutants from the air, helping to improve indoor air quality, and they stabilize humidity levels, helping to improve the comfort level in your home.

If you are like most Americans, you realize the value of plants in the home, and strive to fill your home with their natural goodness, but you have trouble keeping them alive! 

Here are 10 great indoor plants that pretty much grow themselves:

1. Golden Pothos Vine – This is by far one of the most popular and dependable houseplants around.  They are both easy to grow and maintain. 

2. Cast Iron Plant – This plant earned its name because it can grow under the very worst of conditions.  The plant prefers low lights, and may flower if grown indoors.

3. Ponytail Palm – This plant is highly recommended for people that forget to water their plants!  The Ponytail Palm requires almost no attention to stay healthy.  

4. Chinese Evergreen – These plants are great for beginners, as they only need low light, and are extremely low maintenance.  They are also great as indoor air purifiers.

5. Spider Plant – This plant’s arching leaves allows it to grow easily in baskets or on top of columns. Spider plants aren’t really picky with light, water, or temperature. 

6. Lucky Bamboo – The lucky bamboo actually falls into the Dracaena category above.  Lucky bamboo  thrives in awful conditions with no water, bad light, and bad air quality.  

7. Snake Plant – While the Snake Plant would prefer a lot of light, they are able to handle less light if  necessary.  They are not at all picky about water, as long as you do not drown them.

8. Dracaena – There are a large variety of plants within the Dracaena species, and many varieties are great for the home.  This species can tolerate pretty much any condition.

9. Succulents/Cacti – There are dozens of succulents and desert cacti available.  The best for your  home include aloe, and cacti.  These plants tend to thrive in any environment. 
 

10. Bromeliads – Making these plants bloom can be tricky, but regardless, they have beautiful leaves that  look great even when they don't bloom.  The plants do not require much fertilizer.

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