Plants That Require Only A Little Light

You want the plant to be at least 5 away from the window s.

Plants that require only a little light.

Up to 8 inches tall. Below are general guidelines for exposure for low light plants. Sometimes a plant will not get enough light and will have problems with too little light. Plants can be close to the window s.

Best place for them indoors is near a sunny east west south facing window that gets at least 6 hours of direct indirect light per day. Here are some best drought tolerant plants. It can survive for years in indirect light and even live prosperously if it s been lacking water for a while. Low light or indirect light.

Red prayer plant 35 00 bloomscape. Since this plant is one of the most durable indoor plants it does quite well in low light and only needs to be fertilized once or twice a year it s ideal for beginner gardeners. Planting drought tolerant plants is a great idea if you live in areas with unfavorable weather. You must keep in mind a few things though.

In fact during the winter months it needs very little water at all. Prayer plant only grows 6 8 inches tall so it s a good choice for an end table or bookshelf. Jade plants are succulents and need some direct or indirect light. Problems with too little light.

It gets its name from the fact that the leaves fold up at night. It ll vary a bit depending on the number and size of windows or glass doors in a room. Spider plants native to tropics around the globe and the first houseplant for innumerable people probably owes its popularity to its unique growth habit and for its ease of growth as a low light houseplant the mother plant a clump of curving leaves that resemble long broad grass blades sends out long stems with baby plants at their ends. I love the spider plant chlorophytum comosum plant for how hardy it is with nearly zero sunlight.

If you are looking for low light indoor plants there are many houseplants to choose from. Low or shade plants may need only a few hours of light a day while high or full sun plants need eight or more hours of light a day. They cannot grow without light and as you have experienced they will wither and die. When the soil is dry to the touch.

Hardy shade plants and flowers bring beautiful blooms even to those parts of your backyard that receive little light. Read on for a list of plants that don t need sun to grow. Plants affected by light shortages or too little blue light will have the following signs. All plants need water to survive but some can also do well with little quantity of it.