Are you a plant lover, and you want to find some houseplants that love and thrive in dark places to brighten up those dark areas in your home?
Here are some beautiful ones that you may want to try out.
Cast Iron Plant
The Aspidistra is a tough and adaptable houseplant. Grows up to 2 feet high with long (12-20 inch), shiny, dark green leaves. And produces cream, fleshy flowers with a maroon center.
Chinese Evergreen
Aglonema are beautiful plants with large, shiny oval leaves. Color variations will range from dark green and silver to red. They are slow growing and older plants will bloom in the spring or summer.
Corn Plants
Drachaena deremensis have rosettes of swordlike green leaves that can grow to about 2 feet long. While the plant can produce flowers, it's rare when kept indoors.
Holly Fern
Cyrtomium falcatum grows up to 2 feet high and about 3 feet wide. It does well indoors and out. Has beautiful foliage, stiff, shiny, fringed, dark green fronds that resemble holly.
Neanthe Bella Palm
Chamaedorea elegans, is a small palm that thrives in low light. Grows to about 3–4 feet high with thick, beautiful, dark green, foliage.
Mother-In-Law’s Tongue
Does well in low to very bright light, has waxy, sword shaped dark green leaves with cream-colored margins and cross-banding of the gray-green center. Also known as dracaena trifasciata.
Any of the plants above would brighten up that problematic dark corner you can’t quite fix.
You can’t go wrong with any of these options!
Don’t forget to check out the frequently asked questions below. You never know what new tidbit you might learn.
FAQ
Are there any low-light flowering plants that will bloom indoors?
If you’re looking for some low-light flowering plants, try some of these beauties, African Violet, Amaryllis, Peace Lily, Christmas Cactus and Bromeliads.
How much indirect light do low-light indoor plants need to be healthy?
Your low-light loving plants can get by with 2–4 hours of indirect light each day. The light from a window with a shade or curtain, or even a window shaded by a tree outside, are sources of indirect light for your low-light plants.