Adding indoor plants to your space not only enhances its aesthetics but also brings in positive energy and health benefits. They are an affordable way to refresh your interior design, offering color and personality. Indoor plants, particularly air-purifying ones, can improve air quality and reduce stress and anxiety. Maintaining indoor plants doesn’t require expert gardening skills; there are plenty of easy-to-care-for options available. Succulents and pothos plants are low-maintenance choices for different light conditions, while ZZ plants and philodendrons thrive in low-light areas. With controlled indoor conditions, many plants grow better indoors than outdoors. To help start your houseplant collection, here are 10 best indoor plants listed along with their care level and tips for thriving.
1) Algerian Ivy
Care level: Easy
As with any trailing ivy, the primary maintenance for this stunning houseplant is pruning its fast-growing vines. Algerian ivy loves a lot of shade and consistent watering.
2) Hoya Carnosa Tricolor
Care level: Easy
This waxy plant will grow trailing vines of white and green (and sometimes pink!) leaves. Pet friendly and nontoxic, it thrives in bright, indirect light with a watering every one to two weeks.
3) Pothos
Care level: Easy
You’ll love how the leaves of a silver satin pothos shimmer when the light hits them. Pothos plants are fuss free: Keep yours in partial to bright indirect light, and water it when the soil is mostly dry. Pro tip: You can easily expand your plant family by propagating these from cuttings.
4) Rubber Plants
Care level: Intermediate
The rubber plant requires bright, indirect light. You should only water it when the soil is dry. Rubber plants have the added benefit of being one of the best natural air cleaners out there. Place it near your favorite seating area to enjoy the fresh air.
5) Fiddle-Leaf Fig
Care level: Easy
Water this plant only when the top inch of the soil is dry. Place it in a corner to create a dramatic focal point.But make sure it gets bright, indirect light.
6) Anthurium
Care level: Intermediate
Known for its waxy, heart-shaped flowers with a prominent stamen in the center, this plant needs to be watered every one to two weeks and requires occasional fertilizing—so it’s not low-maintenance, but it’s not high-maintenance, either.
7) Bird-of-Paradise
Care level: Intermediate
This tropical plant will definitely prosper in a bright, sunny spot, but it can handle lower light levels too. You’ll need to fertilize it often in the spring and summe. Otherwise, it’s fairly simple to handle—so long as you don’t overwater it.
8) Snake Plant
Care level: Easy
Indirect light is ideal for these plants (also called mother-in-law’s tongue), along with light waterings only after the soil has fully dried. Place it in an elevated planter to add interest to an empty corner in your hall.
9) Watermelon Peperomia
Care level: Easy
Peperomia argyreia—also known as the watermelon peperomia or watermelon begonia—is a member of the Piperaceae plant family, which is native to northern South America. Despite its names, this plant actually has nothing to do with watermelons or begonias. It loves low- to bright-indirect light and can tolerate a missed watering but prefers to be well watered when the soil is half dry.
10) Aloe Plant
Care level: Easy
Aloe loves the sun and requires water only once a week— let the soil dry completely in between. Put your plant in a tall pot that will help keep the leaves off the table.
