The Best LOW-MAINTENANCE Indoor Plants To Add To Your Home

by John Griffith
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You don’t need to be a seasoned gardener to enjoy beautiful plants in your home. Don’t feel intimated by plants. There are plenty of low-maintenance indoor plants you can add to your home. They are a great choice as they are super easy to take care of and look amazing. Here are our top picks of the best low-maintenance plants for your living space.

You don’t need to be a seasoned gardener to enjoy beautiful plants

easy to take care of plants

Low-Maintenance Indoor Plants

We know that looking after plants may seem intimidating at times. But why take away the joy of owning fun plants, just because you’re scared something may happen to them. Plants are incredible, they can help you sleep better, or just help look plain cool in the room. So, if you want to add more plants into your home that are easy to take care of, here are some suggestions.

Looking after plants may seem intimidating at times

a bunch of plants indoors

#Snake Plant

The snake plant is not only super easy to take care of, but it’s also incredible at purifying the air in your home. This plant doesn’t require a lot of light and doesn’t need all that much water, as it actually likes getting quite dry in between watering. In general, they can take quite the beating, so they are a great choice for a low-maintenance plant.

This plant doesn’t require a lot of light and doesn’t need all that much water

low maintenance indoor plants snake plant in white pot

#Chinese Evergreen

This plant also carries the name Silver Bay Aglaonema. Its leaves look as if painted, and it requires little to no work to keep it looking beautiful. All you need to do is give it a little bit of water and some syn, and it will be happy. Like the snake plant, the Chinese evergreen also likes to be dried out in between watering.

Its leaves look as if painted

chinese evergreen plants from above beautiful leaves

#Jade Plant

This little succulent is super cute. It’s glossy and plump. The jade plant is a great add to your home as it immediately adds a sense of calmness to the room. All this little succulent needs is some indirect sunlight and watering from time to time. They are great at retaining water by themselves, so make sure to not overwater them.

This little succulent is super cute

little jade plant in white pot

#Bamboo

If you want a really cool, low-maintenance indoor plant bamboo is a great choice. And the fun thing about this plant is that you don’t even need soil for it. All you really need to do is to place the bamboo stalks in a vase with water and some pebbles at the bottom. Keep in that this plant does grow quite fast, so you may need to repot it. But on the bright side all you need to do is put it in a similar pot setup.

The fun thing about this plant is that you don’t even need soil for it

indoor plants bamboo plant in a pot

#Chinese Money Plant

This cute little plant has little, circular leaves which resemble coins. It’s super easy to take care of as it only needs a shady, indirect light spot and a weekly watering. It also produces offset rapidly which you can propagate and give as gifts to your friends.

Its circular leaves resemble coins

chinese money plant in a pot

#Spider Plant

Spider pants are one of the easiest plants to take care of. All they need is a nice, sunny spot, and it will grow like wildfire. This plant also retains water quite well so even if you forget to water it a couple of times, it will be more than fine. And like the money plant it also produces offset, which you can propagate.

Spider pants are one of the easiest plants to take care of

low maintenance plants spider plant on blue dresser

#Peperomia

Thanks to its leaves, this plant is good at retaining water. This means that like the spider plant, even if you miss a watering or two it will be more than fine. Another great thing about the peperomia is that you can keep it basically anywhere. It does fine at any type of light.

Thanks to its leaves, this plant is good at retaining water

peperomia plant in a pot

#ZZ Plant

This plant is famous with its easy maintenance. Keep this plant at any light level, and it will do more than fine. It also doesn’t even need all that much water, and it actually doesn’t enjoy having its root wet all the time. This spiky-leaved plant is a great choice for the home.

Keep this plant at any light level, and it will do more than fine

zz plant in a white pot being held

#Monstera

Don’t be fooled by the exoticism of the monstera. It actually isn’t all that hard to take care of. They do great with medium to bright light, but are also okay with low lighting. Water this plant when the top inch of its soil is dry. And that’s all you really need to do to enjoy your monstera.

There are many variations of the monstera plant 

big monstera plant leaves

These were the best low-maintenance indoor plants to add to your home. We hope you found this article helpful. Now you can start adding all these beautiful plants into your space to enjoy without worrying that you’ll kill them!

These were the best low-maintenance indoor plants to add to your home

monestera sitting next to a chair

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John Griffith

John Griffith is a young, passionate journalist. Writing has been John’s hobby ever since he was a boy. He has worked in some of the UK’s most successful news portals over the course of his professional career but found his forever home at Archzine.