By JESSICA DAMIANO
Lush, inexperienced crops have the facility to rework an area, imparting character, heat and allure. And there’s no house I can consider that would profit extra from a little bit character, heat and allure than your common workplace cubicle.
However rising crops in windowless areas may be difficult, to say the least, regardless of how inexperienced your thumb is.
Thankfully, there are a number of “low-light” houseplants that won’t solely survive however thrive below the overhead fluorescent lighting fixtures widespread in business workplace areas.
These crops even have low water wants, which implies they gained’t miss you once you take a weeklong trip. They usually’re all simple to take care of, making them good for brand spanking new houseplant house owners.
Pothos (Epipremnum aureum)
A vining plant with waxy, heart-shaped leaves that may develop as much as 8 ft lengthy. Cling a pot from a hook or place it on an overhead storage unit and permit its lengthy stems to hold over the sting. There are various varieties, with golden, jade and satin among the many greatest for low-light circumstances.
ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)
Shiny foliage and an upright behavior that may attain 3 ft tall. Its slender profile makes it good for putting on the ground beside your desk. Think about the green-leaved customary, the speckled variegated or stylish black Raven varieties.
Chinese language Evergreen (Aglaonema)
Easy, shiny, typically variegated or mottled leaves. Think about a range whose inexperienced leaves have vibrant purple or orange striations for a pop of shade, a cream or creamy-pink selection for magnificence or a speckled or blotchy one for a contact of caprice.
Snake Plant (Dracaena trifasciata, previously Sansevieria)
The widespread identify is considered one of two bestowed on this old-time favourite with upward-growing, sharp, pointy leaves (the opposite is mother-in-law’s tongue). Go for the usual inexperienced selection.
Solid Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior)
A shade-loving tropical plant that truly prefers synthetic lighting over daylight. The plant is as robust as its identify implies. Its sword-shaped inexperienced leaves also can deal with the too-warm or too-cool temperatures typically spewed by finicky workplace thermostats with out wilting.
Air Plant (Tillandsia)
Grows effectively below fluorescent lighting with out pure daylight. It additionally grows with out a pot or soil. You possibly can even glue one to a body to create a residing portrait. So far as care goes, simply mist it with water each couple of days or give it soaking each week or two (extra typically if the air is dry).
Air Fern (Sertularia argentea)
To not be confused with air crops, air ferns are marketed as crops that don’t require any daylight or water. Sound too good to be true? It’s. Air ferns aren’t really crops in any respect. They’re not even alive. The dried skeletal stays of marine hydrozoans are dyed inexperienced and offered as no-maintenance “houseplants.”
Jessica Damiano writes weekly gardening columns for the AP and publishes the award-winning Weekly Filth E-newsletter. You possibly can enroll right here for weekly gardening ideas and recommendation.
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