Episode Details

What plants are great in low-light homes? That’s one of the most common plant questions that I get asked a lot. It’s popular because a lot of us don’t have those floor-to-ceiling windows that we often see on Pinterest and Instagram. The majority of us just have normal, low-light homes. Even my new house in Florida is actually extremely low-light! But of course, we all want our indoor garden to grow well, no matter what our lighting circumstances are. So here’s another Proven Winners episode to teach you how to choose the right low-light plants for your space and all the tips you need to know to make sure you’re taking good care of them.

In this episode, we learn:

• [02:34] What is a low light (tolerant) plant?
• [03:30] Why low-light plants are popular
• [04:07] Why you should check out snake & ZZ plants!
• [05:25] How we overestimate the amount of light in our homes
• [08:13] Take my Plant Parent Personality™ test
• [08:35] Importance of rotating pots for low-light plants
• [10:01] Keep your plant's leaves clean
• [11:02] #1 Ferns
• [14:54] #2 Prayer plants
• [17:00] #3 Monstera
• [17:33] #4 Photos
• [19:13] #5 Dracaena
• [19:52] #6 Philodendron
• [21:20] Check out Proven Winner’s H2O Line!
• [22:41] Tips for “no light” situations

Mentioned in our conversation:

• What's Your Plant Parent Personality?
• Understanding Natural Light
• 9 Tips for Greening Up Your Work From Home Office Set UP
• Living Lace® Davana Blue Star Fern
• Living Lace® Victoria Bird's Nest Fern
• Living Lace® Hurricane - Bird's Nest Fern
• Twirly Whirly™ Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata)
• Sweet Dreams® NeverLand™ - Ctenanthe lubbersiana
• Beautifall® Off to Oz Pothos
• Beautifall® Summer Nights™ Pothos
• Crescent Garden TruDrop self-watering planters
• Proven Winners leafjoy® H2O® Collection
• Soltech Aspect™ LED Growlight

For more low-light plant tips,

check out the full show notes and blog here!

Thank you to our episode sponsor:

Proven Winners

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