Low Light Plants For Basement

From pothos to dragon plants and even a succulent or two here are some of the coolest low light plants you can grow.

Low light plants for basement. They can t grow or develop properly without the proper amount of light. Here are 20 indoor plants that thrive on low light. Up to 12 inches tall. View gallery 30 photos 1 of 30.

If you ve ever tried to grow plants in your basement you ll know that they don t like darkness. During the winter mist the plants frequently to help prevent the leaf tips from turning brown. While all plants do need light to survive if you know which plants to buy you can keep them thriving even in low light spaces. If this is the plants only light source the lights should be on for 16 to 18 hours daily.

Growing spaces for low light plants need at least 10 to 15 watts of fluorescent light per square foot. Plants in the dracaena genus include a huge variety used for home office apartments malls and landscape decoration. However quite a few can survive in low light conditions so before you get skylights installed or replace all your real plants with fake ones maybe reconsider your choice of house plant. Pin it for later.

The genus includes nearly 40 species and hundreds of cultivars in various sizes and forms all of them good choices for low light conditions. Yes there are indoor plants that will grow in rooms that have no windows. The easiest way to determine what will do well is to look to the plant s natural conditions. These are plants with cane like stems often grown like small indoor trees or shrubs.

In fact plants need light to survive. Succulents cacti and other desert dwellers are best suited to sunny spots while anything that naturally grows on the. If a window provides some supplemental light artificial lights can be left on for 12 to 14 hours per day. In this video i transform a small dark space into an inviting lush reading area.

When the soil is dry to the touch. Available in dark green and variegated forms spider plant chlorophytum comosum makes a great tabletop or basket plant in low light conditions.