Home and Gardening

It was a long search that took me over ten years. But finally I found it – the indoor house plant that will brighten up the finish of a corridor 5 meters from my front door. The Aspidistra, often known as the forged iron plant, has graced the drawing rooms of plenty of an otherwise drab Victorian English manor, plus now graces my suburban Sydney brick home.

plenty of gardening specialists describe the Aspidistra as one of the toughest plus most adaptable house plants. Its long blades of slender dark green or variegated dark green plus white leaves shoot straight out from the soil but in clumps plus up to 75 cm in height plus 15 cm wide.

Other plants that do not require much light

it is such a low maintenance plant much like an even-tempered woman who does not require any fussing over but still maintains its sweet nature. It needs  low light, average temperature plus humidity plus  occasional watering.

Low-light plants are usually defined as those that can survive in 25 to 75 foot candles – that is, a spot that is 4 to 5 metres from a bright window,   light to read by comfortably, but where artificial lighting switched on by day would give a brightening effect.

you can basically find the Aspidistra in your local garden middle nursery. In addition, three other plants that will suit  low light situations are the following:

Drachaena deremensis varieties (also know as Happy or Fortune Plants) which are slender leafed plus usually white variegated. The Drachaena relatives are caney plants crested with decorative rosettes of straplike foliage.

Aglonema (Chinese Evergreen) which are among the few plants that prefer only moderate light plus change well to low light. it’s massive dark green oval then tapering leathery leaves later developing a caney base.

Holly fern which adapts to low light plus Boston fern a fishbone type of fern that will stay in low light for plenty of months but require a spell in brighter light to rejuvenate.

Neanthe Bella or Parlor Palm which is more suited to low light situations than most palms.

Sanseviera (also known as Mother-In-Law’s Tongue) which stands low to  bright light has waxy, erect straplike leaves usually with cream-colored margins plus an unusual banding of the grey-green middle.

in the event you are finding it difficult to discover a plant that will brighten up that dark corner, why not try one of these hardy plus lovely favorites of mine?