What kind of plants should I get?
Friday, November 20th, 2009 at
2:38 pm
I have a very small apartment that doesn’t get a whole lot of light. I just have one window in the room where I would like to put some plants. I need inexpensive plants that aren’t too…..hard to take care of. I would like to get as many as possible to give some life to my livingroom. So, some of the areas I would be putting plants in wouldn’t be able to get much if any light. Any suggestions? Also, any fun ideas for cute or different plants that would be easy to find?
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I live in a townhouse that faces west and we get only a small amount of afternoon sun due to the trees. I have had good luck with a peace lily and anthurium. They have acutally become friends and bloom together at the same time about twice a year. When they are not blooming, they have nice foliage. Though I have had no luck with orchids, they are beautiful and maybe worth a try. You can get all of these plants at home depot.
I can suggest to go down to a local store were they sell plants and just ask.
They can always help.
Happy hunting
Perhaps silk plants might be a better idea for you. They only require a bit of dusting off now and then, and will last for a very long time. And you can put them anywhere as they don’t need air, water or anything else. A spider plant might also be a good idea and some sort of ivy. There is a website,
http://www.freetreesandplants.com. They ony you charge you a small s&h fee for the plants they have there. Good luck! Plants make so much of a difference wherever they are put and also if they are live ones, improve the indoor air quality.
Let me tell you one of my favoite inexpensive plants is bamboo its funky and can take many different looks and I find they do well in a bathroom… I think it has something to do with steam from the shower… and for the record hgtv did a show on the top 10 designer mistakes and the number 1 mistake was fake plants/flowers so for my suggestion I say bamboo and there is another plant that I have its fairly non descript its a vine and its green leaves with yellow spots but it grows like crazy for me and im very bad with plants its something you can find at like supermarkets and almost anywhere they sell plants… anyway good luck with the growing