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Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

The Best Low Light Plants for Dim Spaces

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, How To, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.8 • 883 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

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


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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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0:00.0

One of the most common plant care questions I get asked is what plants can I have in low light homes?

0:06.4

Because a lot of us don't have homes that we see on Pinterest and Instagram with floor to ceiling windows.

0:11.4

A lot of us just have normal low-light homes, right? I just

0:15.2

moved to Florida and my home is actually extremely low-light. I lived in New York. I had low-light homes

0:20.4

there too, right? But we all want a thriving indoor jungle no

0:25.5

matter what our lighting circumstances are. So today's episode is near and

0:29.3

dear to my heart as it's something I'm currently going through, an episode all about how to embrace and love low-light plants

0:37.2

and all of the tips and tricks you need to know

0:39.7

to make sure you're taking care of them. Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants Podcast,

0:48.0

where we not only learn how to care for plants successfully,

0:53.5

but how to simply and affordably use our plant babies

0:56.1

to cultivate more joy in our lives by doing so.

0:59.4

I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady,

1:02.5

author of Growing Joy, the Plant Lover's Guide to

1:04.6

Cultivating Happiness, Speaker, Podcaster,

1:06.9

and most importantly, your new best plant friend.

1:09.7

On Growing Joy with Plants,

1:10.9

you'll find conversations about house plant care, gardening

1:13.7

tutorials and wellness through the lens of plants.

1:17.0

Plant Care is Self Care.

1:19.7

I'm Growing Joy. growing joy.

1:27.3

Hello, plant friends. Welcome to growing joy with plants.

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