VIDEO: Plants that need little light

Undemanding, robust plants

There is no such thing as a plant that can do without light, but there are plants that are very robust and undemanding, so that they can also thrive in shady or darker locations.

• The Efeutute also thrives in shady places, for example, but should still be near the window so that it gets some light.
• The green lily is particularly robust and undemanding. You can also place these plants in hallways, because they can cope well with little light. However, they also thrive in bright locations.
• The sword fern is also a plant that gets by with little light, but should not be too dark either. The fern generally does not tolerate direct sun, ideally choose a partially shaded location for this plant.

Indoor plants that require little light

You can also use shady locations such as corners and hallways Houseplants decorate when they need little light to thrive.

• The shoemaker's palm is an extremely undemanding plant that you can safely place in darker corridors and corners of the room, as it gets by with little light. It also tolerates temperature fluctuations as well as dry heating air and even drafts.
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• The green plants that require little light also include the KentiaPalm tree, the window leaf also called Monstera and the Aukube.
• There are even flowering houseplants that you can place in places with little light. These include, for example, the African violet, the wax flower, the belt leaf, the cyclamen, the single leaf and the indoor hops.

Even if these plants get by with little light, they still need regular watering and an adequate supply of nutrients.