Hey there, seem like someone has recently been bitten by the Lovebug ❤️, though the lovebug was from the Home garden 🏡 this time 😉 Well, look no further as this blog will help you decide which are the lowest maintenance plants 🌱, you can begin your home gardening journey with! 🌷🌼🌻🌺
Our chosen easy-going and lowest maintenance plants are🌱
Spider Plant
Spider plants are easy to grow, can sustain in all light levels, and won’t mind if you miss a weekly watering. They have fleshy, tuberous roots and long, arching leaves that can be green or striped green and white. These beauties grow well in containers or hanging baskets and are also known as the airplane plant.
Areca Plam
Areca Palm has a gorgeous appearance and it is easy to care for. These palm trees can be grown indoors and outdoors both but choose a planting site that has good drainage. Soggy soil can easily cause root rot on a palm.
The Areca Palm needs a balanced amount of sunlight to grow. When new, it has an upright appearance, but with time the new branches become heavy and bend down, making the plant spread out. Tips of the Areca Palm Tree may turn brown but don’t worry because the browning tips of the palm are normal.
One main area to beware of with this palm is that you should only prune off dead branches. If you clip the browned tips you might stop the growth of that branch.
Jade Plant
Jade is widely used as a household plant worldwide. It can tolerate high temperatures although it doesn’t need it. Jade plants can be grown outdoors as well as indoors, but if you keep them indoors they might keep on shading leaves, which happens when it doesn’t get sufficient sunlight.
You need to focus on the Soil Mix, as that is the starting point to nail! Jade grows the best in Loose, porous, and fast-draining potting mix. Overwatering can be fatal to Jades, as this plant is prone to root rot/black stem rot. The best way is to add water only when the soil is bone dry. Even at that, check the leaves first. As this is a succulent, the leaves store an excessive amount of water, too much water and the leaves swell up.
Snake Plant
It is one of the best air purifier plants, a round of applause, please! And that is why people keep bunches of snake plants in their homes/offices, but that doesn’t mean it can’t survive outdoors, it surely can. Another cheesy fact is that it is too easy to propagate, via its leaf cuttings. So you buy one and then grow as many as you want. Woohoo!
Snake plant is a really good choice for beginners because it can tolerate almost everything. This plant adds a vertical structure to indoor/outdoor gardens. It thrives in warm weather and is drought-resistant, but is susceptible to overwatering and struggles in cold environments. So, just a little care and you are good to go ❤️
Peace Lily
The Peace Lily is a very easy-going plant that can survive in all kinds of different places in your house. It demands little maintenance and that is what makes it a perfect plant for beginners ❤️
It grows well in darker places that don’t get direct sunlight, it doesn’t do well in bright places. But, it does have regular watering requirements and the top inch of soil should be consistently moistened for this beautiful white flower plant. Peace Lilies get dramatic if underwater and droop quite a bit but you can win the battle to resurrect your Peace Lily with a good drink.
Pothos
Many people prefer the Pothos because it is simple to grow and relatively inexpensive. There is a Pothos plant for everyone’s taste and preferences, with a range of leaf patterns and colors to pick from. I am sure, you will find yours too❤️
The cherry on the top, the Pothos are easy to propagate as these can be grown from cuttings, and that means, you can use your one Pothos plant to grow several more. Tadaa!
Tulsi/Holy Basil
The wonder plant holy basil, often known as “The Queen of Herbs,” is native to Southeast Asia and is extensively utilized in Ayurvedic medicine. It is a sacred plant known as ‘Tulsi’. Tulsi is grown for its religious and traditional medicinal properties.
Growing holy basil is an effortless endeavor. Whether you cultivate holy basil for medicinal, spiritual, gastronomic, or aesthetic purposes, it will be a lovely and satisfying addition to your garden or houseplant collection. Holy Basil can be grown directly in your garden or in a container both indoors as a houseplant or outdoors in the garden and brought inside to overwinter.
Tulsi does the best in full sun, plenty of sunlight ensures that it remains adorned with large healthy leaves. Moist, sandy loams with good drainage type of soil are perfect for growing Tulsi. The secret to growing healthy and abundant holy basil is to keep the soil moist but not soaked and soggy. This rule applies whether the plant is grown indoors or outside.
PRO TIP : Fertilising any herb is not suggested, and Tulsi is no exception. When you fertilize a herb, the foliage grows swiftly in reaction to the fertilizer, and there is abundant flowering. As a result, the flavor becomes very mild.
Rubber Plant
Looking for a small, low-maintenance houseplant with a tropical appearance? The baby rubber plant is an excellent choice. It’s more commonly grown as a houseplant indoors, where it can be planted and maintained all year and its size is kept more manageable. When it comes to caring for a rubber plant, it is simple. It requires sufficient light, moisture, and temperature.
The waxy-looking leaves of the rubber plant begin with a pink-coral hue and eventually deepen to dark rich green. Rubber plants thrive in bright, diffused light. They can withstand soft morning sunlight but should be moved out of full sunlight in the afternoon because it might bruise the leaves. Plants that do not get enough light get leggy, lose their bottom leaves, and their leaf color becomes bland rather than shiny and vivid. They prefer to be kept damp but not drenched. Rubber plants are similarly susceptible to severe dryness and do not tolerate it well.
Lucky Bamboo
Lucky bamboo plants can frequently eb spotted in homes and workplaces. Lucky bamboo is a great choice for inexperienced gardeners or forgetful waterers because of its well-deserved reputation as being almost indestructible.
For your lucky bamboo to thrive, you might want to just get the water and light levels right. As long as you cultivate lucky bamboo in water of a high standard, it is easy to maintain. Growing conditions for lucky bamboo include rich, well-drained potting soil. Keep the soil damp, but not drenched. Additionally, it can survive well in a pebble container or just a vase of water. Lucky bamboo prefers strong, filtered sunshine. Avoid the sun’s direct rays since they will burn the leaves. They are better at dealing with too little light than with too much light.
They are extremely vulnerable to chlorine and other common contaminants found in tap water. Though using tap water is OK unless it is hard (high in minerals). And if you don’t want to risk the life & beauty of your Bamboo, it is better to go with bottled, distilled water. To be noted, tap water can be used when watering your lucky bamboo, once the tap water has been left out in the open for 24 hours to allow the chlorine to dissipate.
Succulents
Cute, little succulents are simple to grow, you can cultivate a whole garden of different succulents and it will give that incredibly rewarding feeling. Succulents are robust plants that require very little water since they have developed in some of the world’s toughest environments. Another important point to remember is that succulent roots can only flourish in shallow containers. Drainage is crucial as the succulents can be killed by standing water. When selecting plants, keep in mind that their light and care requirements may differ. So, it will be essential to combine succulents with likewise needs together, when planting them in a container.
As ironic as it may sound, the truth is that avoiding excessive care is the hardest problem while learning how to cultivate succulents. If these plants are overfed or overwatered, they will not thrive. They are therefore ideal for gardeners who don’t have a lot of time to devote to caring for plants. If you want to read more about succulents you can give a read to the world of succulents.
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