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windows stop you from gardening potting mix. This sustainable soil additive
indoors. Include some low retains moisture, reducing watering by up
maintenance, low light houseplants to 25 percent. It also adds air space,
and maintenance strategies to boost improving the growing conditions for all
your success. indoor plants and helps reduce the risk of
overwatering.
Low maintenance gardening starts
with proper plant selection. Match the Pothos and philodendron are
plant to the growing conditions and traditional low light favorites. New
your gardening style. cultivars provide a fresh look to these
indoor beauties.
ZZ plant is a favorite low light, low
maintenance plant. You will see it in Neon pothos has vibrant neon green
hotels and shopping malls where light foliage sure to brighten any spot in your
and care are often limited. Avoid home. Pearls and Jade has smaller cream
overwatering that can lead to root rot and green variegated leaves. It is slower
and death of this plant. growing but just as tough as other pothos. Photo: Aglaonema ‘Siam Red’ amd photo credit: Melinda Myers.
Show off their trailing habit in a hanging
You will need to do a bit of basket, container displayed on a shelf, or splashed or striping can be difficult to find increase focus while improving your
searching to find a few of the newer set upon a pedestal. but add to its beauty. indoor air quality.
ZZ plant varieties. Zenzi is compact
with curled leaves while Raven has You’ll find a variety of philodendrons New varieties of Chinese evergreen Melinda Myers has written more than 20
dark purple black foliage that for your indoor garden. Brasil has dark have found their way into many garden gardening books, including Small Space
contrasts nicely with green and green heart-shaped leaves with a golden centers. Their green leaves may have Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses ”How
chartreuse leaves of nearby plants. stripe down the middle. Brandi, another silver highlights like those of Calypso to Grow Anything” DVD series and the
trailing philodendron, has olive green Cecila and Golden Bay. Or add a bit of red nationally-syndicated Melinda’s Garden
Peace lily is another popular low heart-shaped leaves with silver splashing. to your indoor garden with Red Gold and Moment TV & radio program. Myers is a
light plant found in a variety of public These can be allowed to trail or trained up Ruby Ray Chinese evergreen. columnist and contributing editor for Birds &
places. It requires moist soil to thrive, onto a trellis. Blooms magazine and was commissioned by Wild
making it the perfect plant for those Low light indoor plants allow you to Valley Farms for her expertise to write this
that tend to overwater. Increase your Golden Goddess has larger chartreuse add greenery where you once thought it article. Myers’ web site
success by mixing organic Wild Valley leaves that make a dramatic statement in a was not possible. Their added beauty will is www.melindamyers.com.
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