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15 Best Indoor House Plant | Fall 2019
Hi, I’m Michelle, and I’m attempting to turn my bedroom into the Amazon Rainforest. If it wasn’t obvious by my job as a landscape designer, I love plants! Now that I have my own apartment, I have been able to collect more indoor house plants. There have been a few casualties (cough cough Apple), but I wanted to show off my current house plant collection as of Fall 2019! I personally love these types of posts, so I thought why not do one on my own blog! Plus all these plants are pretty easy indoor house plants!
WHITE & RED NERVE PLANT:
Fittonia albivenis ‘Mini White’ & Fittonia verschaffeltii ‘Red’
Sun: Filtered Sun Light – Nerve Plants can get really leggy and sad if they don’t have enough light. My red nerve plant had a year where I lived in a dorm room with very little sun and the poor thing shows it.
Water: Moist Soil- These guys are funny, if they get thirsty they start to wilt pretty fast, but water them and they will perk right back up! Such a Drama Queen!
My friend gave me this pretty white nerve plant to take care of!
SNAKE PLANT
Sansevieria trifasciata
Sun: Low-Medium Light
Water: Low water needs
These guys are perfect for beginner plant parents. They don’t require much attention! My cat has knocked over my Snake plant like a million times and he’s still thriving.
GOLDEN & JADE POTHOS
Epipremnum aureum
Sun: You could put these guys in a closet and they probably wouldn’t mind. They can handle pretty much any amount of light you offer them!
Water: Just water when soil is dry. They can even handle inconsistent watering schedules.
These plants are seriously the most chill. I’ve had one of mine for 6 years now, and have propagated so many others from it.
PETRA CROTON
Codiaeum varegatum ‘Petra’
Sun: This bad boy loves his sun! 6-8 hours to be exact! He is pretty finicky when it comes to hot days though. He didn’t enjoy the hottest days of our Texas Summers.
Water: Water when soil is dry. During those super hot days, as I mentioned, I had to water him pretty much daily.
CALADIUM
Caladium
I bought this plant on sale for 50 cents! It was pretty much dead when I got it, and I’ve been attempting to bring it back to life! It’s been an adventure, but there are finally new green leaves sprouting!
Sun: This dude likes the shade.
Water: Moist soil
ALOE VERA
Aloe vera
My Aloe Vera has sacrificed so many leaves to help my sunburns. If you have pasty ghost skin like me, then this is the plant for you!
Sun: Filtered bright sunlight for this guy.
Water: This guy is a cactus, so he doesn’t need a ton of water. Make sure his soil is completely dry before watering.
DRACAENA
Dracaena marginata
This little one was an impulse buy one spring day after my horticulture class. He is a chill plant. I’ve never really had to worry about him. A little love and care and he is good!
Sun: Medium Light
Water: Water when soil is dry
FALSE DRACAENA
Cordyline australis ‘Red Star’
This guy is a lot like the Dracaena, he just likes a little TLC and he’s good! He even survived the hot Texas summer no issue!
Sun: Medium Light
Water: Water when soil is dry
JADE SUCCULENT
Crassula ovata
I have these hanging on my patio, and I love them!
Sun: Bright sun
Water: I only water these guys once a month, however, we have had a lot of rain which might be helping out with their water needs.
DUMB CANE
Dieffenbachia spp.
I love this one. I feel like it really makes my patio feel more like a tropical oasis when I’m chilling outside. I use to have it in my apartment, but after adopting Apple I moved it outside since it’s poisonous to little kitties.
Sun: Bright, filtered light
Water: Water when soil is dry
PINK CHINESE EVERGREEN
Aglonema spp.
I love the pop of pink on this guy! So pretty!
Sun: Low light
Water: When soil is dry give it some water
AIR PLANT
Tillandsia spp.
I got this guy at the Ren Fest several years ago, and I often forget I have it. It’s in a magnet that I have hanging on my fridge.
Sun: Filtered Sun
Water: Misting and an occasional bath
VENUS FLY TRAP
Dionaea muscipula
Meet Steve! He has an Instagram @stevethevenusflytrap. Yeah, he’s kinda famous. Venus flytraps are the gateway drug to an addiction to buying carnivorous plants.
Sun: bright sun
Water: needs to be sitting in distilled water
Food: Freeze-dried blood worms twice a month if indoors
PITCHER PLANT
Nepenthes alata
This is Ricky! I bought him this summer at the Dallas Farmers Market. It took me a few weeks to figure out what he liked. Unfortunately, he lost some pitchers during that time, but he’s doing great now and has lots of new growths!
Sun: Bright, filtered light
Water: Distilled water about 4 times a week. Likes humidity
Food: Grasshopper about once a month
POTENTIALLY BEGONIA?
I’m not 100% sure what this plant is. My friend gave it to me as a graduation gift. It gets these beautiful pink flowers. I think it might be a begonia but I don’t know. If you happen to know please let me know!
At that wraps up all my current indoor house plants. I currently have several plants in a shopping cart online so I might have more to show later! Also, let us all give a moment of silence to my Cape Sundews that Apple ate… She’s a plant murder! Don’t worry I will be replacing those pretty gals soon! Thankfully they weren’t poisonous to cats! What plants do you have? Are any of these one’s you’d want to buy? Let me know!