Daily home & garden tip: Houseplants that tolerate low light

piggyback plant.JPGPiggyback plant is native to the West Coast, including Oregon.

Maybe you've got a great spot to place a houseplant, but it doesn't get much light. Most plants won't thrive in very low light, but some will.

Here is a list of low-light survivors:

Bird's nest fern (

Asplenium nidus

)

Chinese evergreen (

Aglaonema

)

Cast-iron plant (

Aspidistra

)

Dracaena

English ivy (

Hedera helix

)

Parlor palm (

Chamaedorea elegans

)

Philodendron

Piggyback plant (

Tolmiea menziesii

)

Sansevieria

Schefflera (

Brassaia actinophylla

)

Weeping fig (

Ficus benjamina

)

Peace lily (

Spathiphyllum

)

-- Lisa Russo

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