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Easy Houseplants for Beginners

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Forgiving plants that thrive even with imperfect care

199 plants
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🌿 All Plants 🌿 Tropical Foliage🌱 Ferns🌵 Succulents & Cacti🌴 Indoor Trees & Palms🌱 Climbers & Trailing Plants🌸 Flowering Houseplants🌺 Orchids & Bromeliads
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💚 Easy to Grow🐾 Pet Safe✨ Air Purifying🌑 Low Light🪴 Hanging Plants
Bromeliad Orchids & Bromeliads

💚 Bromeliad

☀️ Bright Indirect💧 Weekly
Bunny Ear Cactus Succulents & Cacti

💚 Bunny Ear Cactus

☀️ Full Sun💧 When Bone-Dry
Burro's Tail Succulents & Cacti

💚 Burro's Tail

☀️ Bright, Indirect Light💧 Soak & Dry🐾 Pet Safe
Cape Primrose Flowering

💚 Cape Primrose

☀️ Bright Indirect💧 Top Inch Dry
Cast Iron Plant Tropical Foliage

💚 Cast Iron Plant

☀️ Low Light💧 Every 2-3 weeks
Cat Palm Indoor Trees & Palms

💚 Cat Palm

☀️ Bright Indirect💧 Weekly
💀 Cebu Blue Pothos Climbers & Trailing

💚 Cebu Blue Pothos

☀️ Bright Indirect💧 Weekly
Chinese Evergreen Tropical Foliage

💚 Chinese Evergreen

☀️ Low to Bright Indirect💧 Weekly
Chinese Evergreen Spathonema Tropical Foliage

💚 Chinese Evergreen Spathonema

☀️ Low to Bright Indirect💧 Water When Dry
Chinese Fan Palm Indoor Trees & Palms

💚 Chinese Fan Palm

☀️ Bright Indirect💧 When top 2-3 inches dry
Chinese Money Plant Tropical Foliage

💚 Chinese Money Plant

☀️ Bright Indirect💧 Weekly
Christmas Cactus Succulents & Cacti

💛 Christmas Cactus

☀️ Bright Indirect Light💧 Moderate (Keep Evenly Moist)
Christmas Fern Ferns

💚 Christmas Fern

🌗 Partial/Full Shade💧 Weekly
Chrysanthemum Flowering

💚 Chrysanthemum

☀️ Bright Indirect💧 Weekly
Coleus Tropical Foliage

💚 Coleus

☀️ Bright Light💧 Evenly Moist
💀 Corn Plant Indoor Trees & Palms

💚 Corn Plant

☀️ Low to Bright💧 Water when dry☠️ Toxic to Pets
Creeping Fig Climbers & Trailing

💚 Creeping Fig

☀️ Medium to Bright Indirect💧 Keep Evenly Moist
💀 Crown of Thorns Flowering

💚 Crown of Thorns

☀️ Bright Direct to Indirect Light💧 Dry Between Waterings
Dallas Fern Ferns

💚 Dallas Fern

☀️ Medium to Bright Indirect💧 Keep Evenly Moist🐾 Pet Safe
Domino Cactus Succulents & Cacti

💚 Domino Cactus

☀️ Bright Light, Some Direct Sun💧 Soak and Dry🐾 Pet Safe
Dumb Cane Tropical Foliage

💚 Dumb Cane

☀️ Bright Indirect💧 Weekly
Easter Cactus Succulents & Cacti

💛 Easter Cactus

☀️ Bright Indirect Light💧 Moderate (Keep Evenly Moist)
Easter Lily Cactus Succulents & Cacti

💚 Easter Lily Cactus

☀️ Bright Light, Direct Sun💧 Soak and Dry🐾 Pet Safe
Echeveria Succulents & Cacti

💚 Echeveria

☀️ Bright Direct Sun💧 Soak and Dry