Indoor plants I can't kill?

[amberlyrose]

I'm terrible with most plants. TERRIBLE. I water it too much or don't water enough, give it too much sunlight or not enough. I need something pretty easy that won't need too much work and I can keep around my dogs without too much worry. 

[flex]

Spider plants and philodendron.

[rodeored]

Spider plant!

[Deleted]

Aloe Vera? I think I water mine like once a year. Lol.

[FastHands]

succulents

[snowflurry]

closet plant
rubber plant

[cuddlyevil]

Aloe vera plants
Rubber plants
Bamboo

[Dezi]

I'm the same as you. I just killed another one and I still can't figure out if it's because I watered it too much or too little.

[amberlyrose]

Ooh, I like aloe vera plants! I could try that. Jade looks pretty cool, too.

[Serenity9]

ZZ Plant



I've had one of these for more than a year and I haven't killed it yet. And I'm normally terrible. I can forget to water it for a loooong time and it will lose one leaf.

I named him Frank the Tank.

[WOT?*]

Plastic and silk.

[hamster]

I have a Peace Lily that despite my best efforts, keeps hanging on.

[Alyssa]

Bamboo....you can practically grow it in cement. I kill most everything, but my bamboo that I got about 6 years ago is still living in it's rack garden.

[dizzydee]

Peace Lilys are poisonous. So if you have dogs or cats that like to eat them I wouldn't go that route.

I had a palm tree that lived like 10 years. It got huge and the last time we moved we just left it. It makes me sad because we have the perfect home for it now.

[cbwm1]

I kill everything, and even I managed to keep a peace lily alive for several years. lol

[exploding people]

Air plants! I am a horrible plant-killer, but I can keep air plants alive easily.

[amberlyrose]

Apr 13, 2015 14:04:49 GMT -5 exploding people said:

Air plants! I am a horrible plant-killer, but I can keep air plants alive easily.

what are air plants?

[amberlyrose]

Apr 13, 2015 13:48:09 GMT -5 dizzydee said:

Peace Lilys are poisonous. So if you have dogs or cats that like to eat them I wouldn't go that route.

I had a palm tree that lived like 10 years. It got huge and the last time we moved we just left it. It makes me sad because we have the perfect home for it now.

Good to know! 

[cleo29]

Christmas Cactus. We had one that lived for YEARS and I don't remember it being low maintenance.

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Apr 13, 2015 14:19:06 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Christmas Cactus. We had one that lived for YEARS and I don't remember it being low maintenance.

Mine didn't last a year.

I like my peace lily, rubber plant (it seems to prefer the low light rooms) and those umbrella trees seem to be pretty hardy. Oh and the bamboo, those refuse to die  

[papie]

I have a Christmas cactus that is half dry, and a spider plant that has some fuzzy white mold growing in the soil. So my answer is that if you try really hard, you can kill pretty much anything.

[Serenity9]

Apr 13, 2015 14:11:22 GMT -5 amberlyrose said:

Apr 13, 2015 13:48:09 GMT -5 dizzydee said:

Peace Lilys are poisonous. So if you have dogs or cats that like to eat them I wouldn't go that route.

I had a palm tree that lived like 10 years. It got huge and the last time we moved we just left it. It makes me sad because we have the perfect home for it now.

Good to know! 

Ah, wait, reading fail... ZZ plants are also poisonous. Sorry; I don't have pets or kids, so I wasn't thinking of that part.

[exploding people]

Apr 13, 2015 14:10:40 GMT -5 amberlyrose said:

Apr 13, 2015 14:04:49 GMT -5 exploding people said:

Air plants! I am a horrible plant-killer, but I can keep air plants alive easily.

what are air plants?

They're plants that aren't planted in dirt. I have them sitting in globe-shaped things hanging in my kitchen window, kind of like this:



I water mine once a week by soaking them in a bowl for about 20 minutes. I've had them for a couple years now - other plants have only survived a few months in my house.

[kitty63]

Apr 13, 2015 15:59:47 GMT -5 exploding people said:

Apr 13, 2015 14:10:40 GMT -5 amberlyrose said:

what are air plants?

They're plants that aren't planted in dirt. I have them sitting in globe-shaped things hanging in my kitchen window, kind of like this:



I water mine once a week by soaking them in a bowl for about 20 minutes. I've had them for a couple years now - other plants have only survived a few months in my house.

Those are so pretty!  Do they need a lot of sun?

[Deleted]

This thread inspired me to water my aloe because it just sits on top of my bookshelf all neglected. I kind of pulled on one of the leaves (is that what they're called? Branches? Idk), and the whole frigging thing was just, like, not even in the soil. The root part was just sitting on top of the dirt. It's still alive! Lol. Can't kill that thing if I tried.

[thinkofthesoldiers]

Pothos

[Deleted]

Snake plant
www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/snake-plant/snake-plant-care.htm

[thatgirl2478]

Apr 13, 2015 14:45:49 GMT -5 Serenity9 said:

Apr 13, 2015 14:11:22 GMT -5 amberlyrose said:

Good to know! 

Ah, wait, reading fail... ZZ plants are also poisonous. Sorry; I don't have pets or kids, so I wasn't thinking of that part.

There a *little* poisonous - this article contains a great amount of info:

www.exoticrainforest.com/Calcium%20oxalate%20crystals.html

My cat has eaten ZZ Plant leaves without issue before.  Would I feed it to her? No, but it's not going to kill you.

[exploding people]

Apr 13, 2015 17:38:42 GMT -5 kitty63 said:

Apr 13, 2015 15:59:47 GMT -5 exploding people said:

They're plants that aren't planted in dirt. I have them sitting in globe-shaped things hanging in my kitchen window, kind of like this:



I water mine once a week by soaking them in a bowl for about 20 minutes. I've had them for a couple years now - other plants have only survived a few months in my house.

Those are so pretty!  Do they need a lot of sun?

Yes, but indirect. Mine are hanging in western-facing windows (eta: the windows face another building, so the sun is partially blocked). Here's more info for anyone who is curious.