Easy Houseplants

The Plant That Forgives Almost Everything If you’ve ever killed a plant and sworn off houseplants forever, heartleaf philodendron is the one that might change your mind. It grows enthusiastically in conditions most other plants would sulk in: low light, occasional missed waterings, a corner that’s been neglected for weeks. The heartleaf philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum) is a fast-growing tropical vine with glossy, heart-shaped leaves that trail beautifully from shelves or climb a moss pole if you give it something to hold onto. It’s been a staple of homes and offices for decades, and for good reason: it doesn’t ask for much, and it gives back a lot. ...

What Makes Marble Queen Pothos Special You probably noticed her before you even looked at the label. The swirling cream and soft green, the way the pattern shifts across each leaf so no two look quite the same. Marble Queen Pothos has that effect on people. She’s a variegated cultivar of Epipremnum aureum, the trailing vine most of us already know and love, but with a twist: roughly half of each leaf is white or cream and contains no chlorophyll at all. The green portions are doing all the photosynthetic work. That’s what makes her care slightly more demanding than a regular pothos, and what makes her so worth getting right. ...

Golden Pothos Care Guide: The Classic Easy Houseplant If there’s one plant that belongs in every home, it’s golden pothos. You’ve almost certainly seen her before: those heart-shaped leaves with splashes of gold and green, trailing lazily from a shelf or cascading out of a hanging basket. Golden pothos is the plant that turns people into plant people. She’s forgiving, fast-growing, and genuinely hard to kill. Golden pothos (Epipremnum aureum) is a tropical vining plant native to the Solomon Islands, prized for its variegated yellow-green leaves and remarkable adaptability to almost any indoor environment. According to the University of Florida IFAS Extension, golden pothos can reach lengths of 40 feet in its native tropical habitat, which explains the spectacular trailing plants you sometimes see spilling down entire bookshelves in offices and lobbies. ...

If you’ve bought a plant with good intentions and watched it slowly give up on you, this list is for you. Easy houseplants aren’t just “hard to kill.” They’re forgiving. They don’t need you to be perfect. They grow in imperfect light, they survive a missed watering or two, and they don’t punish you for forgetting they exist over a long weekend. The best easy houseplants are ones that ask for very little but give back a lot: a bit of green on your windowsill, a reason to check in each morning, a living thing that makes a room feel more like home. ...