Low Maintenance Plants

If you’ve ever looked at a snake plant and thought “that looks indestructible” – you were right. Snake plant benefits go far beyond the obvious. This is a plant that purifies your air while you sleep, thrives in rooms most other plants would refuse, and asks almost nothing in return. It’s one of the few plants where being a little neglectful is actually fine. A snake plant is, put simply: a living air filter that requires almost no maintenance and looks architectural doing it. ...

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. ...