Charlotte Amelia Lehmann
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If you don’t have a green thumb, you have to limit yourself to cacti? Not correct! We introduce you to different types of houseplants that are not only very easy to care for, but also particularly robust and durable.
Everyone knows that cacti are extremely easy to care for indoor plants. However, it is hardly known that there are many more easy to care indoor plants that are tough and virtually thrive on their own. We have put together a varied selection of particularly robust and easy-care species. Fort hem to grow, you are guaranteed not to need a green thumb.
Before we dive into detail here is the list of easy to care houseplants:
- The Kentia palm
- The golden fruit palm
- The elephant’s foot (Asparagus Family)
- Palm lily
- Monstera
- The Rubber tree
- Azalea
- Flamingo flower
- Mimosa
- Clivia
Easy To Care Houseplants For Palm Lovers
The Kentia palm (Howea forsteriana) is surprisingly easy to care for. With its expansive, evergreen fronds, it creates a holiday atmosphere in your own four walls. Fortunately, it only needs a light to partially shaded location. In addition, a constant room temperature all year round and a suitable substrate is necesarry. We recommend palm soil from specialist retailers or a 1: 1 mixture of potting soil and sand. Pouring is moderate, fertilizing even less and if you take care of a new pot about every four years, nothing stands in the way of a long future together.
The golden fruit palm or areca (Dypsis lutescens / Chrysalidocarpus lutescens) is no less exotic and also a very easy to care for houseplant. It also thrives at normal room temperature, but needs a lot of light. You will have the least effort if you hydroponically cultivate the golden fruit palm. Conventional potting soil on the other hand will do the same. If you place the palm in a saucer filled with water, there is even no need to water i. The reason is that the houseplant simply gets what it needs for itself. It also has an air-purifying effect and improves the indoor climate.
Asparagus – Low Water Needs
You don’t know the asparagus family (Asparagaceae) yet? Some species are pleasantly easy to care for and the ideal houseplants for beginners. For example, the elephant’s foot (Beaucarnea recurvata, syn. Nolina recurvata), a succulent tree that can store so much water in its thickened trunk you hardly need to water. Although it stands perfectly in a shady place in the room, you can also move it outside in summer. In winter, the sturdy elephant’s foot likes to be a little cooler. Cactus soil is suitable as a substrate. In spring you can lure it out of hibernation with a little fertilizer (also for cacti). More on the elephant’s foot in the following section!
The yucca or palm lily (Yucca elephantipes), although not a palm often called the yucca palm, is considered a typical “student plant” due to its easy care. The location should be sunny, slightly cooler in winter than in summer, and conventional houseplant soil is perfectly adequate as a substrate. During the growing season, you just have to water the plant once a week (exceptions are graciously forgiven). In winter once a month is sufficient, as the yucca can also store water in reserve. Anyone who forgets to repot the houseplant every few years will keep their growth more compact than necessary, but don’t have to worry about that either.
Easy Care Houseplants With Large Leaves
You don’t need to be an expert to get the jungle feeling at home! Even trend plants like the monstera (Monstera deliciosa), also called window leaf, are in fact absolutely easy to care for. As a houseplant, it only needs a light to partially shaded and warm location. Furthermore, some liquid fertilizer and a little bit of water regularly is all the magic you need. If you dust off the huge leaves two or three times a year, you will enjoy the beautiful decorative leaf plant for the room for a long time to come.
The rubber tree (Ficus elastica) forms strikingly large, wonderfully shiny leaves – almost entirely without any action on your part. Place the houseplant in a light to partially shaded spot in a pot of houseplant soil. At normal room temperature and it is better to have too little than too much water, it will keep your apartment green for many years. Since it is so robust, occasional fertilizers in spring and summer are sufficient to keep the plant healthy. Repotting is also only due when the pot is completely rooted.
Azalea – Limit Free Watering
The room azalea (Rhododendron simsii) promises magical flowers from September to April and that without much effort: Their impressive flowers in bright colors only bloom when most of the plants have already faded and are therefore a first-class eye-catcher. In particular, the contrast between the dark foliage and the radiant colors gives the room azalea its impressive charm. Fortunately, the azalea does not need a lot of care: As a relative of the rhododendron, you should only pay attention to an acidic plant substrate and lime-free irrigation water.
Flamingo Flower – Easy Location Finding
Would you like a colorful tropical beauty without starry airs? Then the flamingo flower (Anthurium andreanum) is just right for you: with its bright red bracts, the houseplant is an impressive eye-catcher. The actual flowers appear in inconspicuous yellow bulbs, which only underline the beauty of the flamingo flower once more. Nevertheless, the plant does not need a lot of care. A location with over 20 ° C and without direct sunlight is often sufficient.
Mimosa – Fascinating Skills
The mimosa is a fine plant that looks very interesting, especially because of the flowers. These are fluffy, spherical and appear from May to September. Whoever touches them will see something very fascinating. In the event of contact, vibrations and other external influences, the plant folds its pinnate leaves in a matter of seconds. After about half an hour, these then open again.
Clivia – Undemanding
If you want an easy-care houseplant with flowers, the Clivia is well advised. It is indestructible and undemanding. Even changing temperatures and relocations do not bother her at all. And as if that weren’t already perfect enough, the plant also forms lush and colorful umbels every year. It couldn’t be better, right?