SUPER EASY HOUSEPLANTS

No green thumb? It’s not necessary with these houseplants, considered by experts the easiest to grow:

Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum): This houseplant teaches you how to care for it. It droops when it needs water, then springs right back. The perfect beginner plant.

Snake Plant (Sansevieria): Known as Mother-in-law’s Tongue (because of its spiked and pointed leaves), this is a bulletproof houseplant for beginners. It thrives on neglect.

Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema): New hybrids of this old favourite feature interesting variegation and foliage colours. It will thrive in office light.

ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia): Its shiny foliage makes this plant an indoor favourite. It can grow (slowly) into a handsome specimen.

Bottle Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata): Also called ponytail palm, this little tree stays small for years with twice-monthly water and indirect bright light.

Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis): With long-lasting flowers, this orchid has become an indoor star. Water sparingly; a quarter cup a week is all it needs.

Dracaena compacta: This is the slowest growing of the Dracaena or cornstalk plants, and can survive indoors for decades.

Triangle-leaf Fig (Ficus triangularus): Ficus or fig trees are very popular because they make a big statement, growing to more than two metres indoors. The triangle-leaf variety is the least fussy to maintain.