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Easy Care Houseplants: care guides and plant list

Easy care houseplants are good starting points when you want forgiving plants with clear light and watering signals.

Includes Pothos, Snake Plant, ZZ Plant.

Easy care

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Pothos official Botanica catalog image
Tropical foliage / aroids

Pothos

epipremnum aureum

Pothos is a easy care houseplant that usually fits Bright indirect to medium indirect light and a 5-10 day water window.

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Snake Plant official Botanica catalog image
Succulents and cacti

Snake Plant

dracaena trifasciata

Snake Plant is a easy care houseplant that usually fits Bright light with some direct sun where acclimated and a 14-28 day water window.

Open Snake Plant guide
ZZ Plant official Botanica catalog image
Tropical foliage / aroids

ZZ Plant

zamioculcas zamiifolia

ZZ Plant is a easy care houseplant that usually fits Bright indirect to medium indirect light and a 5-10 day water window.

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Spider Plant official Botanica catalog image
Tropical foliage / aroids

Spider Plant

chlorophytum comosum

Spider Plant is a easy care houseplant that usually fits Bright indirect to medium indirect light and a 5-10 day water window.

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Jade Plant official Botanica catalog image
Succulents and cacti

Jade Plant

crassula ovata

Jade Plant is a easy care houseplant that usually fits Bright light with some direct sun where acclimated and a 14-28 day water window.

Open Jade Plant guide
Succulents and cacti

Aloe Vera

aloe barbadensis miller

Aloe Vera is a easy care houseplant that usually fits Bright light with some direct sun where acclimated and a 14-28 day water window.

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Tropical foliage / aroids

Dragon Tree

dracaena marginata

Dragon Tree is a easy care houseplant that usually fits Bright indirect to medium indirect light and a 5-10 day water window.

Open Dragon Tree guide
Tropical foliage / aroids

Corn Plant

dracaena fragrans

Corn Plant is a easy care houseplant that usually fits Bright indirect to medium indirect light and a 5-10 day water window.

Open Corn Plant guide
Lucky Bamboo official Botanica catalog image
Propagations and cuttings

Lucky Bamboo

dracaena sanderiana

Lucky Bamboo is a easy care houseplant that usually fits Bright indirect light while roots establish and a 3-7 day water window.

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Succulents and cacti

Ponytail Palm

beaucarnea recurvata

Ponytail Palm is a easy care houseplant that usually fits Bright light with some direct sun where acclimated and a 14-28 day water window.

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