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The Best Houseplants for Those Missing a Green Thumb

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Not only are plants good for the interal environment - breathing in your carbon dioxide and exhaling nice clean oxygen, but they LOOK nice too. Unfortunately, not everyone has a green thumb. This list comprises the houseplants that have been shown to be the easiest to care for.

Rated 5 points - posted 14 years ago by thewordwarrior in category Home.

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Cast Iron Plant

This plant grows in any sort of conditions, including being completely forgotten about for weeks and even extremely low lighting. In fact it seems to PREFER low lighting.

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Cacti

Thorny Cacti - as compared to the Christmas Cactus, are much simpler plants and pretty much take care of themselves. Do not put where small children can touch - pets will figure it out quickly enough.

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Ivy

Ivy is rediculously easy to care for, grows in just about any lighting condition, and will take over your world if you don't keep an eye on it.

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4.

Lucky Bamboo

Another low-light tolerant plant. Lucky bamboo really isn't bamboo, it can be trained into exotic looking curls and swoops and can be grown in water until it has developed really good roots.

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Christmas Cactus

This flowering plant seems to do best when it is ignored. It is also extremely tolerant of low lights, though you won't get as many blossoms as you would with better lighting.

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Aloe

Fast growing, easy to care for, hard to kill, AND can be used as a burn ointment. What else could one want in a plant?

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Spider Plants

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Pothos

These trailing/creeping plants just keep growing, and growing, and growing. Very tolerant of most any condition, they are extremely difficult to kill.

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Wax Plant

Hang this in a window with some direct sunlight, then you can pretty much forget about it.

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Snake Plant

It's best if you DO forget to water this plant for long stretches at a time, as too much water will cause it to rot.

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Dragon Tree

Very hard to kill - in fact, they tend to grow well - and quickly. These babies can reach up to ten feet tall, so watch your ceiling!

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Jade Plant

Jade Plants are consistant as to growth, and can tolerate quite harsh conditions.

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Panda Plant

This plant is so easy to grow that if you find a panda plant leaf on it's own, simply lay it across a pot of soil, and it will start growing and rooting on its own.

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