So, as you probably know, I am a big plant addict. I loved plants, gardening and everything that was in nature for as long as I can remember, and I was always fond of plants and flowers in my childhood. In addition to my outdoor adventures with a vegetarian patch, one of my favorite activities in the house is decorating it with indoor plants. I just like the feeling of being able to bring to the street and blur the line between them. Plants enliven the inner space, give it freshness, and can literally clean the air! Over the past couple of years, my collection of indoor plants has grown and developed slowly. The picture above shows only a third or a quarter of my collection. oops!

Steve Jobs brought a quote from cute people from the Universal Studio.

During the tests and experiments I learned that some plants are easier to take care of than others. On one side of the spectrum, there were those that I magically killed (hey, every fern that came through my door also once, I paid $85 for pilea peperomioides – how heartbreaking), and then on the other side, there are those that I magically kept alive without much effort. Today I want to share my guide with you for anyone who wants to add some greenery to their home, starting with plants that you just can’t kill.

1. ZZ Plant / Zanzibar Jam / Zamiokulka Zamifolia

A pot made in a pottery class, which I attended… Totoro inspired!

The ZZ plant is one of those plants that thrive on neglect. It is one of the few plants that can survive in dark corners and needs to be watered, maybe once a month in summer and once a couple of months in winter. My ZZ lives in the darkest corner of my bedroom and I have only watered it 4 times in 4 months so far, but it seems extremely happy to have shot three new shoots already. Oh, and I am lying, unfortunately, there is a way to kill this plant by watering it too much. So keep it on the dry side. Believe me, it will not die.

2. Devil Ivy / Epipremnum aureum

Mr. Kitley x Self Heating Pot Decor

Devil’s ivy was my first home factory, and the fact that it is still alive means it was easy to care for. At home, he lived in a medium brightness indirect spot on top of my shelf with his vines down. I water it so often when the top inch of soil is dry, and sometimes I even forget to water it, but it keeps shooting off new leaves. In summer, the plant grows very fast, shooting off new leaves without stopping, and it also multiplies very easily by simply cutting off some of the leaves at the tips of the stems standing just below the root node and sticking them in water.

3. Swiss cheese plant / Monstera deliciosa

Marble terracotta pot, selected from Bannings.

The monsters were part of my family, as far as I remember. When I was a child, I hated this plant because it was so big and frightening, and I dared to say ugly. In the end, it really became so big that my parents had to plant it outdoors and so my first personal room monster was actually carved out of our old open house. I planted the cut indoors and it had massive leaves! I wanted something smaller, so in the end I bought a small (pictured above) from the kennel and took care of it for a year. Since then it has grown a pile! Monsters are quite easy to look after, I keep mine in a bright indirect place and from time to time I turn it to encourage the leaves to sit the way I want them to sit (they always stand facing the sun so you can play and find out which position turns the leaves the way you want them to sit). I water the leaves when the top inch of the soil looks dry and again it seems like one of the plants that can tolerate irregular watering.

4. Zebra/plant prayer / Ctenanthe burle-marxii

The sweat was taken from Notre Dame, a Danish home clothes store in Copenhagen.

I always thought that this plant is a calatea, but in fact it belongs to a kindred family, the ktenante. God, these plants grow so fast! Initially, I bought one of them for a friend who then let me cut out of it. I only had it for a few months when it shot out two new shoots, so I split them up and put them in the other pot. This is one of them. These plants are so easy to care for. He likes indirect light and irrigation when the top inch of soil is dry. If the leaves fall, it means they are thirsty. If you look closely, the leaves are constantly changing direction!

5. Heart Leaf / Philodendron scandals

Kikki-K gold pot holder factory & Kikki-K watering cans

My heart sheet philodendron is one of my latest acquisitions, but the speed and ease with which it grows makes me think it also deserves to be on “plants that you can not kill the list”. I treat it the same way as I treat my devil’s ivy by having it in an indirect place and watering it when the top inch of the soil is dry. The leaves just keep jumping out and they are so cute, in a dark green heart shape.

I hope you liked this plant-filled post! Let me know if you want to see another one, I have so many plants to share!

Photos: Rowena Cao & Connie Cao