25 of the Best Low-Light Houseplants to Liven up Your Decor

Did you know that even if you don’t have lots of sunlight coming through your windows, you can still grow lush plants indoors?

Yes, foliage has had a place in dim corners of stylish homes since Victorian days, livening up the decor and even helping to reduce stress levels.

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Recent studies have shown that time spent in green spaces helps to alleviate anxiety and support healthy cognitive functioning as well.

If you have low-light areas in your home that could benefit from a touch of greenery, keep reading to discover 25 of our low-light favorites and where to buy them.

Here’s the lineup:

When I kept a golden pothos on an end table in my north-facing living room, it had dark green leaves.

Since moving it to my sunny kitchen, the leaves have become variegated with green/yellow and white/yellow markings.This is what we mean when we say that a houseplant will “tolerate” low light.

Don Janssen, extension educator at the Lancaster County Extension of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources defines low light areas as those that “receive enough light to read by during the day and are typically found within a few feet of a window.”

Grown in dim areas of the home and away from windows, they will add attractive foliage to enhance your decor.

Though many species will grow more slowly than they might if given more light, and they will not produce flowers, that’s no reason to skip adding houseplants to these spaces altogether!

The following five traits are common to all plants described here:

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