Aside from giving our homes a more artistic look, having plants in our homes also has benefits like reducing stress and increasing our productivity. While we do want to take care of plants inside our house, we might find ourselves setting the idea aside because we think that plants require too much extra work.

Bright Side wants to help you start your journey as a plant parent and made a list of low-maintenance plant babies that you can place indoors.

1. Tillandsia — air plant

Where to put it: Place bromeliads a few feet away from a window, away from direct sunlight.

Water: Every 3 to 4 weeks, and every 5 weeks during winter.

While they appreciate a humid environment, bromeliads are actually drought-tolerant. This makes them easier to take care of compared to other plants. If your home is very humid, you can opt for a clay or terracotta pot, as they can absorb the extra moisture. Otherwise, you can place them in a plastic pot with drainage holes.

10. Schefflera

Where to put it: Place anthuriums in a warm, brightly-lit spot, away from direct sunlight.

Water: Just often enough to keep the soil moist but not soggy. Around a half cup of water once a week.

Anthuriums can be low maintenance, colorful additions to our homes. They can also grow with less sunlight, but will have fewer flowers and their overall growth will be slower. If the flowers fade and you would like to remove them, you can just cut the base of the flower stem closest to the base of the plant.

12. Boston fern

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Where to put it: Boston ferns prefer to be put in places with indirect sunlight, but could be okay getting direct sunlight as long as it’s not during the peak hours of the day.

Water: Once or twice a week with lukewarm water.

Compared to other types of ferns, Boston ferns are considered easier to maintain. Boston ferns do not need that much fertilizer, and they only need it a few times per year. They are also very hardy plants, so if you find out that your plant is almost dying, just give it a little bit more care and it’ll be back to normal in no time.

13. Parodia cactus

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Where to put it: Place parodia cacti in a spot where it can catch early morning sunlight but avoid direct sunlight during the hottest hours of the afternoon. A south-facing window is ideal for this plant.

Water: You can water them every 2 weeks, and even less frequently during the winter.

Parodia cacti are also called ball cacti due to their shape. They can be happy as long as they are placed in a good spot and kept in a low-humidity environment. Once the conditions are set, you can almost just leave it alone until a few weeks later when you have to water it again.

Which of these plants would you like to own? What other plants would you like to take care of inside your house?

Please note: This article was updated in August 2021 to correct source material and factual inaccuracies.