Recommend me a low maintenance house plant...

[Salty seadog]

Posting here because i didn't think it fitted into sportive and Audaxing,..

I am looking for a very low maintenance houseplant, if you read the title you know this already,
It needs to be able to survive being left alone for 7-8 days at a time?

All suggestions gratefully received...

ssd...

 

[swee'pea99]

Spider plants are pretty much indestructible. Rubber plants are hard to kill too.

 

[roadrash]

cactus

 

[Bianchi boy]

Spider plant , Rubber plant are two plants we have left for three months whilst cycling in Spain during the winter with NO heating on in the house and have always been fine. to the forum

 

[HertzvanRental]

Posting here because i didn't think it fitted into sportive and Audaxing,..

I am looking for a very low maintenance houseplant, if you read the title you know this already,
It needs to be able to survive being left alone for 7-8 days at a time?

All suggestions gratefully received...

ssd...

3 years ago I bought an orchid from Sainsburys. It cost £5-00. Mrs v R gives it a drink when she feels it is necessary-usually about every 3 weeks. In that period it has probably been without flowers for a month, at most.

 

[Bianchi boy]

Spider plants are pretty much indestructible. Rubber plants are hard to kill too.

See told yer !!!

 

[Hover Fly]

Mother in law's tongue, can go a couple of months without being watered, pretty easy going on light or shade, cats don't chew it.

 

[Salty seadog]

See told yer !!!

Im picking up the faintest outline of a pattern to this thread....it'll soon be clear.

 

[Smurfy]

Succulents are the ultimate in low maintenance. They can tolerate not being watered for weeks, but unlike cacti have no spikes. Perfect!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

A cactus for sure. Once you know that is ok, and you aren't committing Herbicide, then get something a bit more fancy like an Orchid (see above).

Don't know much about cheese plants (other than they used to be really popular in the '80s), but they sound quite good too.

 

[accountantpete]

Cactus are great - an occasional spray with water/feed and they are happy.

Plus they suddenly reward you with flowers like this (the flowers only last a day or two though)

 

[mjr]

November cactus: Flowers most years, even when horribly neglected.

 

[PeteXXX]

An aspidistra, if you can find one..

 

[Hill Wimp]

Another vote for Rubber or Spider plants, truly indestructable.

 

[stephec]

3 years ago I bought an orchid from Sainsburys. It cost £5-00. Mrs v R gives it a drink when she feels it is necessary-usually about every 3 weeks. In that period it has probably been without flowers for a month, at most.

There's ten orchids in our house, they can all go for a few weeks without a drink.