The indoor plant catalogue
30 expert fact sheets to identify, choose and care for your indoor plants. Light, watering, toxicity to pets — everything you need before adopting.
30 plants found
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Beginner OK Aloe Vera
Aloe barbadensis miller
Useful and easy: a vegetable first-aid kit (soothing gel). Needs little water, plenty of light. Ideal on a south-facing window sill.
☀ Direct sun 💧 every 14-21 days ★☆☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Dracaena Marginata
Dracaena marginata
The dragon tree: slender silhouette, fine leaves edged in red. Tolerates low light and neglect. Ideal to add height to a living room.
☀ Medium 💧 every 10-14 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Echeveria
Echeveria
Perfect rosettes in flower form, available in dozens of colours. Needs little water, plenty of light. Pet-safe.
☀ Direct sun 💧 every 14-21 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Haworthia
Haworthia fasciata
The shade succulent: tolerates partial shade, perfect for offices or north-facing rooms. Compact, non-toxic, ideal for small spaces.
☀ Medium 💧 every 21-30 days ★☆☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Heartleaf Philodendron
Philodendron hederaceum
The easy version of the Monstera: trailing or climbing vines, fast growth, very tolerant. Ideal for a beginner who wants a quick jungle.
☀ Medium 💧 every 7-10 days ★☆☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Jade Plant (Crassula Ovata)
Crassula ovata
The prosperity plant (feng shui): can live for decades, becomes a natural bonsai. Easy, slow, perfect on a window sill.
☀ Direct sun 💧 every 14-21 days ★☆☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Monstera adansonii
Monstera adansonii
The Swiss cheese vine with hole-punched leaves: an easy tropical climber, perfect in a hanging basket. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 5-9 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Monstera deliciosa
Monstera deliciosa
The Instagram star with fenestrated leaves: easy tropical if you avoid overwatering. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-14 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Monstera Peru
Monstera karstenianum
The monstera with thick, puckered leaves in glossy deep green: hardy, forgiving and beginner-friendly. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-12 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Monstera siltepecana
Monstera siltepecana
The silver monstera with bluish juvenile leaves: an easy, fast vine, ideal in a hanging basket. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 6-10 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Monstera standleyana
Monstera standleyana
The 'cobra philodendron' with glossy elongated leaves: hardy, climbing, sometimes cream-speckled. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-12 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Peace Lily
Spathiphyllum wallisii
The plant that tells you when it's thirsty: leaves droop dramatically, recover in 30 minutes after watering. White flowers, low-light tolerant.
☀ Medium 💧 every 5-7 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Pilea Peperomioides (Chinese Money Plant)
Pilea peperomioides
Perfect round leaves, endless propagation by offsets. Compact, non-toxic, ideal indoors.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-10 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Pothos
Epipremnum aureum
The unkillable vine: tolerates low light, neglect and the occasional overwatering. Beginner-perfect, fast grower, easy to propagate.
☀ Medium 💧 every 7-10 days ★☆☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Rubber Plant (Ficus Elastica)
Ficus elastica
Glossy oversized leaves, architectural habit. Modern elegance, medium growth, tolerant once well established.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-10 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Snake Plant
Dracaena trifasciata
Mother-in-law's tongue: ultra-tolerant, handles low light and 3 weeks without water. Air-purifying. The forgetful gardener's plant.
☀ Medium 💧 every 14-21 days ★☆☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Spider Plant
Chlorophytum comosum
Indestructible and non-toxic: produces babies on long stalks, perfect to gift. Air-purifying. Ideal for households with pets.
☀ Medium 💧 every 7-10 days ★☆☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Tradescantia Zebrina
Tradescantia zebrina
The wandering jew: ultra-fast growth, purple-and-silver leaves, instant propagation. Ideal for hanging baskets, beginner-perfect.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 5-7 days ★☆☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Wax Plant (Hoya Carnosa)
Hoya carnosa
The wax flower: thick waxy leaves, long vines, fragrant umbels. Tolerates neglect, flowers indoors. Very trendy.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 10-14 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas)
Zamioculcas zamiifolia
The drought champion: survives 1-2 months without water and tolerates low light. The perfect plant for travelers and offices.
☀ Low 💧 every 21-30 days ★☆☆☆☆ -
Alocasia Amazonica
Alocasia × amazonica
Black-diamond shield-shaped leaves with silver veins. Capricious but stunning. For experienced plant parents.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 5-7 days ★★★★☆ -
Anthurium
Anthurium andraeanum
Flamingo flower: bright red spathes, near-continuous bloom. Tropical, demands high humidity. For intermediate plant parents.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 5-7 days ★★★☆☆ -
Calathea Orbifolia
Goeppertia orbifolia
A tropical diva with large round silvery leaves. Demanding on humidity and filtered water but stunning. Pet-safe.
☀ Medium 💧 every 5-7 days ★★★★☆ -
Monstera Albo Variegata
Monstera deliciosa 'Albo Variegata'
The most sought-after white-variegated monstera: unstable, sectoral variegation to balance by pruning. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-12 days ★★★★☆ -
Monstera dubia
Monstera dubia
The shingle monstera that presses its silver leaves flat against its support before fenestrating. For enthusiasts. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 6-10 days ★★★☆☆ -
Monstera obliqua
Monstera obliqua
The mythical monstera with paper-thin leaves that are almost all holes: rare, demanding, for experts only. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 4-7 days ★★★★★ -
Monstera pinnatipartita
Monstera pinnatipartita
The monstera with a spectacular metamorphosis: entire juvenile leaves, then deeply comb-split. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-12 days ★★★☆☆ -
Monstera Thai Constellation
Monstera deliciosa 'Thai Constellation'
The starry cream-variegated monstera, stable and lab-cultured. Slower than the green deliciosa. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-14 days ★★★☆☆ -
Polka Dot Begonia
Begonia maculata
The polka dot begonia: asymmetric leaves with silver spots, red underside. White blooms, vertical growth, very trendy.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 5-7 days ★★★☆☆ -
Prayer Plant (Maranta Leuconeura)
Maranta leuconeura
The praying plant: leaves fold up at night like hands in prayer. Spectacular patterns. Demands high humidity.
☀ Medium 💧 every 5-7 days ★★★☆☆