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Poor light at home? Just grow these 6 shade-tolerant plants, the shadier it is, the better they grow

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Every time I recommend flowers, quite a few gardening friends say, my home doesn't have a south-facing balcony with such good light, so does that mean I can't grow flowers? NO! Of course not! If your home has poor light, then you might as well grow some shade-tolerant flowers, as long as you give them a bit of light...



Every time I recommend flowers, quite a few gardening friends say, my home doesn't have a south-facing balcony with such good light, so does that mean I can't grow flowers? NO! Of course not! If your home has poor light, then you might as well grow some shade-tolerant flowers, as long as you give them a bit of light they'll survive, and the shadier the spot, the better they grow, they're just so easy to grow!









Ivy





Placement options: living room, study



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Ivy is fairly

shade-tolerant

, as long as you put it indoors

in a spot with a bit of bright indirect light

, it will grow vigorously; during the growing season you can

apply diluted fertilizer water once every 2-3 weeks

, but

in summer you must avoid fertilizing

。









Tradescantia zebrina




Placement options: desk, living room




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Tradescantia zebrina is fairly shade-tolerant. To keep the leaf patterns looking good, you have to put it somewhere indoors with plenty of bright indirect light,

do not expose it to direct sun

, otherwise the leaves will develop spots; for fertilizing, choose

monopotassium phosphate, bone meal

and the like, do not use nitrogen fertilizer, otherwise it will make the

variegated leaves gradually lose their color

。









Variegated spider plant




Placement options: living room, study, bedroom


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If you want to grow a spider plant, why not get a variegated one! Not only is it

very shade-tolerant

, it grows with just bright indirect light, and the golden edges of the leaves are really beautiful, put one pot at home and the whole place instantly looks classier! When fertilizing,

use as little nitrogen fertilizer as possible

, otherwise the golden edges will gradually disappear.









Peperomia




Placement options: office desk, desk, coffee table



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Peperomia, also known as baby rubber plant, counts as

a very shade-tolerant

plant, green and glossy all year round, truly

a must-have for lazy gardeners

! If you want your Peperomia to grow vigorously, you can

give it a compound fertilizer or slow-release fertilizer once a month

, and that will make its leaves greener and shinier!









Philodendron 'Imperial Gold'




Placement options: study, living room, dining table



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Philodendron 'Imperial Gold' likes partial shade,

it cannot take long periods of direct sun

, nor can it be placed somewhere completely dark, normally just put it somewhere at home with good bright indirect light and that's enough; usually

watering once every 3-5 days

is enough, and you can often mist the leaves to make them cleaner and shinier!









Radermachera sinica




Placement options: living room, study



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If you want your family to be happy for a lifetime, why not grow a Radermachera sinica. Its leaves are dense, keep one pot in the living room and as long as there is

plenty of bright indirect light

it will grow vigorously; normally make sure

the potting soil is slightly dry

, do not let water accumulate in the pot, and you can mist the

leaves

。






Today Huahua is recommending just these 6!




Gardening friends who want to buy them should hurry up and grab them!




And these 6 plants even come with self-watering pots,




so you don't need to worry at all about root rot from overwatering!





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