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What plant is good for real shady indoor places

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  • 18-08-2016 12:06pm
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    armabelle
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    Hi, can someone recommend a plant that can thrive in a shady area on a north facing window sill? I have a window that faces the back of the house and trees block out a lot of light so it is kind of shady but some light does enter. I put a small fern there but it is not really liking the space as it is looking a little bit droopy and brown-tipped

    thanks!


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    looksee
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    Sometimes you just have to accept that an area is too gloomy for plants :) I have a window ledge like that and I just don't put plants on it. Aspidistra might be an option, but I don't find them attractive enough to bother.


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    armabelle
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    looksee wrote: »
    Sometimes you just have to accept that an area is too gloomy for plants :) I have a window ledge like that and I just don't put plants on it. Aspidistra might be an option, but I don't find them attractive enough to bother.

    but I need one! :D

    ok so what is the gloomiest plant in Ireland? Surely there must be so many for being such a gloomy country


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    looksee
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    I was not joking about the aspidistra, it is pretty much unkillable. However I have remembered that I have a philodendron - aka sweetheart plant - growing down a poorly lit, northfacing stairwell. It is on top of a chest of drawers and several stems go over the bannisters and down the wall, it must be 7 or 8 feet long at this stage, is healthy and even has retained its varigation, so that is another possibility. I also have a zebrina there but it is struggling a bit.


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    armabelle
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    looksee wrote: »
    I was not joking about the aspidistra, it is pretty much unkillable. However I have remembered that I have a philodendron - aka sweetheart plant - growing down a poorly lit, northfacing stairwell. It is on top of a chest of drawers and several stems go over the bannisters and down the wall, it must be 7 or 8 feet long at this stage, is healthy and even has retained its varigation, so that is another possibility. I also have a zebrina there but it is struggling a bit.

    I like both of those, thanks! I will go buy some soon. Are thye easy to find?


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    looksee
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    Philodendron is easy to find, garden centres will have it. Not so sure about aspidistra, you might have to search a bit for that.


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