Recommendations for house plants please!

[Bumpkin]

Hello:wave:
I am useless with plants and most of mine are brown and crispy. Can anyone recommend any really easy, low maintenence house plants that won't mind too much if they get forgotten about for a few days:oops: ? My flat is quite warm and very sunny.
Thank you green fingered ones!

[Crazyfool]

I have a lovely Aloe Vera that I hardly ever remember to water :doh: and its doing great :thumb:

[Bumpkin]

Sounds good, I'll try it!

[Crazyfool]

Have a look here , I love gardening but I'm not that knowledgable on indoor stuff.

http://www.flowers.org.uk/plants/caretips/hardkill.htm

http://www.houseofplants.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/houseplants_index.shtml

[Bumpkin]

Really good links crazyfool, thank you very much!
Sounds like spiky plants are the way to go. Although I am confident in my ability to kill just about any plant:lol: .

[Crazyfool]

Well I have killed a fair few but the Aloe and I also have a huge cactus and they do brilliantly if you just forget about them :tongue:

[frog]

My MIl has a lovely ficus that gets bashed regularly and still looks great :smile:

[Kerzen]

I'll second aloes and general spikiness, you're not supposed to water aloes at all between March and October, or at least that was the advice that came with mine.

[Crazyfool]

I'll second aloes and general spikiness, you're not supposed to water aloes at all between March and October, or at least that was the advice that came with mine.


Oh that is good to know :thumb:

[Bumpkin]

ooh,might try a ficus as well then. Thank you!

[Daisy May]

I like rubber plants (nice dark green shiny leaves, don't need much watering) and also one I think is called a money plant?

[Bumpkin]

Thank you! I'm off to B and Q next week with my list!