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Indoor plants

Plants that thrive inside the house, in pots, with the light that comes through your windows. Here are the most popular houseplants for apartments and offices, with how much light each one handles, how often to water and whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Start with the "Low light" and "Beginners" collections if you are new to plants.

10 plants

Fiddle-leaf fig in a pot by a window, with a single trunk and a crown of large violin-shaped leaves

Fiddle-leaf fig

Ficus lyrata

Bright indirect
When top inch is dry

Golden pothos in a hanging pot with trailing stems and heart-shaped green leaves streaked with yellow

Golden pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Bright indirect
When top inch is dry

Heartleaf philodendron trailing from a hanging pot, with long stems covered in glossy heart-shaped leaves

Heartleaf philodendron

Philodendron hederaceum

Bright indirect
When top inch is dry

Mature Monstera deliciosa in a pot, climbing a moss pole, with large split and perforated leaves

Monstera

Monstera deliciosa

Bright indirect
When top inch is dry

Peace lily in a pot with glossy dark green leaves and white spathes above the foliage

Peace lily

Spathiphyllum wallisii

Bright indirect
When top inch is dry

Rubber plant in a pot near a window, with large, thick, glossy leaves on a single stem

Rubber plant

Ficus elastica

Bright indirect
When top inch is dry

Snake plant in a pot with upright sword-shaped leaves banded in pale green

Snake plant

Dracaena trifasciata

Bright indirect
Let soil dry out

Spider plant in a hanging pot with white-striped leaves and stolons carrying plantlets

Spider plant

Chlorophytum comosum

Bright indirect
When top inch is dry

Weeping fig in a pot by a window, with drooping branches and a dense crown of small glossy leaves

Weeping fig

Ficus benjamina

Bright indirect
When top inch is dry

ZZ plant in a pot with upright compound leaves of glossy dark green leaflets

ZZ plant

Zamioculcas zamiifolia

Bright indirect
Let soil dry out