20 Low Light Indoor Plants | Houseplants for north facing windows

Enjoyed this informative video very much! Many thanks. All your plants look beautiful. My dining room has two floor to ceiling windows facing West plus a box bay double floor to ceiling window facing North. The two single windows on the box bay have an East and a West window. I live in Charlotte, NC. All the plants in this room stay so happy. I would love to use this as a plant room only but I would be without a dining room. 😊. I have Agleonemas in a a North double window upstairs and they couldn’t be happier. Light exposure is important for all plants but sometimes they surprise us with thriving in less than perfect exposures. 🙂. Here’s to plants that don’t have to have the best piece of real estate in your house ! 🥰🪴👏

This was very helpful thank you! My favorite is the mini monstera I really want one of those! Also love the philodendron Ivy Brazil one of my favorites of my new plants that I happen to have hanging in my living room with north facing windows!

Thank you for taking the time to make such detailed and informative content. I am learning a lot.

I know this is from a year ago, but I've just seen it, and I'm glad to see a video about people with low light rooms. It sounds like you have some rooms that have better light, but my home is all fairly low light, and with the help of grow lights and choosing species carefully you can still enjoy houseplants. My main question was why on Earth you'd have those blinds up, when nobody can really see in much from across the street. I removed all my curtains and blinds long ago, in favour of houseplants! They block so much light 💚

All of mine are in a southeast window because thats all the windows that i have in my apartment. They all seem to do pretty well. I'm searching for a plant for my bathroom that has no window. Is it possible to have a plant in there...

Beautiful dining room.

Yep, my house only has north windows so thats all my plants get lol. My monstera even puts out fenestrated leaves, contrary to what the sunlight nazis would believe 😄

Thank you! All I have in my condo are north facing windows 😭

I always appreciate how well thought out and articulate your videos are. This one gave me a lot to think about as I have a very low light home, which, when I bought it 10 years ago was a plus because I live in central Florida and having low light means less heat. Now that I’m a (very novice) plant enthusiast, it’s not as ideal. In fact, every plant I have is living outside on my east facing lanai and I’m not sure what I’ll do come winter time.

I am so glad I found this video today! I am currently trying to figure out what plants I can put in my bedroom, which has a north facing window and tends to be on the cooler side. There is no heat in that end if the house. Thank you! 😀

Hi Drea,
8 months .. ok, if I'm lucky you'll read this 😁
I would really love to see people grab a Lux-meter when they talk about light and houseplants. For me numbers are much more clear and easy to understand.
Of course our houses, rooms, windows, seasons are different, but if you say "give it 5000 LUX" i wouldn't put it in a spot with 500 ...
Anyway, thanks a lot for sharing your experiences 🥀

All your plants in the "Maranta" family are my favourite. Although I can't tell the difference between your Ctenanthe or Calathea (the ones featured). Great video 🎉👍🏾

Spider plants and ivy as well.

My philodendron micans is going crazy with growth in my north kitchen window. I put my mango and confetti syngoniums about 3 feet from a south facing window and they seem to love it. I have a philodendron de ja vu that. Still haven’t figured out the light. It’s currently in an east facing window. Any thoughts?

Very informative video thanks for shar

Many thanks for this enjoyable video. Good tips and information throughout! Good recommendations on plants that can be placed in North facing windows. I have three Aglaonemas in North facing windows and they push out new growth even in Winter. Take care! 👌🪴🥰

Thank u! I have been trying 2 keep all my plants in my South facing kitchen windows but have found that my Syngoniums, Scindapsis, Philos & Pothos hate those windows. I have many large windows in my home but the South & East windows r the ones I've tried 2 put my plants in. I'm gonna start moving them around & c if I can open up some space in my South & East windows & utilize my West & North windows more. I'm a realitively new subscriber but I Love ur channel! ❣
So, BTW, would my succulents enjoy my west windows as much as they do my South windows?

Just got a scindapsus pictus exotica today from my husband and your video popped up! this was so helpful!

The room I keep all my plants in is North facing and I have one small window, I def envy your big windows! I have alocasia, calathea, fiddle leaf Bambino, adansonii, deliciosa, coffea arabica, peperomia orbifolia, global green pothos, Golden pothos, marble Queen pothos, neon pothos, pearls and Jade pothos, syngonium, elephant palm, Aloe, a little birds nest snake plant, orchids, African violets etc... I don't have grow lights but do have two led lamps in the darker corners and everyone seems happy. If i move everyone closer to the window I don't bother with lamps until winter! I think that BC I buy baby plants, usually 4 inch pots, that they adjust far more quickly than an established plant that's been in greenhouse conditions for much longer. At least that's my working theory 🤷🏼‍♀️ I am planning for a regular fiddle leaf fig as well and in the lighting research I've done it sounds like I'm well within the requirements as far as my light meter app goes. I plan to get a young one not only for budget but BC I genuinely believe that its easier to acclimate. The rest of the house actually does have better lighting however I get cranked at for opening curtains BC of glare 🤣 so the arguments aren't worth it! So I guess it doesn't really matter which way your Windows face if you don't open the blinds or curtains daily! 🤷🏼‍♀️