Plants 101: Indoor and Outdoor Edition

I have a friend/client that has the biggest green thumb. I recently did some work at his home, and I wanted to give you all the 411 on house plants. His plants are big and gorgeous, so here are some examples of some of the ones that are the best.

Indoor: 

Fiddle Leaf Fig-bush or tree

Dragon Plant

Monstera aka Swiss cheese plant

Corn Plant-not corn stalk

Snake Plant

Not that these plants are necessarily EASY to take care of because they require sunlight and weekly watering, so not terribly hard to keep alive, but you do need to be patient. 

Then, for outdoor plants, here in NC they stay outside for most of the year but must come inside for the colder months. They will freeze and die, even in the Carolinas. The outside sun can also be too hot in the summer, so a nice, shaded area that gets some sunlight helps. My client has a covered back patio, so it’s perfect for his plants! Here are some examples of lovely outdoor plants.

Outdoor:

Ferns

Palms 

Japanese Maple

Pink Dragon Plant

Split Leaf Philodendron 

Lastly, the EASIEST and most low-maintenance plant there is, is the Golden Pothos. This is an Indoor plant. You virtually cannot kill this plant. It needs little to no sunlight, so you can basically water it whenever. It will continue to grow and vine forever. You can cut a small section and root from a larger plant to replant it, and it will grow well for you. So easy and so pretty! I’m not an expert on plants and I am always learning, but any of these plants are good to start with. Let me know if you were inspired to start your plant journey! I beleaf in you ;)