Succulents For Lower Light

Spend one evening with this plant and you will increase your oxygen levels lower your blood pressure and reduce stress all in one.

Succulents for lower light.

It also produces remarkable clusters of attractive white flowers. As i wrote in a previous post succulents that do not get enough light tend to stretch out and lose their original shape. Succulents are highly adaptable and some can still thrive even in the shade. Low light refers to distant windows indoors or shaded outdoors.

Succulents prefer bright sunlight and this may be a deterrent at least for me in acquiring succulents if you have a low light situation. In the wild this plant grows very high up in trees. Most succulents prefer bright but indirect sunlight. Luckily i have discovered some succulents that do well in low light environments.

Sanseveria is commonly known as the snake plant or quite witty the mother in law s tongue. A somewhat unconventional entry but this cotyledon actually fits really well on a list of indoor succulents. Kept in low light the plant will do well for a couple of months but then signs of stress will start to appear. Top low light succulents.

These low light succulents are good for spots that receive bright indirect light and if possible exposure to the morning sun as well. Sanseveria is probably one of the best know low light tolerant succulents and one of the best known house plants in general. Aloe vera is hardy outdoors in usda zone 9. It cleans airborne toxins like toluene and xylene from indoor air and restores oxygen levels in the room.

It can be grown in low light environments although it thrives in sunlight. Perhaps the most commonly known succulent is the aloe vera plant aloe vera. It would still prefer direct light but because of its unusual growth pattern you won t notice the etiolation that accompanies low light situations. If you are growing succulents and your lighting conditions are less than ideal there are succulents that can tolerate low light.

The rotation method our 16 low light succulents can all tolerate low light conditions but most should not be left in these sun deprived areas permanently. Rhipsalis are great low light succulents rhipsalis baccifera is also known as mistletoe cactus which is a very interesting epiphyte producing long cylindrical stems growing up to 10 feet.