Low Maintenance Plants

Loved by seasoned gardeners as well beginners equally, Urvann has the best collection of low or easy maintenance plants online.

Low maintenance plants can be used as indoor houseplants as well as outdoor plants for your garden or balcony. Urvann has a wide collection of low maintenance plants for landscaping, indoor spaces as well as balconies or gardens.

With our free next day delivery service, plants arrive fresh to your home and are an absolute delight to add to your garden.

What Are the Top 5 Low Maintenance Indoor Plants?

Low maintenance houseplants do not require frequent watering or a lot of attention. These plants are often known as hard to kill plants. Some of the most famous low maintenance house plants are-

ZZ Plants: ZZ Plants are characterised by their dark green and shiny leaves and thick stems. They are a popular indoor plant choice because of their forgiving nature and easy propagation method.

Snake Plants: Snake plants are meant for people who don’t seem to have a green thumb. They are drought tolerant and won’t mind infrequent watering. Besides, they do not have heavy fertiliser requirements either.

Money Plants: Money plants can grow in most types of lighting requirements. They come in a variety of leaf colours like golden leaves, pothos, dark green, marble queen which have variegated leaves etc.

Spider Plants: Spider Plants grow easily in any kind of light requirement and keep producing new offshoots giving you free plants!

Syngonium: Yet another forgiving plant, this is known to purify air and survive in varied lighting conditions. Syngonium can be used as a table top plant for your home or work desk.

What Are the Top 5 Outdoor Low Maintenance Plants?

Get these plants for your home if you want to have a pretty garden without breaking the bank and putting in too much time to their care. They will keep your garden fresh and bright.

Aloe Vera: Aloe vera plants are extremely hard to kill as they are drought tolerant. Since it is a cactus- like plant, it loves sunlight and is very drought tolerant.

English Ivy: This is another very forgiving plant. It has long vines that keep on trailing. English ivy has dark green leaves that beautify any landscaping setup.

Pothos: Money plants or pothos can be kept both indoors and outdoors and survive in a variety of lighting conditions. This plant is very easy to propagate as well as take care of and comes in a variety of leaf shapes and colours.

Ferns: Ferns are a beginner’s best friend. They thrive in bright indirect light so can be kept in low light balconies. They like to sit in well drained soil and can be used as hanging plants for vertical gardening or even in pots.

Turtle Vine: Turtle vine is a go-to plant for plant parents who are on a tight schedule. This plant comes with little to no expectations and trails beautifully if kept in bright indirect light.

FAQ About Low Maintenance Plants

1. What are low maintenance plants?

Low maintenance plants are plants that require less frequent watering, go low on fertilisers and can tolerate varied environments. These plants are difficult to kill.

2. What plants are easiest to maintain?

Some of the easiest to maintain plants include syngonium, pothos, cactus, aloe vera and rubber plants.

3. What is the easiest houseplant to maintain?

Few easy to maintain houseplants aka indoor plants include ZZ plants, snake plants, peace lillies and syngonium.

4. Which are the top 5 low maintenance plants?

Top 5 low maintenance plants in Urvann’s list include Spider plants, jade plants, syngonium, money plants as well as snake plants.

5. What are the best plants for a low maintenance front garden?

Some of the best low maintenance outdoor plants for the garden are bougainvilleas, marigold and purple hearts. These plants love sunlight and are difficult to kill.

6. How to fertilize low maintenance plants?

Low maintenance plants are usually not heavy feeders. Fertilise them with organic matter like compost or vermicompost during their growing season. You can check out our wide variety of fertilisers for all your plant needs.

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