Kate Butler
ArboristSite Guru
limited light
I'd go with one of the taller sanseverias. They are VERY vertical: the footprint of the pot is the footprint for the entire plant. There are tall varieties that go to 4'.
There is also a plant called an aspidistra, or cast iron plant. Very popular during Victorian times where the houses were dark and the air quality was poor (coal heat). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidistra
Then there are also some heavily-hybridized philodendrons that can be grown up a piece of tree trunk. They're quite lovely (unusually colored or shaped leaf forms) and quite tolerant of low light. Watch out if there are very young children or plant-eating housepets on the philodendrons, though. Not exactly, technically poisonous, but caustic sap can make people or pets ill if ingested.
I'd go with one of the taller sanseverias. They are VERY vertical: the footprint of the pot is the footprint for the entire plant. There are tall varieties that go to 4'.
There is also a plant called an aspidistra, or cast iron plant. Very popular during Victorian times where the houses were dark and the air quality was poor (coal heat). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidistra
Then there are also some heavily-hybridized philodendrons that can be grown up a piece of tree trunk. They're quite lovely (unusually colored or shaped leaf forms) and quite tolerant of low light. Watch out if there are very young children or plant-eating housepets on the philodendrons, though. Not exactly, technically poisonous, but caustic sap can make people or pets ill if ingested.
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