House plants that I can't kill?!

[ladybird69]

I'm terrible at keeping plants alive but I want to add some greenery into the house. Can you tell me of easy-care plants please.

Peace lilies are very forgiving. Also rubber plants. Both have lots of lovely deep green foliage.

Spider plants are very forgiving and tolerate a bit of neglect. They also send out little plants on long stems.

Succulents. I have some that desperately need repotting, I rarely water, and which my cat keeps knocking off the shelf because he's evil but they're still doing well!

Do you have pets? Many of them are highly toxic if ingested, chewed or even rubbed against

If you so have pets then ferns, palms and spider plants safe . The latter will survive a huge amount of neglect

I have yet to find one :)

Fake plants?

My spider plant has endured years of neglect and still persists in looking passably alive.

I cringe with shame whenever someone gives me a beautiful orchid as I know it will just be a sorry-looking twig within a matter of weeks.

IKEA house plants are pretty hard to kill in my (minute) experience!
I would really like to know, too

I came on to say aspidistras. Mine is about 50 years old. It's watered very infrequently and the pot is significantly more root than soil. It's fine.

Schefflera - umbrella tree. Mine is nearly 30 years old, it sits in a corner, I chuck some water in once every couple of months and dust its leaves occasionally by taking it outside when it's raining.

Money plant - similar.

I have a peace lily at work, it guzzles water, I have to get a colleague to water it when I'm on holiday.

Keeping them away from radiators and sunny windowsills is one of the best ways to keep them happy IMO.

Spider plants thrive on neglect it seems, even I can't kill it

Cacti are pretty hard to kill

Aloe Vera, I've had mine (or rather the descendants of it) for over a decade!

Oh wow thanks for all your suggestions. I've just killed a spider plant! So I am quite hopeless. I can't bring myself to buy fake plants. I like the look of aspidistras and aloe Vera, ferns usually die within a month! Does it matter where you position them or is it all down to watering?

I've just realised that the plant I have that I assumed was a spider plant is in fact a dragon tree - I can't tell you how irregularly I water the thing, probably about once every three months when one of the leaves begins to look a tiny bit brown. It's probably tripled in size in the 4 years or so I've had it and badly needs repotting but it still looks nice!

Oxalis, 'chocolate ' or plain ?

I've had a fatsia in the same pot for around 5 years and it continues to grow and flourish. Looks great indoors with beautiful architectural leaves. Just water it sporadically!

MIL tongues are almost indestructible too!

My aloes are on a bright sunny windowsill at the moment but I try to ignore them as much as possible, they thrive on neglect. I once put them in the spare room whilst we had renovations and forgot about them fir nearly 3 months, when I found them they were in flower !! My aunt says flowering is a natural last ditch attempt for attention for these types of plants. Honestly, get an aloe, easy peasy and handy when you burn yourself on the oven, they reproduce like rabbits too, I'm always handing out baby plants to mates