What's the most indestructible house plant?

[lisbey]

The only thing I have ever managed to keep alive indoors for any length of time is a spider plant. Can anyone suggest something equally tough?

Iv'e never killed a rubber plant.

Cyclamen can hack it in my house. I also have a very elderly rubber plant which would die if only it had the energy, but is hanging on in there. I've a few money plants which never grow but haven't died either. And a dracaena. I agree though, the only things which flourish here are the spider plants - they must like dust or something

When I read the title I immediately thought of a spider plant as everyone tells me they're indestructible -however I have to admit to killing one . It was a long time ago though when I was a student and involved alcohol-impaired judgement. Lets just say that spider plants don't bounce very well.

Yuccas are quite hardy I think, although not everyones cup of tea

I was gonna say spider plant. a yucca is really easy. haven't looked at mine for months and is still green and upright

I have a cyclamen that is doing well and frequently flowers despite being chronically neglected for years with only occasional watering.

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Peace lily, they can droop to looking dead, water them and the spring back in a couple of hours

I have killed a spider plant and a cactus but not a peace lily

Hijack - peace lily people, do yours ever flower? Mine lives in the loo but never flowers. Scared to move it though cos I've always killed them before.

Hijack - peace lily people, do yours ever flower? Mine lives in the loo but never flowers. Scared to move it though cos I've always killed them before.

rubber plants are ace. we used to feed ours coffee daily at work and it thrived on it.

norbertdesstrangle - when i was a student, my rubber plant survived falling 3 stories from my window (no, it didn't bounce ) so i guess they have the edge over spider plants!

Peace lily, amazing how they go from looking dead and wilted to perky with just one water. They survive everywhere, however cant get them to flower after initial purchase.

peace lilys dont like frost

Money tree- just don't overwater it and it will live for ever.
Yuccas, ditto.
Most houseplants die from overwatering, not underwatering.

I've managed to kill a moneyplant, palm, lots of cacti, rubber plant, spider plant and many others. The one that has survived, despite being knocked over, kicked, underwatered, overwatered, covered in builders dust, left outside by mistake, having leaves pulled off and toys piled on top of it is...........a begonia. The sort with asymmetric green pointy leaves with silvery speckles that are red underneath, and little pink flowers.

The one plant that's lasted in my house is something called a purple velvet vine - although admittedly it was looking rather raggedy last year, so my mum took a cutting and gave me that to replace the original, once she deemed it strong enough

By the law of sod, it will be the plant you hate the most

I managed to not kill a Ficus (sp) tree in a very big plant pot for about 10yrs. Pretty impressive because it either got watered to the point of drowning or was left for days and days without any, got used as a cat toilet, lost all its leaves one year and got dropped out of the back of the van when we were moving house.

I eventually gave it to my Nan's sheltered housing scheme where, as far as I know, it is living out its days happily in the common room attending various coffee mornings, jumble sales, afternoon tea and singsong parties.

I know they sound very delicate - but I have an orchid that just refuses to die. When the lovely flowers dropped off the first time it sat there looking very dead and sorry for itself but I have left it be, with the very occasional water - and now it is re-sprouting little flowers. V exciting. I have literally done nothing to it.