Indoor Hard to Kill Plants
These plants may not live forever, but most will grow for at least a year or more even in very poor conditions. Give them moderate care and they may well be with you for decades!
- Agave (Agave spp.)
- Alii fig (Ficus macledllandii 'Alli')
- Angelwin begonia (Begonia 'Lucerna')
- Aroid palm (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)
- Arrowhead vine (Syngonium podopbyllum)
- Artillery plant (Pilea micropbylla)
- Asparagus fern (Asparagus densiflorus)
- Bamboo palm (Chamaedorea seifrizii)
- Cast-iron plant (Aspidistra elatior)
- China doll (Radermacbera sinica)
- Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema commutatum)
- Cissus (Cissus spp.)
- Clivia (Clivia miniata)
- Cow's-horn euphorbia (Euphorbia grandicornis)
- Dallas fern (Nepbrolepis exaltata 'Dallasii')
- Dieffenbachia (Dieffenbachia spp.)
- Dracaena (Dracaena spp.)
- Dwarf schefflera (Schefflera arboricola)
- English ivy (Hedera belix)
- Fiddle-leaf fig (Ficus lyrata)
- Heart-leaf homalomean (Homalomena rubescens)
- Jade plant (Crassula ovate)
- Japanese aralia (Fatsia japonica)
- Lady palm (Rhaphis excelsa)
- Medicine plant (Aloe vera)
- Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria beteropbylla)
- Parlor palm (Chamaedorea elegans)
- Peace lily (Spathipbyllum wallisii)
- Peperomia (Peperomia obtusifolia)
- Peruvian apple (Cerus spa.)
- Philodendron (Philodrendron spp.)
- Ponytail palm (Nolina recurvata)
- Pothos (Epopremnum aureum)
- Screwpine (Pandanus spp.)
- Silver vase plant (Aecbmea fasciata)
- Snake plant (Sansvieria trifasciata)
- Spider plant (Chloropbytum comosum)
- Swedish ivy (Plectrantbus australis)
- Sweet bay (Laurus nobilis)
- Umbrella plant (Cyperus alternifolius)
- Wandering Jew (Tradescantia spp.)
- Wax plant (Hoya carnosa)
- Yucca (Yucca elephantipes)