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Looking for trailing indoor plants

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  • 12-09-2019 10:03am
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    loveisdivine
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    Hi,

    Any suggestions for indoor plants that meet the following criteria,

    Will be in small vases attached to the wall.

    No direct sunlight, low-medium light in general.

    Fairly dry conditions with heat during the winter as they will be about 4 foot above a radiator. Although I can turn that radiator off if it's going to kill anything I put above it as there is another on the other side of the room.

    Something trailing.

    Thanks!


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    New Home
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    Ivy.


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    looksee
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    Sorry Newhome, I have to contradict, of all things ivy will not survive those sort of conditions. It hates being indoors anyway, putting it in small containers that will dry out even without the radiator is a surefire way of killing it.

    OP those conditions will kill most things. If you are prepared to not use the radiator then there is a remote chance you might keep something alive. Spanish moss comes to mind but I doubt that is what you want.

    Spider plants may survive those conditions, they survive most things but really OP in this case I might quite seriously suggest artificial!


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    kylith
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    A trailing succulent might do the job, something like donkey tail or string of pearls.


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    looksee
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    Again, sorry to keep being negative but the OP's description of low-medium light would not suit these succulents. They need some bright light though not direct sun.


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    loveisdivine
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    There is a fairly large window, but it wouldn't really get any sun on it and there's some large trees about 5 metres away which do affect the light. It's definitely not dark, but it's not the brightest part of the house either.


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    kylith
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    looksee wrote: »
    Again, sorry to keep being negative but the OP's description of low-medium light would not suit these succulents. They need some bright light though not direct sun.

    fair point. If it weren't for the location above a radiator I'd tend to say Pothos(devil's ivy). It has a reputation for being hard to kill, but I don't know how such a drying location would affect it.


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    ldy4mxonucwsq6
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    loveisdivine wrote: »
    Hi,

    Any suggestions for indoor plants that meet the following criteria,

    Will be in small vases attached to the wall.

    No direct sunlight, low-medium light in general.

    Fairly dry conditions with heat during the winter as they will be about 4 foot above a radiator. Although I can turn that radiator off if it's going to kill anything I put above it as there is another on the other side of the room.

    Something trailing.

    Thanks!

    Spider plants are great for low light areas and they do have downward growth so a kind of trailing (especially the baby offshoots).

    I have a load of them at home in different spots, including some potted up babies from adult plants and they do really well no matter where they are, haven't managed to kill one yet.


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