/ THE LIBRARY · 10 OF MANY
Ten plants,
tested in small apartments.
Every entry is researched against RHS, AoB Plants, and AVMA pet-safety data — not scraped from a forum. Filter by the constraints you actually have: how much light your window gets, how patient you are, and whether your cat chews things.
SHOWING 15 / 10 · SORTED BY SLUG
Light
Difficulty
Pet toxicity
#01
bright
Fiddle-leaf fig
Ficus lyrata
8d
summer water
3000
max lux
fussy
difficulty
#02
bright
Monstera
Monstera deliciosa
7d
summer water
2500
max lux
easy
difficulty
#03
medium
Pothos
Epipremnum aureum
9d
summer water
1500
max lux
easy
difficulty
#04
low
ZZ plant
Zamioculcas zamiifolia
18d
summer water
1000
max lux
easy
difficulty
#05
low
Snake plant
Dracaena trifasciata
21d
summer water
2000
max lux
easy
difficulty
#06
medium
Peace lily
Spathiphyllum wallisii
6d
summer water
1200
max lux
medium
difficulty
#07
medium
Philodendron
Philodendron hederaceum
8d
summer water
1500
max lux
easy
difficulty
#08
bright
Rubber plant
Ficus elastica
9d
summer water
2500
max lux
medium
difficulty
#09
pet-safemedium
Spider plant
Chlorophytum comosum
8d
summer water
2000
max lux
easy
difficulty
#10
pet-safemedium
Moth orchid
Phalaenopsis spp.
7d
summer water
2000
max lux
medium
difficulty
#11
pet-safemedium
Calathea orbifolia
Goeppertia orbifolia
5d
summer water
1500
max lux
fussy
difficulty
#12
pet-safemedium
Chinese money plant
Pilea peperomioides
7d
summer water
2000
max lux
easy
difficulty
#13
pet-safebright
Hoya carnosa
Hoya carnosa
12d
summer water
3000
max lux
easy
difficulty
#14
medium
Anthurium
Anthurium andraeanum
6d
summer water
2000
max lux
medium
difficulty
#15
bright
Bird of paradise
Strelitzia nicolai
7d
summer water
4000
max lux
medium
difficulty