In recent years, plants have become a must-have in interior decor. Not only do they bring a natural element to your home, but they also add color and balance to any space. Moreover, many plants are known to purify the air in your home and studies have shown that having plants can help reduce stress. If you’ve been hesitant to embrace the plant parent lifestyle due to concerns about plant toxicity for your pets or the difficulty of plant care, Augie and Bone’s list of pet-safe, non-toxic, and easy-to-care-for plants will have you calling yourself a proud plant parent in no time.
Money Tree
Feng Shui lovers rejoice! This plant not only comes with the promise of prosperity but is also easy to care for and non-toxic for your pets
Lighting: Prefers Bright Indirect, but can adjust to Lower Light conditions
Water: Approximately every 10-12 days. Soil should be 75%-50% dried out.
Tip: This plant will let you know if it’s getting the right amount of light, if the leaves start to yellow it’s not getting enough light, if they start to brown and turn brittle it’s getting too much light.
Lady Palm
If your home doesn’t have a lot of bright light and you often forget to re-pot plants the Lady Palm is the plant for you. This forgiving plant is tolerant to low light, cramped potting conditions, and is somewhat drought resistant.
Lighting: Partial to Low Light
Water: Approximately every 7 days. Topsoil should feel dry
Tip: If leaves are browning this is an indication your plant needs more water or light.
Variegated Spider Plant
The Spider Plant is great for new plant parents as it can thrive in less than ideal conditions. They also do well as hanging plants which makes them easier to keep out of reach if your pet likes to nibble on plants.
Lighting: Prefers Indirect and can adjust to Low Light conditions
Water: Approximately every 10 days. Soil should be 50% dried out.
Tip: This plant can be sensitive to chlorine and fluoride in water so use either rainwater or filtered tap water for watering
Lemon Button Fern
Unlike most ferns, the Lemon Button Fern can survive a fair amount of neglect, and just like the spider plant it works well as a hanging plant. An added bonus to this plant is it gives off a light scent of lemons.
Lighting: Prefers Medium, Indirect Light, but can also tolerate Low Light or Bright Light conditions
Water: Approximately every 5 days. Do not allow the soil to dry out.
Tip: If leaves are wilting or yellow your plant is receiving either too much light or too much water.
Hoya Heart
The Hoya Heart or Hoya Kerrii is a great introduction to succulents. These sweet heart shaped plants come as either a single leaf rooted plant perfect for small spaces or multi-leafed vine variety. There also great if you frequently forget to water plants.
Lighting: Bright Direct Light
Water: Approximately every 17 days. Allow soil to dry out completely between waterings
Tip: If leaves are looking wrinkled it’s time to water your plant
Let us know your favorite easy care plant in the comments.
Keep in mind that eating any house plant may cause gastrointestinal upset for dogs or cats, If you have a plant nibbling pet the safest thing you can do is keep plants out of their reach.