Turning Your Indoor Jungle from Tragic to Magic: Chive Tips for Plant Perfection

Plant pots need drainage holes — without one, water pools at the root zone and suffocates roots. Chive has made ceramic pots with drainage for over two decades, stocked at botanical institutions worldwide. The most important part of the pot is the part nobody photographs. 

Large office plants — bird of paradise, dracaena, and philodendron — transform a workspace at a scale no other decor element reaches. They cross a threshold where they stop being amenities and start being colleagues. Once an office has one, you'll understand why.

ZZ plants, snake plants, and pothos are the best low light office plants for fluorescent light and irregular watering. These three survive where every other option has quietly failed. The one still alive on a desk two years later isn't luck — here's exactly how it's done.

ZZ plant care requires almost nothing: indirect light, water every two to three weeks, and benign neglect. The ZZ plant stores water in underground rhizomes, making it the most forgiving low light houseplant available. The only way to kill it is to try too hard. 

Spider plants, hoyas, and Boston ferns are non-toxic to cats and work well as houseplants. Chive's ceramic wall flowers — stocked in the Getty Museum and over 200 galleries — are also definitively cat-safe. The cat will investigate one, determine it is not food, and never think about it again.

The best low light plants for every room — bathroom, bedroom, hallway, living room — are different plants, matched to what each room actually provides. Not all low light is the same. The wrong plant doesn't fail dramatically — it just gets quieter until you stop noticing it's alive.

The best low light houseplants — ZZ plant, snake plant, pothos, peace lily, and cast iron plant — thrive in dim rooms with minimal care. Not every plant needs a bright window. The question is whether yours has the right pot.

There's something deliciously theatrical about west-facing windows, the way they frame the afternoon sun like a spotlight hitting center stage. Unlike their demure northern cousins that whisper gentle encouragement or...

The modern apartment dweller exists in a state of perpetual spatial mathematics, calculating square footage with the precision of NASA engineers while attempting to squeeze entire lifestyles into spaces that...

The transformation from plant killer to plant parent represents one of the more optimistic ventures of modern domestic life. Countless individuals have gazed upon the lush Instagram feeds of botanical...

Low light indoor plants don't need sympathy — they need the right match. ZZ, snake, and cast iron plants thrive in dim rooms because they were designed for it. The gap between plants that belong in your dim room and the ones just hoping for the best is wider than you think.

Not every plant requires a bright window — some thrive without one. The best low light plants grow new leaves, add new stems, and increase in size in the room corners. The list is shorter than most people hope, and longer than they believe.