Admitting defeat and chucking out your withered and dead houseplant is never easy. Especially if you are sure you did everything right and followed the care instructions for your indoor plants to the letter, only to find none of your attempts were successful and the plant died before your eyes. A lot of people struggle to keep their houseplants alive despite their best efforts, but you shouldn't be deterred from trying to achieve the indoor jungle you are looking for.
House plants come with a wide range of benefits to your health and happiness - according to the Royal Horticultural Society, they can improve your mood and concentration, and reduce your stress. They even have the power to potentially bring down your blood pressure , so investing in houseplants is well worth it. However, if trying to keep them alive has become the very thing that is stressing you out, then you need to try incorporating these "hard to kill" plants into your home - especially if you don't get much natural light in your rooms.
Content creator and houseplant enthusiast Jo Johnson posted these recommendations on her TikTok, which boasts 1.6 million followers, and the video quickly wracked up thousands of likes. She recommends these plants to anyone "who kills everything" they try to grow, particularly if low light is a factor in why some of your previous plants have failed to thrive.
First up she advises you to invest in a snake plant - also known as Mother-in-law's tongue. There are a range of varie.