Houseplants that can take the chill
When you lower the thermostat in your house, you usually wear a sweater or jacket to keep warm. An indoor plant doesn't have that option. The good news is that many of them don't mind temperatures that most humans would consider shivery.
That's聽a handy trait聽if you shut the heat off in a few rooms where you have plants. So here's a list of houseplants that don't mind living in the cold.
Over the next week or so, we'll post two more lists -- common plants that prefer temperatures that are likely to be found indoors when we've cut back the heat and聽those that prefer to be warm.
Houseplants for cold rooms
These plants don't mind -- and even聽like -- daytime temperatures of聽50 to聽60 degrees F and 45 to 55 degrees F. at night. Click on the name of the plant to go to a photo, in case you're not familiar with it.
and succulents (winter only)
t (Aspidistra elatior)
(Senecio hybrids)
(orange, lemon, grapefruit)
(Fatsia japonica)
(Solanum pseudocapsicum)
Note: Cool-loving plants also include pots of bulbs grown indoors: crocus, daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, and so forth.
