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Light Guide: where to place your plant Match a window to the right plants. Northern-hemisphere directions.
Window / spot Light level Plants that fit North window, or 6+ ft from any window Low Snake Plant , ZZ Plant , Parlor Palm , Chinese Evergreen , Cast Iron Plant East window, or a few feet back from south/west Medium Pothos , Peace Lily , Calathea , Heartleaf Philodendron , Moth Orchid , Spider Plant , Prayer Plant , Boston Fern , Peperomia , Dracaena , Money Tree , English Ivy , Christmas Cactus , Haworthia , Kentia Palm , Dieffenbachia , Arrowhead Plant , Nerve Plant , Maidenhair Fern , Bird's Nest Fern , Scindapsus Pictus (Satin Pothos) Right by an east window, or behind a sheer curtain facing south/west Bright indirect Monstera , Fiddle Leaf Fig , Philodendron Birkin , String of Pearls , Rubber Plant , Hoya (Wax Plant) , Areca Palm , Chinese Money Plant , Begonia , African Violet , Alocasia , Anthurium , Air Plant , Monstera Adansonii , Bromeliad , Norfolk Island Pine , Majesty Palm , Polka Dot Plant , Staghorn Fern , Tradescantia (Wandering Dude) , String of Hearts , Umbrella Plant , Weeping Fig , Monstera Thai Constellation , Philodendron Pink Princess , Begonia Maculata (Polka Dot Begonia) , Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma (Mini Monstera) , Alocasia Black Velvet , Hoya Carnosa (Wax Plant) Unobstructed south or west window Bright + some sun Bird of Paradise , Aloe Vera , Jade Plant , Ponytail Palm , Olive Tree , Croton , Indoor Bonsai Tree , Echeveria , Lemon Tree , Lavender , Rosemary , Kalanchoe , Yucca Cane , Venus Flytrap , Gardenia , Burro's Tail
Quick test At midday, hold your hand a foot above the spot. A sharp shadow means bright light; a soft, fuzzy shadow means medium; barely any shadow means low light.
