The Best Houseplants for Seniors

Bring your love of nature and beautiful greenery indoors! Indoor plants can improve mental health and lower blood pressure, stress levels, and anxiety. Plants can brighten up a room and act as natural air purifiers that rid an area of toxins. The plants below are excellent options for seniors that are experienced gardeners as well as those who want low maintenance plants:

African Violet

A plant that blooms all year round, the African violet comes in a variety of colors and sizes. This plant is best suited for bright, but indirect sunlight and moderate temperatures. Avoid watering directly on the plant’s leaves to prevent foliage damage and watch the moisture levels of the soil.

Aloe Vera

An easy to maintain succulent, aloe vera is an ideal indoor plant. It’s also a handy plant to have around because it can provide healing properties to soothe skin cuts and burns and it can clear the air of pollutants and toxins. While it doesn’t need much water, make sure to place it in an area with plenty of sunlight.

Amazon Elephant Ear

A tropical plant with massive leaves shaped like elephants ears, this plant loves indirect sunlight. The Amazon Elephant Ear requires a warm and humid environment. To mimic the humidity of a jungle, mist the leaves with water regularly.

Bromeliads

Belonging to the same family as the pineapple, bromeliads last a long time, and they have the ability to produce side shoots that replace the original plant. With zebra-striped leaves, bromeliads enjoy temps around 70 degrees, making it perfect for the indoors. Just be sure to have good drainage with this plant so the roots don’t suffer.  

Peace Lily

A unique and beautiful plant with dark green leaves and curving white blooms, the peace lily enjoys warm temperatures (although not direct sunlight). Preferring low humidity and low light, this plant would thrive in rooms with fewer or smaller
windows.

English Ivy

Named by NASA as the best air-filtering houseplant, the elegant English Ivy is incredibly easy to grow and maintain. Keep it in a pot on the floor or hang it from the ceiling. This plant is best suited for medium sunlight and moderate temperatures.


Caring for an indoor plant has the power of improving your mental and physical health, and it’s excellent for decorating, lighting up the atmosphere and detoxifying the air. Didn’t see your favorite on the list? Comment below with your favorite houseplants!