Medium Light Plants

Browse medium-light houseplants that do best in indirect light a few feet from windows — ideal for most living rooms and offices.

Calathea

Calathea ornata

Intermediate Medium indirect light; avoid direct sun When top inch of soil is dry; keep consistently moist but not soggy

Spider Plant

Chlorophytum comosum

Beginner Medium to bright indirect light When top inch of soil is dry

Dracaena

Dracaena marginata

Beginner Medium to bright indirect light When top 50% of soil is dry

Boston Fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

Intermediate Medium indirect light to partial shade Keep soil consistently moist but not soggy

English Ivy

Hedera helix

Beginner Medium to bright indirect light When top inch of soil is dry

Dumb Cane

Dieffenbachia

Beginner Medium to bright indirect light When top 2 inches of soil are dry

Arrowhead Plant

Syngonium podophyllum

Beginner Medium to bright indirect light When top 1–2 inches of soil are dry