10 of the Easiest Houseplants for Black Thumbs  Houseplants that
can handle low light and drought sound like a fantasy, but I
assure you that they exist and are easy to find, no less. How do
I know which house plants can tolerate abuse? Because I had to
grow and arrange hundreds of different plants for my upcoming
book Plant by Numbers, and after the manuscript was completed I
got really lazy... I mean, I decided to put them through a
rigorous test to see just how long they could go without
attention.  The plants on this list can all handle low light,
drought and general neglect, but they don't grow much under
those conditions and can fall victim to pests if abandoned for
too long. However, they will quickly begin growing again with
regular watering and bright indirect light. 'Regular watering'
means to water the plant as soon as the top 1-2 inches of
potting mix have dried out. Depending on the plant or the pot,
this could be as often as every two days or every week. 'Bright
indirect light' is used to descri