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Indoor plants for cold rooms?

sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
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We don't generally heat the upstairs rooms apart from the kids' bedrooms in the evening. Are there any houseplants that would do OK in unheated rooms? I don't know the exact indoor temps but it does get down to low single digit figures in the winter, I'd say.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Aspidistra

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    Lovely, thank you!
  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    Thank you, too, @philippasmith2.

    Do peace lilies have that lily smell that some people find offputting? 
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    In my unheated, North facing porch I have a trough with Aspidistra, Asparagus sprengeri, Adiantum, another plant that is not technically a fern, but has long frondy stems (and no label!) and a Fatsia japonica, which is happy here, although not an indoor plant and not suited to pot life. (Nobody's told it yet :)) Also some Haworthia succulents on the window sill.
    They will get some heat leakage when the inner door is opened, but  there is no contest with the cold blasts it gets when you open the outer one! All have been happy here for several years, and there are other ferns that would be good too.
  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    That sounds lovely, @Buttercupdays
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I would put the heating on low in the rooms currrently unheated, or you might well have problems with damp. Leaving rooms unheated is usually a false economy.
  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    edited October 2020
    I've just sniffed a peace lily and can't smell anything, although I can't smell daffodils either so not sure how helpful that is  :D .

    I keep a peace lily, a couple of spider plant, and a variegated umbrella in an unheated conservatory all year. They do fine (the umbrella drops some leaves) and growth etc isn't impacted the following year. Those should all be fine indoors too.

    I agree with @Fire though - you should keep the heating on. Low single digits indoors can cause all sorts of problems and niggles.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Peace lilies aren’t ‘real lilies’ so they don’t smell the same ... they’re Spathyphilum not Liliaceae 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    Fortunately no problems at all with damp- it's an older, well-built, well-ventilated house.

    Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I'll experiment. :)
  • piratesupporterpiratesupporter Posts: 15
    Tradescantia
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