{"id":2671,"date":"2020-10-17T00:03:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T07:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-460\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:30:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T20:30:44","slug":"northwest-native-indoor-plants","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/northwest-native-indoor-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwest native indoor plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I&#8217;ve taken up planning plants for our office, and wondered if<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>you could give advice. I&#8217;m looking for Northwest native plants that would be<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>happy indoors, in an office environment. Available sunlight will vary by<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>spot but is generally low (but I can probably swing some plant lights); air<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>is standard low-humidity commercial-building air.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most Northwest native plants I can think of are not ideal for growing<br \/>\nindoors. However, I asked my colleague who used to garden for the Seattle<br \/>\nPublic Library, and she says that the library is growing native species<br \/>\nof ferns indoors. She notes that they are especially prone to pests<br \/>\n(whitefly) and diseases (scale), and must be watered every day.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the list of plants being grown in the main (Central) library<br \/>\nbranch:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Acorus<\/li>\n<li>Blechnum spicant<\/li>\n<li>Adiantum pedatum<\/li>\n<li>Carex elata &#8216;Bowles Golden'(tall)<\/li>\n<li>other fern (Rumohra adiantiformis?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope this helps. If you wish to reconsider using natives in favor of<br \/>\nmore traditional choices for indoor plants, there are many more choices<br \/>\navailable. Below are a few links that may be use to you:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/pss\/ppp\/articles\/lowlite.htm\">Low Light Houseplants<\/a> from University of Vermont Extension<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.cfm?number=B1318\">Growing Indoor Plants with Success<\/a> from University of Georgia Cooperative Extension<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.arizona.edu\/extension\/ornamentalhort\/nurseryprod\/interiorplants.pdf\">Interior Plants: Selection and Care<\/a> from University of Arizona Cooperative Extension<\/p>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-keyword has-text-align-right wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/acorus\/\" rel=\"tag\">Acorus<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/adiantum-pedatum\/\" rel=\"tag\">Adiantum pedatum<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/blechnum-spicant\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blechnum spicant<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/carex\/\" rel=\"tag\">Carex<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/house-plants\/\" rel=\"tag\">House plants<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve taken up planning plants for our office, and wondered if you could give advice. I&#8217;m looking for Northwest native plants that would be happy indoors, in an office environment. Available sunlight will vary by spot but is generally low (but I can probably swing some plant lights); air is standard low-humidity commercial-building air. &nbsp; Most Northwest native plants I can think of are not ideal for growing indoors. However, I asked my colleague who used to garden for the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/northwest-native-indoor-plants\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Northwest native indoor plants<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[418,627,220,116,45],"class_list":["post-2671","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-acorus","keyword-adiantum-pedatum","keyword-blechnum-spicant","keyword-carex","keyword-house-plants"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}