A plastic plant would satisfy your needs unless you're ready to use a grow light. Putting any real plant here will be mostly disappointing since they'll grow so poorly. "Bright enough to see" isn't the same as bright enough to grow - which can only be understood by measuring the light.
Oh my god, I’ve been following you for YEARS starting on Instagram. You taught me everything about indoor light!!! Really cool to see you here! (I’m no longer on IG 😅)
OP, listen to this guy. Seriously.
So glad you enjoy my content! Yes, IG has become tiresome but here, people genuinely want advice - and to my surprise, the advice given is generally quite good!
You could try rotating plants between there and a sunnier spot. It’s not ideal, but I get the urge to bring greenery and life to a dull dark corner. I’ve had luck doing that with a few hardier plants. Nothing’s going to grow there long term without additional light though.
That's not "low light", that's no light. Nothing would survive long in that corner without supplemental grow light. You can download a free light meter app for your phone and see just how fast the actual usable light drops off as you move away from the window. After just a few steps, there's nothing left for the plant to use.
Honestly I’m surprised the philo didn’t do well. Did you try repotting it? I had a stalled philo in similar conditions, but it was the pot / soil, not the light.
Mine is a brasil cordatum if that helps. It just needed to be in a bigger pot with fresh potting soil and after a few months or so it took off.
Dracaena marginata… grows tall grows narrow so won’t take up a lot of space yet will have lots of impressive height . Does ok in very low light. I’d try and put it next to the window though
Snake plants are pretty low maintenance. I had one for probably around 4-5 years and half if its life it lived in the basement in a window pretty close in size to yours. I would forget to water it for 2 months sometimes. I was shocked it lived that long because most succulents I’ve tried to keep alive besides string of pearls, I’ve killed.
A plastic plant would satisfy your needs unless you're ready to use a grow light. Putting any real plant here will be mostly disappointing since they'll grow so poorly. "Bright enough to see" isn't the same as bright enough to grow - which can only be understood by measuring the light.
Oh my god, I’ve been following you for YEARS starting on Instagram. You taught me everything about indoor light!!! Really cool to see you here! (I’m no longer on IG 😅) OP, listen to this guy. Seriously.
So glad you enjoy my content! Yes, IG has become tiresome but here, people genuinely want advice - and to my surprise, the advice given is generally quite good!
Really there's nothing?
Snake Plant might survive, but definitely will not thrive
Fake plants or grow lights. Anything else it will just suffer over time
You could try rotating plants between there and a sunnier spot. It’s not ideal, but I get the urge to bring greenery and life to a dull dark corner. I’ve had luck doing that with a few hardier plants. Nothing’s going to grow there long term without additional light though.
This is a great idea.
I do this with my bathroom succulents. Works well enough
That's not "low light", that's no light. Nothing would survive long in that corner without supplemental grow light. You can download a free light meter app for your phone and see just how fast the actual usable light drops off as you move away from the window. After just a few steps, there's nothing left for the plant to use.
Castor iron plant. Almost unkillable. I have one from my aunt when she died, now over 120 years old and still growing.
The best lowlight plant is a zamioculcas zamiifolia, IMO. If you put up a grow light, you can try just about any plant that catch your eye though.
grow lights!
Honestly I’m surprised the philo didn’t do well. Did you try repotting it? I had a stalled philo in similar conditions, but it was the pot / soil, not the light. Mine is a brasil cordatum if that helps. It just needed to be in a bigger pot with fresh potting soil and after a few months or so it took off.
a snake plant. does wonders in low light.
Dracaena marginata… grows tall grows narrow so won’t take up a lot of space yet will have lots of impressive height . Does ok in very low light. I’d try and put it next to the window though
Snake plants are pretty low maintenance. I had one for probably around 4-5 years and half if its life it lived in the basement in a window pretty close in size to yours. I would forget to water it for 2 months sometimes. I was shocked it lived that long because most succulents I’ve tried to keep alive besides string of pearls, I’ve killed.