English ivy (Hedera helix) is one of the more difficult indoor trailing plants — it wants cool, humid, bright conditions most homes don’t have. Honest care guide.

Lipstick Plant (Aeschynanthus) is the trailing tropical with red tubular flowers emerging from dark calyxes — like lipstick from a tube. Honest care guide.

Money Tree (Pachira aquatica) is the braided-trunk feng shui plant. Honest care for the surprisingly easy indoor tree that tolerates overwatering and forgetfulness.

Maranta is the original prayer plant — leaves that fold up at night and unfurl at dawn. Honest care for the red-veined, lemon-lime, and Kerchoveana varieties.

Indoor nettles — actually Pilea cousins — include Pilea cadierei (Aluminum Plant), Pilea involucrata (Friendship Plant), and other non-stinging tropical relatives. Honest care guide.

Nematanthus (Goldfish Plant) has glossy leaves and orange tubular flowers shaped like tiny goldfish. Honest care for the easy trailing bloomer.

Orchids look intimidating but most beginners grow phalaenopsis — and they’re surprisingly easy once you understand they’re epiphytes, not soil plants. Honest care guide.

Olive trees (Olea europaea) are Mediterranean sun-lovers that thrive on porches and in sunny windows. Honest care guide for indoor and outdoor olives.

Indoor palms — parlor, kentia, areca, ponytail, majesty — are tropical understory species that hate direct sun and dry air. Honest care guide that distinguishes the easy from the fussy.

Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum) is the dramatic-droop plant — wilts visibly when thirsty, recovers within hours. Honest care for the easy white-flowering indoor classic.