Houseplants Sunny Room, Dark or Partially Lit!

In any indoor environment nothing varies more widely than light! In the morning at my home the sun peeks through the family room announcing the beginning of a new day. In the afternoon the sun blazes through the window bathing my Dracaena and Aglaonema with an abundance of bright indirect light.

The question today is “How do you label a room… sunny, dark or in-between.” In between is a room with good bright but indirect light. What’s the difference in the room between the light in the summer and the lighting in the winter?

Here’s a cheap actually it cost nothing test to help you determine the lighting where you want to place a house plant!

The Light Test!

On what you would consider a “normal bright day” take a plain sheet of white paper and put the paper where you plan on placing your plant. Now hold your hand about 12 inches or 30 cm for you metric readers above the paper. If the shadow of your hand is clear and crisply defined we’ll call this a bright or sunny spot.

If the shadow is fuzzy or slightly blurred but still very recognizable as a hand this spot gets a medium light vote. If on the other hand (no pun intended) your shadow is hard to tell if there is a shadow or don’t see one at all this spot gets a low light or deep shade vote.

This gives you some ideas on plant selection before buying any houseplant.

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