Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: HOUSEPLANTS OPEN DISCUSSION GROUP - JUNE 2013, 1 by Pistil

Pistil wrote:
Howdy. I live near Seattle at Latitude 48 degrees (like Paris, France and St.Johns, Newfoundland). Cool dry summers, cool and moist the rest of the year, but in the house it is usually DRY air because the heat is on.
I have made a list of houseplant, organized by how easy they are for me-to be 'easy' it must have never gotten any pests, survive without frequent watering, survive occasionally no water for 2 weeks without dying or losing all leaves, not drop leaves or flowers on the floor much, and not need fussing hardly ever. Even with these strict rules, I have some easy houseplants

EASIEST:
English ivy
Sedum donkey tail
Christmas cactus
Strelitzia reginae Bird of Paradise
Hawarthia reinwordtii 'zebrina'
Aspidistra elator 'maculata Cast Iron Plant
Dracaena the "Corn Plant'
Dieffenbachia
Sanseveria I have 4 types (snake plant or mother-in-law's tongue)
Calathea insignis

EASY (fails one rule):
Begonia rex (have to trim brown leaves)
Philodendron bipinnatifolia (got mealybugs once) other philo's want lots of water
Rubber plants (a variegated got mealy bugs once)
Hoya carnosa (mealy bugs)
Jade Plant Crassula ovata (mealy bugs)
Pothos
Pepperomia
Zamioculcas zamiifolia (z.z is easy to overwater)
Croton (easy to underwater)
Maranta (easy to underwater)
African violets (need grooming)
Lady Palm (2 weeks without water is too much)

HARD (fails 2 rules)
Schefflera
Spider plant
Prayer plant
String of beads.

TOO HARD I gave up:
Meyer lemon (mealy bug, scale, needs too much water, drops flowers all the time)
Abutilon (god knows why it dies)
Asparagus fern and others (needs too much water)
Bonsai (gotta water every day because pot is so tiny)
Ficus (drops all leaves if forget to water)
Orchids (usually won't flower again)
China doll (needs water daily)

Here are photos of Begonia rex, Philodendron, Haworthia, the last two I don't know what they are, but they are "easiest".