What Are The Succulents That Don’t Need Light?

Last Updated on October 10, 2021 by Marco C.

What are the succulents that don’t need light? That is what for you to find in today’s blog.

As we all know, succulents need light to survive. The love being under the indirect light of the sun to thrive. When placed in a beautiful location, succulents can grow sturdy and colorful. This should be the main goal for most succulent planters.

However, there are also succulents that like shade. These succulents can die when exposed to too much sun. Succulents remain the most popular houseplants for many people.

However, you may find it challenging just to make them healthy. This is why we have gathered a list of low-light succulents for you to try. This is best for homeowners that lack access to sun-filled areas or north-facing window. By choosing from the following list of succulents that don’t need light, you could grow beautiful succulents in your home.

How Much Light Do Low Light Succulents Need?

In the northern half of the globe, south-bound windows get the best measure of light over the span of the day. Windows that point toward the east are most brilliant in the first part of the day and those that point toward the west get sun in the early evening and evening. North-bound windows have minimal measure of sun spilling through them.

For most sun-longing for delicious plants here in the northern half of the globe, a south-bound window is the most ideal decision. Nonetheless, every one of the low light succulents examined in this article happily flourishes in a west-or east-bound window as well. A couple of them will even make due in a faint, north-bound window, however, I don’t suggest this is on the grounds that while they will endure, they most certainly will not flourish.

Top Succulents That Need Lights

Snake Plant 

Dracaena trifasciata/Sansevieria trifasciata. The snake plant is otherwise called the relative tongue. This African local is among the hardest of the low-light succulents as a whole. Regardless of whether you’ve killed a lot of houseplants previously, check the snake plant out.

Spear Aloe 

Aloe aristata. I truly love this plant! I’ve had a few pots of these low-light succulents for around 8 years now. The mother plants continue to make little guys (balances) which I consistently partition, pot up, and share with companions. An incredible delicious houseplant for more modest regions, it arrives at only 8 inches tall with a spread of about afoot.

Echeveria 

Echeveria spp. Among the most unmistakable succulents, echeverias arrive in a tremendous scope of leaf tones and shapes. The assortment is shocking. I for one track down the dim/blue-leaved choices perform preferred in low light conditions over the green, pink, and purple-leaved assortments. In the event that echeverias don’t get sufficient light, their middle tail will lengthen and extend for the sun. Consequently, you should focus on the spot that gets no less than 4 hours per day, if possible

Panda Plant 

Kalanchoe tomentose. The leaves of these low light succulents are shrouded in delicate fluff, which makes contacting them overwhelming for youngsters and adults the same. Panda plant is a sensibly simple delicious to develop, coming to around 18 creeps in tallness with a somewhat smaller spread.

Bull Tongue Plant 

Gasteria prolifera. I love the type of this plant, with its expansive, thick leaves arising two by two from the focal developing point. Make certain to utilize a coarse, well-depleting fertilized soil for the bull tongue plant (and for all succulents, truly). Bull tongues fill in light shade in their local African natural surroundings, so they’ll promptly adjust to low light levels in the home.

Zebra Haworthia 

Haworthiopsis, weaken. This is the ideal delicious for novices. Zebra haworthia or zebra plant handles high light, low light, and basically everything in the middle. The slim, spike-tipped leaves are green with white edges, and they look like a more modest aloe. The little balances promptly delivered by the plants are handily partitioned and pruned up to live all alone.

Mistletoe Prickly Plant 

Rhipsalis spp. The inside scoop, finger-like leaves of mistletoe prickly plants are meaty and needleless, and they course down from the focal point of the plant. However, they are delicious, mistletoe prickly plants are a local of the South American rainforest where they experience childhood in the trees as epiphytes. In contrast to most evident prickly plants, they don’t care for full sun and they don’t care for dry conditions.

Gasteria Plant

The Gasteria plant is fairly like Aloe and Haworthia, yet it is a more limited, plumper, and more conservative variant. The leaves of this plant are dark green with a bit of white knocks. 

Besides, the edges of the plant’s round leaves are likewise enhanced with raised, white, rough markings. These plants from South Africa are extremely lethargic developing and stay minuscule. They make a decent enrichment in little hiding where they get splendid circuitous light.

Search for two assortments: Liliputana and Bicolor.

Care For Succulents That Like Shade

Succulents that don’t need light don’t need a lot of care too. However, they are perfect for you if you live in an apartment or if you don’t have enough access to the sun. You will be amazed at how these succulents would do great even there is not enough sun. 

Nevertheless, the following are some care tips you can follow to make your succulents thrive.

• Water them when the soil has finally dried. Just like any other succulents, low-light succulents don’t need much watering. Try to feel the soil with your fingertips. If it is still wet, you should not pour water on it for a few days.
• Exposed them to the sun for at least 4 to 6 hours whenever you can. However, if there is not enough sun in your place, you can just keep them under the shade or indoors.

Keep them away from pets and kids. If you are placing your plants indoors, you need to put them in a location that is unreachable by kids and pets. Pets can destroy your pots and break them. Especially when your pot and plants are colorful and attractive to their eyes, they can easily get your pet’s attention. Moreover, succulents can also harm your pets. As we all know, succulents can be poisonous to pets.