20 Super-Easy Houseplants You'll Love

Glossy green leaves spread out from an upright woody plant that's available as a single-trunk tree or multistem shrub. Use durable ficus (Ficus spp.) as a tabletop or floor plant depending on its size. Place your ficus where it won't have to be moved all winter, because it doesn't like changes in environmental conditions.

Size: To 1 - 12 feet high and 1 - 10 feet wide
Growing conditions: Medium to bright light; 65 - 75°F; barely moist soil

Pictured: Braided trunk form of weeping fig (Ficus benjamina)