The best-looking plant that will genuinely tolerate a dim room.
fromRs 1,700
Aglaonema spp.
Aglaonemas
The only genuinely colourful foliage that holds up in low light.
Aglaonema is the answer to a question people ask constantly and rarely get a good answer to: what has colour but survives a room that is not bright? Almost every other coloured-leaf houseplant fades to green indoors within a season. Aglaonema does not.
It is also among the most forgiving plants in the shade house — it takes dry indoor air, irregular watering and genuinely dim corners. The trade-off is cold: below about 12°C the leaves grey and never recover, which is the one thing to watch for in a Pakistani winter.
All parts are irritant if chewed, so it is not a plant for a household with a cat that grazes.
Choosing between them
They are not interchangeable
For colour
Siam Aurora is the red one, and the one that holds its pink best in ordinary light. New leaves come out almost entirely pink and darken as they harden.
For a dim corner
The green and silver forms tolerate the lowest light of anything we sell. They grow slowly there, but they stay healthy rather than merely surviving.
For size
All of them stay between 50 and 70 cm, which makes them a rare thing — a floor or table plant that never outgrows the spot you chose for it.
All 2 side by side
Every one is a separate plant on our own bench, with its own photographs.
| Variety | Botanical name | Mature size | Light | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aglaonema (Chinese Evergreen) | Aglaonema commutatum | 50–75 cm tall and wide | Low light | Rs 1,700 |
| Red Aglaonema (Siam Aurora) | Aglaonema ‘Siam Aurora’ | 50–70 cm | Bright indirect light | Rs 600 |
Staff pick
Pink-red leaves that hold their colour in ordinary indoor light.
fromRs 600