12 Vacation-Proof Houseplants
Meet some indoor plants you can safely leave while on vacation—without lining up a plant sitter.
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Succulents and Cacti
'Campfire' Crassula
Keep the home fires burning with this colorful succulent. As leaves mature, they shift colors from green, to gold and orange, and finally ripen to bright red. Bright light coaxes the best leaf hues from indoor plants. The thick leaves hint that you can leave this plant for a week or two with no watering worries. The formal name for this beauty is Crassula capitella ‘Campfire’.
Aloe
Flapjacks
Wax Plant
Tanzanian Zipper Plant
Red-Headed Irishman
String of Buttons
Sago Palm
Glowee
ZZ Plant
Owl’s Eyes Cactus

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Photo By: Photo courtesy of Costa Farms
Photo By: Photo courtesy of Altman Specialty Plants
Photo By: Photo courtesy of Costa Farms
Photo By: Photo courtesy of Altman Specialty Plants
Photo By: Photo courtesy of Costa Farms
Photo By: Photo courtesy of Altman Specialty Plants
Photo By: Photo courtesy of Costa Farms
Photo By: Photo courtesy of Costa Farms
Photo By: Photo courtesy of Costa Farms
Photo By: Photo courtesy of Costa Farms