Can Indoor Plants Grow Behind Low-E Glass?

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The Short Answer: Yes, Mostly Most common houseplants — pothos, philodendron, snake plant, ZZ, peace lily, most ferns, even many orchids — grow perfectly well behind standard Low-E glass. Low-e coatings are thin metallic layers that filter out infrared heat while letting visible light through, not the 400–700 nm band plants use for photosynthesis.  In […]