What are some great plants to have indoors for an apartment?

I'd love to bring a new life into our apartment by adding plants.... what are some really great plants for apartment life? something that doesn't need toooo much sunlight (obviously i'd keep it as close to the window as possible, but only so much is possible in an apartment), and something that won't get out of control with growth or attract bugs. I'd also like to look into growing mint sprigs in my kitchen... how would this work? i know ants hate mint, so if i grow mint in my kitchen, i'm sure to not have many problems with little critters :o) how would i go about growing an herb such as this in a fairly sunlight deprived area?

What are some great plants to have indoors for an apartment?
i have found that low light plant work wonderful in apts. low light means low maintance. vines and peace lilies do good

good luck
Reply:Peace Lily is great plus you can put it in a large clear vases and put a beta fish in it. of course you have to get all the dirt and anything else off of the roots first.
Reply:An aspidistra is a good house plant for not-so-sunny spaces, plus it doesn't drop a lot of leaves or need pruning. Pothos are also great, nearly impossible to kill, but they might grow too much for you although you could always just trim or pinch and throw out (or put in pots and get new plants!)

I don't know if mint in a pot will deter ants much, but you could always try! Get a window-sill sized pot (and a tray to catch drips), a bag of potting soil and a little plant, then re-pot it into yours and keep watered. You could even get a little set of pots and do a few different herbs just for fun. Enjoy!
Reply:Eastern facing windows can grow African Violets, Christmas Cactus (not prickly or a cactus), corn plant, dracaena, ficus trees, moth-orchids, %26amp; generally all thicker-leafed plants-like construction paper in thickness. Western facing windows can also grow all of the above, but the leaves of the African Violets might get "burned" by the hot western sun. A north facing window might not grow anything well, consider using a plant light-it's just a regular looking light bulb that's blue-violet in color, you keep it on 12-14 hours a day rather close to a plant, but you can have flowering plants in the darkest corner of the apt. A south facing window is the brightest %26amp; sunniest %26amp; if nothing is blocking it you could grow alot more plants, all of the above %26amp; maybe cattliya orchids.