Hip Houseplants: Our Top 5 Indoor Plants
Fiddle Leaf Fig-Ficus Lyrata
This majestic specimen is one of our favorites. You’ve seen them, they’re everywhere! They are lush and sculptural and they make for excellent eye candy in photographs of some of the most beautiful interiors you see floating around the Internet. The fiddle leaf fig has been the “it” plant for the past couple of years, and we don’t think it’s going anywhere any time soon.
Growing Conditions: Bright to moderate indirect light or fluorescent light; 60-85 degrees. Keep soil lightly moist at all times, but avoid over watering.
Size: A tropical fig is actually capable of growing up to 40 feet tall in its jungle home. Indoors, plants grow very slowly and can be kept for a long time before outgrowing the space. In addition, there are a few compact varieties out there such as the “Little Fiddle” which produces leaves half the size of regular fiddle leaf figs. It will grow less than 6 feet tall over the period of many years.
Isn’t this little “pint-size” version super adorable? He was perfect for this family room we designed that didn’t have high enough ceilings to accommodate a big guy.
ZZ Plant-Zamioculcas Zamifolia
If ever there was the perfect plant for the ultimate black thumb, the ZZ plant is it. This virtually indestructible houseplant can take months and months of neglect and low light and still look amazing.
Growing Conditions: Low to bright light; 60-75 degrees. Allow the soil to dry between watering.
Size: 2-3 feet tall and wide.
FYI: This plant is poisonous if eaten or chewed on by children or pets so keep out of their reach.
Snake Plant-Sansevieria Trifasciata
Also known as mother-in-law’s tongue, this plant is one of the best for filtering out formaldehyde, which is common in cleaning products, toilet paper, tissues and personal care products. Put one in your bathroom — it’ll thrive with low light and steamy humid conditions while helping to filter out air pollutants.
Growing Conditions: Low to bright light; 60-85 degrees. Allow the soil surface to dry between watering.
Size: Up to 4 feet tall and wide.
Split Leaf Philodendron-Monstera Deliciosa
We love the sculptural but organic quality of this plant. My husband has come to endearingly nickname the one in our living room the “Hand Stand Plant.” It is another easy to grow and tolerant plant and who doesn’t love that?! This is an ideal floor plant for large spaces. It can fill the corner of a brightly lit room or you can use it to divide space in large, open corridors or living spaces.
Growing Conditions: Low to bright light; 60-75 degrees. Allow the soil to dry between watering.
Size: 2-3 feet tall and wide.
FYI: This plant is poisonous if eaten or chewed on by children or pets so keep out of their reach.
Chinese Evergreen-Aglaonema Crispum
This easy-to-care-for plant can help filter out a variety of air pollutants and begins to remove more toxins as time and exposure continues. Even with low light, it will produce blooms and red berries. When small, aglaonema is ideal as a table top plant, in dim living rooms, or in a cozy reading nook. Larger plants show wonderfully in any space that can accommodate them.
Growing Conditions: Low light near a north or east facing window; 65-75 degrees. Keep soil lightly moist at all times, but do not overwater nor keep so dry that the leaves droop.
Size: Depends on the plant species. The large aglaonemas can reach 36 inches in height, but they normally stay much smaller.
This guy was the perfect houseplant to fill this corner in our client’s living room plus it added a lot of life to the space.
We love having plants in our office! It gives us a little bit of that outdoor feeling when we are hard at work for hours on end finalizing a project for an upcoming deadline.
Which of these plants would be a perfect addition to your home or office?
Thank you for the shout out and for featuring Moss Manor’s Newport Concrete Planter in your article! We love Fiddle Leaf Figs as well 😀
Of course! It was too beautiful not to share! 🙂