Indoor Plants

Something about a trailing plant draws you in. Maybe it’s the way a long vine spills over a shelf edge, or how the stems catch the light on their way down to the floor. If you’ve been looking for the best trailing plants for indoor spaces, this list covers fifteen of them, from near-indestructible classics to slow-growing collectors’ pieces. A trailing plant is any plant that grows by sending stems outward and downward rather than upward. Instead of reaching for the ceiling, it reaches for the floor, the wall, or whatever happens to be nearby. That growth habit makes them ideal for hanging baskets, high shelves, wardrobes, and bookshelves. They add movement to a room in a way that upright plants simply can’t. ...

If you’ve ever looked at a snake plant and thought “that looks indestructible” – you were right. Snake plant benefits go far beyond the obvious. This is a plant that purifies your air while you sleep, thrives in rooms most other plants would refuse, and asks almost nothing in return. It’s one of the few plants where being a little neglectful is actually fine. A snake plant is, put simply: a living air filter that requires almost no maintenance and looks architectural doing it. ...

Why the Bathroom Is Actually a Great Place for Plants The best bathroom plants are ones that thrive in exactly the conditions most of us are trying to avoid elsewhere in the house: high humidity, fluctuating temperatures, and sometimes very little light. If you have a plant that’s struggling in your dry living room, the bathroom might be where it finally feels at home. Think of it this way: a bathroom is basically a low-key tropical environment. Steam from the shower, warm air, moisture hanging in the air. For a whole category of plants, that’s not a challenge, that’s ideal. According to NC State Extension, most tropical houseplants prefer relative humidity between 40% and 60%. After a shower, bathroom humidity routinely climbs to 80-100%. Plants that spend months struggling in dry indoor air often turn a corner the moment you move them there. ...