15 Indoor Hanging Vegetation to Greenify Your Home

Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

Spider vegetation are in model on account of they’re easy to develop and tolerate various conditions. They do need some pure mild and customary watering, nonetheless they tolerate tight pots. And if they don’t seem to be getting ample water, they’ll let by displaying brown ends of their prolonged and dangly leaves.

Not solely do the leaves look good tumbling out of your hanging pot, nonetheless spider vegetation create cute little one “spiderettes” which dangle off the sides in bunches; these might be left or clipped and used to make a model new plant.

Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis)

The Boston fern, like all ferns, likes to be saved comparatively damp, so it have to be planted in a loamy mix that may keep water, and customary misting will be advisable. Initially found inside the tropics, these ferns don’t want to be too chilly and do correctly in hotter areas as long as they don’t dry out.

Regardless that they want to be damp, on a regular basis be certain that additional water can drain from the underside, as they don’t want to sit in water each. Boston ferns must be rotated usually so the whole plant will get ample mild (which is easy to do with a dangling plant).

Burro’s Tail (Sedum morganianum)

Burro’s Tail is a kind of succulent, so it needs a lot much less water than among the many totally different moisture-loving vegetation on this itemizing. It is also fully joyful in a extremely sunny or scorching location; the reality is, if it doesn’t get ample mild, it may get stringy-looking. Native to southern Mexico and Honduras, its leaves are a shocking inexperienced or green-blue with a typically chalky look (that’s common).

Burro’s tail can develop pretty prolonged—as a lot as 2 ft over the sting of your hanging pot. On account of it retailers water in its leaves as a result of it grows, it could get pretty heavy, so make it attainable for the hook it hangs from is sturdy.

Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii)

No matter their title, some kinds of Christmas cactus actually bloom spherical Halloween, others spherical Thanksgiving, and a few spherical Christmas. Their salmon pink, white, fuchsia, or pink blooms can closing quite a lot of weeks to a month all through blooming season. You may uncover that some have lighter or smaller leaves, and some have bigger, thicker or darker leaves, nonetheless all kinds of this plant are easy to maintain.

Regardless that it’s known as a cactus, this plant is native to the Brazilian rainforest and undoubtedly have to be watered usually, versus a desert cactus. They’re going to tolerate pretty a very good pot and would possibly dwell 20-30 years with fairly minimal assist.

English Ivy Vegetation (Hedera helix)

English ivy grows quickly and easily in various conditions. It moreover likes to path (or climb) all kinds of constructions, so it’s possible you’ll drape its tendrils over a curtain rail, and even join them to the ceiling. English ivy doesn’t need various mild and would possibly do correctly even in shady locations with patchy photo voltaic. It doesn’t like scorching conditions though, so don’t place it near a heater, and it likes to be saved moist.

Moon Orchid (Phalaenopsis orchid)

Most orchids like shadier conditions and are easier to develop than it’s possible you’ll suppose. Moon orchids — these are the sort it’s possible you’ll typically uncover in supermarkets — work correctly as hanging vegetation on account of their thick and shiny leaves want to droop over the edges of their pots. As soon as they bloom, they repeatedly obtain this for 3 or further months, nonetheless the rest of the time, their slow-growing leaves are a pleasant reward to your holder.

Orchids like humid conditions, along with widespread spritzes with a mister. They want to be watered usually, nonetheless many people make the error of overwatering them. Make sure that they’ll drain, as orchids’ tightly packed roots will rot within the occasion that they sit in water.

Heartleaf Philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum)

With shiny inexperienced, heart-shaped leaves hooked as much as vines that tumble from a dangling pot or wend their methodology alongside the very best of a shelf or bookcase, the heartleaf philodendron grows merely with out an extreme quantity of care. Native to South America, it’s tolerant of drier conditions, nonetheless it may thrive if misted usually to scrub leaves.

Goldfish Plant (Nematanthus gregarius)

This attractive plant has small, shiny leaves and vivid yellow or orange flowers that look as in the event that they’re leaping out of the inexperienced foliage, due to this fact its title. They’re drought-tolerant, and need a great deal of daylight to thrive, nonetheless they’ll develop prolonged, woody stems over time which will gracefully circulation over the edges of your hanging pot.

Pilea Aquamarine (Pilea glauca)

With tiny blue-green leaves held aloft or trailing on vivid reddish stems, pilea aquamarine is a recent favorite. It’s one different houseplant that originated in tropical areas, so it does best in not-too-hot and not-too-cold temperatures typical to what most people have at home. This one is often known as “artillery plant”, on account of when watered, its tiny, in every other case non-noticeable flowers open up and throw out pollen in a burst.

Spiderwort (Tradescantia zebrina)

Spiderwort is on the market in inexperienced and purple-leaved varieties, every with pretty variegation. Native to Mexico and Central America, it grows quickly and easily, with cascading vines and small white or pink flowers that seem to pop up randomly. It likes moist soil nonetheless don’t overwater—this one will get root-rot pretty quickly for individuals who depart it too moist. Spiderworts solely closing quite a lot of years sooner than getting leggy, nonetheless new vegetation are merely propagated from leaves and stems.

Kid’s Tears (Soleirolia soleirolii)

Normally, this tiny leaved plant grows horizontally as a flooring cowl, nonetheless it may also look good in a dangling state of affairs, dropping down gently from the edges of a pot. These are fairly easy to develop, nonetheless do require consideration. Kid’s tears get brown leaves if left too prolonged in direct daylight, and they also actually develop correctly under a fluorescent mild in case you’re fast on vivid dwelling home windows. This plant likes various moisture, so it’s best for a toilet, and in every other case have to be saved moist at its roots and spritzed usually.

Peppermint (Mentha piperita)

No, peppermint doesn’t drape or tumble down the sting of a dangling planter like others on this itemizing, nonetheless a dangling mint plant might be a pleasant selection for a sunny kitchen window, the place you’ll be able to pinch off leaves to utilize in any a dish (or just straight to freshen breath).

The one caveat for mint is that you’re going to need to develop it in a deeper hanging pot — 10 inches or so, though it’s best for these designer pots which may be prolonged and slender. A great deal of photo voltaic, and a great deal of moisture and you’ll have mint everytime you want to pep up a salad, or add a bit to your cocktail. Mint doesn’t closing prolonged, nonetheless you’ll merely propagate it.

Golden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum)

You could have most likely seen this plant hanging further areas than each different on this itemizing, from mall planters to big-box retailers. That’s on account of it’s very, very easy to take care of alive; some even put it on the “unkillable vegetation” itemizing, nonetheless in any case any plant can and might die. It’s obtainable in various leaf colorations and variegations and likes quite a few photo voltaic, nonetheless might also do correctly under lower mild conditions or fluorescent lights. And it has smooth, trailing vines.

String of Hearts (Ceropegia woodii)

String of hearts is so named for its small, heart-shaped leaves, and it moreover has fairly lantern-shaped, lavender flowers. Initially from southern Africa, this plant is part of the succulent family.

Aloe Vera (Aloe barbadensis)

Within the occasion you are looking for a plant that may tumble down your hanging pot, this isn’t it, but it surely certainly may be greatest for a sunny toilet, the place it may be conveniently positioned to be used in skincare. Aloe vera may be very simple to maintain; you’ll not should water it lots and it could develop in fairly shallow pots that you could be dangle.