15 Indoor Hanging Vegetation to Greenify Your Area

Hanging indoor crops are an important addition to your own home as a result of, along with trying completely beautiful, they do not take up precious ground area and most require little or no care. Having them off the ground additionally signifies that they’re out of the attain of youngsters and pets, and you may benefit from pure mild close to home windows. Additionally, methods for hanging indoor crops proceed to develop—from boho macrame to smooth, trendy hangers and minimalist setups that make the crops appear like they’re hanging in area.

The 15 crops on this listing will do fantastically in a dangling setup, and most of them are fairly simple to care for, too.

Warning

Among the crops on this listing are poisonous for pets. For extra details about the security of particular crops, seek the advice of the ASPCA’s searchable database.

Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

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Spider crops are in style as a result of they’re simple to develop and tolerate quite a lot of circumstances. They do want some pure mild and common watering, however they tolerate tight pots. And if they don’t seem to be getting sufficient water, they will let you already know by displaying brown ends of their lengthy and dangly leaves.

Not solely do the leaves look good tumbling out of your hanging pot, however spider crops create cute child “spiderettes” which grasp off the edges in bunches; these might be left or clipped and used to make a brand new plant.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant, oblique mild (not an excessive amount of direct solar).
  • Water: Common watering, however let dry between waterings.
  • Soil: Common houseplant potting soil.
  • Pet Security: Unhazardous to cats and canines.

Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis)

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The Boston fern, like all ferns, likes to be stored comparatively damp, so it needs to be planted in a loamy combine that may maintain water, and common misting can be beneficial. Initially discovered within the tropics, these ferns do not wish to be too chilly and do effectively in hotter areas so long as they do not dry out.

Though they wish to be damp, all the time make certain additional water can drain from the underside, as they do not wish to sit in water both. Boston ferns have to be rotated repeatedly so the entire plant will get sufficient mild (which is straightforward to do with a dangling plant).

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant and oblique; solar should not shine immediately on leaves for lengthy durations.
  • Water: Ceaselessly; hold the soil moist however guarantee drainage.
  • Soil: Wants a wealthy, loamy combine (no sand or pebble mixes).
  • Pet Security: Unhazardous to cats and canines.

Burro’s Tail (Sedum morganianum)

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Burro’s Tail is a sort of succulent, so it wants much less water than a number of the different moisture-loving crops on this listing. It’s also completely blissful in a really sunny or scorching location; in truth, if it does not get sufficient mild, it is going to get stringy-looking. Native to southern Mexico and Honduras, its leaves are a beautiful inexperienced or green-blue with a typically chalky look (that is regular).

Burro’s tail can develop fairly lengthy—as much as 2 ft over the sting of your hanging pot. As a result of it shops water in its leaves because it grows, it may possibly get fairly heavy, so be sure that the hook it hangs from is sturdy.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant.
  • Water: Water repeatedly, however enable to completely dry out between waterings.
  • Soil: Dry, sandy soil that drains effectively.
  • Pet Security: Unhazardous to cats and canines.

Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii)

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Regardless of their identify, some styles of Christmas cactus truly bloom round Halloween, others round Thanksgiving, and some round Christmas. Their salmon pink, white, fuchsia, or crimson blooms can final a number of weeks to a month throughout blooming season. You’ll discover that some have lighter or smaller leaves, and a few have larger, thicker or darker leaves, however all styles of this plant are simple to look after.

Though it is referred to as a cactus, this plant is native to the Brazilian rainforest and positively must be watered repeatedly, versus a desert cactus. They will tolerate fairly a decent pot and might reside 20-30 years with pretty minimal help.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant, oblique mild to largely shade.
  • Water: Water effectively, however enable to dry out between waterings.
  • Soil: Light-weight potting soil that is well-draining.
  • Pet Security: Unhazardous to cats and canines.

English Ivy Vegetation (Hedera helix)

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English ivy grows shortly and simply in quite a lot of circumstances. It additionally likes to path (or climb) all types of constructions, so you possibly can drape its tendrils over a curtain rail, and even connect them to the ceiling. English ivy does not want loads of mild and might do effectively even in shady places with patchy solar. It does not like scorching circumstances although, so do not place it close to a heater, and it likes to be stored moist.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Oblique mild to largely shade.
  • Water: Preserve soil moist however guarantee drainage. Spritz with a mister.
  • Soil: Common potting combine.
  • Pet Security: Poisonous to cats and canines.

Moon Orchid (Phalaenopsis orchid)

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Most orchids like shadier circumstances and are simpler to develop than you may assume. Moon orchids — these are the type you may generally discover in supermarkets — work effectively as hanging crops as a result of their thick and glossy leaves wish to droop over the sides of their pots. After they bloom, they constantly achieve this for 3 or extra months, however the remainder of the time, their slow-growing leaves are a delightful praise to your holder.

Orchids like humid circumstances, together with common spritzes with a mister. They wish to be watered repeatedly, however many individuals make the error of overwatering them. Make certain they will drain, as orchids’ tightly packed roots will rot in the event that they sit in water.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Largely shady with a few hours of oblique mild per day.
  • Water: Frequently, however do not allow them to sit in water.
  • Soil: Sphagnum moss and bark (search for an orchid combine); these don’t do effectively in common potting soil.
  • Pet Security: Unhazardous cats and canines.

Heartleaf Philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum)

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With shiny inexperienced, heart-shaped leaves hooked up to vines that tumble from a dangling pot or wend their method alongside the highest of a shelf or bookcase, the heartleaf philodendron grows simply with out an excessive amount of care. Native to South America, it is tolerant of drier circumstances, however it is going to thrive if misted sometimes to wash leaves.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant oblique mild, however not direct daylight.
  • Water: Water effectively, however enable to dry out between waterings.
  • Soil: Peat-moss combine.
  • Pet Security: Poisonous to cats and canines.

Goldfish Plant (Nematanthus gregarius)

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This beautiful plant has small, shiny leaves and vibrant yellow or orange flowers that look as if they’re leaping out of the inexperienced foliage, therefore its identify. They’re drought-tolerant, and wish loads of daylight to thrive, however they will develop lengthy, woody stems over time that may gracefully circulation over the sides of your hanging pot.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant, oblique mild.
  • Water: Beneficiant water in the summertime, drier within the winter.
  • Soil: Gentle soil, like a sphagnum moss or a moss and perlite combine.
  • Pet Security: Unhazardous to cats and canines.

Pilea Aquamarine (Pilea glauca)

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With tiny blue-green leaves held aloft or trailing on vibrant reddish stems, pilea aquamarine is a contemporary favourite. It is one other houseplant that originated in tropical areas, so it does greatest in not-too-hot and not-too-cold temperatures typical to what most individuals have at residence. This one is usually referred to as “artillery plant”, as a result of when watered, its tiny, in any other case non-noticeable flowers open up and throw out pollen in a burst.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant, oblique mild, however no direct solar.
  • Water: Water effectively in spring and summer season, however let the highest of the soil dry out within the winter.
  • Soil: A mixture of sand and peat or light-weight soil
  • Pet Security: Unhazardous to cats and canines.

Spiderwort (Tradescantia zebrina)

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Spiderwort is available in inexperienced and purple-leaved varieties, each with fairly variegation. Native to Mexico and Central America, it grows shortly and simply, with cascading vines and small white or pink flowers that appear to pop up randomly. It likes moist soil however do not overwater—this one will get root-rot fairly shortly if you happen to depart it too moist. Spiderworts solely final a couple of years earlier than getting leggy, however new crops are simply propagated from leaves and stems.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant, oblique mild and loads of it.
  • Water: Water steadily however not closely, and do not let the plant sit in moist soil too lengthy.
  • Soil: Light-weight potting soil that is well-draining
  • Pet Security: Poisonous to cats and canines.

Child’s Tears (Soleirolia soleirolii)

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Usually, this tiny leaved plant grows horizontally as a floor cowl, however it may possibly additionally look nice in a dangling state of affairs, dropping down gently from the sides of a pot. These are pretty simple to develop, however do require consideration. Child’s tears get brown leaves if left too lengthy in direct daylight, and so they truly develop effectively below a fluorescent mild if you’re brief on vibrant home windows. This plant likes loads of moisture, so it is superb for a loo, and in any other case needs to be stored moist at its roots and spritzed repeatedly.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant, oblique mild.
  • Water: Water effectively, however enable to dry out between waterings.
  • Soil: Light-weight potting soil that is well-draining.
  • Pet Security: Unhazardous to cats and canines.

Peppermint (Mentha piperita)

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No, peppermint does not drape or tumble down the sting of a dangling planter like others on this listing, however a dangling mint plant could be a nice possibility for a sunny kitchen window, the place you’ll pinch off leaves to make use of in any a dish (or simply straight to freshen breath).

The one caveat for mint is that you’ll want to develop it in a deeper hanging pot — 10 inches or so, although it is superb for these designer pots which can be lengthy and slim. Loads of solar, and loads of moisture and you will have mint everytime you wish to pep up a salad, or add a chew to your cocktail. Mint does not final lengthy, however you possibly can simply propagate it.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant mild to direct solar.
  • Water: Preserve moist
  • Soil: Common potting soil
  • Pet Security: Poisonous to cats and canines.

Golden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum)

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You have in all probability seen this plant hanging extra locations than some other on this listing, from mall planters to big-box shops. That is as a result of it is very, very simple to maintain alive; some even put it on the “unkillable crops” listing, however after all any plant can and can die. It is available in quite a lot of leaf colorations and variegations and likes a lot of solar, however may also do effectively below decrease mild circumstances or fluorescent lights. And it has sleek, trailing vines.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant, oblique mild to largely shade.
  • Water: Water effectively, however enable to dry out between waterings.
  • Soil: Common potting soil.
  • Pet Security: Poisonous to cats and canines.

String of Hearts (Ceropegia woodii)

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

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant, oblique mild.
  • Water: Tolerant of dry durations, however wants extra water than different succulents.
  • Soil: Light-weight soil with sand or perlite for good drainage.
  • Pet Security: Unhazardous to cats and canines.

Aloe Vera (Aloe barbadensis)

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When you’re on the lookout for a plant that may tumble down your hanging pot, this is not it, nevertheless it could possibly be superb for a sunny rest room, the place it might be conveniently positioned for use in skincare. Aloe vera is very easy to look after; you will not must water it a lot and it may possibly develop in pretty shallow pots that you could grasp.

Plant Care Ideas

  • Gentle: Vibrant, oblique mild to full solar.
  • Water: Water repeatedly, however enable to dry out between waterings.
  • Soil: Sand and potting soil combine that is well-draining.
  • Pet Security: Poisonous to cats and canines.

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