People want to decorate their homes with lush greeneries and blooming flowers in all sorts of colors. It can be easily done by bringing in some colorful indoor plants. Indoor plants do not only add ambiance to your home decor but also improve indoor air quality by cleaning toxic pollutants, such as formaldehyde and benzene from the air.
There are thousands of indoor plants that one can use for indoor decoration. Here we have got you 21 best and unique ones which are easiest to care for. Have a look. You can buy most of them just right now from an online store.
1. Aglaonema
The Aglaonema is one of the most popular indoor plants with the ability to adapt to almost any home or office space. It requires less care and looks stunning in any home decor due to its hard to find, unique, and lush foliage. The plant can thrive in lower light levels and even fluorescent lighting conditions.
2. Pink Anthurium
Anthuriums are flower indoor plants native to America. They are popularly known for their unique pink-colored flowers that grow in the middle of the plant. The plant is the world’s longest blooming houseplant, flourish and bloom best in bright indirect light.
3. Pink Syngonium Plant
Pink Syngonium Plant is an adorable plant with heart-shaped foliage in the pink and light green shade. It looks like an artificial deal to buy, but it is shockingly a real plant. As can grow up to – to 6 feet, this plant is ideal to keep on a tabletop and floor both.
4. Bird’s Nest Fern
The Bird’s Nest Fern is a jungle plant found mostly in tropical regions. It needs enough humidity to thrive and to make your home environment lush green and fresh. Its light green and wavy leaves rise from a central rosette. The fast grower plant can be planted indoors in all-purpose potting mixes, and since it’s a jungle plant, prefers soil that is well-watered but remains evenly moist. Avoid watering its middle portion, as it can cause rotting.
5. Burgundy Rubber Tree
Native to the rainforests of India and South America, the Burgundy rubber tree is a stunning indoor tree plant with thick glossy leaves. The tree plant is an amazing choice to fill in the empty corners of a house and to make the entire home decor look even and beautiful. The plant is easy to care for, and can effortlessly thrive in any kind of home or office space.
6. Variegated Arrowhead Tropical Plant
Variegated Arrowhead Tropical Plants with spade-like leaves look stunning in homes and offices with modern settings. They grow very well in most indoor spaces with minimum lighting, and can also grow nicely as container plants on a protected porch or balcony. If you are looking for a faster-growing plant that requires less care, then this plant for you is a must get.
7. The Stella Carousel Plant
You’ll love the combination of cream white and green of the Stella carousel plant. This is a low-maintenance indoor plant, requires medium to low light to thrive nicely in any kind of space. It doesn’t need water every day but requires moderately moist soil for healthy flourishment.
8. The Crosby
Make your space more colorful by bringing in reds and greens in style with the low-maintenance Crosby plant. It is a perfect plant to bring in during the holiday season. The plant with pointed leaves is amazing to define the beauty of fine lines and vibrant colors. It looks incredibly stunning on an office desk. Must consider it if you are looking for a tabletop indoor plant.
9. Spider Plant
The spider plant is one of the most adaptable houseplants and easiest to grow indoors. The plant can thrive in a variety of environmental conditions. It demands bright light and tends to dry up in direct sunlight. However, it grows nicely in semi-shady and partial direct sun. You should water your spider plant liberally through the summer season and mist it once in a while. During winter, cut watering back.
10. Red Prayer Plant – Maranta
The red prayer plant is a magical plant with big oval leaves that turn upward at night. The plant with striking patterns on its leaves can be a centerpiece of your home decor. People buy it for its unique folding and unfolding feature, which happens in a regular pattern. Plant biologists call these daily cycles circadian rhythms. It is a great houseplant, requires less care. Just provide it bright indirect light and keep it evenly moist.
11. Fittonia Green Plant
Fittonia plant is also known as nerve plant due to nerve-like patterns on its leaves. The alluring plant somewhat delicate and tricky to grow as a houseplant, but can be grown nicely indoors with proper care. It requires very high, persistent humidity, such as found in a terrarium. Nerve plant dies in stagnant conditions, and also cannot survive in strong, direct sunlight. Direct sunlight or heat from sunlight can quickly cause leaf burn to the plant.
12. Aglaonema Red Plant
Red Aglaonema is one of the most demanding and stylish houseplants that require very little supervision. The plant works as the best air purifier and cleans out formaldehyde and benzene from the air in your home. It generally has large, narrow, and glossy oval leaves on short stems, so you better place them on your floor than a tabletop. It does not like the direct bright sun, which makes it a perfect deal for indoors. Place it near a window in moderate lighting condition, and it is good to grow. It is also known as a luck plant.
13. Sansevieria Golden Hahnii (Snake plant)
Sansevieria Golden Hahnii (Snake plant) also known for its potential to help eliminate toxic air pollutants in the house. Though in small contributions, snake plants can suck up cancer-causing pollutants, including CO2, benzene, formaldehyde, xylene, and toluene. The plant grows best in moderate to bright, indirect light but will adapt to low light conditions too. Before watering it, allow the soil to dry out properly then water thoroughly and allow to drain freely. Do not allow the plant to sit in water as this will cause root rot.
14. Stromanthe Triostar Plant
Stromanthe Triostar a tropical house plant requires very little attention while purifying the air of your home. Impressive foliage thats what describes this plant in one word. Leaves of Stromanthe Triostar close upwards at night much like other prayer plants. This plant requires low to medium direct light and needs to be watered every alternate day. General purpose fertilizer once a month will be good enough for this plant.
15. Aglaonema Pink Beauty Plant
Aglaonema is one of the easiest indoor plants to grow. It has a spectacular multi colored foliage that makes it conspicuous inside your home once it is in full bloom. Place it on desks, tabletops, coffee tables or side tables to amp up the decor of your home or office. A must have plant for plant lovers. It thrives well in indirect sunlight and loves shade. You can water it twice a week and it is good to go.
16. Croton Petra Plant
The Croton Petra is one shrub that’s native to southern Asia and Western Pacific Islands. An evergreen shrub Croton Petra prefers hot and humid weather. During cold weather croton thrives indoors in containers however it needs special care to stay healthy in all climate zones. Croton might cause an upset stomach or skin irritation – keep it away from pets and children.
17. Poinsettia Plant
The Poinsettia Plant originates from Mexico and is the second most popular plant after Christmas tree that sees a northward trend in the month of December as it is widely used in Christmas decorations. Poinsettias are quite easy to care for although they look high maintenance. Red is the most widely available color however breeders have been able to create 150 different varieties of poinsettias coming in pink, oranges, creams and whites.
18. Calathea Roseopicta Dottie Plant
A pet friendly plant that purifies the air, can be grown indoors in a home or office and is plant that adds contrast to your greenery. Calathea Dottie has quite large and deep purple leaves with pink multicolored around the leaf edge with a pink mid rib and a pink underside. This plant is surely a head turner not only because of its properties but also because of its appearance.
19. Ficus Prestige Plant
The Ficus Prestige is one favorite and common plant found in homes and offices. Easy to maintain and unique due to its variegated foliage Ficus Prestige is easy to grow with minimum maintenance. Here is one plant that will help you break the monotony of green. Doesn’t need much water. Will bloom and show its presence even if you forget it in one corner of your home.
20. Stromanthe Triostar Plant
The Stromanthe Triostar Plant can be found in abundance in Brazilian rain forests. It is being widely used as a decorative plant worldwide owing to its captivating foliage which has peculiar myriad of colors all over. Many shades of green, pink and white-cream come together to create a master piece on the leaves. This plant is best suited for the shady regions of the garden where normal plats would wilt. It is best suite for indoors and outdoor plantations.
21. Calathea Medallion Plant
Calathea Medallion Plant is a perfect indoor plant for both homes and offices. Along with providing great aesthetics, it purifies air in your space. The plant is also pet-friendly and does not pose any harm to any living being. The interesting colors and patterns on its leaves make it a unique deal to enhance any home or office decor.
