10 Beautiful Indoor Hanging Plants to Decorate Your Home
Hanging plants or trailing plants?
What’s the difference between the two?
“Hanging” defines the method used to display “trailing” plants, which are mostly plants with long branches and stems growing in a cascading manner.
All the plants listed in this article can either be hung from the ceiling, wall or simply trailed from an upper shelf or cabinet, or even placed on a table top.
Here are different ways to display different beautiful trailing plants that are not just limited to a ceiling mounted pot or gorgeously knitted macrame’. With these plants I am hoping to spark your creativity and inspiration to decorate your home in a unique way!
Before we get started though, I want to make sure you consider which particular trailing plant is suitable for the space you intend to display it in. Every plant has different lighting and humidity requirements, so please make sure you pick the right plant for your environment!
1. Strings of Pearls, (Senecio Rowleyanus)
Strings of Pearls are definitely a conversation piece for most homes.
Its long and thin stems with juicy beads make it a very intriguing plant that appeals to all ages. In’-fact, our two Strings of Pearls both belong to my daughter, (this explains the pot).
It is important you know this plant is a succulent and you should treat it as such; place it an a spot with lots of light and don’t overwater it! Proper soil drainage is critical for the health of this plant’s roots! With proper care, the stems grow fast, forming new beads.
I water mine every two weeks, sometime three, depending on the season.
This plant looks great trailing from a hanging pot or displayed on a shelf.
2. Trailing Jade, (Peperomia Rotundifolia)
This beautiful plant is not too easy to find. However, once you own one, you’ll realize how easy it is to care for!
You can place it on a ceiling hung basket or on a plant stand and let its stems trail down. I recommend you prune your Trailing Jade once the stems become too long with fewer leaves. This way, the plant will focus on growing new stems, increasing its volume. You can use the cuttings for propagating purposes.
This plant has succulent like leaves; it enjoys bright, indirect light so a South or East facing window is ideal! Overwatering this plant will kill it! I water mine every two to three weeks!
3. Marble Queen Pothos, (Epipremnum aureum)
Pothos are great plants for plant beginners as they are easy to care for and thrive in a wide range of light and humidity conditions. They can be grown in soil or even in water, which allows for more display options.
I’ve arranged my Marble Queen Pothos in a moss ball called Kokedama and its branches continue to grow trailing down. Kokedama can either be ceiling hung or simply placed on a shelf or table top. I keep mine on a shelf for pure maintenance convenience. To learn more about Kokedama, check my article on Ways to Decorate with Kokedama.
While these plants are adaptable to different light conditions, they seem to do well in low natural light environments, such as offices and bathrooms.
Pothos are extremely easy to propagate.
Water approximately once every one to two weeks if potted in soil.
4. Staghorn Fern, (Platycerium)
I’ve always been fascinated by Staghorn Ferns. They are unique plants that can be displayed in interesting and different ways.
Like other ferns, Staghorn Ferns tolerate low light conditions. Unlike other ferns, they prefer drier environments.
This plant, much like orchids, is an epiphytes; in nature, it grows on trees, not relying on soil for nutrients. In fact, this plant thrives mounted on a wood board with a bit of peat compost, rather than being in a pot of soil, making it a very interesting and intriguing wall hung plant your guests may only see at your house…
I water mine once every 10 days to two weeks.
Photo Credit: Inspired by Charm
5. English Ivy, (Hedera Helix)
This is a very versatile and adaptable plant; it’s low maintenance, it tolerates low light, it’s non-toxic for children and pets, it’s a great air purifier and it is an ideal hanging plant!
English Ivies like medium light the best but can do well in moderately low light conditions. Like all variegated species, they thrive and continue to produce variegated leaves with higher light levels. These plants don’t like to be overwatered so it’s a good idea to check the top 1″ of soil with your finger to determine if it is dry enough to re-water. At the same time, do not let the soil dry thoroughly!
Photo Credit: Jardin et Maison
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6. WAndering Jew, (Tradescantia Zebrina)
The first Wandering Jew plant I bought came in a little 2″ pot with 4 stems in it. I wanted to use it to make a Closed Terrarium as these are excellent plants for humid environments. I only ended up using one stem for my Terrarium so I just planted the other three stems in a pot and….boom! These stems started growing incredibly lush and fast in no time with very little care.
It’s an excellent and easy to care for plant ideal for hanging pots or baskets. Its beautiful stripes of deep purples, greens and silvers add so much flavour to every corner of your home!
Since this plant thrives in humid environments, it is recommended you mist it and water it regularly and keep it in a spot with indirect, bright light.
7. Strings of Hearts, (Ceropegia Woodii)
This is one of my favourite plants! I find it so dainty and feminine and I love the exquisite small scale details of the heart shaped leaves.
Depending on the size and thickness of plant you buy, you can display this plant long stems in several different ways. If you have a small size Rosary Vine, (another name for this plant), with few but long stems, you can let it trail from an upper shelf with its stems all lined up like a curtain, (see feature picture). If your plant is thick with lots of long stems, you can either let them all trail from a ceiling hung pot or cluster all the stems in one big and loose pony tail and fold it up in a nice wave!
Strings of Heart thrive in bright light and with little watering. Proper soil drainage is critical to avoid root rot. I water mine with little water every two weeks!
8. Boston Fern, (Nephrolepis Exaltata)
Boston Ferns are highly decorative plants and look great in many different settings. They are not the easiest plants to care for but once you’ve found the right environment for it and learnt the proper tricks to keep it thriving, it will add so much spark to your home!
These plants thrive in humid environments and do well with moderate to low light conditions. It is tricky to provide this plant with the humidity it needs in heated homes that tend to be dry. The trick is to either regularly mist the plant twice a week or to place it on a tray of pebbles filled with water. Never let the soil dry or the plant will die.
On top of regular misting, watering and keeping the soil humid with pebble trays, it is a good practice to soak the plant in water once a month for a thorough watering.
Boston Ferns can grow quite big and, based on their size, can either be set on tables, plant stands or ceiling hung, like the one shown in the picture here below.
Photo Credit: Apartment Therapy
9. Spider Plant, (Chlorophytum Comosum)
Like English Ivies, Spider Plants are extremely versatile and adaptable plants; basically impossible to kill and because of this, highly recommended for Black Thumbs!
These plants are ideal hangers for moderate to low light environments, they like to thoroughly dry out between waterings and produce many spiderettes that can be used for propagating the plant.
Spider Plants come in green or variegated varieties as well as curly,
Water approximately once every one or two weeks.
Photo Credit: Mod+Mint
10. Prayer Plant, (Maranta Leuconeura)
I particularly enjoy looking at my Lemon Lime Maranta plant early in the morning, when all its leaves are up and I can see the hypnotic leaf colours and pattern on the many leaves this plant has grown since I bought it.
I’ve always kept it on a bright North facing window even though this plant tolerates low light environments. I water it once a week with slow and low portions of water and it works me. However, this plant enjoys humid conditions so you may have to test its preferred watering based on location when you first take it home.
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