Indoor Hanging plants are becoming increasingly popular as plant lovers look to save precious floor space by hanging plants.
The house plants have the magical touch of making any space more lively, inviting, and that makes them ideal for home/office decor.
Majority of people spend their time indoors and it is important to improve the air quality as much as possible. There are few studies done on this topic and the result is that indoor plants do help to minimize pollutants and purify the air.
Even beginners are starting to experiment with indoor plants and getting their hands dirty with potting soil. It’s a lot of fun and nothing to fear!!
You may be a bit confused about which kind of hanging plants to buy and how to care. Yes, there are so many different kinds!!
In this guide, we will go over the details of common indoor vine plants that are super easy to grow!!
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1. Spider Plant
The spider plant is gaining popularity again. It has beautiful long gently curved ribbon-like leaves that hanging from the basket.
Spider plants produce many offshoots that dangle down from the main plant like spiders on a web. It also has small white flowers.
- Bright, indirect light
- Water them well but do not allow the soil to be too soggy that can lead to root rot. Allow slight dry out between waterings
There are few studies done on this topic indicate that houseplants can be an important way to enhance the air quality in your home and workplace.
Spider plants seemed to be one of the many plants that help to clean the air. The good news is that is easy to grow and even adjust to the low-light condition.
Common names include Ribbon Plant, Spider Ivy, Airplane Plant, St. Bernard’s Lily.
Non-Toxic
2. Devil’s Ivy Golden Pathos
Golden Pothos is one of the easiest and low maintenance houseplants to grow making it great for everyone. It stays green even if it is kept in low light.
It adds style and life to any room at home, office, patio, or porch. Pothos grows best in bright light, but can also tolerate low light and medium light.
It can tolerate the occasional missed watering but does best with a consistent watering routine.
Common names include Money Plant, Silver Vine, Golden Pothos, Devil’s Vine, Ceylon Creeper, Solomon Islands Ivy, Marble Queen, Taro Vine etc.
Toxic to cats and dogs
3. English Ivy
Ivy is a very popular plant for the holidays due to its trailing nature and heart-shaped leaves.
It has heart-shaped leaves that come in a variety of colors from light green to dark.
You may have seen this plant over walls on buildings and across the ground. If it is outdoor it is considered an invasive plant due to its aggressive growth pattern. But it is a good indoor house plant.
- Do well in Medium to bright light
- Don’t overwater your ivy plants.
Ivy plant does not like wet soil. Try to water only when the top 2-3 inches of soil dries out. It is better to keep this indoor plant a little too dry than too wet. It’s always recommended to have the pot for all indoor plants to have drainage holes.
- Ivy plants like humidity.
Even though IVY doesn’t like wet soil they do like moist air. You can add pebbles to a saucer then add water, set your IVY plant on the pebbles. As the water evaporates it creates the necessary humidity around the plant. You can also spray water occasionally.
Ivy plants tolerate the cooler temperatures. It is native to northern and central Europe cooler climates.
4. String of Hearts
This plant has many nicknames such as Rosary Vine and Sweetheart Vine. It has soft heart-shaped leaves and slender vines that can grow up to 12 inches long
Do well with bright indirect sunlight. You can place it a few feet away from the southern or western facing window or directly in an eastern or northern facing window.
Too much direct sun may scorch the leaves. This plant may not do well with low light.
It prefers a short period of dry soil between waterings. When the 2-3 inches topsoil is dry you can add more water.
5. HEART LEAF PHILODENDRON
Philodendron cordatum is a beautiful trailing indoor plant with heart-shaped green leaves. It is super easy to care for and can tolerate any lighting conditions. It grows very well with indirect bright sunlight.
Before you water any house plant it is best to check the moisture level of the soil and watering needs of the plant. You can water the plant when the soil is dry 2-3 inches from the top.
Rotating the plant periodically can help with even growth on all sides.
Toxic to cats and dogs.
6. String Of Pearls
A string of Pearls plant-like bright indirect light, you can place it near the window with natural light. It requires a well-drained pot. A string of Pearl has very shallow roots.
It is important to choose the right size of the pot for this plant. If the pot is too big for the plant then the soil stays moist longer and the pearls resting on that wet soil may get rot. Since the string of pearl has a shallow root it doesn’t require deep pt. You can use any kind of succulent potting soil.
A string of Pearls is sensitive to overwatering. Usually, it requires watering once in 2 weeks. You can check if the soil is about 1/2 inch dry before the next watering.
Toxic to cats and dogs.
7. Prayer Plant
Prayer plants have broad, oval leaves which, at night, turn upwards. In a regular pattern, the folding and unfolding of the leaves happen. These daily cycles are considered circadian rhythms by plant biologists. Provide bright indirect light and hold moist uniformly.
Self Watering Planters for Indoor Plants
What to check before you buy plants?
Water
How often does it require watering? Is your schedule allow you to water plants, even if it is once in two weeks?
Light
How much light does a plant need? Do you have a place that has a sufficient amount of sunlight for your new plant?
Is it Toxic?
This is very important if you have pets, small kids. If you’re hanging the plants it may not be a big issue unless your pet tends to climb up. It’s always better to check.
How to Support Climbing Houseplants Indoors
Most of the hanging plants develop long shoots as they grow. You can either set them on a table with a small trellis in the pot or let them hang down in a basket.
Some plants can be both hanging and climbing. But most of these vining plants do need some type of support to keep them looking nice.
Bamboo, wood etc. make great supports for climbing house plants. You can get a trellis and I got one from amazon as you can see in the picture. You can even make your own. It is recommended to insert the support stick into the pot at the time of planting.
The soft shoots of vining plants can be trained to grow around the supports in any styles. You can also loosely tie them with a string to the support for better hold.
We are using this for our money plant. It is good so far, plants look better and seem happy! I like the option that you can use the pair separately or pair them on top of one another for taller plants is excellent.
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There is definately a lot to find out about this subject. I like all the points you have made. Elyn Taddeo Halona