Small House Plants for Your Home
Houseplants are the best way to bring vibrant colors to your home and to bring nature inside. As well as, plants are the best way to purify the air in your home. Small house plants are perfect for these as they do not take that much space.
Large and beautiful philodendrons and elegant palms are ideal for adding a finishing touch to any room and filling in empty corners and walls. However, such huge plants are not always ideal for small apartments and spacious homes. Luckily, there are lots of choices for small house plants that can help provide the true touch of green without taking up a large space of your room!
Small plants, like succulents and air plants, are best for adding greenery to your table or nightstand. Slightly bigger plants like Peace Lilies can take up some floor space, but they will not overgrow with lush leaves or large roots in any corner of the room.
The best part about the most small house plants is that they can perfectly fit almost anywhere in your home. You can place some cute plants in some random areas like near your bathroom window, in a hanging planter or even on your wall with a space-saving upright wall garden!
14 Small House Plants to Beautify Your Space
To help you get started, we listed our favorite small house plants and added some tips for decorating them in a small space. See what can be applied in your own space.
1. ZZ Plant (Zanzibar Gem)
ZZ Plant virtually an immortal house plant that can take months and months of neglect and low light and still look amazing. ZZ Plant with broad, attractive, dark green leaves gives many characteristics suitable for offices and homes. Its waxy, smooth leaves reflect sunlight and lighten the rooms. ZZ Plant usually grows gradually to a height and width of two to three feet so it is not a plant monster that quickly grow beyond the containers. Best for floor decor.
2. Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera plants belongs to the succulent family. Just like other succulents, they love the sun and choose that their soil is entirely dry between watering. It grows well in tropical climates and has been used as a medicinal plant for centuries. These small house plants are convenient to keep around if you have any slight burns, like a sunburn. You can cut the leaves and use them to make your own burn treatments, skincare, or toothpaste. Best for tabletop decor.
3. Anthurium
Smaller Anthuriums are exremely great for adding a bright vibrant colors to any room in the house without taking up large space. They can endure all types of light, but will grow perfectly with bright, indirect light. Anthuriums that grow in low light will have fewer flowers and will grow more slowly. Proper care for Anthuriums is not difficult. Once you get the plant in the right soil and in the right place, watering is easy. An Anthurium that grows in your garden or home will give you wonderful and long lasting flowers. Best for tabletop decor.
4. Echeveria Black Prince
The Echeveria Black Prince is one of the most common types of succulents. Due to its easy care and small size, small house plants like these are more common in workplaces and home desks. Overwatering can kill this plant. So make sure to let your plants’ soil dry totally before giving them another drink. It has a vibrant deep green to brown color. It can be grown indoors, although it will lose its color if it does not receive sufficient light. Best for tabletop decor.
5. Jade Plant
Jade plants are popularly known for their thick, oval-shaped leaves. They are considered as the symbols of good luck. Jade plants can live for years as long as they are properly cared for. To keep the leaves of your plant beautiful and shiny, wipe them down every once in a while to resist dust. This will brighten the leaves and increase their ability to absorb sunlight. Do not allow a Jade Plant to dry out completely. Water only when the top of the soil is dry to touch. Best for tabletop decor.
6. Rubber Plant
Rubber plants are unusual-looking house plants that can pull any room together with their large leaves and vibrant shiny color. They can grow up to ten feet in height. To keep them at a smaller height, cut off the branches and leaves frequently. New branches can pullulate from these if you tend to them. Rubber Plants can grow in very low to bright indirect light. Always place it far away from direct sunlight. Water once a week. Best for floor decor.
7. Snake Plant
Snake Plants (Sansevieria Futura Superba) are very easy to care for and are also beneficial for purifying the air. These plants grow upright, so they’re perfect for tight corners that are in need of a few greenery. These can grow in a variety of light situations, but flourish best in indirect sunlight. Since they originate from the desert, they can survive for a long time without water. Their soil should be dry between watering. Sansevierias looks pretty good alone or grouped with other leafage plants. They can be easily propagated by leaf cuttings. Best for floor decor.
8. Spider Plant
These plants have a lot of lengthy, skinny leaves that punch out from their pots. Spider plants make exciting hanging plants cheers to their dangling leaves. The spider Plants have some other nicknames such as “airplane plant” and the “ribbon plant”. This plant can grow in different situations and suffers from few problems. Water once a week and do not overwater. Place it in bright light indoor areas because it grows well in indirect sunlight. Best for shelf decor.
9. Haworthia Zebra
Haworthia Zebra is a beautiful succulent houseplant and often compared and confused with Aloes, and Gasteria plants, this is barely surprising as they’re all members of the Asphodeloideae family. However, Haworthia plants are almost always small and very slow growing plants. Haworthia plants are pet-friendly and flourish in bright, direct sunlight. You don’t need to water them more regularly than every three to four weeks, so in other words, they’re best for lazy plant parents. Best for window decor.
10. Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema)
Even though most houseplants require little work to provide growing conditions (light, temperature, humidity, etc.), the Chinese Evergreens can make even the beginner gardener look like a professional. This tropical plant is one of the most durable plants you can grow and endures poor light, dry air and drought. They need very little water, not a lot. Let the top soil dry out completely before you even think of watering it again. Best for floor decor.
11. Pothos
The Pothos plant is perfect for beginners, it will grow pretty fast under any conditions. These plants like a wide variety of environments. It doesn’t like strong direct sunlight. They grow well in bright indirect light as well as low light and can be grown in well-drained soil or in urns of water. This beautiful plant is an easy way to add some greenery to your home. Put this plant on a bookshelf and its elongated vines will make your space more attractive.
12. Peace Lily
Peace lilies (Spathiphyllum Sensation) are one of the best houseplants you can grow in your home because of their variety of sizes, gorgeous appearance and ability to purify the air. Pea lilies can also flourish under luminous light, so they are best for rooms without natural light. But make sure to water this houseplant only when the soil is entirely dry, otherwise it’ll bloom doomed flowers. Best for floor decor.
13. Ponytail Palm
Ponytail Palms aren’t really palms at all, and are more closely related to lilies, but require the kind of care and attention you’d give a cactus or succulent. The Ponytail Palm is non-toxic to dogs and cats, so it is a pet friendly houseplant. Your indoor Ponytail Palm may like a sunny summer vacation outside, but be sure to shift it slowly to the outdoors, and carry it back inside when the temperatures start to incline into the 40s at night. Best for floor decor.
14. Philodendron
Philodendron care is very easy because if you watch for the signs, the plant will tell you exactly what it desires. Even new houseplant owners will not suffer growing philodendron plants because the plants adapt to the conditions inside the home. All you have to do is water it once a week and drop it down where it can receive bright, indirect light. If you’re a plant mom novice, then Philodendron is for you. Best for floor decor.
Small house plants are the most diverse evergreens you can find. Start by picking out a few of your favorite choices to see where they can fit perfectly. By doing that you will get an idea about what works best in your place and what other plants you want to add!
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