Best trailing houseplants for each room of the house
HOUSEPLANTS make a wonderful addition to any room, bringing the outside in and freshening up your decor. Which houseplants are best suited to each room?
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If you’re short on space, trailing houseplants can help tie the room together. Many of these types of plants are lower maintenance than others, so can be an ideal plant for a houseplant beginner. Here’s the best type of trailing houseplant for each room of the house.
Trailing houseplants are a favourite for many Britons as an accessory to brighten up the room.
You can hang trailing plants from the ceiling for a dramatic cascade of green leaves.
Many trailing plants are also well adapted to low light, making them ideal for rooms of your house which otherwise wouldn’t be an ideal habitat for houseplants.
They can also be a beautiful addition to high bookshelves or mantelpieces.
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When choosing a trailing houseplant, make sure you consider the conditions of the room you plan on displaying it in.
So, these are the best trailing houseplants organised by typical conditions in different rooms of the house.
Bathroom
Golden Pothos
This beautiful vining ivy thrives in warm and humid environments, so a bathroom constantly steamed up by hot showers and baths is perfect for Golden Pothos.
Very easy-going, this hardy plant enjoys the shade and doesn’t need too much attention - so it’s ideal for new starters.
Satin Pothos
Another pothos, this plant is a deeper green colour with flashes of silver.
This slow-growing plant isn’t very fussy and is happy to be left alone in a humid corner of your home.
Living Room
String of pearls
Getting its name from the trailing leaves resembling strings of beads, this delicate plant thrives in bright but indirect sunlight.
A bit of a fussier customer, this plant requires careful watering.
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String of hearts
As romantic-looking as the name suggests, string of hearts makes a beautiful addition to a living room.
The leaves resemble tiny love hearts and the plant produces little pink flowers.
A hardier plant, the string of hearts is well-suited to beginners.
Kitchen
Fishbone cactus
This charming plant has cartoonishly jagged leaves and produces colourful flowers in autumn - making it the ideal plant to brighten up the kitchen.
Despite being a cactus, this plant lives in forests and tends to be a thirsty customer.