Are you looking for a house plant that you might actually be able to keep alive? 😉
Great, you’re in the right spot!
These easy keepers also work overtime to clean the air in your home.
I’m not kidding!
They add beautiful home decor, clean the air, and are hard to kill.
That’s a win all around if you ask me.
Below you’ll find an exhaustive list of hearty house plants with some links on where to find them.
With a stylish pot and maybe even a plant stand you’ll be on your way to adding healthy design to your home.
Let’s get to it!
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#1) Dumb Cane Common House Plant That Cleans The Air
Source: Pinterest
I too was wondering why this plant was called ‘Dumb Cane’. Real story…some questionable behavior resulted in some people chewing on the leaves of this plant.
The leaves are toxic in large quantities, so…not smart.
Don’t let the name fool you though, the soil can dry out on this little fella and there is no problem.
It also flourished in well lit areas.
#2) Broad Leaf Indoor Rubber Plant
The lush looking broad leaf rubber plant is an air purifying machine!
This broad leafed beauty works to remove formaldehyde and can tolerate multiple light levels.
#3) Low Light Aglaonema Indoor House Plant
Source: Etsy
This plant is pretty cool! It’s simple and sophisticated and can have beautiful two tone pink and green leaves.
It prefers dim light conditions and stays a nice medium size. A cool thing about this plant is that you can propagate it.
What does that mean?
It means you can cut sections of stalk from the parent plant, place it in a new pot, and it will grow into another plant!
#4) Air Purifying Low Light Weeping Fig Tree
Source: The Grow
This house plant is perfect for a lowly lit area that need sizable color and freshness. It can grow up to 5′ so be sure to allow it good space and a large pot.
It love the design of it’s dense foliage and weeping leaf shape.
You may need to reinforce it’s stem as it grows, but it’s air purifying ability is top notch.
#5) Drought Tolerant Spider House Plant
You can easily tell where this spider plant gets it’s name! It’s leggy looking , isn’t it?
This lovely air purifying plant is a great one to hang, as it’s leaves will cascade downward.
It would look awesome in this stylish macrame hanging basket, especially when hung in a grouping at varying heights.
#6) Low Light Mosaic Indoor House Plant
How gorgeous are these pink and green textured leaves on this mosaic/nerve plant.
It tolerates low light, as well as dry soil in between waterings.
It’s also effective at reducing benzene, toluene, and trichloroethylene air toxins.
#7) Bright Light English Ivy House Plant
This house plant is the smallest on the list, but packs some serious air purifying power!
It works hard to remove air toxins such as benzene, formaldehyde and carbon monoxide!
As much as we try to avoid it, these chemicals are found in most homes due to residue from cleaning products, plastics, dyes and pesticides.
#8) Low Light Peace Lily Plant
Aren’t the while flowers of this peace lily lovely? They won’t last super long, but are gorgeous when in bloom.
Just like the dumb cane, this plant as it can be toxic so it’s best to keep it safely out the reach of little ones.
It can tolerate lower light placements, but prefers bright conditions for optimal blooming.
This graceful plant has been scientifically proven to remove VOCs (volatile organic compounds) from indoor air.
#9) Devil’s Ivy Air Cleaning Indoor Plant
Source: Balcony Garden Web
This powerful air purifying plant is special because grows like a vine!
It’s popular to hang, it as it will crawl along any surface or drape beautifully over the side of a pot or plant hanger.
It can tolerate all light levels and intermittent watering.
#10) Gorgeous Air Purifying Orchid
Source: My Plant Obsessions Instagram
Orchids are one of the most beautiful indoor plants you can grow.
Their gorgeous pastel blossoms work hard at air purification while this no fuss fella can go long periods between waterings.
#11) Easy To Grow Heart Leaf Philodendron
Source: Pinterest
The heart leaf philodendron is another little beauty as it gets it’s name from it’s beautiful heart shaped leaves.
They will cascade downward similar to the spider plant also making it a popular house plant to hang.
It’s a super easy one to care for! It will flourish almost anywhere, except direct sunlight.
#12) Boston Fern House Plant
I’ve gotta admit, I had a slight aversion to this plant at first because so many fake house plants are made to look like ferns!
This very real LIVE fern is worth a chance though. 😉
It is better than any other plant on this list is this fern at removing formaldehyde. If you happen to live in a manufactured or modular home, this this plant could be a life saver.
#13) Money Bonsai Air Cleaning House Plant
This Money Bonsai house plant is cool and unique. Its braided stem structure brings great texture and natural design to your home.
This plant is very hardy as is seen as a symbol of good luck…making it a great gift!
Bonsai Boy of New York has this to say…
‘The Money Tree is also called the “Good Luck Tree” and is an age-old token of good luck and an invitation to good fortune. It is the most popular plant for “Feng Shui” because it creates positive energy (“Chi” or “Qi”). It is rumored to bring prosperity and wealth to your surroundings and decorates your home with nature and good luck.”
#14) Snake Plant Indoor House Plant
This is the one and only snake I would allow in my house! 😛
This plant gets it’s name from the snakeskin like texture pattern on its leaves. If you like vertical modern design, this is a good option for you.
It’s color can vary from a muted green to bring yellow/green combination- so pretty!
#15) Large & In Charge Areca Palm Indoor Plant
Source: DIY Bunker
Rounding out this list is this tall tropical beauty. The Areca Palm is one of the top selling indoor house plants because it is super easy to grow.
It provides some serious bang for your buck too. It can grow up to 5-6 feet so keep it in a large pot where it has room to run wild.
#16) Dual Purpose Indoor Aloe Vera Plant
Not only does the Aloe Vera plant work to clean the air in your home, it’s cooling gel filled leaves can sooth cuts and burns.
Beautiful and compact, this house plant works well on a kitchen countertop or side table.
House Plant Pots & Baskets
Have you picked a favorite or two? Ok good. There are a million pots and baskets you could use for an indoor house plant. Any of the outdoor pots you can find at big box stores will work great too.
I do think it boosts your style factor when you chose a stylish vessel that you wouldn’t find just anywhere.
For some of the larger plant varieties you may have to look beyond this list, but below are some great options if you’re looking for a fresh farmhouse style container!
Farmhouse Flower Pot & Tray Set
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Stylish House Plant Stand
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Vintage Style Hobnail Pots
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Rivet Geometric Planter
Gold & Grey Modern Ceramic Pot Set
Don’t Forget The House Plant Accessories
It’s kind of nice when everything you need arrives at once!. Your house plants, containers, potting soil and plant saucers can all come together so you can get that baby whipped together in a matter of minutes.
Ok…almost everything.
If you’re not a fan of dirt under your finger nails, you’ll probably want to pick up a cute pair of gardening gloves like these! 😉
Happy house planting ya’ll!!! The air in your home says thank you!
Cheers for now!
<3 Ang
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