Looking to decorate your home with some houseplants?
Before you buy your first plant, consider where you’re going to place it. Certain plants could be better suited to certain rooms due to their purpose and environment.
For example, if you’re looking for a bathroom plant, you may want to consider plants that thrive in humidity and low lighting.
This post explains more as to which houseplants are best suited to which rooms.
The Best Houseplants For Every Room In Your Home
Kitchen
The kitchen is where you do your cooking, so it makes sense to focus on growing food-producing plants here. The kitchen windowsill is a popular place to grow such plants, however you may also have space on a countertop or island (just make sure it gets enough sunlight throughout the day).
Herb and spice plants are great for growing in a kitchen.
Some examples include:
Parsley
Basil
Thyme
Cilantro
Mint
Chives
Chillies
You can also grow many vegetables in a kitchen. Some require quite a lot of soil and sunlight, and so may be quite tough to grow unless they’re in a large pot.
Others need very little pot space and can get away with less light including:
Carrots
Kale
Spinach
Arugula
Green onions
What about fruit? Some fruit producing plants need to grow quite large before they can bear fruit, making them unsuitable for a kitchen.
However, others are fairly small and possible to grow in a kitchen (although you should ideally grow them in a large floor standing pot and will need to keep them pruned).
These include:
Lemon trees
Dwarf orange trees
Fig trees
Olive trees
Living room
The living room is ideal for all kinds of houseplants. In many homes, the living room is the brightest room, making it ideal for sun-loving houseplants that may struggle to grow in other rooms. Living rooms also tend to have more space, making them better suited for larger statement plants.
Great windowsill plants that thrive in direct light include:
Jade plant
Succulents
Cacti
Venus fly trap
Bonsai trees
Small plants that prefer indirect light that are better for coffee tables and side tables include:
Pothos
Maidenhair fern
Certain succulents and cacti
What are large floor standing statement plants that are great for the living room? There are quite a few options to choose from that could be great near the window or next to a sofa.
Some of the most popular plants include:
Snake plants
Rubber plants
Bird of paradise
Dragon tree
Fiddle leaf fig
Be wary that some of these plants require more sunlight than others. Some are also higher maintenance - requiring more water and more frequent repotting (succulents are the ultimate lazy plant, whereas bonsai trees notoriously require a lot of love and attention).
Bathroom
Bathrooms can get very humid and typically don’t receive as much light. This makes them well suited for many humid forest floor plants like:
Boston fern
Spider plant
Orchids
Chinese money plant
Aglaonema
Some of these plants may even help to dehumidify the room. You can put them on a windowsill, on the floor, on the side of the bath or even hanging from a rack.
Avoid plants in this room that do not like warm wet air. This includes jade, hibiscus and succulents.
Hallway
A houseplant in the hallway can be a great way to cheer up this space and make it more welcoming. The issue with hallways is that they tend to not get as much light and can be quite cramped - making them unsuitable for some plants.
Ideally, you want a narrow plant that can thrive in low light.
A few examples to consider could include:
Kentia palm
Lucky bamboo
ZZ plant
Cast iron plant
It’s important to note that all plants need some light, so make sure they are within range of a window or glass door. ZZ plants are probably the plants that require the least amount of light and can survive for long periods with no natural light at all - choose these plants for gloomy hallways.
Basement/attic
Some basements and attics don’t receive any light at all. So how can you grow plants here? One solution is to use full spectrum LED grow lights for indoor plants. This can allow you to set up your own indoor greenhouse if you desire, providing space for the plants you can’t grow in your kitchen.
A few food-producing plants that are commonly grown under grow lights include:
Tomatoes
Eggplants
Peppers
Beans
Peas
Radishes
Such a process is sometimes combined with hydroponics. Of course, basements and attics aren’t the only places to use grow lights - if you have a shady unused space in another room, you could also use this space to experiment with growing various different plants that wouldn’t otherwise be able to grow there.
Bedroom
Finally, there’s the bedroom. Did you know that some plants have been scientifically proven to produce scents that can improve sleep quality?
Clearly, such plants are best suited to the bedroom.
Examples of such plants include:
Lavender
Jasmine
Aloe vera
Rosemary
Peace lily
Chamomile
Some of these plants can be fussy and may require different levels of light so consider this when positioning them in your bedroom.
For example, lavender needs a lot of sun and is best placed right by a window, while peace lily doesn’t and can grow well on a bedside cabinet.
It’s worth noting that many of the plants listed above don’t have to be grown in these select rooms to thrive.
For example, many living room plants can thrive just as well in a bedroom or kitchen, providing they’re getting the right amount of light. Similarly, some humidity-loving plants can grow well in the kitchen where there can often be a lot of steam.
The natural ‘climate’ of your home can play a big part in which plants grow best where - more humid homes may benefit from humidity-loving plants in every room, while homes are better suited to dry air loving plants. Bear this in mind when choosing plants.
Thanks to Fat Joe Publishing for contributing this blog post for my readers.
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