Our Favorite House Plants

Many designers agree that plants are an essential ingredient in any living space, not to mention the fact that they promote clean air. If you're plagued with a brown thumb, or have to work around spaces with low-light or low-quality light, the good news is that there is a wide variety of household plants vying for the opportunity to fit your decor needs. Here are a few of my favorites:

FAUX PLANTS

 

'Faux' sounds so much better than 'Fake', right? It's French, which makes it OK. In addition to the French-y elegance, faux plants are the cure-all for Brown Thumb Disease. No worries about finding the right light or watering pattern; just plunk one of these babies where you wish, and give it a good dusting every once in a while.

PHILODENDRON

 

This plant is versatile, from an aesthetic standpoint. It adds a new shape you would be hard-pressed to duplicate to any vignette that it adorns. Whether you want it to gracefully drape from one shelf to the next in a bookcase, draw the eye upward in a hanging planter, or trail off into the background on another flat surface, this plant could become your new favorite addition to your decor.

Best of all, this plant is very easy to take care of.

 

SANSEVIERIA

 

Shoutout to the Brown Thumb Tribe...this plant, nicknamed 'Mother-In-Laws-Tongue' for its sharp  angles, requires watering once per month. You heard that correctly. Once.

 

ZAMIOCULCAS

 

This plant's nickname ( 'eternity plant'), may refer to the amount of time it can go without water.

Just kidding. This plant is another once-a-monther, requiring watering every 3-4 weeks. And ladies and gentlemen, an added bonus to this beauty is that it enjoys low-light. I have two of them personally, and the one I have proclaimed 'The Survivor' has been holding its own in my fiance's man-cave for the past year and a half. If you are also close to an avid video-gamer, you know that they prefer Dracula-level standards of darkness.

 

FIDDLE LEAF FIG TREE

 

This is the only plant on the list that I don't personally own, but I have always wanted to see what I could do with this floor plant which has become very popular in the home design world. Its large green leaves are nicknamed for the string instrument that they resemble, and give the plant an airy, yet subtantial presence in any room. These plants can become quite expensive if you find a larger one in the 7ft+ range, but a plant lover may consider the option of nurturing a smaller version to its adult stages. I find that these plants look great in wicker baskets, but don't feel tied to any particular formula!

*Post written by Sharae Terrell, Digital Marketing Associate for Redwood Living