hanging Houseplants
Name |
Light |
Water |
Flower / Foliage |
Features |
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Arrowhead Vine Syngonium podophyllum |
Bright filtered sunlight |
Allow surface to dry out before watering |
Arrow - shaped, variegated leaves |
Easy to grow hanging houseplant |
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Baby's Tears Soleirolia soleirolii |
Bright indirect sunlight |
Keep soil moist |
Tear-sized round leaves |
Creeping ground cover great for terrariums or hanger |
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Burro's Tail Sedum morganianum |
Bright direct sunlight |
Allow soil to dry before watering |
Fleshy succulent leaves |
Withstands low home humidity |
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Bridal Veil Gibasis geniculata |
Bright direct sunlight |
Keep soil moist |
Small white flowers |
Trailing delicate foliage and flowers |
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Creeping Charlie Pilea nummulariifolia |
Bright indirect sunlight |
Keep soil uniformly moist |
Circular crinkled leaves |
Creeping ground cover plant |
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Ferns Nephrolepis, Adiantum |
Bright filtered sunlight |
Keep soil moist |
Distinctive lacy fronds |
Suitable for hanging basket or plant stand |
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Fig-Creeping Ficus pumila |
Medium sunlight |
Keep soil moist |
Small heart-shaped leaves |
Self-clinging, climbing or hanging plant |
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Glory Bower |
Bright filtered sunlight |
Keep soil uniformly moist |
White sepals and red petals |
Tall twining shrub with trailing stems |
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Goldfish Plant Hypocyrta glabra |
Bright indirect sunlight |
Keep soil uniformly moist |
Orange pouch flowers |
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Ivy-English Hedera helix |
Bright direct sunlight |
Allow soil surface to dry out |
Green or variegated |
Good hanging plant for bright location |
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Ivy-Grape Cissus rhombifolia |
Bright indirect sunlight |
Allow soil surface to dry out |
Compound leaves with 3 toothed leaflets |
Fast growing grape family vine |
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Ivy-Kangaroo Cissus antarctica |
Bright indirect sunlight |
Allow soil surface to dry out |
Toothed ovate, glossy leaves |
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Ivy-Swedish Plectrantus australis |
Bright indirect sunlight |
Keep soil uniformly moist |
Aromatic, square stems |
Trailing, fast growing, hanging houseplant |
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Lipstick Plant Aeschynanthus species |
Bright direct sunlight |
Keep soil uniformly moist |
Red tube-like flowers |
Trailing stems suitable in a hanging basket |
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Nerve Plant Fittonia verschaffeltii |
Medium sunlight |
Keep soil uniformly moist |
Small oval, veined leaves |
Creeping ground cover plant |
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Piggyback Plant Tolmiea menziesii |
Bright indirect sunlight |
Keep soil moist |
Small plantlets piggy back on top of leaves |
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Pothos-Golden Scindapsus aureus |
Medium sunlight |
Allow soil surface to dry out |
Heart-shaped, variegated leaves |
Easy to grow climbing or hanging plant |
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Prayer Plant |
Medium sunlight |
Keep soil uniformly moist |
Suitable plant for trellis or hanger |
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Purple Passion Vine Gynura sarmentosa |
Bright direct sunlight |
Keep soil uniformly moist |
Velvety, purple hairy leaves |
Also called Velvet Plant |
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Spider Plant Chlorophytum comosum |
Medium sunlight |
Keep soil uniformly moist |
Arching, variegated, linear leaves |
Small spider-shaped, hanging plantlets |
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String of Pearls Senecio rowleyanus |
Bright direct sunlight |
Allow to dry out |
Pea-shaped, succulent leaves |
Pearly unique, dangling leaves |
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Wandering Jew Zebrina pendula |
Medium sunlight |
Allow surface to dry out |
Purple and green, ovate leaves |
Wandering, colorful foliage |
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Wax Plant Hoya carnosa |
Bright direct sunlight |
Allow soil to dry out |
Waxy scented flowers |
Semi-succulent, climbing foliage |
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