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If you're looking to add a little color and life to your living space—and who isn't these days—then you've come to the right part of the internet. We've rounded up our 15 favorite plants, some that you've heard of and some that you definitely haven't, to spruce up your living space.
While outdoor gardening can be great, it's not for everyone. Small-space living leaves no space for an outdoor garden, of course, and planting outside (and particularly planting from seed) comes with its fair share of difficulties. But most of us have at least a room or two—even if we're sharing an apartment—with a window and some light to call our own.
Enter our list. We pulled together some of our our favorite indoor plants that anyone can care for. From the simple and popular to the uncommonly striking, these indoor plants will allow you to give your green thumb some exercise while instantly adding interest to any room in your home.
From indoor trees to bathroom plants and kitchen plants to bedroom plants, there's an easy-care houseplant here for just about everyone. Novice gardeners and pro gardeners alike will appreciate some of the more out-of-the-way picks on our list (yes, you can grow oranges inside, and yes, you really can eat them). Are you a pet owner? Then you'll want to check out our story "Pet-Friendly Houseplants You Can Grow Without Worry."
1Air Plants
Best for Brown Thumbs
These beauties, which come in more than 600 varieties, can grow practically anywhere. They don't need soil, just an occasional spritz of water from a spray bottle. Display them on a shelf, in a shell, or—as shown at the top of this story—in a bowl. You can even attach them to a wreath.
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2Jade Plant
Best Beginner Plant
Succulents such as the popular Crassula ovata, known as jade plant, lucky plant, or the money tree, are perfect for indoor-plant newbies. They're extremely durable, need very little water, and remain green all year long. They'll also live for years and years, making them a great "first friend."
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3Passion Flower
For the Overgrown Look
Most gardeners think of vines as outdoor athletes, ready to be trained up exterior fences and walls. But climbers can also soften windows inside, so long as you provide them with something to scale (a few nails and fishing wire will do the trick). Plant your Passiflora caerula in a shallow terra-cotta pot, then top it with an upside-down vintage egg basket that acts as a tendril jungle gym.
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4'Nana' Juniper
For the Statement Maker
This evergreen ground cover is a landscape staple but Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' can also thrive in the living room (the juniper sends down serious roots, so the trick is to find a container that allows them to stretch). Repurpose a two-foot-tall industrial cylinder with a drainage hole at the base.
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5Paddle Plant
For A Unique Succulent
"This little-known succulent deserves to take American living rooms by storm," says Tovah Martin, author of The Unexpected Houseplant. Why? Kalanchoe thyrsiflora's wavy, red-tipped leaves read as one massive bloom—one whose striking looks last year-round. "It's also practically unkillable," Martin adds. To ensure proper drainage, place a layer of pebbles and activated charcoal in the bottom of your container before filling it with potting soil; then let the soil dry out a bit between waterings.
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6Salad Burnet
Best for the Chef
Expand your kitchen-herb vocabulary beyond the usual parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme with this green's crisp, cool cucumber flavor. Says Martin, "Sanguisorba minor is idea for cramped spaces, because it exists in a kind of suspended animation, never growing too big or tall." She gave the plant a dreamy yet practical home by lining a bird's nest with plastic and setting it on a cake platter to watch rogue water droplets.
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7Spanish Lavender
Best Scent
Colorful and sweet-scented, this plant may be just that special something your home needs. You can also find it in pink varieties.
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8ZZ Plant
Best for Apartment Living
Yes, the ZZ plant is aesthetically striking, and yes, it tolerates incredibly low light levels (in fact, you could leave it in a dark corner if that's the only space you have available). But it's the conversation-starting name that's got us most smitten! Water sparingly, and only when the top few inches of soil are dry.
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9Calamondin Orange
Best for the Home Canner
It may be small, but it sure is mighty! This tree plant produces fragrant fruits, which you can harvest and use to make jams and other treats. Gift this to the home canner in your life and they'll return the gesture with jam for years to come.
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10Snake Plant
Most Hardy
No green thumb? No problem: The Snake Plant is practically indestructible. In fact, we'd be impressed if you managed to kill this one. It tolerates low light and can be left to dry between waterings.
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11String of Pearls
Most Instagrammable
This extraordinary plant will add even more lush greenery to the room as it grows. It's starting to compete with the fiddle-leaf fig as the "most instagrammable" plant on the block.
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13Persian Shield
Best Color
Add some punchy color to a drab corner, shelf, or table with this small, colorful plant.
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14Parlour Maple
Best Blooms
Also known as Chinese Lantern, the various species of the Abutilon x Hybridum come in a wide variety of colors, grow up to ten feet tall, and are evergreen, so they are almost always in bloom.
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15Albuca Spiralis Frizzle Sizzle
Best Shape
This quirky plant is fun to grow and looks great even when it's not blooming. But when it does bloom you get beautiful flowers with delicate almost vanilla-like scents. It's drought tolerant and likes to start in partial sun.
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Anna LoganAnna Logan is the Senior Homes & Style Editor at Country Living, where she covers home features, trend, gift guides and more for magazine.
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