In this encyclopedia of house plants, you’ll discover various house plants for your indoor garden.  Whether you wish to decorate your home with popular flowering house plants or create an indoor jungle, there are various types of indoor plants to choose from. The following top indoor house plants thrive in just about any indoor garden.

Learn the basic indoor plants growing tips, including watering, fertilizing, lighting and humidity requirements. Search here for popular types of houseplants to add to your houseplant collection. You’ll also find common indoor house plants that you may have been growing for years. This indoor plant encyclopedia will help you choose the best indoor houseplants. Thanks to the efforts of hybridizers, there continues to be more houseplant introductions every year. Check back for new varieties of plants to have in your home.



Total Houseplants: 147

African Violet Saintpaulia

African Violet Care Guide: Growing and Maintaining Saintpaulia ionantha 🌟

Air-Plant (Tillandsia spp.)

Air Plant (Tillandsia) Care Guide: Growing the Unique Epiphytic Tillandsia🌟

Algerian Ivy Care

Algerian Ivy Care Guide: Growing Hedera canariensis Indoors and Out 🌟

Alocasia Polly

Alocasia Polly: Cultivating the Striking Tropical Beauty🌟

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera Care Guide: Growing and Maintaining This Healing Succulent 🌟

Aluminum-Plant-(Pilea-cadierei)

Aluminum Plant Care Guide: Growing Pilea cadierei Indoors 🌟

Anthurium

Anthurium (Anthurium andraeanum) Care Guide 🌟

Areca Palm

Areca Palm Care Guide: Growing Dypsis lutescens Indoors 🌟

Arrowhead-Plant-Full-View

Arrowhead Plant (Syngonium podophyllum): Complete Care Guide & Growing Tips

Artillery-Plant

Artillery Plant Care Guide: Growing and Maintaining Pilea microphylla 🌟

Asparagus Fern

Asparagus Fern: A Complete Care Guide 🌟

Baby's-Tears

Baby’s Tears Plant Care Guide 🌟

bamboo palm

Bamboo Palm Care Guide: Growing Chamaedorea seifrizii Indoors 🌟

grow basil indoors

Basil Indoors: Complete Care Guide for Indoor Herb Gardening 🌟

Bay Laurel

Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis): Complete Care Guide and Culinary Uses 🌟

Begonias (Begonia spp.)

Begonia Care Guide: Growing and Maintaining Beautiful Begonias 🌟

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia nicolai) – Care Guide and Growing Tips 🌟

Birds Nest Fern

Bird’s Nest Fern Care Guide – Asplenium nidus 🌟

Blood Leaf (Iresine herbstii)

Blood Leaf (Iresine herbstii): Care Guide, Types, and Growing Tips 🌟

Blue Agave

Blue Agave Care Guide: Growing and Maintaining This Iconic Succulent 🌟

Blue-Ti-Plant

Blue Ti Plant Care Guide: Growing Cordyline fruticosa ‘Glauca’ 🌟

Boston-Fern

Boston Fern: Care and Growing Guide 🌟

Brake-Fern

Brake Fern (Pteris cretica): Complete Care Guide and Benefits 🌟

Bromeliad

Bromeliad Care Guide: Growing Tips for These Stunning Tropical Plants 🌟

Burros Tail

Burro’s Tail (Sedum morganianum) Care Guide: A Trailing Succulent Beauty 🌟

Calathea orbifolia

Calathea Care Guide: Tips for Growing Peacock Plant Indoors 🌟

Peacock-Plant

Calathea makoyana Care Guide 🌟

Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior)

Cast Iron Plant Care Guide: Growing Aspidistra elatior Indoors 🌟

Catnip (Nepeta cataria)

Catnip (Nepeta cataria): Complete Care Guide and Benefits 🌟

Chenille Plant (Acalypha hispida)

Chenille Plant (Acalypha hispida): Care Guide and Growing Tips 🌟

Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)

Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium): Growing Guide, Uses, and Benefits 🌟

China Doll

China Doll Plant Care Guide: Growing Radermachera sinica 🌟

Pink Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema Plant)

Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema) Care Guide 🌟

Chinese-Money-Pilea

Chinese Money Plant Care Guide 🌟

Chives

Chives Indoors: Complete Care Guide for Allium schoenoprasum 🌟

Christmas Cactus

Christmas Cactus Care Guide: Tips for Growing This Festive Houseplant 🌟

Cobweb Spiderwort

Cobweb Spiderwort Care Guide: Growing Tradescantia sillamontana 🌟

Coffee Plant

Coffee Plant Care Guide: Growing Coffea arabica Indoors and Out 🌟

Coleus

Coleus (Coleus x hybridus): Complete Care Guide for Vibrant Foliage 🌟

Copper Plant (Acalypha wilkesiana)

Copper Plant (Acalypha wilkesiana) – Care Guide and Growing Tips 🌟

Coral Berry (Ardisia crenata): Complete Care Guide 🌟

Coral Berry (Ardisia crenata): Complete Care Guide 🌟

Coriander

Coriander (Cilantro): Complete Care Guide for Coriandrum sativum 🌟

Corn Plant (Dracaena fragrans)

Corn Plant (Dracaena fragrans) Care Guide 🌟

Creeping-Charlie

Creeping Charlie (Glechoma hederacea): Care Guide, Uses, and Control 🌟

Creeping fig (Ficus pumila)

Creeping Fig Plant Care Guide – Ficus pumila 🌟

Croton Plant

Croton Plant Care Guide: Growing Tips for Vibrant Foliage 🌟

Cyclamen

Cyclamen Care Guide: How to Grow and Maintain Cyclamen Plants 🌟

Anethum graveolens

Dill (Anethum graveolens): Growing Guide, Care Tips, and Uses 🌟

Donkey's Tail (Sedum morganianum)

Donkey’s Tail (Sedum morganianum): Care Guide & Growing Tips 🌟

Dracaena Plant

Dracaena Plant Care Guide: Growing and Maintaining Vibrant Dracaena Plants 🌟

Dumbcane-(Dieffenbachia)

Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia) Care Guide: Tips for Growing this Popular Houseplant 🌟

Elephant Ear

Elephant Ear (Alocasia) – Care Guide & Growing Tips 🌟

English Ivy

English Ivy (Hedera helix) Plant Care & Growing Guide 🌟

Peperomia Incana

Felted Pepperface (Peperomia incana): Care Guide & Tips 🌟

Ficus Audrey

Ficus Audrey (Ficus benghalensis) Tree – The Hindu Sacred Banyan 🌟

Fiddle Leaf Fig

Fiddle Leaf Fig (Ficus lyrata) Care Guide 🌟

flamingo flower

Flamingo Flower (Anthurium) Plant Care Guide 🌟

Friendship plant (Pilea involucrata)

Friendship Plant (Pilea involucrata) Care Guide 🌟

Glacier-Pothos

Glacier Pothos Care Guide: Growing and Maintaining Epipremnum aureum 🌟

gloxinia plant

Gloxinia Care Guide: How to Grow and Maintain Sinningia speciosa 🌟

Goldfish plant (Columnea)

Goldfish Plant (Columnea species): Complete Care Guide & Growing Tips 🌟

grape ivy plant

Grape Ivy Plant Care Guide – How to Grow Cissus rhombifolia 🌟

Haworthia Plant

Haworthia Plant Care Guide: Grow These Charming Succulents 🌟

Heartleaf Philodendron

Heartleaf Philodendron Plant Care Guide 🌟

Hoya Carnosa

Hoya Carnosa: A Comprehensive Guide 🌟

Cyclamen

Ivy-Leaf Cyclamen (Cyclamen hederifolium) – Plant Care and Growing Guide 🌟

Jade-Plant

Jade Plant (Crassula ovata) Care Guide 🌟

Japanese Aralia (Fatsia japonica)

Japanese Aralia (Fatsia japonica): Complete Care & Growing Guide🌟

Kaffir Lime

Kaffir Lime: Growing Guide, Care Tips, and Uses for Citrus hystrix 🌟

kalanchoe plant

Kalanchoe Plant Care Guide: Growing and Caring for Madagascar Kalanchoe 🌟

Kangaroo Paw Fern

Kangaroo Paw Fern (Microsorum diversifolium) Care Guide 🌟

Kentia Palm

Kentia Palm (Howea forsteriana) – Care Guide and Plant Information 🌟

Lavender (Lavandula spp)

Lavender Plant Care Guide: Growing & Maintaining Lavandula spp.

Lemon Balm

Lemon Balm Care Guide: Growing Melissa officinalis 🌟

Prayer-Plant-Maranta-leuconeura

Lemon Lime Prayer Plant Care Guide 🌟

Lemongrass

Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus): Growing Guide, Uses, and Benefits 🌟

Lipstick Plant(Aeschynanthus radicans)

Lipstick Plant Care Guide: Growing Aeschynanthus radicans Indoors 🌟

Lucky-Bamboo

Lucky Bamboo Plant Care Guide 🌟

Maidenhair-Fern

Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum) Care Guide 🌟

Ming Aralia(Fabian)

Ming Aralia (Polyscias fruticosa): Expert Care & Growing Guide🌟

mint(Mentha)

Mint (Mentha spp.): Growing Guide, Care Tips, and Uses 🌟

Mistletoe-Cactus

Mistletoe Cactus (Rhipsalis baccifera) Care Guide 🌟

Money Tree

Money Tree (Pachira aquatica) Care Guide 🌟

Monstera Deliciosa

Monstera Deliciosa (Swiss Cheese Plant) Care Guide 🌟

Moses-in-the-Cradle

Moses-in-the-Cradle (Tradescantia spathacea) Plant Care Guide 🌟

Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis)

Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis) Care Guide 🌟

Neanthe Bella Palm

Neanthe Bella Palm (Chamaedorea elegans) – Care Guide 🌟

Neon Pothos Care Guide: Tips for Growing Vibrant Epipremnum aureum ‘Neon’ 🌟

Neon Pothos Care Guide: Tips for Growing Vibrant Epipremnum aureum ‘Neon’ 🌟

Nerve-Plant

Nerve Plant Care Guide: How to Grow Fittonia verschaffeltii 🌟

Never-Never-Plant

Never Never Plant (Ctenanthe) Care Guide: Tips for Growing this Tropical Beauty 🌟

Orchid Plant

Orchid Plant Care Guide (Orchidaceae) 🌟

Oregano

Oregano Indoors: Complete Care Guide for Indoor Herb Gardening 🌟

Panda-Plant

Panda Plants How to Grow and Care 🌟

parlor palm

Parlor Palm (Chamaedorea elegans) Care Guide 🌟

Parsley (Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum)

Parsley (Petroselinum crispum neopolitanum): Growing Guide and Care Tips 🌟

Peace Lily Plant

Peace Lily Plant Care Guide: Growing Tips for the Air-Purifying Spathiphyllum 🌟

Peperomia Hope (tetraphylla)

Peperomia Hope (Peperomia tetraphylla) Complete Care Guide 🌟

String-of-turtles

Peperomia prostrata (String of Turtles) Care Guide 🌟

Persian-Shield

Persian Shield (Strobilanthes dyerianus) Care Guide 🌟

Philodendron Birkin

Philodendron Birkin Care Guide: Tips for Growing this Striking Houseplant 🌟

Piggyback Plant (tolmiea-menziesii)

Piggyback Plant Care Guide: Tips for Growing Tolmiea menziesii 🌟

Pitcher Plant

Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes) Care Guide: Growing Tropical Carnivorous Plants 🌟

Polka-Dot-Plant

Polka Dot Plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya) Care Guide 🌟

Pony Tail

Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata) Care Guide 🌟

Prayer-Plant

Prayer Plant (Maranta leuconeura) Care Guide 🌟

Prayer-Plant-Maranta

Prayer Plant (Maranta Species) Care Guide: Tips for Growing Vibrant Maranta 🌟

Purple Velvet Plant

Purple Velvet Plant Care Guide: Tips for Growing Gynura aurantiaca 🌟

Rabbit’s-Foot-Fern

Rabbit’s Foot Fern (Davallia fejeensis) Care Guide 🌟

Radiator-Plant-Peperomia

Radiator Plant Grow and Care 🌟

Rattlesnake-plant-calathea

Rattlesnake Plant (Calathea lancifolia) Care Guide 🌟

Rex Begonia

Rex Begonia Care Guide: Growing Vibrant Begonia rex-cultorum 🌟

Growing Rosemary indoors

Rosemary Indoors: Complete Care Guide 🌟

Rubber Plant

Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica) Care Guide 🌟

Sage (Salvia officinalis)

Sage (Salvia officinalis): Complete Care Guide and Benefits 🌟

Sago Palm

Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta) Care Guide 🌟

sensitive-plant-mimosa-pudica

Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica) Care Guide 🌟

wandering-jew-trandescantia-zebrina

Silver Inch Plant (Tradescantia zebrina) Care Guide: Wandering Jew 🌟

Snake Plant

Snake Plant (Sansevieria trifasciata) Care Guide 🌟

Spider Plant

Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum) Care Guide 🌟

Spike Moss

Spike Moss (Selaginella spp.): Care Guide, Features, and Growing Tips 🌟

Staghorn-Fern

Staghorn Fern (Platycerium bifurcatum): Care, Growth, and More 🌟

String of Bananas

String of Bananas Plant Care Guide 🌟

string-of-dolphin

String of Dolphins Plant Care Guide 🌟

string-of-hearts

String of Hearts Plant Care Guide 🌟

String of Perals

String of Pearls Plant Care Guide 🌟

string-of-turtles-peperomia-prostrata

String of Turtles (Peperomia prostrata): Complete Care Guide 🌟

Stromanthe Sanguinea Triostar

Stromanthe Triostar Care Guide: Tips for Growing this Colorful Tropical Plant 🌟

Succulents and Cacti

Succulents and Cacti: Complete Care Guide and Information 🌟

Creeping-Charlie

Swedish Ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus) Care Guide: Creeping Charlie 🌟

growing Sweet potato indoors

Sweet Potatoes Indoors: Complete Care and Cultivation Guide 🌟

Swiss-cheese-plant

Swiss Cheese Plant (Monstera adansonii) Care Guide 🌟

Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus)

Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus): Growing Guide, Uses, and Benefits 🌟

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris): Complete Care Guide and Benefits 🌟

Trailing-Jade

Trailing Jade (Peperomia rotundifolia) Plant Care Guide

Trailing-Tradescantia

Trailing Tradescantia Plant Care Guide 🌟

Umbrella-Papyrus

Umbrella Papyrus (Cyperus alternifolius) Plant Care Guide 🌟

Umbrella Plant

Umbrella Plant (Schefflera arboricola) Care Guide 🌟

Variegated-Wax-Plant

Variegated Wax Plant Care Guide: Tips for Growing Hoya carnosa ‘Variegata’

Velvet Cardboard Anthurium

Velvet Cardboard Anthurium Care Guide: Growing Anthurium clarinervium 🌟

venus flytrap

Venus Flytrap Care Guide: Growing and Maintaining Dionaea muscipula 🌟

watermelon-peperomia

Watermelon Peperomia (Peperomia argyreia) Care Guide 🌟

Weeping Fig

Weeping Fig Plant Care Guide 🌟

Xanthosoma (Caladium) lindenii

White Caladium (Xanthosoma lindenii): Complete Care Guide 🌟

Yucca elephantipes

Yucca elephantipes: The Architectural Desert Gem 🌟

zebra-plant

Zebra Plant (Aphelandra squarrosa) Care Guide 🌟

Zig Zag Cactus Care Guide: Growing Epiphyllum anguliger 🌟

Zig Zag Cactus Care Guide: Growing Epiphyllum anguliger 🌟

ZZ Plant

ZZ Plant Care Guide: Growing Tips for the Zamioculcas zamiifolia 🌟