The Top 10 Home Decor Plants to Elevate Your Space
As it is said, “There will always going to be someone who doesn’t like to plant trees but still finds it beautiful to have planted”. Yes, the context of this line is explained as people don’t have enough time to plant trees and take care of them but they still prefer to have home décor plants that require minimal care and maintenance to grow.
These home décor plants add colors to your interior house décor, purifies the air inside the house, and bring positivity to the home. They also bring freshness and happiness to the surrounding. Here in this blog, we will talk about 20 beautiful home décor plants, their prices, and their benefits.
The home décor plants generally called pot plants, house plants, or indoor plants, are the plants that are planted inside the place. The place can be a house, office, flats, conference hall, etc. the home décor plants are used for decorative purposes and bringing positivity to the workplace. The plants can be tiny succulents, small trees, or cacti.
List of Home Décor Plants
1. Aloe Vera Plant - Home Decor Plants
Scientific Name: Aloe barbadensis miller
About Plant: Aloe Vera is a small succulent plant that has short and thick leaves filled with transparent dark fluid. The leaves are dark green in color and grow out from a center position. The leaves have small tiny spines that are soft and generally don’t hurt.
Benefits: Aloe Vera has various benefits which include antioxidants & antibacterial properties, it lowers blood sugar levels, improves skin & prevents wrinkles, also reduces dental plaque and is used in various medicines.
Price: The price of Aloe Vera is ₹90 per piece without a pot and it costs up to ₹140 with a pot.
2. Golden Pathos Plant - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Epipremnum aureum
About Plant: Golden Pathos is the easiest plant to grow that requires less care and maintenance. The tree has pointed heart shapes and bright green and yellow colors of leaves. The leaves originate from small green stems which spread as a cluster around the pot.
Benefits: The golden Pathos Plant is an indoor plant that is planted to purify the indoor air and enhance the beauty of the home.
Price: The price of the Golden Pathos plant is ₹200 per piece online along with the pot and ₹120 per piece when bought from the market directly.
3. Peace Lily - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Spathiphyllum wallisii
About Plant: Peace Lily is a beautiful house décor plant. It is a herbaceous tropical plant with a dark green color of leaves and white flowers. The white flowers are a symbol of peace which is lanced shape and gives a soothing sight to the eyes.
Benefits: Peace Lily plants are great toxic gas absorbers. It purifies the indoor air by breaking the toxic air inside the place. The plants are beautiful décor plants and promote peaceful sleeping.
Price: The price of the Peace Lily plant varies according to its flowering requirement. If the flower density on the plant is more than 5-6, the plant can cost up to ₹300 per piece but the price generally starts from ₹120 per piece.
4. Bunny Ear Cactus - Home Décor Plants
Scientific name: Opuntia microdasys
About Plant: Bunny ear cactus plants are from the family of Cactaceae. It is an attractive and low-maintenance plant. The plant has various small spikes, originating from a single position, which look small in appearance but can pierce the skin easily. The plant needs very less or few drops of water only.
Benefits: The benefits of Bunny ear cactus lie in the bright leaves and prickly thorns. The plant is believed to bring good luck to the place they are planted. They are also home décor plants found almost in all houses.
Price: The online price of the Bunny Ear Cactus is ₹120 in the market and ₹160 in online stores.
5. Heartleaf Plant - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Philodendron hederaceum
About Plant: Heartleaf Plant is an evergreen foliage plant that is native to tropical regions. The leaf is generally dark green in color which originates from a single position & are Heart in shape. The plant also produces very small green color flowers that help it to look more attractive.
Benefits: The heartleaf plants are good sleep promoters and help reduce people’s anxiety. The plant is also used for decoration because of its bright green leaves.
Price: The price of Heartleaf plants is ₹100 per piece when bought directly from the shops but can cost up to ₹150 per piece when bought online.
6. Chinese Water Bamboo - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Dracaena sanderiana
About Plant: Chinese Water Bamboo is mainly termed as ‘Lucky Bamboo’. It is believed that the Chinese Water bamboo brings wealth and fortune at the workplace or where they are kept. The Chinese Water Bamboo has various stick of bamboo plant that is staked together to one another with a ribbon and are placed in a glass full of water.
Benefits: The bamboo plant has various benefits such as it purifies the internal air, attracting positive vibes to the place, bringing good luck, and enhancing home décor & aesthetic value.
Price: The price of Bamboo plants starts from ₹150 which comes in transparent glass.
7. Donkey Tail Plant - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Sedum morganianum
About Plant: The donkey tail plant is a succulent plant that is native to Mexico. The plant produces a long tail-like rope from the leaves. Sometimes, the plant flowers in pink or red color. It is mostly used as a hanging plant in homes.
Benefits: The Donkey Tail Plant is easy to grow and requires minimum care and stores water for a longer period which helps them to stay longer without any water providence. It is an eye-catching plant that is beautifully decorated in different types of pots.
Price: The plants are a little bit costly in nature. The price starts from ₹200 – 250 per piece.
8. Dragon Tree - Home Décor Plants
Scientific name: Dracaena marginata
About Plant: The dragon tree is an exceptional type of plant which requires very less water to grow. The plant has dark green sword-like leaves which end up in red color at the tips. The leaves originate from a center and spread like a dragon’s feet. The plants are mostly kept in the corners of the wall to enhance the wall’s beauty and color.
Benefits: The Dragon Tree is easy to care for, can tolerate drought climate, and are difficult to remove from a place. The plant reduces the dry air- condition inside the house.
Price: The dragon tree plant can range between ₹90 to 120 per piece and can differ from the real look.
9. Prayer plant - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Maranta leuconeura
About Plant: The prayer plant is an evergreen & low- growing tropical plant found in Indian households. The leaves of the plant are crowded with clumps of evergreen, strikingly-marked oval leaves, having 12 cm long of growth. The leaves are always in the upright folding position which reminds them of God.
Benefits: The prayer plant helps to clean the room and filter the pollutant air. These are the best plant considered for gifting someone.
Price: The online price starts from ₹120 and the market price is generally ₹70 in the market.
10. Areca Palm - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Dypsis lutescens
About Plant: The areca palm looks similar to the bamboo plant’s trunks but is very different. The leaves originate from a fat trunk swelled at the bottom of the plant. The leaves are green and light green- yellowish in color. The leaves narrow at the tip and turn brown color as they get old.
Benefits: the areca plant is the best Indoor décor plant. They provide fresh air and refreshment to the people. The plant also brings good vibes to the place.
Price: The price of Areca palm depends upon the height and quality. The market price of areca palm starts from ₹50/piece and the online price starts from ₹150/ piece without Pot.
11. Rubber Plant - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Ficus elastica
About the plant: The rubber plant is also called rubber fig or rubber tree. The leaves and stem of this plant have a wax-like substance from which the rubbers are made. The plant can grow up to 60 m when kept outside but is maintained up to 2 m when they are indoors.
Benefits: The rubber plant purifies the air and is easy to care for & grow. The plant has self-healing properties & the more they are pruned, the more they grow.
Price: The plant cost ₹100 when bought from the market and ₹130 when bought from online websites.
12. Wild Banana - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Strelitzia nicolai
About the Plant: Wild Banana is a wild species of banana that appears like a banana but has woody stems and green leaves spread from the stem same as the banana leaves. The stalks of these plants give an exotic feel to the place.
Benefits: The plant is widely used for home décor purposes but it must be kept in the sunlight to grow. The tall leaves give a beautiful impression to the sight. The plant also gives a cooling effect to the home.
Price: The small plant of wild banana can cost ₹200 per piece and can go up to ₹700 depending upon the size.
13. Elephant Ear Plant - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Colocasia esculenta
About the Plant: the elephant ear plant has wide leaves that appear just like an elephant’s ears. The leaves grow from a single green stem and have patches of veins on the leaves that help to maintain the structure of the leaf.
Benefits: The plant leaves are widely used in south India as a plate to eat food just like the banana leaves. The plant also has many health benefits such as it reduces the risk of Heart disease and they are a good air-purifying home décor plant.
Price: the price of an Elephant ear plant starts from ₹150 and can go up to ₹400 depending upon the plant size.
14. Snake Plant - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Dracaena trifaaciata
About the Plant: The leaves of the plant appear like swords, which is why it is a Dragon or Snake Plant. These are evergreen perennial plants that require less heat and water to grow.
Benefits: The snake plants filter the indoor air and remove toxic pollutants from the indoors. The plant also helps to bring positivity and boosts a person’s mental health.
Price: The price of a snake plant is ₹100 if the size of the plant is small and ₹140 if the size of the plant is more than 4 feet.
15. Boston Fern - Home Décor Plants
Scientific Name: Nephrolepis exaltata
About the Plant: The Boston Fern is widely used as a hanging plant. The color of the leaves is dark green which appears sword-like in appearance and contains very tiny and spiny leaflets.
Benefits: The Boston Fern helps to remove toxic air from the workplace. It helps in removing cigarette smoke and plastic-like smell from the house.
Price: The price of Boston fern costs ₹130 per piece in the market which goes up to ₹170 per piece when bought online.
Other Home Décor Plants
Above mentioned Home Décor plants are generally the common plants that can be used indoors to enhance the decoration of the home. Here, are some other plants mentioned that can also be used as home décor plants:
- Asparagus Fern
- Ivy (Hedera)
- Ficus Bonsai
- Swiss Cheese Plant
- String of Pearls
Conclusion
- The home décor plants generally called pot plants, house plants, or indoor plants, are the plants that are planted inside the place.
- These home décor plants add colors to your interior house décor, purifies the air inside the house, and bring positivity to the home.
- Home décor Plants can be planted anywhere, the place can be a house, office, flats, conference hall, etc.
- The beautiful home décor plants include aloe vera, peace lily, heartleaf plant, rubber plant, wild banana, snake plant, donkey-tail plant, Boston fern, etc.
