Indoor vertical garden: here are the most suitable accessories and plants
A vertical garden is the ideal way to make your home more welcoming, upgrade your furniture and keep the style of your home in step with trends!
It is true that those who do not have a balcony or a large entrance of light in their apartment may find a little more obstacles, but creating an internal vertical garden is not impossible! And the answer to this problem is quite simple: plants d " apartment!
We have created for you a list with all the tricks to create your indoor vertical garden at a low cost and with plants that require very little maintenance!
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Hanging plants
Hanging plants have a great decorative effect, are usually easy to grow and grow very fast. They are gorgeous, bushy, and ideal for making a play of dimensions in your indoor vertical garden.
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Fern
Ferns are very interesting plants, because they have existed since prehistoric times ... they were among the first species to adapt to land life. Hanging and without flowers, they are ideal for an indoor vertical garden because they create a thick green background of great effect.
Main characteristics:
- Ideal temperature: between 10 and 25 degrees
- They need a lot of humidity, so always keep them greasy by vaporizing water on alternate days in summer and twice a week in winter
- Keep it away from direct light and radiators
- Ideal soil: semi-light.
Pothos
This plant is already quite common in city apartments and can also be used for your indoor vertical garden. Of Asian origin, this plant needs a lot of light and a warmer temperature, so it is ideal for an apartment both in winter and in summer. It has glossy leaves, medium to small, drooping and full.
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Main characteristics:
- Ideal temperature: between 15 and 25 degrees
- They need a lot of humidity, so keep watering very regular, even in winter
- Ideal lighting: abundant and indirect
- Ideal soil: semi-light.
Upright plants
They are used to enrich your vertical garden with even more reliefs and colors. They are beautiful because they keep a small to medium height and therefore are suitable for suspended soil. They usually have leaves of two or more shades, which adds even more beauty to your plant composition.
Dracaena
This tropical plant has two-colored and thin leaves. It is ideal for those who do not own a very bright apartment because it suffers from direct rays.
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Main characteristics:
- Ideal temperature: above 18 degrees
- They need a lot of humidity, therefore keep watering very regular, even in winter (the soil must always remain greasy)
- Ideal lighting: abundant and indirect
- Ideal soil: semi-light.
Dieffenbachia
This species also comes from a tropical country and has two-colored but less thin leaves than Dracaena.
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Main characteristics:
- Ideal temperature: between 15 and 20 degrees
- They need a lot of humidity, therefore keep watering very regular, even in winter (the soil must always remain greasy)
- Ideal lighting: abundant and indirect
- Ideal soil: semi-light.
Caladium
These are one of our favorite plants for the indoor vertical garden: of Amazonian origin, they are plants with leaves of two or more colors. The combination of shades is always surprising and vary between pink, white and green. They create a great and pleasant decorative effect in the composition of plants.
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Main characteristics:
- Ideal temperature: more than 18 degrees
- Very regular watering, even in winter (the soil must always remain greasy)
- Ideal lighting: abundant and indirect
- Ideal soil: light
Chlorophytum
Originally from South Africa, this plant is a little different from all the ones we have added to the list: they need little soil, little light and lots of fresh air!
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Main characteristics:
- Ideal temperature: more than 18 degrees
- Watering: spray a little water 2 times a week
- Ideal lighting: diffused and indirect
- Ideal soil: light
Flowering plants
Finally, if you want to add some points of color to your indoor vertical garden, there are houseplants that require less light and little maintenance to keep them beautiful and very colorful!
Guzmania or Bromelia
With more than 100 species, bromeliad is one of the favorite tropical dishes for lovers of decor trends. They are highly sought after because they offer a great decorative effect and, although it has few roots and low height, its leaves spread a lot around its flower, which looks like a pineapple crown and can be found in various colors!
Main characteristics:
- Ideal temperature: more than 18 degrees
- Watering: abundant, even in winter (the soil must always remain greasy)
- Ideal lighting: abundant and indirect
- Ideal soil: semi-light
Phalaenopsis or Orchid
Much loved by women, the phalaenopsis or orchid is a very different flower from the usual species full of petals: it has various sizes and color combinations and are simply beautiful in an internal vertical garden!
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Main characteristics:
- Ideal temperature: more than 18 degrees
- Watering: abundant, preferably with demineralized water since the aerial roots are very sensitive to excesses of salts.
- Ideal lighting: diffused and indirect
- Ideal soil: light (buy the soil suitable for orchids on Amazon for about 13 €)
Anthurium
Durable and ideal for apartments, this beautiful tropical plant with lacquered leaves is very easy to keep indoors and adds a spot of intense color to your indoor vertical garden.
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Main characteristics:
- Ideal temperature: more than 18 degrees
- Watering: frequent in summer, rare in autumn-winter.
- Ideal lighting: abundant and indirect
- Ideal soil: semi-light
