Indoor Plants That Are Meant to Be Together (2024)

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What indoor plants go well together? ›

Keeping Plants Together Provides Additional Humidity

When you group plants together, you create a slightly more humid microclimate for them to grow in. This happens because plants release moisture through their leaves. The technical term for that is transpiration.

Match Plants With The Same Lighting Requirements

Having separately potted plants allows you to deal with their individual feeding and water requirements. Be creative with your plant matching and choose larger upright types mixed with an array of different leaf colors, textures, and cascading varieties.

Absolutely, multiple houseplants can be planted in one container. Think about it. In the garden, we regularly combine different plants together. If you've ever bought or received a basket of live plants for a gift, you will see that florists often combine several plants.

The crops of corn, beans, and squash are known as the Three Sisters. For centuries these three crops have been the center of Native American agriculture and culinary traditions. It is for good reason as these three crops complement each other in the garden as well as nutritionally.

Basic Houseplant Mix: 50% peat moss or coco coir, 25% perlite, 25% compost. Great starting point for most plants. Aroid Mix: Monsteras, philodendrons, etc, often like richer soil. 40% peat/coco coir, 20% perlite, 30% compost, 10% worm castings (extra good stuff!).

The most common cause of houseplant demise is root rot brought on by overwatering—not from too much water, but from watering too frequently. Plants need a combination of moisture and oxygen available to the root system to thrive.

Keep in Clusters ("the Rule of Three")

Grouping houseplants in threes or other odd numbers makes a strong, natural-looking statement and adds a sense of harmony.

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Although it's impossible to say how many plants are required to filter interior air, Wolverton suggests at least two large plants for every 100 square feet (about 9.3 square metres) of indoor area. The larger and more leafy the plant, the better.

What to put on top of indoor plants? ›

Types of Mulch for Houseplants

Stones: Decorative stones, pebbles, or marbles make attractive and clean looking mulch. Nut Shells: Hulls from nuts, such as pistachio or pecan, can be crushed and recycled as mulch. Coconut mulch: Available in blocks that are moistened before spreading. Can be used both indoors and out.

The best potting mix for indoor plants has a fluffy, light texture to maximize aeration and allow good drainage. A variety of materials is added to the potting mix, such as perlite, vermiculite, peat moss, sand, wood fiber, and coconut fiber. Often, a slow-release fertilizer is also added.

Be Purposeful in Plant Grouping

These groups can be arranged by selecting various different heights and sizes to add depth, or by choosing three of the same plant positioned together to create a symmetric balance. For a standout look, you can also arrange plant trios around the room based on color and texture.

Reverse your planting combinations to create opposite textures, colours, foliage and flowers. Flowering shrubs should be complemented by a non-flowering groundcover that differs in colour and texture. Non-flowering shrubs or trees should be complemented by flowering groundcovers, annuals or perennials.