These striking and uncommon plants to will instantly add some interest to any room or corner.
This extraordinary plant will add even more lush greenery to the room as it grows.
(String of Pearls are available at nurseries and garden centers nationwide, as well as Mountain Crest Gardens.)
These beauties, which come in more than 600 varieties, can grow anywhere—no soil necessary.
(Air Plants are available at nurseries and garden centers nationwide, as well as Terrain.)
The blue beauty is already quite the stunner, but just wait until you see it produce pink flowers in the late summer.
(Blue Pearl Sedums are available at nurseries and garden centers nationwide, as well as Monrovia.)
Colorful and sweet-scented, this plant may be just that special something your home needs. You can also find it in pink varieties.
(Spanish Lavender is available at nurseries and garden centers nationwide, as well as Terrain.)
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.
(Calamondin Orange is available at nurseries and garden centers nationwide.)
This quirky plant is a guaranteed conversation-starter. Make sure to give it plenty of sunlight and water.
(Album Spirals Frizzle Sizzle are available at nurseries and garden centers nationwide, as well as Etsy.)
This easy-to-maintain house plant is almost always in bloom.
(Flowering Maple Plants are available at nurseries and garden centers nationwide, as well as White House Nursery.)
Tovah Martin, author of The Unexpected Houseplant, proves that when gardening indoors, you don’t need much to grow. “This little known succulent deserves to take American living rooms by storm,” says Tovah Martin. Why? Kalanchoe
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). Martin planted her Passiflora caerula—which offers “comely foliage plus tricked-out petals and sepals”—in a shallow terra-cotta pot, then topped it with an upside-down vintage egg basket that acts as a tendril jungle gym.
(Passionflower vines are available at nurseries and garden centers nationwide. Similar terra-cotta pot, $25; arizonapottery.com. Similar basket, $25; augusthaven.com)
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