I know that by May, everyone is itching to spend every second they can outside, but I promised my friend Kyle that I would post about indoor plants more often. Surely he isn’t the only one whose gardening is done entirely indoors?
Photo by edgeplot
Just because you’re potting up some plants for indoor life, doesn’t mean that you can’t combine plants similar to the way you would outdoors. Here are some plant combination ideas for indoor plants:
Caladium and Maidenhair Fern
The bold, graphic leaves of caladium contrast nicely with the lacy foliage of maidenhair ferns. You can start with either caladium plants or tubers. Whichever you select, place it in the center of your pot. The place two maidenhair ferns on either side of the caladium (use four ferns, one on each side, if your pot is large enough).
Money Tree, Croton, and Golden Pothos
“Money Plant” is pretty ubiquitous in Asian markets. Their braided trunks and attractive leaves make great houseplants, and are supposed to bring good luck. Combine them with croton and variegated golden pothos for a lush, colorful, tropical indoor container combination.
NOTE: Caladium, croton, and golden pothos are all poisonous. Use with extreme caution in homes with pets, small children, or adults prone to nibbling.
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Cool indoor plants. The sad thing is I do have an adult prone to nibbling in the house on occasions, he even threatened to eat the fern spikes until he saw the big poison label warning!
Hi, Nice Blog. As to your question about receiving seed from England, there is no restrictions on receiving small quantity of seeds from anywhere. They are just sent lettermail. Now if you are ordering commercial sized orders or live plants, tubers & bulbs then you can run into problems.
Pret-ty. I love the Caladium with the Maidenhair Fern. The other image isn’t working for me, but it sounds like a nice combo.
+1 for more indoor plant posts! Even worse than losing my balcony, my new apartment is also north facing! At least the windows are big…