Are you on the hunt for a tall houseplant that invigorates a bare corner of your home, provides privacy from a window, and adds a pop of life to your space?
Tiny house plants on end tables and nightstands are adorable, but large, oversized houseplants Or indoor trees bring a statement look to your interior. Infact, with just a few tall plants located strategically are all it takes to turn your home into a beautiful oasis.
Look no further than these top 8 showstoppers. With proper care, these all tall houseplants can all grow to be upward at least to the height of 6 feet tall indoors.
So visit the blog below, consider this your cheat sheet to the giant greenery of your dream interior and have the knowledge of top 8 tall houseplants to grow.
Best tall houseplants to grow
Elephant’s ear
Being named as elephant’s ear for the massive heart-shaped leaves of the plant. These tall houseplants have a similar growth pattern as the Bird of Paradise. However, the elephant’s ears are a little pickier.
Although mostly grown as an outdoor plant, they require bright but not direct sun, moist soil, and a warm, humid environment to sustain indoors. Being native to the tropical region, this is one of the houseplant that would do well when grown next to a humidifier and away from any drafty doors or open windows.
Fiddle Leaf Fig
Fiddle leaf figs are generally sold as small plants. However, there are certain tall varieties of this plant that are also grown indoors.
The smaller size fiddle leaf fig plants are widely available for purchase and the tall varieties are a little bit harder to find and more costlier than other tall houseplants like Palms, Birds of Paradise.
Fiddle Leaf Figs are very easy to grow and care for. you just need to find the perfect spot for it to grow and refine the watering schedule of your plant.
The fiddle leaf fig grows in bright and direct sunlight. So it loves to face the South facing window and it soaks the direct sunlight in the mornings. These plants require a lot of bright light to thrive.
It is essential to water the plant once a week and add any liquid fertilizer regularly to its water from spring to fall.
Areca Palms
Areca palms are one of the tall houseplants that are different from other varieties of palms such as the Parlor Palm. Most of the people get confused between these two. So make sure you don’t confuse these two plants as the level of care for both the plants are quite different!
Areca Palms like to grow in bright indirect sunlight areas and it doesn’t do well in low light rooms. However, if these plants are exposed to too much direct sun, the leaves may turn yellow.
Apart from that, the areca palm is not a plant that does well if it is neglected. In-fact, they require regular watering to keep the soil moist in between waterings. It is recommended not to let its soil dry through.
If these palms are purchased as indoor tall plants along with their full height which is upto 6 to 7 feet, it may be quite expensive. But since these plants grow quite fast, (6″ to 10″ per year), you can purchase a table top size and let it grow.
This plant is a very great air purifier, that helps to remove benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, xylene and trichloroethylene from the air. So Areca Palms are great addition of tropical flare to the indoor effect of the home.
Citrus trees
Citrus trees are the sweet-smelling blossoms of tree that will grow into tiny lemons, limes, or oranges.
The citrus trees are one of the tall houseplants that requires tons of bright light to grow. So it is essential to position your plant in a sunny window or get a grow light.
This plant like to grow in outdoors, in summer. So it is suggested to bring this plant nside before temperatures drop into the 50s at night.
Potted bamboo
The potted bamboo plants are one of beautiful, ornamental, tall houseplants that can be used in the entryway of home office, or really add beauty to any unused corner that could use some livening up.
Some of the potted bamboo are generally grown in water. so you just need to change the water weekly and don’t need to do anything else. Besides, it can also tolerate fairly low light levels.
Dragon tree
Everything in the dragon tree generally points upwards like a straight, upright trunk which look wrapped in brown paper.
Being native to the Madagascar, these tall houseplants can grow upto the height of 6.0 meters, slowly and it will need to keep under your ceiling indoors.
The branches that stem off this houseplant too grow almost vertically, and then it can tufts of hard, sharp looking, long and thin pointed foliage that completes the look and effect of the plant.
The leaves of this plant are bright green in color with reddish margins, that mostly points to the sky, but it slso widening to the sides as well.
The overall look and effect of this plant is very elegant and with neat, clear lines. This plant rarely blooms indoors, but if it does, the flowers are pretty, beautiful and white.
Dragon tree is indeed a beautiful, strong and easy to care for houseplant which is very popular and suitable even for a minimalist look. So adding this slender elegance to your interior is truly worth it.
Money tree
Generally grown abundantly for good luck and fortune in Chinese farms, the money tree is a tall houseplant that can attain the height towards your ceiling which is upto 8 feet, or 2.4 meters along with an upright and braided trunk, and then it can spread its leaves above your head like an indoor tree.
The large, osmotic bright green leaves of this plant are palmate, and like horse chestnuts, along with 5 to 9 elliptical leaflets, each of which can reach up to 10 inches long (25 cm).
Along with a very showy and relaxing presence, this plant can generally attains the height of 30 feet when grown outdoors (9.0 meters), but it will remain shorter indoors. The blooms of these plants are rare and usually only outdoors. but when the blooms come they are unique in the shades of greenish to yellowish white, along with they have up to 250 red stakes each.
Money trees are among the popular,tall houseplants for its bright, open and airy look; it can add beauty to a well lit, tidy and elegant room with a wall painted with light neutral colors. Apart from that, it is also a popular and excellent plant to purify the air.
Bird of paradise
Bird of Paradise is a unique and tall houseplant which will be worth adding to your indoor garden. These tropical flowering house plants possess striking deep green leaves and a beautiful and unique flower that resembles a colorful bird.
It is essential to water your Bird of Paradise every one to two weeks or when the soil becomes completely dry. These tall house plants can tolerate nearly any type of light but they prefers to grow in full sun for the most colorful blooms.
Conclusion
Indoor tall houseplants have a place in every home and corner, whether they can be used to fill up every empty corner or tall walls, or simply to make a bold statement in a room.
These above-mentioned plants can either be indoor trees or large scale plants at a different level of maturity.
These plants can be displayed independently or grouped together to create a lush corner and to bring beauty to your home.
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