Let these indoor vining plants climb your walls and cascade from shelves.
Bob Stefko
Including indoor vining plants in yourhouseplant collectionbrings a touch of wildness into your home.
Greene uses vining plants to shape an interior space by accentuating some areas of a room and hiding others.
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Greene uses vining plants to hide radiators.
Plants make the illusion that the walls and ceilings are taller than they really are.
Its a cheap way to make a room look bigger.
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Emily OGwin, medicinal and tropical plant gardener at theU.S.
Botanic Gardenin Washington, D.C., says vining plants bring whimsy to a room.
They bring a wow factor to a space, OGwin says.
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Here are some of the best indoor vining plants to get you started.
Train it to grow up a moss pole or asmall trellisto give a room a dramatic jungle look.
Arrowhead vine varieties come in several colors and patterns.
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Climbing onion is a member of the lily family and hails from South Africa.
As an indoor vining plant, it practically thrives on neglect.
It stays small, with the vines growing to around 16 inches long.
The vines die back in the fall, and it goes dormant.
Creeping fig is a vining cousin towoody ficus varietieslike fiddle leaf fig and rubber plants.
This eager climber pulls itself up a trellis.
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It likes bright, indirect light, consistent moisture, and humid air.
Variegated English ivy can also bring other hues to a room besides green.
Train English ivy to grow on a small trellis or topiary for a sophisticated look.
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Choose small-leafed, slow-growing varieties that are easier to maintain in a pot and give it bright light.
Grape Ivy
Grape ivy(Cissus rhombifolia)is an old-fashioned, easy-to-grow vining plant.
you’re able to also train its vines to grow on a trellis or moss pole.
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It will grow vines up to 3 feet long.
Heartleaf philodendron can grow vines 3 to 13 feet long indoors when given optimum growing conditions.
These include bright indirect light, consistently moist and well-drained soil, and humid conditions.
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Theyre in between a tropical and a succulent, so they are easy to grow, Greene says.
They are really low maintenance, OGwin agrees.
Give a hoya six hours a day of indirect but bright light, but dont overwater it.
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Hoya doesnt bloom often, but when it does, the flowers have a sweet scent.
Mist its leaves regularly to keep it healthy.
O’Gwin points out that some people don’t realize monstera is actually a vine.
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you’re able to let a monstera grow all the way up a wall, OGwin says.
She does not recommend letting your monstera grow up an indoor wall, however.
Theyre heavy and can damage the drywall, OGwin says.
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Instead, O’Gwin suggests training your indoor monstera to grow on a trellis, stake, or moss pole.
The moss retainsmoisture the plant needsand allows its aerial roots to grow into the pole.
The vines will attach themselves, or you might loosely tie them with twine.
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Mini monstera looks like an art piece, Greene says.
Theyre fun to put in homes, because they elevate the look of any room.
Pothos grows quickly, and its very forgiving.
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It’s atrailing vine, not a creeping one, so its stems grow downward, not upward.
This means pothos stems cannot hold themselves up.
Youll need to guide the vines over and around objects like picture frames or stair railings.
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Theyll do the rest, growing leafy, sturdy vines that reach up to 10 feet indoors.
Give it bright, indirect light and consistent moisture.
Keep it warm and humid, and it will grow vines up to 10 feet long.
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A string of hearts plant produces deep magenta flowers once a year.
Its really delicate looking, with the leaves looking like tiny buttons on a vine, OGwin says.
This is one of my favorites because its so easy to grow.
I water it once a month, and its easy to get it to flower.
She adds its agreat beginner houseplant.
you’re free to really ignore it.
The tiny leaves of string of hearts contrast nicely when displayed alongsidebig-leafed tropicalslike monstera and pothos.
Indoors, string of hearts needs up to six hours a day of bright, indirect light.
Swiss cheese plants haveheart-shaped leaveslaced with holes.
It grows aerial roots to support itself as it climbs.
Give your Swiss cheese vine plenty of bright, indirect light.
Keep it consistently moist and use a well-draining potting mix.
Indoors, Swiss cheese plant grows vines 3 to 8 feet long.
It thrives as a houseplant when given bright but indirect sunlight and a splash of water here and there.
Those bead-like leaves store water so this plant doesn’t need frequent watering.
This epiphytic tropical makes a beautiful houseplant, but its a bit harder to grow than a pothos.
In ideal growing conditions, this vine will eventually produce gorgeous yellow orchid flowers.
To produce the bean pods coveted by bakers, you should probably hand-pollinate the plant.
So be happy with the shiny green leaves, dramatic vines, and the occasional flower.
