How To Style Your Shelves With Plants
Your plant babies bring you so much joy on a daily basis, so why not give them the royal treatment by displaying them front and center? Plant shelves are a great addition to almost any room, be it an office, bedroom, or even a bathroom Whether you choose to fill your shelf Soley with houseplant or opt incorporate other decorative element, you can’t go wrong with a lush ledge. Here are some inspirations to get your creative juices flowing.
Window Shelves
Create the function of a greenhouse window with simple brackets and glass and or/acrylic shelves. Fill with a variety of potted herbs and plants for a sunny kitchen garden.
Statement Plant
Place a trailing plant on a high shelf and let the foliage brighten the entire wall. A lush pothos adds a lot of green life to the wall unit. The plants pops because the paint color and decor are all neutral shades.
Mixed Use
Define the use of shelves. These open built ins hold space for sentimental objects but mixing in a few house plants adds shape, depth, and lush color for an eye-catching display.
Add Dimension
Add dimension with these indoor/outdoor walls hung planters. If you like this, they can be found at West Elm!
Great Plants For Shelves
TIP: The keys to good shelf plant include appropriate size, a slow growth habit, and tolerance for low to medium light, especially if your filling multiple shelves on the display.
Consider these houseplant favorites for your shelves.
Air Plants: These Versatile plants can be displayed in stands, holders, filling open shelf space.
Baby Tears: This small plant spreads and adds texture to any shelf. Keep soil consistently moist to avoid leaf drop.
Birds Nest Snake Plant: This compact varity tops out at 8 inches.
Boston Fern: Look for the most compact version of this classic.
Cylindrical Snake Plant: This variety is slow growing; chose a small plant and enjoy it for years.
Dwarf Aluminum Plant: Green and silver foliage packs major visual oomph.
Golden Pathos: This low maintenance pathos trails beautifully..
Heartleaf Philodendron: A gorgeous trailing plant, this one does well in light, from bright to indirect to low.
Jade Pathos: Another great trailing pathos but with solid, simpler leaves.
Lemon Button Fern: Lower maintenance and more resilient, this fern doesn’t require as much humidity as others.
Maidenhair Fern: A delicate, fairly compact fern that grows to about 12 inches. They do well in kitchens and bathrooms.
Nerve Plant: Characterized by colorful leaf veins they won’t get much taller than 6 inches.
Pixie Lime Peperomia: This semi-succulent plant has lime green leaves and compact growth habit. Needs medium light.
Prayer Plant: A go to plant for color and pattern.
Rattlesnake Calathea: Compact size, unique foliage, and low light tolerant; this plant has it all.
Samuria Snake Plant: This 4-6 inch charmer does well in partial to low light and requires minimum watering.
Spider Plant: Adaptable and resilient, this plant trails well on a shelf.
String of Turtles: This trailing plant grows best in bright light. Keep soil moist consistently.
ZZ Plant Zenzi: This variety tops at 12 inches and grows very slowly.
