How to Interiors cape Your Indoor Garden

 

Many gardeners will pay a lot of attention to landscaping their garden but very few will pay attention to interiorscaping their indoor garden.

To have a beautiful display of indoor plants their sizes and shapes are just as important in positioning the plants as the sizes and shapes are important in an outdoor garden.

Here are a few of the common shapes of indoor plants along with a few examples to guide your thoughts.

 

* Grassy Plants. The narrow types of grassy plant are not normally seen indoors though such types as Acorus, Carex, and Scirpus can be attractive. More common indoor grassy plants are the broad leaf Valiota and Narcissus which cast off small plantlets which can be used for repotting.

* Bushy Plants. These are usually arranged by having several stems of the same variety in the one pot to assume a bush appearance. Such plants as Coleus, Pilea, and Hypocyrta make a good indoor bushy display.

* Upright Plants. The upright plants bear stems which grow vertically such as small Citrus trees or False Palms. Many cactus and succulent plants grow upright; try Cereus Peruvianus and Haworthia Reinwardtil for maximum effect.

* Climbers/Trailer Plants. Both of these are extremely useful indoor houseplants, which can either climb or trail depending upon how they are trained. Hedera makes a great climbing plant while Begonia Pendula makes a very colorful trailing plant.

* Rosette Plants. Rosette plants grow to form their patterned leaves around a central growing point. Fine examples of Succulent Rosettes are Echeveria Setosa or the Funnel rosettes such as the Bromeliads. Primulas make a lovely display with their Flat rosette type leaves.

* Ball Plants. These ball shaped plants have a globular shape and are entirely leafless. Such plants include Ferocactus, Pagoda, and Mammilaria.