Ornamental Horticulture

A) INDOOR PLANTS AND FOLIAGE PLANTS

Plants suitable for indoors
A wide range of plants can be grown indoors ranging from money plants that can grow in complete shade to a rose plant that loves bright sunlight; a tiny African violet or sapling of a rubber tree which can grow in to a giant tree can all be used for indoor gardening. But then one will have to see that the proper place for each plant is provided. The rose plant will have to be placed in a sunny balcony, money plant and African violet on a shady windowsill and the rubber tree sapling as long as it can be accommodated in the pot and indoors. Sun-loving plants too can be kept indoors temporarily, say for a function, such as a birthday party. A list of some plants suitable for keeping indoors is given below.

Decorative foliage plants:

Dieffenbachia
Brassaia
Aglaonema
Alocassia
Dracaena
Ferns
Maranta
Alpinia
Ficus varieties
Oxalis
Palms
Anthurium
Schefflera


For hanging baskets:

Fittonia
Tradescantia
Ferns
Selaginella
Chlorophytum
Episcia
Begonia
Money plants
Peperomia
Hoya
Pilea
Orchids
Plectranthus


Flowering plants:

African violets
Orchids
Episcia
Flowering begonia
Impatiens
Calla
Spathiphyllum


Creepers:

Money plant
Passiflora tricolour
Philodendron
Piper crocatum
Syngonium
Vanilla
Cissus
Hedera helix
Hoya