5 of the best TALL indoor plants
Tall Indoor Plants instantly transform a room by adding height, texture and a bold design statement. Whether you’re filling an empty corner or creating a tropical indoor oasis, large houseplants like Strelitzia, Ficus Lyrata, Rubber Burgundy, Rhapis Palm and Dracaena fragrans ‘Massangeana’ bring life and structure to any space.
Strelizia - Giant Bird of Paradise 🦜🏝
This Giant Birds of Paradise are one of our favourites among all the indoor tall tropical style plants. Strelitzia are easy to grow and maintain, growing fast and producing large beautiful unfolding leaves.
Ideal for: An individual tropical showstopper in your home or office, or pair up with other plants in a green corner of your home.
Care Tip: Thrives in bright indirect light and being kept well-watered.
Ficus Lyrata - Fiddle leaf fig 🎻🌿
Fiddle Leaf Figs are a popular indoor plant that can be notorious to be hard to care for but with the right spot and watering schedule, Ficus Lyratas become a well-loved sculptured are sold as small plants or as tall indoor plants, they are easy to grow and care for once you find the perfect spot for it and refine the watering schedule.
Ideal for: Large statement plants that can be shaped into a tree-like structure or keep its bushiness. Grow it tall and slender, or wide and bushy.
Care Tip: Fiddle Leaf Figs need a lot of bright light. Once you’ve mastered the right lighting, they make a great statement piece in your home or office.
Rhapis Palm 🏝
Rhaphis Palms are great for adding a tropical flare and wow! effect to your home!
Ideal for: Adding a tropical flare and wow effect to your home!
Care Tip: Thrives in bright indirect light - avoid low light areas and harsh afternoon sun where the heat can scorch the leaves.
Draceana fragrans ‘Massangeana'- Happy Plant 🤗🌱
Happy Plants also known as Dragon Trees and Dracaenas are very easy to grow tall indoor plants. They are very suitable for plants newbies and very busy people.
Ideal for: A hardy low-maintenance plant person as Dracaena are drought tolerant and don’t need to be watered often. A great air-purifier to help remove formaldehyde, xylene and trichloroethylene from the air.
Care Tip: Thrive in moderate-low light conditions. Avoid full sun or the plant touching a cold window as this will burn its leaves.
Ficus Elastica Burgandy - Rubber plant
Rubber trees, can be enjoyed as either medium-sized house plants or grown to become focal point, beautiful indoor trees. They can grow to impressive heights within a few years.
Ideal for: Beginner plant parents that want a large contrasting statement plant in their home, office or under a sheltered porch.
Care Tip: Thrives in bright indirect light but can also suit lower light environments.
🌿 Top 5 Tall Indoor Plants: A Comparison Guide
|
Plant Name |
Ideal for |
Light Level |
Maintenance |
Pet Friendly |
|
Strelitzia |
Large Tropical Statement |
Bright Indirect |
Beginner |
No |
|
Fiddle Leaf Fig |
Statement plant |
Bright Indirect |
Intermediate |
No
|
|
Rhapis Palm |
Texture/Volume |
Bright Indirect |
Moderate |
Yes |
|
Dracaena / Happy Plants |
Purifying your home |
Low-Moderate |
Beginner |
No |
|
Rubber Plant |
Indoors or under a sheltered porch |
Moderate-Bright Indirect |
Beginner |
No |
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