Transform your indoor living space into a natural and beautiful area filled with lush plants. There are numerous indoor plants that you can grow in your home, however, vining plants add something special to a room. The best indoor vining plants are those that grow quickly, are low maintenance, and need minimal care. These plants are a beautiful addition to any room!
Best Indoor Vining Plants
Pothos
The pothos plant (Epipremnum aureum), also known as devil’s ivy, is widely popular and easily one of the greatest indoor vining plants to have in your home. This iconic plant is a very easy to grow houseplant that comes in many varieties and colors for you to choose from. Some popular choices are golden, marble queen, jade and neon varieties. This is a low maintenance and beautiful type of plant to add to your home.
- Light: Bright, indirect light, it can tolerate low levels for a while but coloring will fade.
- Water: Once every week or two when the soil is dry. Too much water can cause root rot to occur.
- Soil: Well draining soil
- Fertilizer: Once a month during spring and summer.
- Toxicity: Toxic to dogs, cats, and humans
English Ivy
English Ivy (Hedera helix) is a common type of vining plant that you may see growing indoors. When grown outdoors, this plant will grow as ground cover or a vining climbing plant. Due to this growth pattern, this plant is invasive in the United States. Regardless of its outdoor infamy, this is a common indoor houseplant that is a vigorous grower. Propagate this plant easily with stem cuttings to duplicate your plants!
- Light: Moderate to bright levels of light when grown indoors
- Water: Once every week
- Soil: Well draining, does not like wet roots for long and can cause root rot
- Fertilizer: Once every two weeks during spring and summer.
- Toxicity: Toxic to dogs, cats, horses, and humans
String of Pearls
String of Pearls (Senecio rowleyanus) is a succulent that is commonly grown indoors for its unique look. Other similar types of plants are the other “string of” succulents, including string of bananas, string of hearts, string of dolphins and more! The string of pearls plant grows with trailing vines that produce many round balls along the vine that resemble pearls. Due to the fact that this plant is a succulent, it does not require too much effort to grow. So, as long as you can get the water schedule down, this plant is a breeze! This plant can also be propagated and duplicated with cuttings to grow your collection.
- Light: Bright, indirect and direct light
- Water: Once every two to three weeks. Due to the fact that this is a succulent, watering too often can cause root rot.
- Soil: Well draining soil, such as cactus mix.
- Fertilizer: Once every two weeks during spring and summer at half strength.
- Toxicity: Toxic to dogs, cats, and humans
Hoya Carnosa
Hoya Carnosa, also known as the wax plant, grows vines with dark green leaves that appear waxy. This is a low maintenance plant that does not demand too much care, making it an excellent choice for indoor vining plants to fill your space. You can train the vines to grow around support or trail down the side of a hanging pot for a unique look. The wax plant will thrive with plenty of humidity or misting of the leaves.
- Light: Bright, indirect light
- Water: Once every week when the soil dries out. This plant does not like overly wet soil or too dry of soil, so a watering schedule is important.
- Soil: Well draining soil
- Fertilizer: Once a month
- Toxicity: Non-toxic
Monstera Peru
Monstera Peru is a low maintenance vining houseplant that is native to South America. This slow growing plant is easy to grow, so long as its basic needs are met. The Monstera Peru will thrive best within temperatures of 60°F to 85°F with plenty of humidity. Due to this, having the plant in a room with added humidity, such as a kitchen or bathroom can benefit the plant. Additionally, you can place it near a humidifier or pebble tray. The plant can also be propagated from stem cuttings to make additional plants!
- Light: Bright, indirect light
- Water: Once or twice a week during spring and summer when the soil is dry to the touch.
- Soil: Well draining and aerated soil
- Fertilizer: Once a month during spring and summer. Avoid fertilizing in the winter.
- Toxicity: Toxic to dogs, cats, and humans
Heartleaf Philodendron
The heartleaf philodendron, also known as the sweetheart plant, is native to Central and South America. This popular houseplant produces adorable heart shaped leaves that makes it a pleasing addition for any space. The heartleaf philodendron grows slowly but lives for a long time. It has been known to survive for over 20 years when properly taken care of. This long living plant can produce very long vining stems of over 10 feet, so this is an excellent plant to train to grow up surfaces. Additionally, you will also be able to propagate plenty more of these plants from stem cuttings quite easily!
- Light: Partial sun
- Water: Once every week or two when the soil dries to the touch. Be careful not to overwater.
- Soil: Well draining soil, optimally with peat moss and perlite.
- Fertilizer: Once a month in spring and summer
- Toxicity: Toxic to dogs, cats, and humans.
Inch Plant
The inch plant plant (Tradescantia zebrina) is one of the more popular and easy going indoor vining plants. This plant produces nice looking heart shaped leaves that range from green, purple, and silver. This appealing houseplant is native to subtropical areas within North and South America and is often grown in hanging pots. This plant can tolerate a wide range of growing conditions, making it an excellent choice for many households. With plenty of light and water this plant will thrive indoors. This plant is easily propagated from stem cuttings to give you plenty of plants for the future.
- Light: Bright, indirect light
- Water: Water regularly once the soil has partially dried out. This plant likes humidity and will do well in a room with higher humidity or with misting.
- Soil: Well draining soil. Will do well in basic potting soil meant for houseplants.
- Fertilizer: Once every two weeks in the spring and summer months.
- Toxicity: Mildly toxic to dogs, cats, and humans.
Rex Begonia
The rex begonia is a variety of plant that originates from semitropical and tropical areas and boasts beautiful showy colored leaves. The most common colors that this plant comes in is red, green, silver, and purple. This plant will thrive in temperatures between 60°F to 80°F, as well as with plenty of humidity. When exposed to temperature below 60 degrees, this plant’s growth will begin to slow down.
- Light: Bright indirect light. Can do well under lights and can tolerate partial shade.
- Water: Once a week when the top inch of soil has dried.
- Soil: Well draining soil
- Fertilizer: Quarter strength water soluble fertilizer applied once every 2 weeks during periods of growth during spring and summer months.
- Toxicity: Toxic to dogs, cats, and humans. The most toxic part of the plant is located under the soil.
String of Turtles
The string of turtles plant (Peperomia prostrata) is a semi succulent that is native to the rainforests of Brazil. Though this plant is from the rainforest, it grows very well as an indoor houseplant. This plant gets its name from the look of the leaves, which resemble turtle shells along a trailing stem. The string of turtles grows slowly, however, they make for great indoor vining plants for containers or hanging pots.
- Light: Bright, indirect light. Optimally, be sure that light reaches all parts of the plant and vines.
- Water: Once every two weeks when the top 2 inches of soil are dry to the touch.
- Soil: Well draining peat based potting mix with plenty of organic matter.
- Fertilizer: Once every two weeks during spring and summer.
- Toxicity: Non-toxic
Grape Ivy
The grape ivy plant is native to Central and South America. This plant produces vines that look similar to grapevines, which is the reason for the plant’s name! The plant is low maintenance and does not require too much care. Due to the slow growth, you will not need to worry about repotting the plant very often. The grape ivy does well within normal humidity ranges, so any room will do well for this plant as long as the temperature is consistent and between 60°F and 80°F. You can propagate this vining plant with leaf cuttings to create new plants.
- Light: Partial shade, does well under lights or in a window
- Water: Once a week or more often when the top inch of soil dries out during the growing season.
- Soil: Well draining and aerated soil. Optimally with peat moss and perlite.
- Fertilizer: Not necessary. You may fertilize once per season at half strength.
- Toxicity: Non-toxic
Swiss Cheese Plant
The Swiss Cheese Plant (Monstera adansonii) is one of the most unique looking indoor vining plants that you can find. This plant is a notoriously fast grower and grows in a vining pattern. The swiss cheese plant is native to Central and South America, therefore, the plant thrives in sunlight and high humidity. Keeping this plant in a location that has high humidity is best, such as a bathroom or kitchen that gets light. The plant will do best in temperatures of above 40°F. Additionally, you can propagate this plant easily with stem cuttings.
- Light: Bright, indirect light. Avoid direct sunlight to limit burning of leaves.
- Water: Once a week or when the top inch of soil feels try to the touch.
- Soil: Well draining, peat moss based soil
- Fertilizer: Monthly at half strength during spring and summer months
- Toxicity: Toxic to dogs, cats, and humans
Arrowhead Plant
The arrowhead plant is an one of the top indoor vining plants to grow because it is a fast growing plant with beautifully colored leaves. Due to the fast growth of this plant, you will want to repot it once every year or two encourage the growth of its vines. Otherwise, you can divide the plant into multiple sections to keep the plants a smaller size. Additionally, you can propagate this plant easily with stem cuttings to duplicate your plants.
- Light: Bright direct light
- Water: Once every two weeks when the soil dries out. This plant loves humidity, so it does best in a humid room.
- Soil: Well draining
- Fertilizer: Once a month from spring to fall. Avoid fertilizing during winter.
- Toxicity: Toxic to dogs, cats, and humans
Burro’s Tail
If you are looking for one of the most unique indoor vining plants around, don’t pass over the Burro’s tail, also known as the donkey’s tail. This plant is native to Mexico and Honduras and grows with trailing vines that grow succulent leaves that form around the stem. This growth pattern gives the look of a bushy tail. The Burro’s tail grows best in a hanging pot that will let its vines grow downward. You will be able to propagate this plant from stem cuttings to produce even more of these showy plants.
- Light: Bright light
- Water: Once every two weeks when the soil dries out. Like most succulents, this plant does not do well when over watered.
- Soil: Well draining and sandy soil. Typical potting soil or cactus soil mix will work well for this plant.
- Fertilizer: Not necessary. Plant may benefit from fertilizer once a year in spring.
- Toxicity: Non-toxic
Creeping Fig
The creeping fig plant (Ficus pumila) is a common vining indoor houseplant that is native to Asia. This is a vining plant that grows vigorously, so pruning it is a great idea to keep it well groomed. These plants are amazing climbers, so be careful, they may start growing up any vertical surface that they are near! This plant loves humidity and will thrive in rooms that have higher humidity, such as kitchens or bathrooms. You may also choose to keep it near a humidifier or a pebble tray as well. These plants will live for several years, however, they will eventually die when grown indoors. You should periodically propagate your plant through leaf cuttings in order to ensure another plant is alive to keep the cycle continuing.
- Light: Bright indirect light, at least 6 to 8 hours a day. Can tolerate low light conditions for some time, however, the plant will not thrive as well.
- Water: Once a week when soil has dried out.
- Soil: Well draining soil. This plant is not picky about soil type, so any well draining potting mix will work well.
- Fertilizer: Not necessary. You may choose to fertilize once a month during spring, summer, and fall.
- Toxicity: Toxic to dogs, cats, and humans.
Purple Heart
The Purple Heart plant (Tradescantia pallida) is a purple colored plant that is native to Mexico. The purple heart plant can be grown as ground cover or as an indoor houseplant to enjoy its beautiful cascading leaves. These plants are easy to grow and quite forgiving due to the fact that they are moderately drought tolerant and can tolerate plenty of water as well. You will be able to propagate this plant easily by using cuttings to grow more.
- Light: Full sunlight to enjoy the vibrancy of the leaves. Can handle partial shade but colors will not be as impressive.
- Water: Once every week or two when the top soil feels dry. Reduce water during the winter.
- Soil: Porous but well draining soil
- Fertilizer: Not necessary but fertilizing monthly during growth can be beneficial.
- Toxicity: Toxic to cats, dogs, horses, and humans.
Article Sources:
Rex Begonia. University of Connecticut
