Pilea Peperomioides | Green Home | Ultimate Guide

Whether you have a green thumb or not, keeping plants all over your house is a great way to add texture, colour, and life to your space. Plus, they are suitable for many other things, like keeping the air in your home clean.

You can buy indoor plants online in Sydney and keep them in containers, pots, or baskets that hang from the ceiling. Here's everything you need to know about the best indoor plants in Australia.

Australian Native Indoor Plants

1. Monstera:

Monstera plants are popular as low-light indoor plants in Australia. These cultivars do well indoors and grow tall with beautiful green leaves that give your house a tropical feel.

These plants like a lot of dappled light, humidity, and a little water every now and then. They are also very easy to spread, so you can have many little Monstera Deliciosa plants all over your house during the growing season.

2. Peace Lily:

Peace lilies are another fan favourite. They have bright green leaves and white flowers that bloom almost yearly. They are a great choice for people just starting out because they only take a little work but look great.

These plants don't need as much light or water as most indoor plants. Find a good spot for growth in your bathroom, bedroom, or tabletop.

3. Bird of Paradise:

When it blooms, the bird of paradise plant is especially beautiful. But when it is grown indoors, it usually doesn't bloom. Still, these plants have great evergreen leaves that are big and leathery.

If you want to grow Bird of Paradise, ensure it's in a place with enough sunlight during the growing season. Don't worry too much about watering because these plants do best when watered only once every week or two.

4. Fiddle Leaf Fig:

The fiddle leaf fig is another popular plant that grows very tall. It has large, beautiful leaves and stays green all year. If you put your fiddle leaf fig in the right spot, it will do well and grow very quickly.

Make sure you choose a rich, loam-based potting mix and add some extra humidity now and then for the best results.

5. Birds Nest Ferns:

If you want a plant for your bathroom, the bird's nest fern is one of the best options. The bird's nest fern is tolerant of low light and grows best in warm, damp places.

Keep your watering schedule the same, and ensure the potting mix is moist and full of nutrients. If your plants aren't growing in a humid place, you can always add more moisture by keeping them on a pebble tray or misting them every so often.

6. Succulents:

Succulents should be a must-have indoor plant. Succulents come in every shape, colour, and size so you can choose from a huge range. Since these plants are used to dry and arid conditions, they can handle being ignored in any way.

They can be grown independently, with other succulents in a terrarium or in a shallow planter on a table.

Benefits of Growing Indoor Plants

Improve Air Quality:

Many indoor plants are known to remove harmful chemicals and carbon dioxide from the air all day and night so that you can breathe clean, fresh air.

It has been shown that some plants, like the sansevieria moonshine, can remove volatile organic compounds from the air just as well as an air filter.

Reduce Noise:

When a room is full of indoor plants, it often seems much quieter than when it is empty. This is because plants soak up sound waves and make the echo smaller. Keeping plants near big windows can help block out noise from the outside.

Reduce Sick Building Syndrome:

For those of you who don't know what this means, Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is a theory that healthy people who live in a "sick" building can have health and comfort problems that seem to be directly related to the time they spend there. People think air pollution, poor ventilation, and contaminants are to blame for these problems.