Indoor Hanging Plants: 15 Trailing and Climbing Plants That Thrive
The best indoor hanging plants for baskets, shelves and ceiling hooks — including which cope with the hot, dry air that collects near a ceiling.
Every list here is filtered the same way: the plant has to survive an ordinary home, tolerate an imperfect owner, and be findable in a normal nursery. Anything that only thrives in a greenhouse is left out.
6 guides · last reviewed 24 August 2026
The best indoor hanging plants for baskets, shelves and ceiling hooks — including which cope with the hot, dry air that collects near a ceiling.
Fourteen big leaf indoor plants — from monstera and elephant ear to banana and rubber plants — with the light, space and pot size each one needs to get large indoors.
Verified against the ASPCA toxic plant database: 20 houseplants that are non-toxic to cats and dogs, plus the common favourites that genuinely are not.
Most indoor flower plants stop blooming within weeks of coming home. These 14 keep flowering indoors — with the light each one needs to set buds at all.
Sixteen indoor plants with red, pink or purple foliage — and the light levels each one needs to keep its colour instead of fading back to green.
The 25 indoor plants worth keeping at home, sorted by how much light you have and how much attention you can give — with names, pictures and honest difficulty ratings.