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Many trailing or vining plants especially look their best when they’re allowed to cascade naturally from hanging pots or planters. But hanging baskets or pots work well for most houseplants, whether you love trailing succulents or flashy, flowering plants.

11 Best Indoor Hanging Plants

In general, the best plants for hanging baskets are plants that hang down and produce trailing vines or stems. However, pint-sized plants can also be grown vertically in hanging terrariums or small pots tucked inside DIY macrame hangers. While you can find other plants for vertical growing, the crowd favorites below are all famous for their good looks and relatively simple care needs!

1. Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) 

Also known as devil’s ivy, pothos plants are famously hardy, and they grow in bright, indirect light or shade. These vining beauties come in lots of colorful varieties and variegation patterns, including ‘Marble Queen’, ‘N’Joy’, and ‘Neon’ pothos.

Key Facts:

• Price: $10 to $15
• Difficulty: Easy
• Color: Assorted shades of green, yellow, and white

2. Velvet Leaf Philodendron (Philodendron micans)

At first glance, velvet leaf philodendrons look a lot like pothos. But these vining plants have velvety leaves ranging from deep green to bronze and grow best in bright, indirect light. Other vining philodendrons, like heart-leaf philodendrons, are great for hanging baskets, too!

Key Facts:

• Price: $20
• Difficulty: Easy
• Color: Bronze to green

3. String of Pearls (Senecio rowleyanus)

Easily recognized by their fleshy, rounded leaves and trailing stems, string of pearls are a type of succulent that grows best in windows that receive bright morning sun and filtered afternoon light. If you like the look of these plants, you may want to grow other “string” plants in hanging baskets, too—like string of dolphins or string of bananas!

Key Facts:

• Price: $5 to $15
• Difficulty: Moderate
• Color: Green or variegated green and white

4. Inch Plant (Tradescantia zebrina)

Available in green or purple varieties, inch plants boast bold, silvery stripes on their fleshy leaves, and their trailing stems are famed for their rapid growth rate. For peak leaf color, keep inch plants in bright, indirect sun and be sure not to overwater them.

Key Facts:

• Price: $10 to $15
• Difficulty: Easy
• Color: Purple or green with silver accents and pinkish-purple flowers

5. Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

Spider plants are particularly low-maintenance houseplants that don’t require much fuss as long as they’re watered regularly and receive plenty of filtered light. These plants come in solid green and variegated options and reliably produce small, white flowers and baby “spiderette” plants when mature!

Key Facts:

• Price: $10 to $20
• Difficulty: Easy
• Color: Green or variegated green and white

6. Purple Heart (Tradescantia pallida)

If you’re tired of green hanging plants, give purple hearts a try! These easy-going plants are related to inch plants, and they produce dark purple leaves and dainty, pinkish-purple blooms when grown in bright, indirect light. These plants also tolerate lower light conditions, although their leaves may turn green in shade.

Key Facts:

• Price: $5 to $15
• Difficulty: Easy
• Color: Dark purple with pinkish-purple flowers

7. Swiss Cheese Vine (Monstera adansonii)

A close relative of Monstera deliciosa, Swiss cheese plants produce long, trailing vines and large, green leaves that are pierced like a slice of Swiss cheese! Although these plants may look hard to grow, they’re relatively low maintenance and can tolerate a range of lighting conditions as long as they’re protected from direct sun.

Key Facts:

• Price: $10 to $30
• Difficulty: Easy
• Color: Green

8. Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes spp.)

The perfect choice for adventurous growers, pitcher plants are colorful, carnivorous houseplants with pitcher-shaped traps for catching flies and other bugs! These plants make a big impact in any home, and they grow well in bright light and high humidity. However, like other carnivorous plants, pitcher plants are sensitive to chemicals, and they or watered with tap water.

Key Facts:

• Price: $10 to $35
• Difficulty: Experienced
• Color: Green with crimson and yellow accents

9. Air Plants (Tillandsia spp.)

Small space- and beginner-friendly, air plants are some of the smallest houseplants, you can find and they can be displayed in hanging glass terrariums, macrame hangers, or with a bit of fishing line! Most air plants flower just once before dying back, but their flowers come in showy shades of red, yellow, and purple, and mature plants usually produce baby plants or “pups” after they bloom.  

Key Facts:

• Price: $5 to $30
• Difficulty: Easy
• Color: Green to silvery green, with red, pink, yellow, or purple flowers

10. Swedish Ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus)

Although English ivy can be grown in hanging baskets, Swedish ivy is generally easier to keep, and it’s less demanding about humidity levels. This fleshy-stemmed, trailing plant is also super easy to propagate in soil or water, and unlike English ivy, it’s

Key Facts:

• Price: $5 to $15
• Difficulty: Easy
• Color: Green

11. Burro’s Tail (Sedum morganianum)

Most succulents maintain a relatively upright growth habit, but burro’s tail has long stems of fleshy, bluish-green leaves that display well in hanging baskets and pots. Like other succulents, this plant doesn’t need much water, but it craves lots of sun!

Key Facts:

• Price: $5 to $20
• Difficulty: Easy
• Color: Bluish-green

How To Care For Indoor Hanging Plants

Hanging plants need the same basic houseplant care as tabletop and floor plants, although you may need to get more creative about watering! 

To start, research the specific care needs of the plants you’d like to grow and position your hanging plants in a spot that receives enough light for the plant variety. Most houseplants grow well with a monthly application of fertilizer in spring and summer, but fertilizer is generally not needed for carnivorous plants.

Tropical plants should usually be watered about once a week in summer and less in winter, while succulents prefer drier conditions. To avoid drips and spills, take hanging plants down when you water them and allow them to drip dry over your sink before hanging them back up. Or, place a bucket, tarp, or saucer beneath your plants when watering!

Summary

With all the hanging houseplants to choose from, picking just one plant for your home can be a challenge! To make things easier, consider how much light your home receives and where you’d like to grow hanging plants before bringing any new plants home. Sunny windows and sunrooms are ideal for light-loving plants like burro’s tail, while low-light corners are better suited for low-light plants like pothos.

Once you’ve decided what type of plant you’d like to keep and where you plan to grow it, install a sturdy hook on your window frame or ceiling and hang your plant up. Well-draining hanging planters and terracotta pots perched on plant saucers and suspended with macrame plant hangers are suitable for most houseplants. However, if you don’t want to take hanging plants off their hangers when watering, you may want to keep your plants in self-watering hanging planters with an easy-to-read water gauge and easy-access watering hole!

If you’re not into hanging plants, many of these plants can be in regular containers. See more of our favorite indoor plants for your home.