Indoor Blooming Plants to Liven Up Your Space

In their outside beds, many gardeners plant flowers from spring through fall. But maintaining outdoor blooming becomes difficult when winter’s chilly winds blow.

Thankfully, you can create an indoor flower garden to enjoy the beauty of blooming plants throughout the year. A few pots or containers, some aerated planting mix, and several varieties of plants that can be grown indoors are all you need.

Your house will soon be filled with the vivid hues and heady aromas of spring and summer flowers!

Selecting the Best Flowering Plants for Indoor Use

Most outdoor plants can also be grown indoors because you are in charge of the growing conditions.

Our favorites are African violets, Cape primrose, begonias, purple shamrock (oxalis), miniature rose bushes (or even full-sized versions, if you really desire them), and geraniums.

Consider a bromeliad or cactus species that blooms if you’d like to take a more straightforward approach. Christmas cacti are lovely and require little care. Guzmania is a member of the bromeliad family and produces beautiful blooms as well as “pups” that may be divided and grown into new plants.

Choosing the Ideal Site
Make sure you provide the right conditions for the flowering plants you select for your indoor garden.

Purple hearts or sun-loving geraniums will flourish next to a south-facing window that gets several hours of direct sunlight every day. Even the dullest of days can be made brighter by setting up a few little pots on the kitchen ledge.

African violets, oxalis, and impatiens thrive in more filtered light and are best planted next to an east-facing window.
Avoid placing your plants in drafty areas at all costs, and monitor their growth to ensure that they don’t become overly lanky—a telltale indicator that they aren’t getting enough sunshine.

Choose planters that will be loved by both you and your plants.
Selecting the ideal pot or container for indoor plants is one of their best features. The possibilities for enhancing the décor of your home with wacky planters or treasures you find are endless when it comes to cultivating your own flowers.

Make certain that the plant will have adequate drainage in whatever container you decide on. When the soil is allowed to partially dry out in between waterings, the majority of blooming plant species thrive. If they don’t already have holes, you can drill or punch holes in metal, wood, and the majority of plastic containers. 

Flowers Orchids
Water during the warmer months, once a week in the winter and twice a week (when the planting mix is dry).

Soil requires soil mixes tailored to orchids.
Brightness luminous indirect light

When you think of indoor flowering plants, orchids are generally the first that spring to mind. They have a reputation for being picky. With the correct care, though, they’re actually not too hard to grow. The primary methods? Make sure to water the plant as soon as the soil becomes dry and use the appropriate soil.

Kalanchoe

Water Before watering, let the soil dry up.
Rich soil for planting mix

Brightness: bright, indirect light
“This is a succulent-like plant, so it does not require much water,” says the person who describes the striking indoor plant kalanchoe. “

 hydrangeas

 When the soil is three inches below the surface and nearly dry to the touch, apply water.
Soil: mildly acidic, well-draining soil

Bright, direct sunlight
While hydrangea variants are a mainstay of summer gardens, potted versions of these plants can also add color to a nook or cranny of your home. They grow best in moist soil and direct sunlight.
In order to allow the soil to absorb the moisture through the drainage hole, if you notice that the bloom is drooping a little, immerse the pot in two to three inches of water in a sink or bucket for about 45 minutes. After draining the water, return the saucer to the sun.

Bromeliad plants

During the hotter months, once every week or every two weeks; during the cooler months, once every two to three weeks.
Particularly designed soil potting mix for bromeliads

Vibrance Bright indirect or direct light: “Bromeliads have a wide range of vivid colors and are simple to care for. Watering them only needs to be done about every two weeks, and the blooms can last up to three months.”

Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemum flowers

Water regular irrigation to maintain soil moisture

Soil-draining potting mix with a hint of acidity

Brightness bright, indirect light

If you’re searching for a simple indoor flowering plant, chrysanthemums can be just the thing.Other than making sure the pot has adequate drainage and keeping the soil moist, they don’t require much additional care.

Cyclamen

Water Maintain moisture in the soil, but let water drain.
Loamy soil for planting mix

Brightness: bright, indirect light
Cyclamen may be the ideal choice if you’re searching for a plant to add color to your fall and winter arrangements. Under ideal growing conditions, the stunning, vivid heart-shaped flowers should continue for about eight weeks. Make sure there is no standing water in the pot, and maintain the soil’s moisture content.

 Amaryllis

Water Amaryllis Maintain a damp soil, but don’t overwater it.
Sandy, loamy soil for planting mix
Bright indirect light and the direct morning sun
Wintertime is a favorite time for these forced bulbs, especially around the holidays. Put them in a bright window that faces south to stimulate the bloom.

Anthurium

Water When watering, wait until the earth is halfway dry.
Soil Use a coarse, well-draining potting mix or orchid potting mix.

Vibrance Bright, indirect light is ideal, but the anthurium, with its open heart-shaped blossom, represents hospitality and fosters happiness and abundance. It can also withstand low light. They require a warm, light, and humid area in your house. They come in shades of purple, pink, white, and red.

Zygo Cactus

Water Before watering, let the soil totally dry.
Soil Loamy Cactus Mix or Potting Soil
Diffused and indirect light
This indoor blooming plant, sometimes called the Christmas cactus, has vibrantly colored blossoms and a succulent sensation. The Zygos are unusual cacti with long, segmented vines that spill over the pot, making them a wonderful choice for placing on a shelf or in a plant hanger. They don’t need much water and can withstand full sun.

The Gloxinias

Water Maintain Wet Soil a potting mix with peat
Brightness and dazzling sunshine
Mast claims that these low-maintenance indoor flowering plants are related to African violets. The blossoms endure for about two months, and the plants need bright, filtered sunlight and somewhat moist soil.

The poinsettia

Water the soil after it feels completely dry.
Peaty soil for potting mix
Brightness: bright, indirect light
Fun fact: The small yellow blooms in the center of the poinsettia are the real flowers. Actually, the red “petals” are called bracts. Although they are a Christmas season mainstay, poinsettias may continue to brighten your home even after the New Year.

Paperwhites

Water Keep the soil somewhat damp, or make water available.
Soil-soaking stones or dirt in water

Light, vivid sunshine
Paperwhites are another popular winter forced bulb that has delicate white blossoms with a lovely scent. Paperwhites can be grown in potting mix or planted with rocks under them to allow the roots to reach the water below.

Thorn Crown

 Water When the top inch of soil is dry, provide water.
Cactus soil potting mix
Brightness preferred is bright, direct sunshine.
This lovely plant is a member of the Euphorbia flower genus, which also includes poinsettia. If the succulent’s growth requirements are satisfied, it can bloom all year.

Calendula

Water When the soil is just a little bit dry, add water.
Well-draining, rich soil
Light: indirect lighting
Popular houseplants for their long-lasting white flowers that persist for weeks on end are peace lilies. Just remember that this plant can be especially poisonous to animals, so make sure your peace lily is out of your dogs’ and cats’ reach.

Violets in Africa

Water and soil should be kept somewhat wet, but not excessively so.
Soil Like an African violet mix, this light-colored, well-draining potting combination
Brightness: bright, indirect light
The traditional (and beautiful) African violet can be just what you’re searching for if you want to cultivate flowers indoors and have year-round blossoms. African violets have one small peculiarity: to allow the soil to absorb water, you need to water them from the bottom by submerging the pot with a drainage hole in a saucer of water for up to 30 minutes. Crown rot may result from watering the plant from above.

 Gardenia

Water and soil should be kept somewhat wet, but not excessively so.
Soil A: peaty, acidic potting mix

Brightness: bright, indirect light
Large, rose-like blossoms contrast with bright green leaves on this striking plant, making it a lovely addition to any indoor plant collection. Even though gardenias are known to require a lot of care, you can contribute to their success by making sure you follow all care recommendations to the letter.