Indoor Plants

Gold-splashed pothos — the most forgiving trailing plant there is.

Upright, banded leaves that ask for almost nothing.

The split-leaf classic — big, glossy and genuinely easy.

Waxy, upright and happy to be ignored for a month.

Soft bubblegum-pink foliage that deepens in good light.

The classic — dark banded blades edged in bright yellow.

Tall, sculptural and the most photogenic tree you can put indoors.

White spathes, deep green leaves, and it tells you when it is thirsty.

Cream, mint and deep green marbling on every arrowhead leaf.

Spiralled green stalks that grow in nothing but water and pebbles.

Broad, silvered leaves in pale sage-mint.

Architectural arrow leaves held on tall, upright stems.

Pink-red leaves that hold their colour in ordinary indoor light.

Snow-white sectoral variegation — a genuine collector aroid.

New growth emerges bright lime, then darkens to true black.

Broad, wavy, almost-black leaves in a low spreading rosette.

One enormous paddle leaf — the whale fin.

Thick aerial-rooted trunks, trained and grown on for years.

Wavy-edged leaves mottled in copper and jade.

A large, gallery-grade ficus with a braided, thickened trunk.

Glossy green paddles on a fast-thickening trunk.

The best-looking plant that will genuinely tolerate a dim room.

Heavily marbled cream-and-green — the prettiest of the pothos.

Cascading feathered fronds — best in a hanging basket.

A tight bird’s-nest rosette that stays under 20 cm.

The plain species — fastest, toughest and cheapest of the lot.

Near-black burgundy leaves with a high-gloss finish.

Wavy grey-green cross-banding, no yellow edge.

Thin red-edged blades on bare, branching canes.

Big cream-splashed leaves that fill a corner fast.

Whorls of cream-edged leaves on slim, twisting stems.

Fat, banded fingers splayed in a flat fan.

Narrow leaves striped vertically in clean white.

Feathered silver markings over green, deep burgundy beneath.

Fine, cylindrical leaves fanning out like a firework.

Deep rose-pink leaves that darken to bronze with age.

Plants that live on nothing but air, light and a weekly soak.

Almost-black leaves edged in a hard gold line.

Enormous heart-shaped leaves for a shaded courtyard or pot.

Short, wide, silvery-blue blades in a compact rosette.

Compact, curled leaflets on short stems — a desk-sized ZZ.

Pale cream-green arrowheads on almost-white stems.

Leaves so heavily red-striped they read as pink from a distance.

Smooth round spears growing straight up like organ pipes.

Fine fronds with a clean white stripe down every leaflet.

Pale cream-green leaves veined in clear rose pink.

Broad, deep bronze-brown leaves with a soft matte finish.

Apple-green fronds in a rosette — the fern that survives indoors.

Chartreuse-lime leaves that glow against darker foliage.

Deep green leaves drawn over with a net of bright white veins.

Pewter-silver leaves edged in a thin band of dark green.

Bronze-copper leaves with a dusky pink flush through the centre.