The nation’s love affair with houseplants continues unabated, with new varieties and ideas on how to display them being constantly updated. So, what are the hot and happening Houseplant Trends for 2025? The Floristry Trade Club has picked out four which can be easily translated to retailing and will give your plants and shop a boost.
Low Maintenance Plants
Busy people may love to have plants in their lives, but don’t necessarily have the time to care for them properly. Highlight plants which prefer to be underwatered rather than soggy, ones that thrive on neglect or don’t need specialist winter care. These are generally green plants (not variegated), or ones that are non-flowering or are not grown from corms or tubers.
Ideal Candidates:
Umbrella Tree Schefflera arboricola
Parlour Palm Chamaedorea elegans
Sansevieria Dracaena trifasciata
Sweetheart Plant Philodendron scandens
ZZ Plant Zamioculcas zamiifolia
Colourful Containers
Planters that are in cheerful hues can transform a piece of furniture, or even a whole room if a number are grouped together. This is also an easy and effective way to lift plain green plants which can be given a whole new look simply by adding a splash of colour.
If you have exterior space to show off your stock then liven it up by carrying the colour theme outside with a plant display which will hopefully not only brighten your customer's day but encourage them to come inside as well.
Large Leaved Plants
This is a continuing trend from 2024 which is still going strong. Using a specimen plant as a statement piece will break up a plain wall, divide a room into more intimate areas and have health benefits too. These plants have great practical application and are generally easy to care for as well.
Perfect large leaved specimens include:
Fiddle-leaf Fig Ficus lyrata
Rubber Plant Ficus elastica
Fan Palm Chamaerops humulis
Chinese Fan Palm Livistona rotundifolia
Monstera Monstera deliciosa
Trailing Plants
Wild and free are how consumers are being encouraged to view trailing houseplants. Rather than curtailing their excess foliage, let these plants do their thing and resist the temptation to trim them back when they start to overtake. Instead, move them to a higher position, perhaps into a hanging basket or an upper shelf where they will continue to impressively cascade.
Perfect Trailers:
Silver-inch plant Tradescantia zebrina
String of Hearts Ceropegia linearis
Spider Plant Chlorophytum comosum
Grape Ivy Cissus rhombifolia
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Su Whale is a florist and freelance writer with over twenty-five years' experience in the floristry industry. She is the author and publisher of three best-selling books: Cut Flowers, 4th edition (2020) Cut Foliage, 2nd Edition, (2021) and Houseplants (2019), all bookshelf essentials for the professional florist.
