Hip Houseplants

Ficus lyrata

Elle Decor has an interesting feature called Hip Houseplants, and it showcases how much sculptural impact a plant can have in a room. Personally, my thumb isn't green enough to manage anything by the hardiest of all houseplants, such as members from the Ficus and Dracaena families. Most of the plants shown here can be found at Plant HQ, an online source in case you can't find a variety at your local nursery or Home Depot.

Fiddle-leaf fig treeSplit-leaf philodendron (Monstera deliciosa)


Mother-in-law tongue and ponytail palm

These plants, available at Plants HQ, are usually hardy enough to withstand a few weeks of benign neglect.

Variegated ficus and yuca cane