10 Smallest House Plants for Tiny Spaces

07.05.2024 - 13:27 / gardenersworld.com

If you have limited space indoors, there is still a range of house plants you can buy to add greenery to your home. Succulents and cacti offer the biggest choice of small house plants, but there’s a wealth of other varieties to enjoy, from air plants that grow without compost to the carnivorous Venus flytrap. As well as small plants, look for slow-growing house plants that take time to reach their mature height, such as the nerve plant. Windowsills, desks, hanging planters and shelves can all be enhanced by space-saving house plants.

Haworthia are not only slow-growing, but when they reach maturity they’re not likely to be more than 25cm tall. There are many small varieties to choose from – Haworthia cymbiformis grows to 8cm tall. This tiny succulent has striped, pale green leaves that curve up, often described as boat-shaped. It thrives in bright, indirect light on an east- or west-facing windowsill.

Height x Spread: 8cm x 10cm

• Buy Haworthia cymbiformis from Shrubland Nurseries

This succulent is known as moonstones, perhaps because its leaves resemble pebbles with their silver colouring and round shape. It’s a low-maintenance plant, as it needs minimal watering, and ideal for adding interest to a sunny windowsill.

H x S: 10cm x 20cm

• Buy Pachytum overiferum from Thompson & Morgan

Air plants don’t need compost and are often displayed in terrariums or hanging glass balls, growing on bark or rocks. Tillandsia ionantha is a small species that grows on trees in South American rainforests. It has a compact nature and its leaves turn red for around six weeks when in flower, making a