Small Indoor Plants

Creating a terrarium, dish garden or living centerpiece is easier than you think! Start with small plants and then adorn your creation with pebbles, reindeer moss, curios, sea glass and other treasures to make it uniquely yours.

The botanical name for sunflower, Helianthus , is derived from the Greek words for sun and flower, and describes the flower's resemblance to the sun. The mini-sunflower included in this kit is a French dwarf variety that is easy to grow indoors on any...

Unusual flattened maroonish 'flowers' are held on sturdy stalks and peak above the foliage of this easy and unusual indoor plant. Tolerant of low indoor light levels. Large glossy dark green tropical foliage of the Congo Fig creates a beautiful rosette...

An easily grown cactus-like plant with 1.5" wide, flat, scalloped branches to 8'. Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day. If pollinated the flowers can mature into deliciously edible fruit.

In summer small golden-yellow strawflower-like blooms are borne along the stem tips and is followed by the translucent berries which give this dainty Mistletoe Cactus its name.Great for hanging baskets and pots.

A low spreading fern-like plant with beautiful yellow foliage that adds a nice contrast to mixed containers, terrariums, or as a hanging basket plant. Golden Spikemoss is considered to be hardy into zone 8 by some resources and it may need a period of...

The folded leaves have a dark purplish reverse adding to the colorful show. It also makes an easy and low maintenance container specimen or addition to low to medium water mixed container gardens.

One of our favorites! Can be trained into a beautiful and exotic small tree standard. A thornless "Crown of Thorns" that produces a non-stop show of bright glowing red, 'flowers' nearly throughout the year atop the thornless, succulent stems and glossy...

Krauss' or Trailing Spikemoss is a moisture and shade loving species with low trailing, flattened stems and branches adorned with tiny leaves (actually scales). A low spreading fern-like plant with soft green foliage that adds a nice contrast to mixed...

An easily grown cactus-like plant with 1.5" wide, flat, scalloped branches to 8'. Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day. If pollinated the flowers can mature into deliciously edible fruit.

A vigorous variegated Heartleaf Hoya which produces clusters of fragrant maroon flowers that often cover themselves in a clear honey-colored nectar (especially toward evening). The large heart-shaped foliage is splashed and flecked with gold and cream...

This selection seems to be a true miniature and is great for smaller containers. Use a well-draining, sandy soil when repotting. We honestly are not sure on the species of this one but we suspect it is a form of Agave parryi .

The cultivar name was lost to antiquity but of the white varieties that we have grown this is easily our favorite. Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day.

The Starfish Cactus is an easy to grow succulent provided it receives high indirect sunlight and has a well-draining, cactus-like soil. Grow it as a windowsill plant or as a hanging basket plant.

Clusters of widely flaring soft orange blooms are borne throughout the year and are held above and among the rich deep green foliage on an upright to spreading herbaceous tropical.

A low growing trailing plant, amongst its many similar cousins, with thick succulent stems that makes an easy container plant for shallow dishes, as a spiller from cactus and succulent gardens, or use it as an informal groundcover below larger succulents...

Pink Zebra Earth Star is a lovely, large cryptanthus that is rare and very unique. High light levels, but not direct sun, will produce the most intense foliage colors! However, the colored forms may pale or even turn green under low light levels.

The cultivar name was lost to antiquity but of the white varieties that we have grown this is easily our favorite. Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day.

From late spring to autumn, bears dense umbels up to 2 1/2 " across of 20, creamy white, star-shaped, waxy, scented flowers. The Heart Leaf Hoya is a vigorous succulent climber with large heart-shaped fleshy, smooth, dark-green leaves up to 3" long.

The base of the plant develops into a swollen caudex providing the Buddha's belly. Its drought tolerance lends it to a well-drained soil and is an excellent choice for the porch, patio, or even indoors.

Once living Spanish Moss is fully saturated with water the gray gives way to gray green or green. Spanish Moss has been used for a variety of purposes by Native Americans and settlers from dresses to stuffing mattresses and pillows.

Huge clusters of soft pink wax-like blooms are borne in summer. The Tricolor Hoya makes an easy and low maintenance hanging basket specimen or container plant. New growth emerges pink to purple and matures to pinkish-purple stems and green and cream variegated...

Great for hanging baskets. Dark green curled fleshy foliage, edged in creamy white, is dense enough to appear as a living rope. From late spring to autumn, bears dense umbels up to 2-1/2 " across of 20 star-shaped, waxy, lightly scented flowers.

The bulb grows on top of the soil and sends up a long twining vine with small, dark green leaves and small, star-shaped white blooms in summer. It is easy to grow in well-drained soil and good light.

A very unusual, succulent plant whose large, 2-3 inch by 5-8 inch, bluish-green leaves have baby plantlets all around the serrated edges, giving them a dainty, unique appearance. Crenatum that was bred at Huntington Botanic Gardens.

Beginning in late spring and sometimes lasting into fall, mature plants produce dense, rounded, hanging clusters up to 2-1/2" wide composed of waxy, star-shaped, lightly scented flowers.

Very tough, vigorous, and easy to grow. Once mature the leaves become large, more rounded and thicker. These are true figs in all respects but are not considered desirable edibles by most.