How to brighten up your space with indoor houseplants and greenery
Whether it's faux greenery, or indoor houseplants, both help add life and color to a room.
Benefits of greenery and indoor houseplants
First of all, homes, rooms, even office spaces, they just look better with a bit of green. The color signifies life, rejuvenation and reminds us of nature. As colorful and bright as it can be, it can also be a very calming color, reminding us of harmony and balance. There are so many beautiful shades of green and just as many varieties of houseplants.
Indoor houseplant display featuring gnomes, watering cans and floating fish
Faux Greenery
Most of us have a houseplant or two, or three. But some of us weren't born with a green thumb. If that's the case, we can bring in the color green in faux greenery and indoor houseplants Nowadays, fake plants are much better than they were a decade ago. Vendors now strive to make greenery and house plants look realistic, even to the point of calling them real touch. Fake houseplants can actually be deceiving when mixed with live plants in your decorating. I personally love mixing the two in my home.
Ideas on how to decorate with greenery and houseplants
At Tattered Tiques, we sell a variety of faux greenery and houseplants. Using small half spheres or sprigs of greenery on a shelf, mantle, or in a small vignette, helps add life to the space. It helps bring the eye around the room and create interest. Hanging a larger candle ring of boxwood or baby's grass to a cabinet door is pretty and helps highlight the cabinet and the collection inside. Hang a small wreath or candle ring to a kitchen window or pantry door to brighten up the space. Candle rings and half spears are great used in a table top display in the kitchen, dining room, or on a coffee table. Decorate a mantle with large swags of greenery like eucalyptus, in the warmer months, and evergreen in the winter months. The possibilities are endless when it comes to faux greenery.
Fake ferns, and terra cotta bird feeder
Indoor Houseplants
The popularity of houseplants is no new thing. It surged a few years ago due to the pandemic. During that time, we craved new spaces at home. We redecorated, completed home projects, and fell in love with houseplants all over again. Small plant shops even popped up across the country. Thank goodness for that. Nowadays we have so many more options on where to shop for indoor houseplants. We don't need to rely on big box stores and their limited inventory.
With all the options, there's a plant for everyone, as well as every situation. We find that most plants like medium to high light conditions, however, there are plenty of low light options too. So, depending on your space, there's probably a plant that will work for you.
We carry a wide range of plants at Tattered Tiques. I like to call them boutique plants. This is because they are plants you don't see that often, except in small shops like ours. Things like myrtle topiaries, baby's tears, herb topiaries, baby rubber plant, and angel vine just to name a few. Stop in sometime and pick one up!
Selection of Indoor Houseplants
High light plants we carry:
Myrtle Topiary - like bright indirect light and require more water than most plants. Water well once a week and give them a splash in between waterings. Myrtle will droop and leaves may curl up when thirsty. Myrtle requires haircuts to keep a neat topiary ball shape, or you can let them grow for a more natural look.
Lavender Topiary - Bright light to direct sun. Water well weekly. Water midweek if the lavender appears droopy. Lavender don't like wet feet, but do like a splash of water now and then in between waterings.
Rubber Plant - Bright indirect light. Water once a week. This is one of the easiest plants to care for. If you forget to water Rubber Plant, it will forgive you. Dust its beautiful shiny leaves from time to time.
Chinese Money Plant / Friendship Plant - Bright indirect light. Likes high humidity. Does well in terrariums. Water once a week. Dust the beautiful disc shaped leaves when needed.
Goldfish Plant - Bright indirect light. Water once a week. Blooms are large orange tubular flowers that resemble goldfish. One of the easiest plant to care for.
Herb Topiaries - Rosemary and Greek Basil. Both of these plants require bright light, and enjoy direct sun. Water well once a week, and give them a splash throughout the week. Greek basil will droop if he's thirsty.
Myrtle Topiary
Goodwin Creek Lavender Topiary
Medium to Low light plants we carry:
Baby's Tears - Medium light required. Water once a week from below if possible. Place in a bowl or tray of water to allow plant to absorb water from its roots. This method keeps the delicate little leaves from being crushed from above waterings.
Angelvine - Likes moderate light and requires more water than most. Water well once a week and give them a splash later in the week. Feel free to give them a haircut when needed. Easy to train on a topiary shaped wire.
Sellaganella Moss - Low to medium light. Water once a week from below if possible.
Wandering Dude - Medium to bright light. Water well once a week.
