Favorite Flowering House Plants

Regardless of where you live, what your climate is, or what the conditions is your home are, you can add color to your house plant collection by selecting a few of these favorite flowering house plants.

African violet

African violet (Saintpaulia ionantha) is an easy to grow plant, blooming year-round. There are hundreds of varieties in various flowers and leave colors.

African violets like medium to bright light and moist soil. Also avoid getting water on the fuzzy leaves.

Anthurium

It is available in shades of pink, lavender, red and white.

Anthurium needs medium to bright light in order to produce blooms; otherwise it's worth growing for the foliage.

Cyclamen

It prefers high humidity and should be left to go dormant after the flowers fade, usually in the summer.

Water regularly only during growth and flowering and keep fairly dry during dormancy.

Geranium

Geranium (Pelargonium spp.) comes in many varieties and colors, some with fragrant foliage. This plant prefers bright to intense light and moderately dry soil.

Some varieties prefer cooler temperatures and may not do well transplanted outdoors during summer heat.

Gloxinia

Gloxinia (Sinningia) blooms are available in red, blue, purple, variegated and bicolors.

Gloxinia needs bright light to keep the stems from becoming leggy. Water the soil to keep it moist, but avoid getting water on the leaves.

Hibiscus

Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) produces very large, but short-lived blooms in white, pink, orange, red, yellow and blue.

Although each flower only lasts one or two days, the plant blooms continuously from spring through fall, and sometimes through winter. It prefers moist soil and bright to intense light.

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) is a succulent that produces clusters of small florets in red, orange and yellow hues.

The plant needs direct sun except during intense summer heat.

Let the soil dry out between waterings and keep it almost dry once bloom is finished.

Orchids

Moth orchid (phalaenopsis), Lady-slipper (paphiopedilum), and miniature (cymbidium) varieties are the most common with florists' orchid (cattleya) being more difficult to grow.

Each of these flowering house plants has specific light and watering needs, but all produce spectacular blooms in a variety of shapes and colors.

Oxalis

Oxalis (Oxalis triangularis) resembles a shamrock with triangular shaped leaves in purple or green.

It produces delicate pink or white blooms almost continuously. Oxalis prefers medium to bright light and evenly moist soil.

Peace Lily

Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii) is a good choice for low light interiors.

The white calla-lily shaped leaves envelope a spike of tiny white flowers on this favorite among flowering house plants.

Requiring low light and low humidity, this plant prefers low to bright light and moist soil.

Whether you're experiencing the intense heat of summer or the dreariest of cold winter outside, you can enjoy the beauty of flowering house plants by selecting a few of these favorites.

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