These cascading blooms and foliage plants are all you need for winter festivities—here are the Best Hanging Plants for the Holiday Season!
Hanging baskets are a sure-shot way to bring holiday cheer and color to patios, small spaces, windowsills, and indoors. Especially during the cold season, as most plants die back, these trailing winter plants are all you need to spruce up your festive decor!
Best Hanging Plants for the Holiday Season
1. Trailing Rosemary
Botanical Name:Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’
Trailing or creeping rosemary is a fragrant, edible Mediterranean herb with pinkish-purple blooms around spring. This evergreen plant looks lovely indoors with its soft, leathery leaves and pretty flowers, especially in hanging baskets.
It has leathery, pale gray-green leaves with a strong scent and flavor. This herb needs 6-8 hours of bright sunlight daily.
2. Spider Plant
Botanical Name: Chlorophytum comosum
Spider plants are among the most popular indoor green decor choices thanks to their low maintenance, fuss-free attitude, stunning variegated foliage, and famous air-cleaning abilities!
When mature, their leaves grow up and dangle over, almost entirely camouflaging the hanging basket. Here’s how you grow spider plants in hanging baskets.
3. Cyclamen
Botanical Name: Cyclamen
With vivid pink, white, and red winter blooms lasting up to three months, Cyclamen is a delicate perennial perfect for indoor hanging baskets during the holiday season. Resembling butterflies in flight, these perennials grow best in Mediterranean conditions.
Preferring bright, filtered sunshine, daytime temperatures of 60-65 F (15-18 C), and cooler nights, this plant comes alive in autumn, blooms from winter to spring, and goes dormant in summer. Read about Cyclamen’s growing needs in this post.
4. Christmas Cactus
Botanical Name: Schlumbergera spp.
The Christmas cactus is a hot seller during the holiday season, as you can force it to push out beautiful white, pink, and scarlet blooms right during the festivities! With succulent cascading segmented leaves that hang beautifully from pots, this one’s an indoor stunner!
This houseplant requires a period of darkness to bloom and has peculiar sun and temperature needs. You can grow these plants with Christmas cactus.
5. Trailing Jade
Botanical Name: Peperomia rotundifolia
Peperomia rotundifolia is called round-leaf peperomia, creeping buttons, or trailing jade. This tropical plant creates a delicate, festive vibe, perfect for adorning your home with small, round, fleshy leaves growing on vines that are about 12 inches long.
It thrives in moist, well-draining soil and bright but indirect sunlight. You can also grow these peperomias in hanging baskets for a festive vibe.
6. Chenille Plant
Botanical Name: Acalypha hispida
The chenille plant stands out with its fuzzy red flowers that pop out of lush green leaves, which make it an eye-catching addition to your holiday décor. Hang it in a bare corner that needs bright, contrasting hues. Prune it to make it bushier, and hang it by a sunny spot.
7. Inch Vine
Botanical Name: Tradescantia zebrina
Tradescantia zebrina has intricate, oval leaves in bronze and purple that trail gracefully from a hanging basket. It sometimes blooms with small lavender-purple flowers in its natural habitat, but this is rare indoors.
This plant prefers medium to low light and good air circulation. Keep it out of direct sunlight to prevent the leaves from burning. Read here to grow this plant in hanging baskets forever.
8. English Ivy
Botanical Name: Hedera helix
English Ivy is loved for its pretty leaves on woody vines. The trailing evergreen vines instantly liven up bare walls and windowsills and lend a lush, green backdrop for festivities in the cold bareness of winter.
It is a favorite for hanging baskets and grows best in full sun and well-drained soil. Water it regularly during dry weather. Nourish it once a month with a balanced fertilizer. You can also try these English ivy alternatives.
9. Thanksgiving Cactus
Botanical Name: Schlumbergera truncata
The Thanksgiving cactus blooms during the holidays and offers a beautiful display of festive hues that enhance your seasonal home décor.
It can grow in low light, but place it in bright, indirect light for better blooms. Use a rich, slightly acidic potting mix when growing it indoors. Find how to make Thanksgiving cactus bloom on time.
