If patience is not your best virtue, grow these six indoor plants that flower quickly, unlike other houseplants that take years!
Nobody loves waiting, especially when it comes to flowers! With our list of fast-growing indoor flowering plants, your home will be frolicking in the merriest hues in no time. While these specimens take time to mature, the blooms will emerge quickly thereafter!
6 Fast-Growing Indoor Flowering Plants
1. Geranium
Botanical Name: Pelargonium
Geraniums are known for their brightly-colored flowers and fragrance. But their rapid growth pace is often overlooked. They can grow by 2-4 inches per week under ideal conditions in their active growing season.
Just make sure to place them in the sunniest spot possible and plant them in a rich, well-draining potting mix with the occasional fertilization to aid in their quick growth.
2. Cape Primrose
Botanical Name: Streptocarpus
Cape Primrose is a speedy grower and if you propagate it from cuttings, it can start blooming within four months after propagation. It likes warm spots, plenty of humidity, and moist soil, and needs shelter from harsh, midday sun.
Deadheading spent flowers is key to long-living flowers that appear in pink, blue, burgundy, and white, and extend from spring all the way to winter. Place this flowering perennial by a west or east-facing window to fulfill its light needs.
3. Impatiens
Botanical Name: Impatiens walleriana
Impatiens is a shade-loving tropical flowering plant that will thrive indoors due to its limited sunshine needs! Blooming in pastel hues of peach, apricot, and cream from late spring to the first frost, this African native flowers rapidly—within eight weeks of planting from seed.
4. Peace Lily
Botanical Name: Spathiphyllum
The Peace Lily is the ultimate choice for your indoor flower garden, especially if you love the contrast of attractive white spathes emerging from glossy dark green leaves. It grows slower than others on this list, but after the first year, it flowers much quicker.
Along with its beauty, this plant is an air purifier known for removing toxins from the air! Peace lilies dislike direct sunlight but prefer warm, stable temperatures. Grow them in bright locations and away from cold drafts, as they will reduce their growth pace.
5. Hibiscus
Botanical Name: Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus is a rapidly growing outdoor shrub that needs no introduction due to its iconic tropical blooms. But you can easily introduce it indoors if you have a bright window or balcony!
This plant is forgiving when it comes to sunlight exposure and soil type, but you’ll have to look for dwarf varieties to keep them in small pots.
6. Kalanchoe
Botanical Name: Kalanchoe
Lastly on the list is Kalanchoe! This plant might grow slowly, but its clusters of tiny, brightly colored blooms emerge quickly and frequently. Its thick, fleshy leaves also add to its visual appeal.
This succulent prefers arid conditions like low humidity, infrequent watering, and relatively high temperatures. But beware, this plant is toxic and leads to stomach issues and abnormal heart rhythms.
