8 Trendy Houseplants You'll See Everywhere in 2024

There are thousands of good excuses to add a new member to your plant family, like maybe you had some recent casualties (RIP), or perhaps your other plants just look a little lonely. Regardless of what reason you come up with, you can look to 2024's trendy plants to decide which ones to add to your collection.

We chatted with three experts to get their takes on which houseplants we'll be seeing a lot more of in 2024, and it's looking like blooming plants, variegated leaves, and the color pink will be getting extra attention this year.

Meet the Experts

• Brandon and Emma Fear, co-owners of The Plant Room, a brick-and-mortar and online plant boutique that caries everything from rare house plants to grow supplies.
  

• Matthew Aulton, co-founder of Plant Proper, an online shop selling plants grown with care in the Redlands, FL.
  

• Tasha Adams, owner of Hickory Lane Plants, a Springfield, MO-based house plant store and mobile plant shop.

Here are eight houseplants that will be trendy in 2024.

Hoya Carnosa Krimson Princess

It's looking like flowering house plants are going to take center stage in 2024, specifically hoya.

"Hoya are a wonderful option for houseplants as they respond well to household environments," Matthew says. "Hoya are known for their unique foliage and often-scented flowers."

Hoya carnosa Krimson Princess is one of the most fragrant varieties of hoya plants, so they are a great option if a scented plant is on your 2024 punch card. To care for a Hoya, Matthew recommends placing it in direct light, but it can tolerate lower light. You can let your hoya trail out of a pot or train it to grow along a trellis or bamboo hoop.

Philodendron Moonlight

In general, Tasha predicts that plant parents will be expanding their collection of neon-hued house plants, specifically via a philodendron moonlight.

"The striking foliage is just fantastic and brings an excellent pop to a room," she says. "And even though they look like they could be a little harder to care for, they are grown just like their non-neon family members."

Philodendrons grow best in partial sunlight, but not enough light results in leggy growth between the leaves. These plants prefer loose, acidic soil with a lot of organic matter.

Dragon Scale Alocasia

Brandon and Emma anticipate that they'll be selling extra alocasia this year, specifically the rare varieties like the alocasia dragon scale and alocasia tigrina superba.

Alocasia prefers a humid environment, so consider placing this plant in your bathroom or regularly running a humidifier near it.

Pink Syngonium

Syngonium, also known as arrowhead vine, features arrow-shaped leaves that become more pronounced and deeply lobed as they start to mature. Certain varieties grow in a bushy pattern, while others trail or climb depending on whether or not they have a nearby trellis. You can find them in various colors, such as all green and speckled white. However, the plant also comes in pink, which several of the experts we interviewed cited as a general 2024 house plant trend.

"Syngonium are a clear choice for houseplants for their ease of growth accompanied by their colorful foliage," Matthew says. "Their easygoing care allows houseplant parents to be able to plant syngonium with other varieties in the same pot to make a wonderful plant arrangement."

Philodendron Giganteum Blizzard

The plant that tops Tasha's trend forecasting list is the philodendron giganteum blizzard.

"The massive leaves and the specks throughout each leaf fit its name perfectly," Tasha says. "It's definitely a show-stopping plant."

Like most philodendrons, these plants are easy going. They appreciate consistent light, so try growing yours in a west- or south-facing window. Or, you can place it right in front of an east-facing window and add some supplemental lighting.

Monstera Subpinnata

The monstera trend is still thriving, according to Brandon, Emma, and Matthew.

"Monstera are sure to trend in 2024 due to the vast variety that has yet to be fully exposed to the hobby houseplant parents," Matthew says. "Most people are familiar with monstera deliciosa. It is a very common houseplant for good reason. But there are many more monstera that are becoming more easily attainable and are just as fun to grow."

Brandon predicts that monstera with more palm-like shapes such as the monstera subpinnata and monstera burle marx flame will be extra trendy this year. These are fast-growing vines that do well in containers with a climbing support structure such as bamboo sticks.

Anthurium Crystallinum

"Anthuriums have really become popular because of their vibrant and bold leaves," Tasha says.

One notable type variety she could see taking the plant world by storm in 2024 is the anthurium crystallinum. Unlike other types of anthuriums, crystallinum rarely flowers indoors. Instead, the main draw of this type of houseplant are its impressive heart-shaped leaves with contrasting light veining.

Tasha notes that anthuriums prefer a lot of humidity, so she suggests growing them in a DIY greenhouse like a china cabinet.

Monstera Albo

One common theme that our plant experts touched on was how variegated plants are going to be on the rise in the coming months. Variegated plants feature more than one color on their leaves, and the monstera albo is a great example that Emma calls a "fan favorite."

Monstera albo can sell for hundreds of dollars, so you'll want to do your research before investing. Make sure to place it in indirect but bright light and use a well-draining soil mix.

Read the original article on The Spruce.