Best indoor plants: 10 best air-purifying house plants

Our edit of the best indoor plants will help you to extend the greenery from your garden into the home, bringing all the health and mood-boosting benefits of nature into your interior. We’ve focused on the best air purifying plants; house plants that breathe in the harmful Volatile Organic Compounds that are released over time from our flooring, walls and fire-retardant fabrics and then ‘clean’ the air by filtering and releasing oxygen.

The wellbeing enhancing benefits of plants are well-documented, from studies which show hospital patients heal faster when they have a view of greenery whilst they recover, to research showing a significant increase in care home resident’s happiness levels when given a house plant to care for, and NASA’s Clean Air Study which scientifically tested the best indoor plants for eliminating toxins from an indoor environment.

As if making us healthier and happier wasn’t enough, the best indoor plants also create a feel-good visual focal point in a room. They can bring vibrant ‘aliveness’ into our man-made spaces, providing plenty of green - the colour known for its restful, relaxing psychological properties - and of course, for those of us who have small courtyard or balcony gardens, indoor plants offer the perfect way to maximise our plant-growing space.

Inspired to form your own oxygen-boosting plant gang? Read on to discover the best air purifying indoor plants for your home.

By Amy Lockwood