Looking to liven up your living space but prefer classic textures over bright colors? Foliage focused houseplants are right up your alley. These top nine leafy plants will fit right in with any decor.
This small plant gains its name from the silver streaks in its leaves that reflect like a metal. It's low maintenance, and thrives in full shade, making it a great windowsill plant for those with western or northern facing windows.
This tropical tree resembles it's palm-tree cousin and stays relatively small when grown indoors, capping out at around 6 feet tall. It's vibrant fronds are the perfect decorative solution to any empty corners.
This beautiful fern is known for the quirky ripple on the edges of its leaves. Unlike other fern species that carry a feather-like appearance, the Bird's Nest Fern has wide leaves that may appear to have blueish undertones in the right lighting.
This large leafy plant makes for another great addition to an empty living-room corner. With a maximum height between three and ten feet, you won't be missing the Dumb Cane when you walk into the room.
The Bird of Paradise (also known as the 'Crane Flower') is known best for its broad leaves and flowers which are reminicent of a pastel colored crane. The Bird of Paradise is also commonly mistaken for a banana plant, due in part to their similar size and leaf structure.
Unlike other plant varieties, the Polka Dot Plant displays it's vibrant colors within it's leaf pattern rather than with flowers. The Polka Dot Plant comes in a variety of bright pastels, ranging from white to red and any shade of pink inbetween.
Also Known as the 'Swiss Cheese Plant', the Monstera's most noticable features are the decorative and intricately patterned holes sprinkled throughout its leaf structure. Monstera are relatively low maintenance plants and grow quickly, reaching mature size within 2-3 years.
This waxy-leaf tree can grow up to 100ft tall outdoors, but when kept inside, it will cap out at around 6 - 10 feet. The Rubber Plant receives its name for the rubber-like texture of its leaves, as well as the thick sap it produces when cut. It prefers warm, humid spaces and moist soil.
The Fiddle Leaf Fig is another great option for a warm, bright livingroom corner. It can be a bit finicky at times due to its sensitivity to salt, but a quarterly heavy watering to rinse out salt deposits in the soil will keep your Fiddle Leaf Fig looking just as luscious as the day you brought it home.
