The colorful blooms on a plant can brighten up any space and bring a smile to our faces. This simple joy in life can be part of everyday life year-round when you grow flowers to enjoy indoors during winter.
Check out these 5 flowers that will thrive indoors during winter and start growing some today.
1. Anthurium
The anthurium, also known as the Flamingo Flower, produces bright red blooms and leaves that resemble hearts. This is a popular indoor flower in late winter around Valentine’s Day. Red is the most popular flower shade, anthuriums also bloom in shades of pink, lilac, and white.
This indoor flowering plant grows best in medium to bright light, needs very little water and plant food. The plant will reach a mature height of 3-feet (90 cm).
2. African Violet
The African violet is an easy-to-grow, colorful plant that is available in many varieties. The small plant will bloom year-round and come in many different bloom colors. African Violets love bright light and warm conditions and will thrive indoors near a sunny window.
Keep the soil moist and the humidity level around the plant high. Feed the plant with African violet fertilizer every other week.
3. Christmas Cactus
The Christmas Cactus is a perfect indoor plant to grow during the winter. It thrives in cool temperatures and a short amount of daylight. It will produce blooms in red, pink, yellow, orange, white, or purple in mid-winter.
Keep this winter bloomer in bright, indirect light and cool location. Allow soil to dry out between watering. Keep the plant away from drafts.
4. Goldfish Plant
The Goldfish Plant (Nematanthus fornix) produces orange flowers that resemble its goldfish. It enjoys medium to bright light, and the flowers bloom on long stalks that resemble fishing lines.
It’s a hardy indoor tropical plant with thick waxy-looking leaves. Keep the plant in a humid environment and keep the soil moist.
This flowering indoor plant will cascade over the side of the container, making it a great plant to display in a hanging basket near a window. The stems will reach 2-3 feet (60 – 90 cm) in length when the plant is mature.
5. Peace Lily
The peace lily is a low-maintenance plant that grows well indoors in a low-light room. The plant has large, glossy leaves and will produce large, spoon-shaped white flowers in winter.
Keep soil moist and feed once a month during the spring and summer. The mature plant will reach 3-4 feet (90 – 120 cm) tall.
