Add some interest and perpetual green to your indoor plant collection with these beautiful evergreen hanging plants!
Whether you are looking for a lush plant that you can display off of a hanging planter or a tropical vine that is evergreen all year round, we have got the best of both worlds that will surely give an oomph to your indoor aesthetics!
Best Evergreen Hanging Plants
1. English Ivy
Botanical Name: Hedera helix
This evergreen climbing plant is known for its lush, lustrous, glossy green foliage, which drapes beautifully down your hanging containers all year round, creating a gorgeous aesthetic in your home. The best part is that even if you cut back the hanging foliage to give it structure and shape for maintenance, the plant won’t suffer at all!
2. Boston Fern
Botanical Name: Nephrolepis exaltata
An inexpensive herbaceous perennial, the Boston fern can add so much texture and color to your home in areas where it can receive bright, indirect sunlight. The most fantastic part about this hanging fern is the detail of its leaves as they unfurl.
They can be a bit fussier when growing indoors, and in that case, all they need is some bright light.
3. String of Pearls
Botanical Name: Senecio rowleyanus
Aptly named, this coveted evergreen trailing succulent is perfect for creating hanging plant displays. The “dangling beads,” which are actually the spherical evergreen leaves looking like marbles or candies growing from thin drooping stems, can grow up to 1-2 long and grace any brightly lit indoor space.
4. String of Hearts
Botanical Name: Ceropegia woodii
Like several other species in this particular genus, this is also an evergreen climber that generally clambers up other vegetation in its native habitat. But as an indoor vining plant, it truly shows off its beauty with stringy, purplish stems that, besides being displayed in hanging baskets, can even be trained up a small trellis or topiary frame.
5. Pothos
Botanical Name: Epipremnum aureum
A list of evergreen hanging plants is incomplete without the Pothos! This climber, with stems that can grow up to 6-8 feet long, showcases beautiful variegated yellow-green leaves that are waxy and heart-shaped and look exquisite in hanging containers or even as vertical displays!
6. Peperomia
Botanical Name: Peperomia rotundifolia
The hanging Peperomia is a tropical evergreen perennial with a trailing habit that showcases small, unique, round green leaves shaped like coins. This plant is excellent for adorning tabletops and climbing over trellises, as well as in vertical displays and hanging containers.
7. Burro’s Tail
Botanical Name: Sedum morganianum
This plant earns its name from the long, tail-like woven stems that look great hanging from a pot or basket. To elaborate on the appearance of this plant, the trailing branches of this plant are covered with decorative succulent leaves, forming a pattern like the tail of a mammal.
You can show off this plant in hanging baskets on your patio.
8. Philodendron
Botanical Name: Philodendron spp.
Philodendrons are primarily perennial, evergreen plants. They have several varieties, some of which show climbing growth habits and some that do not. The climbing philodendron varieties use aerial roots to attach themselves to surfaces such as the hanging container they are displayed in or even the moss pole that you give them for support.
9. Rhipsalis ‘Mistletoe Cactus’
Botanical Name: Rhipsalis baccifera
The Mistletoe Cactus is an evergreen epiphytic plant, a Rhipsalis species. Its feature that stands out is its lack of leaves and pencil-thin succulent stems that hang down for up to 4-6 feet.
10. Fishbone Cactus
Botanical Name: Epiphyllum anguliger
Native to the evergreen forests in Mexico, this night-blooming epiphytic cactus grows clinging to the limbs and trunks of trees in its natural habitat. The stems of this plant are covered with small, flat green spines that slowly turn to grey as the plant ages, which have irregular shapes, giving the plant its name.
11. Hoya Linearis
Botanical Name: Hoya linearis
An epiphytic, evergreen succulent showcasing soft, green stems with linear, hairy, grooved leaves, the Hoya Linearis also features clusters of star-shaped white flowers that emanate a lovely fragrance. It is well-known for its delicate, trailing foliage that looks exquisite trailing down hanging pots.
12. String of Dolphins
Botanical Name: Curio × peregrinus
Aptly named, the leaves of the evergreen, creeping String of Dolphins are fleshy, notched, shaped like crescents that actually look like dolphins! In fact, each leaf also has a translucent “leaf window” that allows more sunlight to penetrate the leaves. Perfect for the hanging baskets on your balcony, this vine is a must-have!
13. Pitcher Plant
Botanical Name: Nepenthes spp.
Here is a real stunner! This evergreen, carnivorous perennial with strap-shaded leaves that have a prolonged midrib, acting like a tendril and finally ending up in a hanging, hollow pitcher, makes for an excellent plant to be displayed in a hanging container.
14. Wax Plant
Botanical Name: Hoya carnosa ‘Krimson Queen’
A tender, evergreen climber, the Hoya Krimson Queen showcases waxy variegated leaves of the colors of green, pink, and cream that are oval in shape and can be trained to climb upward if you don’t want them to trail out of a hanging planter.
15. Snake Plant
Botanical Name: Sansevieria parva
The snake plant is almost impossible to kill and this beauty catches the eye with its hardy leaves, often variegated in shades of yellow, cream, and green. In fact, easy care needs will help you display it in almost any corner of your house.
16. Spider Plant
Botanical Name: Chlorophytum comosum
Last but not least, spider plants are almost like the quintessential houseplant for all plant lovers. They are low-maintenance and easy to display in hanging planters, and their variegated white, green, and yellow evergreen foliage can greenify almost any corner of your house!
