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12 Best Houseplants with Big Leaves

 Great houseplants with large leaves can help add style to your home



Adding houseplants to your home is a great way to bring some greenery indoors, clean the air, and boost your mood. But why settle for smaller plants with smaller leaves when you can make a bold statement with larger-leafed plants? If you're looking to add some stylish flair to your home decor, consider these great houseplants with large leaves for your home's natural decor. Their lush, vibrant foliage can instantly transform any room into a lush and tropical oasis. Not only are they aesthetically pleasing, but they are also relatively low maintenance and can thrive in a variety of indoor environments. Whichever large-leaved houseplant you choose, you'll add some style and greenery to your home. Read on to find the perfect big-leaf houseplant for your home!


1 Ruffled Fan Palm


This plant displays large folded leaves that resemble hand fans. You can easily grow it in your living space as long as it has bright to medium indirect light.


2 Variegated Alocasia



The plant produces leaves larger than a human head. It will grow happily if it gets medium to bright light and plenty of moisture.


3 Rubber Plant


There are two popular varieties including variegated and solid green. They bear shiny leaves that get bigger over time


4 Philodendron



Philodendron is a beautiful option for your indoor space. It has large velvety green leaves with white veins giving it a larger-than-life look that will enhance any decor in your home.


5 Giant Bird of Paradise


Giant Bird of Paradise brings a great element to any space with its large banana plant-like leaves. It can be grown well indoors as long as it gets at least 4-5 hours of bright indirect light per day.


6 Fiddle Leaf Fig



The fiddle leaf fig is a tall indoor plant that produces large green leaves. This plant grows well in both indirect sunlight conditions or part sun throughout the day.


7 Monstera


Monstera brings a lush look with giant leaves. To grow this plant, give it a well-drained medium and place it in an area with indirect light.


8 Hosta



Hosta is a shade-loving houseplant that can be grown indoors and outdoors. They bear waxy, large, slender, variegated, green, or blue-green leaves to brighten up any decor.


9 Hawaiian Pothos


Hawaiian Pothos offers very large colorful leaves. It prefers to grow in direct sunlight all day and for a couple of hours in bright shade.


10 Velvet Leaf Anthurium



Velvet Leaf Anthurium displays large velvety leaves that can grow up to 1-2 feet long indoors. Provide plenty of bright indirect light for optimal growth.


11 Round-Leaf Calathea


Round-leaved galathea is large orb-shaped, actually larger than the head with broad, leathery foliage with creamy light-green stripes. For best growth, provide well-drained soil and moist conditions.


12 Dumb cane


Dumb canes can reach heights of 8-10 feet indoors if given the right conditions. It displays stunning large colorful leaves and requires little care, making it popular among garden enthusiasts.

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