Get ready to discover 14 awesome indoor climbing houseplants! These plants aren’t just happy on the ground, they love climbing and bringing a jungle vibe to your home. With vines and tendrils they can grow on moss poles like living decorations for your space.
This list gives you my top picks of low maintenance climbing plants that can thrive indoors. From the fast growing Epipremnum aureum Pothos plants to the classic split-leaf Monstera deliciosa, discover the perfect climbers for your home.
Climbing Plant Support
Many of these climbing plants can be grown indoors as hanging plants if you let the long vines trail down from a shelf or plant stand.
But if you want to mimic the way they grow in nature, give them a moss pole to grow on. These poles provide support, and plants will grow more vigorously and with larger leaves.
These plants use aerial roots or tendrils to grow on trees and other structures. The aerial roots allow it to cling to tree trunks and branches while absorbing moisture and nutrients from the surrounding environment.
Read more: How to attach a moss pole to climbing house plants.
14 Climbing House Plants
These stunning, evergreen climbing plants add a touch of interesting greenery and transform your home into a green oasis!
The Arrowhead Plant (Syngonium podophyllum) is known for its distinctive arrow-shaped leaves, and ability to grow in various indoor conditions. When the vines grow larger, it will thrive as a climbing plant.
English Ivy (Hedera Helix) is a low-maintenance trailing plant, known to be fast-growing and an exceptional ability to elegantly climb and cover various surfaces.
Epipremnum aureum, commonly known as Devil's Ivy or Pothos, is a popular houseplant celebrated for its heart-shaped leaves and its enthusiastic trailing and climbing tendencies.
Manjula Pothos, with its striking variegated leaves, is a climbing vine
that effortlessly adds a touch of elegance as it grows and starts to climb.
Monstera Adansonii, known for its fenestrated leaves, is a climbing tropical plant that adds a touch of lush greenery to any vertical space.
Monstera Deliciosa, known for its iconic split leaves, giving it the nickname Swiss Cheese plant. It can grow very tall. Under ideal conditions, it can grow on a moss pole, and climb to reach heights of 6 feet or more indoors!
The Philodendron Birkin grows stunning cream-striped leaves, showcases its climbing nature as it gracefully grows on vertical supports, adding a touch of elegance to any indoor space.
The Philodendron Brasil is known for its vibrant green and yellow heart-shaped leaves. This climbing plant gracefully grows it vines to create an eye-catching vertical display.
The Philodendron Melanochrysum is a stunning plant with large velvety, dark green heart-shaped leaves, prized for its vigorous climbing habit.
The Pink Princess Philodendron is a gorgeous plant with heart-shaped leaves featuring vibrant pink variegation, known for its climbing nature as it grows to new heights.
Pothos N'joy, with its distinctive white and green marbled leaves, is a captivating trailing plant that gracefully climbs if you give it something to grow on.
Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma, also known as Mini Monstera, is a vining tropical plant with lush, fenestrated leaves, showcasing its vigorous climbing nature when it grows on a moss pole or trellis.
Scindapsus Pictus, known as the Satin Pothos, is a stunning, easy-to-care-for, climbing plant with heart-shaped leaves adorned in silver splashes.
The Xerosicyos danguyi, commonly known as the Silver Dollar Plant, is an eye-catching climbing succulent with trailing vines adorned by round coin-shaped leaves.