70 Trailing houseplants for shelves and hanging baskets 🌿

Nothing softens a room like a plant spilling down off a shelf or a hanging basket. These are the houseplants built to trail - vines, string-of plants and cascading growers whose notes describe long stems that drape, tumble and climb rather than sit upright in a pot.

Trailing plants get their light from above, so the growing tip nearest the light stays fullest. Rotate them, and trim leggy strands to keep the whole plant lush rather than bald at the top.