Shopping for Indoor Plant Stands
Nothing says nature indoors like a selection of lush, verdantly green or blossoming indoor house plants, tastefully displayed on one of the multitude of decorative indoor plant stands that are so readily available both from online indoor plant stand stores and retail outlets. Indoor plant stands are carried in stores as diverse as nurseries, commercial garden and landscape centers, grocery stores, home and garden centers, home and garden stores, and even home goods stores. This makes it easy to find a wide variety of indoor plant stands to select from. What is more difficult is to make a decision from the great variety available as to the best types of indoor plants stands that will suit your decor and vision. Obtaining a basic understanding of some of the most common types of indoor plants stands, their uses, and the types of plants best suited for their use, can help in making a decision about what types of indoor plant stands will be the best choice.
Pedestal Indoor Plant Stands
Pedestal type plant stands are free standing bases that are often carved in decorate ways out of wood, or fashioned with wrought iron, other metals, or wire base and decorate ceramic or stone tops. This type of plant stand can often hold weightier indoor house plants and display decorate potting to good advantage from both the corner and the middle of a room or enclosure.
Tiered Indoor Plant Stands
Tiered plant stands offer the flexibility to display a variety of indoor house plants on a single plant stand. These rack type plant stands offer a lowest, middle, and then higher levels, almost like bleacher stands for plants. Tiered plant stands can be freestanding, or can be attachable as a wall or corner display. Tiered plant stands may come in a great variety of styles with attached or free standing tiers, made in materials as diverse as wood, wrought iron, metals, glass, cloth, and other types of materials.
Hanging Indoor Plant Stands
Many types of indoor plant stands can be hung from a wall or ceiling to suspend indoor plants for best effect. The most important consideration when selecting hanging indoor plant stands are the weight requirement and type of hanging procedure that is necessary to secure the plant to the ceiling or wall. Pay close attention to hanging instructions, including type of wall or ceiling material the plant stand will be suspended from, and the weight of the selected house plant, for best results.
Ceramic Stoneware Crocks, Pots, and Urns
Free standing indoor plant stands can also come in a stoneware containers, crocks, pots, or urn formats. These types of indoor plant stands can be smaller or quite large, and can accommodate both indoor small house plants and also larger indoor trees. Some of these pots and urns will have drainage holes and for these, a base plate or pot will also be required to avoid drainage mishaps in an indoor setting. Materials, patterns, and styles can be quite diverse and lovely for an indoor setting.
Indoor Plant Stand Tables or Consoles
Some indoor plant stands resemble small tables or consoles. Designed primarily for the display of indoor house plants, these types of indoor plant stands can also double as a side or end table or console.
Double or Triple Indoor Plant Stands
Indoor plant stands that have a central rod and then inserts for two or three indoor plants are called double or triple plant stands. The inserts normally resemble a round wire circle in the circumference of a common planter pot, and the circle will capture and hold the house plant in position using the planter pot rim. Take care to check that the plants to be displayed have the proper circumference to fit in the wire circles or containers.
People or Animal Shape Indoor Plant Stands
Some types of decorative indoor plant stands are made in the shape of animals or people. A girl riding a tricycle, a lawnboy, an elephant, a tiger, a swan, or other planter setting can make a decorative accent piece for a child's or family room, or indoor enclosed porch or greenroom.
Indoor Plant Pedestal Stands
Pedestal stands are normally narrow, with inset artwork, scalloping, and a wider base and top than the narrow pedestal length itself. They fit nicely in corners and depending on their height, width and material can accommodate a wide variety of plant widths and weights.
Floor Level Hanging Indoor Plant Stands
Some faux hanging indoor plant stands are actually freestanding floor level stands that resemble nothing so much as a hanging plant stand. These are excellent for trailing ferns and decorative vine plants.
