Are you trying to find the perfect houseplant for your new Braid & Wood Frame Wall Planter? Well. you're in the right place.

Whether the Frame is already up on your wall or still sitting in your cart, the question is the same: which plants will look the best and stay easy to keep alive? Let me help you sort it out.

First, one thing worth knowing before you choose. A plant on the wall lives a slightly different life than one on your coffee table. It sits a little farther from the window, and it is a little harder to reach with a watering can.

Which means the plants that truly thrive in a frame are the easy ones. The forgiving ones. The plants that shrug off indirect light and would rather you forget to water them for a few days.

These are the nine houseplants I reach for again and again, whether you want something that trails and spills or something compact that holds its shape, sorted by how they like to live in the Frame Wall Planter.

The Trailers | For A Frame The Spills

These are the plants that turn the Frame into something sculptural. Their stems grow long and drape down through and around the ring, so the Frame reads less like a planter and more like living art on the wall.

Pothos

Pothos is the plant I recommend to anyone who thinks they cannot keep anything alive. It handles everything from low light to bright indirect light, which makes it ideal for a wall spot that never sees full sun. 

Let the top inch or two of soil dry out before you water, and it will forgive you if you forget. In a Frame, its vines spill down in a soft green curtain.

Philodendron Brazil

This is a heart-leaf philodendron with a lime-green stripe running through each leaf, and it is every bit as easygoing as its plain cousin. It is happiest in medium indirect light, though it tolerates lower light too.

The variegation can fade if it gets too dim, so give it a reasonably bright wall, and water when the top inch or two dries out. The trailing stems look beautiful weaving through the frame.

Satin Pothos

Your silver satin pothos, with those matte leaves splashed in shimmery silver. It likes medium to bright indirect light, which brings out the silver best, and it prefers to dry out a bit between drinks, so water when the top inch or two is dry.

It is a slow, steady trailer, and the silvery leaves catch the light gorgeously against a wall.

Hoya Carnosa 

A trailing hoya with deep green leaves flecked in silver, and it is truly low-maintenance because its semi-succulent leaves hold their own water.

Give it bright indirect light and water only when the top couple of inches of soil have dried out. It is the kind of plant that would rather be under-watered than over-watered, which makes it a smart pick for an out-of-reach Frame.

Fishbone Cactus

Also called the ric-rac or zig-zag cactus, this is a jungle cactus rather than a desert one, so it trails instead of standing upright, with wavy zig-zag stems that cascade.

It wants bright indirect light and a bit more water than a typical cactus: water when the top inch or two of soil dries, but never let it sit soggy. Those sculptural stems spilling through a obround frame are a real moment.

The Sitters | For Structure & Shape

Not every plant needs to trail. These stay compact and hold their shape, sitting inside the frame like a piece of greenery you framed on purpose. They give you form and fullness instead of cascade.

Bird's Nest Fern

Its bright green fronds unfurl from a central rosette in a lush, rippling shape that looks wonderful framed. It prefers medium to lower indirect light and never direct sun, and it likes its soil kept lightly and consistently moist.

One care note worth remembering: water the soil around the base, not down into the center of the rosette, since water pooling in the crown can cause it to rot.

Chinese Evergreen

One of the most forgiving plants there is, and a great choice for a shadier wall since it tolerates low to medium indirect light.

Water when the top inch or two of soil dries out, because it would rather be a touch dry than soggy. It stays bushy and compact, filling the frame with patterned foliage and asking for almost nothing in return.

Snake Plant

If your wall spot is dim and you travel a lot, this is your plant.

Its upright, architectural blades are nearly impossible to kill, tolerating everything from low light to bright indirect.

Water it sparingly and let the soil dry out completely between drinks, because overwatering is the one real way to lose it. Those vertical blades set against a obround frame make for striking contrast.

The One That Does Both

And then there is the plant that cannot quite decide, in the best way.

Spider Plant

The spider plant sits full and arching inside the Frame Wall Planter, then sends out long stems tipped with baby plantlets that dangle down like little green ornaments.

It likes bright to medium indirect light and prefers its soil kept lightly moist, so water when the top inch feels dry. It is one of the easiest plants to keep alive, and those dangling babies drifting through the Frame are pure charm.

Pick The Shape | Let the Frame Do The Rest

Here is what all nine have in common: none of them need much from you.

That is the quiet secret of styling the Frame Wall Planter. The best plant for the job is not the fussiest or the rarest, it is the one that thrives a little out of reach, in ordinary light, on a watering schedule you will actually remember. Choose the shape you want, trailing or upright, and let the Frame do the rest.

Which wall in your home has been sitting empty, waiting for a little life?