Building a terrarium is like starting an aquarium; the environment of your glass tank will depend on the fish you’ll keep. Selecting the right plants will influence how you’ll create your mini forest in a glass container.
Here are eight plants you may consider for your open or closed terrariums:
Open terrariums are ideal for plants that thrive in dry and airy conditions. Containers such as glass bowls, hanging bulbs, and fishbowls are well-suited for open terrariums. Due to their hardiness, open terrariums will grow in cozy and warm environments, such as the indoors and outdoors of Urban Deca Homes Manila.
Here are four of the best plants that will survive in your open terrarium:
No, these aren’t the mother and baby chickens you might come across on vacant lands. Hen and chicks are succulents resembling roses and have green, red, and copper foliage. They grow in clusters, with the parent rose-like plant called “hens, and the smaller ones that sprout from them called “chicks.” Hen and chicks are low-maintenance and are perfect ornamental plants for any open terrarium.
Zebra plants are another beginner-friendly succulent perfect for open terrariums. They require watering at least once a week and partial sunlight. Due to their dark green leaves and upright stature, zebra plants are great as the primary plants for your open terrarium. Add small hen and chicks and a few decorative trinkets to balance the appearance of your glass habitat.
Air plants, or tillandsias, don’t need soil to grow. Add pebbles and some driftwood inside your glass container, then add your air plant on top. Hanging open terrariums are the best for air plants as they absorb nutrients and moisture from the air.
Ghost plants are another suitable plant for your hanging open terrarium. They also look like roses and have a pinkish-gray color. Your ghost plants’ color depends on the amount of sunlight they get. Hang them close to a sunlight source to get bright, happy, and healthy ghost plants.
Closed terrariums are excellent for plants that require warm, more humid, and low-light environments. Ideal containers are mason jars, reptile glass tanks, and bell jars. Some of the plants you should get for your closed terrariums are:
Mosses are an essential ingredient for closed terrariums. They help absorb excess moisture that promotes the self-watering system to the terrarium. Mosses also add a velvety green carpet that decorates your glass habitat. The best types of mosses you should get are peat moss, cushion moss, sphagnum moss, and hair cap moss.
Spider plants are low-maintenance plants perfect for indoors and outdoors. Their “spiky” appearance makes them adaptable to both wet and dry environments, which is why they are great plants for terrariums.
Choose the “Variegatum” spider plant variety for your closed terrariums. This type has dark green leaves and white edges. Variegatum spider plants thrive better in moist and slightly shady environments.
Baby or miniature ferns are another great plant choice as they thrive with little to no care in low-light, humid, and warm conditions. They’re also quite small, hence their name, so you won’t have to worry about trimming them regularly to keep their size. Baby fern varieties you should consider are dwarf holly, lemon button, and maidenhair.
Pink stars look like spider plants, only they have wider leaves and have a pinkish color. While they are low-maintenance and will grow in closed terrariums, it is crucial to check whether the inside of your glass habitat is too hot. Open the lid during hot and dry seasons to cool your pink star plants.
The world of terrarium-making paves the way for beginner gardeners and avid plant lovers to explore different kinds of plants and grow them. Plan what type of terrarium you want to start with and select from these eight plants to add to your mini garden in a glass.
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