Research from Flowercard has dived into search trends data to reveal the most in-demand houseplants of now, those which have seen the biggest surge in popularity and those which will be trending in 2021.
Using Google Trends data, they analysed the popularity of over 100 houseplants over the past decade. "We were able to do this by finding the percentage increase in popularity of each plant between the time frames of 2010-2015 & 2015-2020 respectively."
"Looking at the search interest from 2010-2015 and comparing that to the interest in 2015-2020, we can clearly see that houseplants have skyrocketed in popularity, but which houseplants have had the biggest jump?", the research reveals.
"It seems as though 2020 is the year of the cactus, with three of the top five houseplants with the biggest popularity increases being different types of cacti - the Fishbone Cactus, Bunny Ear Cactus, and Mistletoe Cactus. These plants are, after all, pretty low maintenance, so they’re an excellent choice for amateur green fingers’."
"Also in the top five are the Blue Star Fern, an easy-care plant with a blue-green hue, and Velvet Calathea, a plant with waxy leaves and red stems."
"These houseplants have all seen huge increases in popularity since 2010, with the Fishbone Cactus jumping by more than 2,280%. So while you may not have seen many of these plants in homes ten years ago, you might just spot them far more often in 2020."
Below are the top 10 most popular house plants.
The top 10 most popular houseplants right now
The top 10 houseplants with the biggest increase in popularity (10 years)
"Cactus plants being perhaps the most ‘unkillable’ choice saw a massive surge of popularity over the last 10 years thanks to their self-sufficient tendencies."
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