Plants as Wall Art

Most of us are used to seeing houseplants sitting on tabletops and mantels, but plants can also add color and texture to your interior walls, creating unique focal points in your home. Guest Carrie McLaughlin from HGTV's Inside Dirt shows alternative solutions to displaying your plants.

• Use modular shelves, or cubes, to display a variety of plants against a wall in your home (figure B). Make sure that the plants' light requirements match the light provided in that spot in your home.

• Mount wrought-iron plant holder rings on a wall in your home (figure C). Group several together or hang them singly. You can add different plants to the holders at different times throughout the year.

• A coated-metal grid system with adjustable shelves (figure D) creates a nice display for a kitchen or bathroom and provides a trellis for climbing plants to grab onto.

• Adjustable plant holders are available (figure E) that fit the length of your pots, including the saucers, so that they can be attached to the wall or a grid system for display.

• Look for decorative plant containers designed to lie flat against a wall (figure F). Use small plastic "bumpers" to keep the planter away from the wall and prevent moisture damage from the filled container.