Melbourne's best indoor plant stores

Does your home need a little sprucing? Create an indoor plant jungle with desktop terrariums, lush ferns and giant monsteras. It's an instant mood makeover, delivered straight to your door.

Folia House

The foliage range at Folia House gives us grand greenhouse designs. From mini cacti and polka-dotted begonias to fiddle leaf figs. They've got almost every plant under the sun and you can shop by light level or size. You had us at aloe. Shop online, they’re delivering to metro Melbourne.

Miei Fiori

Need a good excuse to splurge? When you buy a new plant baby from Miei, the profits go to The Smith Family to help close the poverty gap. If you're itching to get your hands dirty, pick up a DIY terrarium or an indoor plant starter kit. They come with six easy-care plants (including pet-friendly bundles) plus everything you need to help them grow. Shop plants and pots online.

Melbourne Flower Merchant

Melbourne Flower Merchant is no ordinary florist. Ask their expert creatives about the perfect potted plants for your space. Or buy bundles of romantic blooms and gift-able bunches. Their low-light desktop orchids make adorable work colleagues. Now throw in a bottled cocktail for Friday knock-off drinks. Visit the online store for more.

Pollon Flowers

Bring Melbourne's most Insta-worthy florist into your lounge room. Not just for blooms (although the blooms are breath-taking) Pollon also has elegant orchids and tiny terrariums. Are you a plant assassin who needs something indestructible? Pick a 'forever' bouquet of everlasting dried flowers. Order before 12pm for same day delivery.

Tres Belle Fleur Florist

Fresh flowers is a sure-fire way to brighten your day. So spoil yourself – or someone you love – with a beautiful bunch of living colour from Tres Belle Fleur Florist. Their Grande Élégance design is an extra-large bouquet of bliss, including premium roses. Choose your preferred colour palette, from pretty pastel to sunny yellow and green.

Skill up with a how-to guide

Not a natural green thumb? No worries. Time is on your side. Grab a guide to indoor gardening from Dymocks. You'll find out which finicky ferns to avoid and the best food to make your plants flourish. Or make the most of your leftovers with No-Waste Kitchen Gardening from Readings.

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Melbourne Indoor Plants

Potted plants so glossy you might wonder if they’re real? (Spoiler, they are!) Melbourne Indoor Plants grow their own stock right here in Melbourne. Pick out a pretty Zanzibar gem, happy plant or rubber plant robusta (still real). Grab a moisture meter while you're at it and never worry if your babies are thirsty again.

Hello Houseplants

You'll find this urban garden inside Melbourne Central. Deck out your window with a hanging plant or do your furry friend a solid with pet-friendly plants. And who said monsteras have to be big? Go rogue with Hello Houseplants' bestselling mini version of our fave foliage. Don't forget a Mr Kitly self-watering pot for no-fuss plant care.

Prickly Affair

This little street kiosk outside QV is like a fairytale come to life. Imagine the tiniest plant you've ever seen. Now halve it, and you've got the mini cacti at A Prickly Affair. Cue the awws. Adopt a potted succulent the size of your fingernail or wear your plant obsession in a living necklace.