Most of us have houseplant lovers on our Christmas lists. You know the type: their home is resplendent with plants from floor to ceiling, and if you ever take care of the plants when they go away, the watering and care regime is more complicated than setting up IKEA furniture. Come Christmas time; it seems like an easy win to give these houseplant-obsessed people some sort of plant gift. But… What? Another plant? Which one would they like? We’re almost as subjective in our aesthetic preferences for plants as we are in our fashion tastes.
If you’re still stumped about what to give these people, here are some great last-minute gifts for plant lovers: what to get someone who loves plants. These gifts aren’t houseplants, but they definitely cater to the plant obsession!
Empty Houseplant Pots and Planters
When you’re a good plant parent, your plants regularly outgrow their pots or make babies that need to be planted in their own pots. The houseplant-obsessed people in your life are likely excellent plant parents, so they’re sure to appreciate empty pots to help them expand their growing plant empire.
An especially good planter gift is a unique decorative pot (or two) that can be used to cover up a plant’s plastic nursery pot.
Different types of houseplants also need different types of pots, so if you decide to buy your plant lover more than one, it’s a good idea to give different kinds: porous, non-porous, etc.
Humidifiers and Other Plant Accessories That Raise Humidity
In the winter, our indoor humidity plummets. Not only is the dry air rough on humans, but it’s hard on houseplants, too, as most of them are from tropical, highly-humid climates.
A great solution and gift: get your plant lover something that will help them raise the humidity in their home. There are lots of options, from pebble trays to spray bottles to indoor fountains, but the most effective is probably a cool-mist humidifier.
From terrariums to grow lights to decorative pots, there’s no shortage of useful, unique gift ideas for plant lovers that will tickle their green fancies and fuel their houseplant obsession.
Terrariums
A particularly beautiful item that helps to raise humidity for plants is a glass container called a terrarium. Terrariums come in all sizes and shapes, but what they have in common is they help the plants that live inside them to retain their moisture and therefore benefit from a higher-humidity environment. You could buy an empty terrarium for your houseplant lovers, which could house their plants in greatest need of higher humidity.
Grow Lights, Lamps, and Kits
Another fantastic plant accessory that helps our green friends thrive during the North Dakota winter is grow lights. Even if the plant lovers in your life have adequate sunlight in the winter for their indoor plants, they still might like the opportunity a grow light gives them to experiment with a new spot indoors for a plant or increase their capacity for starting veggie seeds indoors in late winter and early spring.
Grow lights accommodate any gift budget. You could get something as inexpensive as a single lightbulb that works with a regular fixture (less than $20) or a whole grow light kit complete with shelving.
Winter Porch Pot
Give them a winter porch pot! This pot of evergreen boughs brightened with decorations will appeal to their love of greenery, and they’ll feel especially heartened by having greenery outdoors in the dead of winter.
If you’re crafty, you can make a porch pot yourself, or we could create a custom design for you. Choose a winter or holiday theme for the pot. Either way, there’s a bonus: when winter’s over, your plant lover can reuse the pot for container gardening!
What to Get Someone Who Loves Plants?
From terrariums to grow lights to decorative pots, there’s no shortage of useful, unique gift ideas for plant lovers that will tickle their green fancies and fuel their houseplant obsession. Best of all, when you don’t buy them a plant, you don’t have to worry about taking care of it until you give it to them. And, if you’re still uncertain about which route to take… There are always gift cards.