10 Best Plants for Balcony in India 2021 (Ugaoo, Lushgreen, and more)

Tulsi, also known as Indian Basil or Holy Basil, is a common houseplant in India for centuries. It is known in India for its cultural significance and medicinal properties. It is also used in Indian and Italian foods to add flavour.

The Tulsi plant grows best in fertile soil with a pH of 6-7.5. It requires to be watered daily in summers, sparingly in winters, and minimum during monsoons. It also needs a few hours of direct sunlight every day in order to blossom fully.

Areca Palm can add 6 to 10 inches to its height every year until it reaches a mature height of 6 to 7 feet. This plant can grow indoors and outdoors. Its biggest quality is that it releases negative ions, which attach themselves to dust, bacteria, and other allergens. This way, the air around this plant gets purified.

Multiple stems emerge from the base of Areca Palm. It is not only a beneficial plant to purify the air but also an ornamental plant that can enhance the aesthetic appeal of any place they are kept at. You can easily prune any offset or extra growth in this plant. It should also not be overwatered.

Jade plant, a variety of the succulent plant category, can be easily grown in almost any climatic condition. It does not even require highly fertile soil. People believe that jade plant brings good luck, especially in the financial sense. Its presence at home or office is considered auspicious. Feng Shui recommends everyone to have a jade plant at home.

It grows equally good indoors and outdoors. It is an evergreen plant with thick branches and small, thick leaves. These leaves also have many medicinal benefits such as treating acne, warts, and even diarrhoea. Because of its almost zero-maintenance, it is a trendy plant in Indian homes.

Poinsettia is one of the most beautiful plants that you can grow to deck up your balcony or patio. Traditionally a popular Christmas present, Poinsettia can grow up to 8 to 10 feet tall under ideal circumstances. Its red leaves on the top are not flowers, as mistakenly believed by many, but bracts. 

These plants can adorn balconies, indoors, hallways, etc. The sale of Poinsettias in India is growing each year, mainly because of their ornamental value. In case you have a pet dog or kitten at home, you should keep this plant at a place where they can't reach it as the leaves and sap of this plant can cause irritation to them.

Golden Money Plant has beautiful and glossy heart-shaped leaves that can brighten up your indoors and outdoors alike. The best thing about this plant is that it can be trained to grow on a moss stick, string, or even spill over the edge of a hanging planter or edge of a shelf. 

This plant can also grow without soil. It can support its growth using its aerial roots in water vase. It is also a great air purifier. NASA puts this plant among the top 3 houseplants to remove formaldehyde and carbon monoxide from the air. It is also pretty low-maintenance and requires minimal watering.

Ficus Black is an evergreen plant. As a balcony plant, we recommend growing multiple ficus plants as they can make a corner of your balcony look really lush. It has simple, waxy leaves that exude yellow or white latex when broken.

Its leaves are tolerant of strong winds and can succeed in partial or full sunlight. In winters, the plant requires extra care as the frost can damage its leaves. You can hoe or add organic fertiliser in it during winters.

The plant also has a lot of medicinal benefits. The bark, root, and leaves are boiled in oil to apply on wounds and bruises. The juice of the bark is also known to aid in liver diseases like jaundice. All in all, this is a complete plant for your home.

Song of India, a very popular plant in Hawaii, is native to the islands in the Indian Ocean. It has striped, narrow leaves, spirally arranged on the stem. This plant grows slowly, which is its best quality. The slow growth makes it low-maintenance and ideal for a houseplant.

Additionally, this plant does not outgrow its pot. This means that if you grow it in a small pot and keep it on your tabletop, it will grow accordingly. Similarly, if you buy a medium to big size plant and place it in a big pot, it can grow up to 6 feet in a few years. It is a perfect plant for a novice gardener. Taking out a stem and placing it in a jar of water will enable it to grow roots and flourish.

Coming home in the evening and having your tea in the balcony that is filled with the fragrance of this beautiful plant can be meditative. It can take away all the stress that you might have. This flower is a part of many Indian traditions and is extensively used in making perfumes.

It is a nocturnal plant, which means that it becomes active at night and gives out maximum aroma then. It is famous for its lovely white flowers that are tubular in shape have six petals when developed fully.

This plant requires a decent amount of sunlight and warmth to blossom. It grows best in soil that has a pH between 6.5 and 7. Additionally, it requires to be watered every day for the plants to blossom well.

NASA considers ZZ one of the best air-purifying plants. It is effective in removing benzene, xylene, and toluene from the air. It is not a very big plant and also grows slowly, which is an advantage as it can grow well in small pots indoors and big pots outdoors. It is also very low-maintenance as it can tolerate being neglected for a few days and sustains in low-light conditions.

There is one disadvantage of ZZ - its leaves are toxic. They are not poisonous as some people believe but are toxic. You should keep children and pets away from this plant and should always wash your hands after handling it to avoid skin irritation. 

From using the plant on a wound to rub its gel on the face in winters, aloe vera has been a big part of arguably every household. It is one of the most useful plants in the world, with numerous medicinal and commercial uses. It is a natural antiseptic and is used on wounds and burns.

In Ayurveda, aloe vera is used to treat constipation and worm infestation. It is commonly used in mouthwashes, sunscreens, blood-sugar medications, among many other medicinal products. Having this plant at home is like having a pharmacy. It is an easy-to-maintain plant but should not be grown in icy conditions.