Plants for your workspace
A home office that works as hard as you do.
Long meetings, radiators and a desk that never gets full sun — a home office is a tough spot for a plant. These are the ones that handle it: low-light heroes, pet-safe picks and floor plants that green up the corner and keep going, chosen from the plants our customers keep by their desks.
Rated 4.7 from 18,000+ reviews on Trustpilot
Why keep a plant at your desk?
It’s not just decoration. A little greenery within eyeline does real work for a space you spend eight hours a day in — and none of these need more than a glance of attention.
Calmer focus
Studies on biophilic workspaces link greenery in view to lower stress and steadier concentration. The health case for desk plants →
Fresher air
Air-purifying favourites like the peace lily and ZZ plant help soften a stuffy, closed-window room. Look for the air-purifying tag on each pick below.
Barely any upkeep
Every plant here is easy care or unkillable — a splash of water when you top up your own glass and they’re happy. How to pick office plants →
Small plants for your desk
Compact, tidy and happy in a pot you can lift with one hand — perfect beside the keyboard.
Low-light heroes for a shady desk
North-facing room or a desk away from the window? These barely notice.
Floor plants for the corner
A bit of height behind the desk turns a spare room into a proper study.
Styling your desk, sorted
- Group in odd numbers — one small, one trailing, one tall reads more considered than a row.
- Keep water rings off the desk with a matching pot — ours come with a drainage-friendly inner grow pot.
- Put trailing plants up high on a shelf so they fall into view without eating desk space.
- Away from the radiator and out of an air-con draught — the two things desk plants hate most.
