50 Houseplants That Are Healthy to Keep at Home

21. Fiddle Leaf Fig, similar to the Rubber Tree, can grow to enormous height and size.

A relative of another Ficus on this list, the Rubber Tree, Ficus elastica, this Ficus has gorgeous, large stiff leaves that vaguely resemble a violin’s shape, hence the name fiddle leaf. These tropical trees can reach enormous sizes in arboretums and botanical gardens, with some specimens filling entire domed rooms. These relatively fast-growing trees are quite easy to care for, requiring bright light but only infrequent watering. As trees with broad leaves, they are excellent oxygenators and excel at reducing common household pollutants, especially carbon dioxide.