Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropicals with large foliage, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Would petasites make a good indoor plant? If so you might check on gunnera, astilboides, darmera, rheum palmatum, crambe as well.

Acanthus (bear's breeches or Grecian pattern plant) is fairly decorative but not sure if it would make a good houseplant. The Romans used its leaf as a pattern for a lot of their motifs.

A large leaf plant sold at HD from time to time is pandanus (screw pine) but I wonder how they'd do as houseplants. In the ground they are medium sized trees but the leaf is probably 3 to 4 foot in diameter.

Some begonias get huge leaves as well and make great houseplants.

Philodendrons and dieffenbachias probably are your best bet since they tolerate lower light and adapt well to indoors.

Here is begonia nelumbiifolia at Fairchild Tropical Gardens with my meathook for comparison. This one was in the conservatory so it was larger than the ones outdoors.