Here are the results of this year's Favourite Office Plant of the Year voted for by a number of people from the industry.

Favourite Office plant of the Year 2025

This year’s selection of houseplants in the running to be named Favourite Office plant of the Year all featured in our set up for the ‘Wish you were here …’ postcard, which introduced the 2025 National Plants@Work Week promotion.

A selection of people from the press, the wider industry and of course plants@work committee members who work with houseplants on a daily basis, were asked for their top three houseplants from the selected list.

The selection
The houseplants in the selection were

1. Monstera Epipremnoides
2. Strelitzia Nicolai – the white Bird of Paradise
3. Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica’
4. Alocasia ‘ Frydek’ aka Elephant Ears
5. Ficus benghalensis ‘Audrey’

And the top three were …
Claiming first place was the striking Strelitzia Nicolai which gained 8 votes in total - 5 votes out of the 8 it received overall placed it in top position so it was a true winner. The Alocasia ‘Frydek’ claimed a good second place with 5 votes in total. Bringing up the rear was the unusual Monstera Epipremnoides with 4 votes placing it in third place.

Strelitzia Nicolai

The Strelitzia Nicolai gained 1st place votes from Shirley Ann Marshall from Ambius and our joint vice chair. Her reasoning is “due to its large leaves and (how it’s) amazing to watch them grow so large and thrive”.

Committee members Stephen Dieppe, MD at phs Greenleaf and Shirley Smith, Director of Botanica Nurseries both chose Strelitzia Nicolai as their favourite too. Stephen commented, “It’s a great plant because it adds instant tropical impact with its bold, architectural leaves and thrives in bright indoor or sheltered outdoor spaces.”

Shirley Smith of Botanica Nurseries explained, “My favourite is Strelitzia as it’s unusual and striking but also fairly tough.”

It was also our Ambassador, Ian Drummond’s favourite plant too.

While Mr Plant Geek aka Michael Perry chose Strelitzia as his second favourite and Bethany Vann, editor of Pro Landscaper and the well known award winning garden designer Claudia de Yong who both chose Strelitzia as their third choices. 

Alocasia

Alocasia

Matthew Appleby Editor of Hort Week chose the vibrant Alocasia for his second place. However, Bethany Vann, Editor of Pro Landscaper and garden dessigner Claudia de Yong chose the Alocasia as their top choices.

Vanessa Champion of the Journal of Biophilic Design chose the Alocasia frydek aka elephant ears as her second choice – because “I love elephants and am off to Africa next week (at the time of writing)!” she explained. 

Monstera

Monstera

Shirley Ann Marshall chose the crowd-pleasing Monstera as her 2nd choice: “Monstera takes me back to my childhood days as it was a very popular plant at home and at my grandparents,” she added.

Vanessa Champion chose Monstera as her first choice, “Reminds me of my favourite cheese: Emmental. I think it would be Wallace and Gromit’s favourite too!” Thanks Ness for making us smile!

Mr Plant Geek aka Michael Perry chose all three plants but put them in a different order – 1st Monstera, 2nd Strelitzia and 3rd Alocasia Frydek!

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