5 beautiful & independent flower stores in Vienna where you can feed your house plant obsession

Calienna is one hip looking store / cafe that opened up on Neubaugasse in 2020. The store name combines the words ‘California’ and ‘Vienna,’ which just so happens to be the home cities of the shop’s owners. They had a vision to create a new kind of flower store concept in the city’s urban district.

In addition to the wide array of greenery, this urban jungle store also has different coffee table books on its shelves, along with teas and coffees. A hot drink, a good read, and calming plants – just the three things you’ll need for a relaxing moment at home when it’s getting colder outside.

As a complete novice to the world of house plants, it’s understandable if you happen to mistake a cactus for a bonsai tree (well, maybe not that understandable), but never fear! The staff will be happy to inform you about their current stock of plants, and the healing elements they each individually possess. Wait –  something that’s good for the environment and mental well-being? It seems plants are the true superheroes the world needs!

Entering the shop feels like: a friendly oasis far away from the busy city, an indoor jungle with a smell of coffee in the air – so it’s pretty much heaven

Plants you can find there: Yucca rostrata, various Monsteras, Epiphyllums and Pileas, and more!

This beautiful little boutique store across from Margartenhof in Vienna’s 5th district is bursting with house plants. You’ll be crowded in by a wide array of unique plants in the Flower Company store, and  you’ll no doubt end up in a conversation with the friendly staff about how to take care of the little green friends you choose to take home with you.

This place will fulfil most of your house plant desires, and you’ll even find the weird looking ones you see people posting on Instagram.

Entering the shop feels like: experiencing a moment of calm as you enter the equivalent of a house plant library

Plants you can find there: Sedum plants, Curio Rowleyanus, Ceropegia, different Begonias and all kinds of other house plants

When entering Hydrokultur Fojtl, it almost feels as if you’re trespassing in your friendly neighbour’s secret greenhouse. But do we feel guilty? Naah! With one foot in the door, you’re already surrounded by all sorts of exotic looking indoor plants.

Customers of the quaint 8th district flower shop are met with all kinds of green critters, from small succulents to large flower arrangements and bright green palms and ferns of all kinds.

Entering the shop we feel like: walking into a colouring book

Plants you can find there: Ficus plants, Anthuriums, Arecca palms & Sansevieras, and more!

Lederleitner’s flower store is positioned right under the Börse Wien building, in the so-called ‘Roman Market Hall’ section. To reach it, you’ve got to take several flights of stairs and exercise some good navigational skills – you just might get lost between a large shrub tree and a bunch of pampas grass.

Amongst all sorts of flower pots and vases, the large flower store has a section for all your indoor plant needs.

Once you’ve made your long tour through the towering indoor plants and assorted cut flowers, you’ll spot the restaurant, Hansen. The seating area of this fine dining restaurant also hosts some of the flower shop’s plants.

Entering the shop we feel like: tropical birds could fly by any moment, walking through a forest museum, being part of a secret underground flower community

Plants you can find there: Howeia Forsteriana, Araucaria Bonsai & Euphorbia Candelabrum, and more!

Not far off of Währinger Straße, you’ll find the charming Blumen(be)handlung flower store. It’s situated around the corner from Lustkandlgasse and has been in operation for over 20 years. Once you make your way through the floral assortments, you’ll find the next house plant for your growing collection at home amongst a generous selection.

Your options range from potted petite plants that grow in clusters, meaning they’re just the right size to fit on your windowsill, and larger green beasts that catch anybody’s eye when visiting your place. The shop follows the motto – build a lasting relationship with your green friends – so they’ll fill you in on how to take care of the plant you take home with you.

Entering the shop we feel like: visiting an old friend in their plant-filled home

Plants you can find there: Philodendrons, Bromeliads, Alocesias & Zamioculcas Zamiifolias (ZZ), and more!