Botanical Wallpaper: Styles, Ideas & How to Make It Yours
The Timeless Appeal of the Botanical
Long before wallpaper, botanists pressed leaves and painted specimens for the sheer love of the plant world — and that same fascination is exactly what makes a botanical wallpaper so enduring. Leaves, stems, ferns and foliage, drawn with an eye for the beauty of the natural form: a botanical design brings a room greenery, calm and a quiet, considered elegance. It's fresher than a floral and more grown-up than a novelty print, which is why it never really dates.
At Claret & Key, every botanical design is drawn by our own designers and printed to order in your chosen colour way, so the version on your wall is the one you chose — your scale, your shade, made especially for you in our Cheshire studio.
Finding your botanical
Botanical is a broad and beautiful family. There are leafy, all-over designs of foliage and greenery. There are delicate ferns, with their fine, architectural fronds. There are trailing vines and stems, and studied, specimen-style prints that feel a little like a naturalist's sketchbook. Whichever you're drawn to, a botanical can be soft and understated or rich and immersive, depending on the scale and the colour.
Choosing your colour
Because our botanical designs are printed to order, the colour is yours. Fresh, natural greens feel garden-like and alive — the truest botanical look. Soft, muted tones bring a calm, organic elegance. And a deeper, moodier colour way makes foliage feel dramatic and enveloping. Whatever you choose, it's printed in your shade rather than pulled from a fixed range.
Where botanical wallpaper works
Botanical designs bring calm and life to almost any room. A bedroom feels restful and green; a living room gains a fresh, natural warmth, especially on a feature wall; and a hallway, study or garden room becomes a bridge to the outdoors. Botanical is also a lovely, timeless choice for a nursery or bathroom-adjacent space, and it sits at the heart of the nature-led, biophilic look so many homes are embracing.
Your botanical, your way
Every design comes in three finishes. Traditional (150gsm, super-matte) is the refined, paste-the-wall classic. Heavy-Grade (300gsm, with a subtle sand texture) stands up to hallways and busy rooms. And Removable peel-and-stick (180gsm) gives you the same design with none of the commitment — ideal for renters, or a room you like to restyle. All are printed to order on FSC-approved, PVC- and VOC-free paper, so they're kinder to the planet and safe for every room in the house.
Greens shift a lot with the light, so order a sample and see your colour way in the room first.
We are totally in love with our new wallpaper for our lounge. It arrived quickly and in excellent quality. We are already looking for our next design 🥰
Absolutely love this wallpaper, needed 4 rolls for the room but completely worth it. Absolutely stunning and excellent to use. Not a fan of wallpapering but this felt so easy because it’s thick so more manageable and blended smoothly
This window seat has never had much personality, and the blue cabinets have always needed an accent that ties them to the overall space. The Amelia pattern was perfect, and the removable wallpaper was very forgiving as I learned how best to line things up well. I’m very happy with the result!
I got the Esme with Background: Calm Breeze
Pattern: Lilypad for my bedroom and absolutely Love it! Very gorgeous! My contractor said the paper was really good quality and, when he put it up, it didn't curl at all. Will definitely order from Clare & Key again.
This was my first attempt at hanging wallpaper. Luckily, our walls were fairly square. I have no comparison, but I found this paper very user friendly. I would gladly shop with you again, and intend to hang more paper in future. Thank you!
The quality is amazing , the personalisation of your name on the rolls added to special feel of it all , the ability to change colours and make it your own , It is beyond perfect and would definitely order again
I have wallpapered for many clients and this by far was one of the easiest wallpapers I have installed. I put this wallpaper in my own dining room to add some color. It is a pretty smokey blue with white leaves. I'm so pleased with how it turned out. I prefer the type that you put the paste on the wall since it is easier to adjust and match the pattern.
This was my first time with putting up any wallpaper and the peel and stick was super easy for a beginner like me. Love that it feels like paper and not plastic like others I’ve seen.
Beautiful design and so glad we could customize the colors.
I would recommend your company to anyone and I will be ordering from you again for other rooms in the home.
Beautiful wallpaper and so easy to work with too as I did the wallpapering myself! Absolutely thrilled with the final look having gone from pale grey and white to the vibrant Ophelia!
