Houseplants can create a cosy home, improve the microclimate, reduce the daily stress of the inhabitants and enliven the space. There are various aspects that need to be taken into account in order to make them happy and not harmful to the health of the people and animals in the room.
Houseplants for different rooms
The tasks that houseplants fulfil:
- Zoning the space. Using shelves and racks, you can place ampelike plants or plants with large or dense leaves to create screens. Maranta, hedera, schlumbergera, different types of ivy and others are suitable for this.
- Rest area. For such a green corner suitable palm plants, ficus, dracaena, monstera, and along the wall let hoya or scindaptus. Complementing the horizontal surfaces with flowering plants, for example, orchids.
- Kitchen. Here you can combine pleasant with useful, growing a variety of greens: thyme, green onions, mint, basil, rosemary, tarragon. They will always be at hand to create culinary masterpieces.
Even if there is not enough space, you can use various types of succulents: molochai, sedum, haworthia, milkweed. Thanks to their bizarre shapes and unusual colouring, you can create unique objects and enliven even the smallest corner.
The main criteria for choosing indoor plants
Each particular room has its own peculiarities, which should be taken into account when choosing indoor plants for it.
Factors that influence the choice:
- Lighting. Depending on which side the windows of your rooms face, and you need to consider which plants in which of them to place. Place light-loving orchids and ficus in the east or west, succulents and citrus plants in south or south-west rooms. Shade-loving plants such as Sansevieria can be placed in the back of the room or on the north side.
- Care. Maintaining the necessary level of moisture in the soil and air, feeding and pruning has a positive effect on the flowers, which gratefully respond to care. Therefore, it is necessary to determine how much time and effort you are ready to devote to your favourites.
- Safety. In a house where there are small children and animals you need to pay special attention to the location of room flowers, so that they can not be accidentally knocked over. Some of them secrete juice, which can irritate mucous membranes or skin on contact.
As you can see, choosing flowers for the home is a whole art that will not suit everyone. Therefore, if you are not ready to pay attention to room flowers, choose bouquets according to your desire and season, they will also lift your mood and please every day.
