Summer too hot to handle? Quick, grow these 8 flowers, one pot is worth 10 air conditioners

Areca palm

Areca palms easily shoot up to the ceiling, with long, large leaves. Put one in the living room, and the sight of all that greenery is like stepping into a little forest!

1. Light

Areca palm tolerates partial shade, so just keep it in indoor indirect light.

2. Soil and fertilizing

Areca palm likes loose, airy soil with good drainage. During the peak growing season, apply a dilute liquid fertilizer once every 7-10 days.

Monstera

Monstera is a little air-purifying champion, with deep green leaves. Put one in your home in summer, and you will feel like you do not even need to turn on the air conditioner!

1. Light

Monstera grows vigorously in semi-shade and can even put out aerial roots, with glossy, thick leaves. Once the light is too strong, it tends to grow slowly and its leaves shrivel.

2. Soil

Monstera has fleshy roots, and once the potting soil is not airy and holds water, the roots easily struggle to breathe. So you can mix leaf mold, garden soil and river sand in a 3:3:2 ratio.

Lucky bamboo

There are many kinds of lucky bamboo, but most have leaves shaped like little palm-leaf fans, glossy green and looking very cooling.

1. Watering and fertilizing

Lucky bamboo likes moisture. In summer, water once a day, and mist around the plant morning and evening to keep the air humid. Apply fermented cake fertilizer water once every 15 days.

2. Soil

Lucky bamboo likes loose, airy, slightly acidic soil. You can mix leaf mold, garden soil and coal cinder in a 1:1:1 ratio, and water thoroughly with water that has had white vinegar added.

Umbrella tree

In summer, indoor spaces easily become stuffy and hot, with poor air circulation and hard-to-vent exhaust fumes. Umbrella tree can absorb secondhand smoke and other exhaust fumes. Put one in the house, and all your exhaust fume problems are solved!

1. Watering

Depending on the size of the pot, the watering frequency for umbrella tree varies, but once you notice the potting soil has dried out, water thoroughly until water flows out from the bottom of the pot. Normally, mist around the plant to raise the air humidity.

2. Light

Umbrella tree is not demanding about light and can grow in full sun, indirect light or semi-shade. Especially in bright spots, such as by a window, the leaves of the umbrella tree become even glossier.

Blue plumbago

Blue plumbago has emerald green leaves, and its petals are blue or light blue. Right now is exactly the flowering season for blue plumbago. Set a pot on the windowsill, and it adds a lot of coolness to the home.

1. Light

Blue plumbago loves light very much. Under sufficient sunlight, it very easily blooms into a big ball of flowers, so you can place a few pots on a sunny south-facing balcony.

2. Watering

Blue plumbago especially loves water. In hot summer weather, it is best to water twice a day. Lack of water easily makes the leaves wilt and the branches weak.

Hydrangea

There are many hydrangea varieties and quite a few flower colors, but Huahua thinks the most suitable for summer is - blue Endless Summer.

1. Watering

In hot weather, you can water 1-2 times a day, and when watering you can add a little aluminum sulfate to encourage the hydrangea flowers to turn blue.

2. Light

Hydrangea is a short-day flower that likes indirect light or semi-shade, so on afternoons with strong light, you must provide shade.

Lobelia

Lobelia is a flower Huahua often recommends to everyone, because it is easy to keep alive and easily fills out a pot. Its blue flowers are cool and elegant, most suitable for summer!

1. Light

Put lobelia on a sunny south-facing balcony with direct light and plenty of sunshine, and give it long hours of light; lobelia will fill out its pot more easily. However, at noon you should provide a certain amount of shade.

2. Pinching and topping

Lobelia does not necessarily need pinching and topping, but if you want lobelia to be full and round with a nice shape, you must pinch and top it to encourage branching.

Petunia

Petunias come in a wide range of colors, but the ones most suitable for summer are the blue-purple series.

1. Soil

Petunia prefers soil that is airy and drains well. You can mix peat and perlite in a 3:1 ratio to make a nutrient soil that is airy and not prone to holding water.

2. Watering

In summer, it is best to water 1-2 times a day. Place a relatively shallow tray under the flower pot, fill the pot with water in the early morning, and pour the water out at night.

I hope the flowers Huahua recommended bring you a touch of coolness,

if you like them,

then hurry up and grow a pot!