Grow these plants in summer for a cool season without even buying an air conditioner

Summer temperatures are getting higher and higher, and many people in the south are already unbearably hot indoors without turning on the air conditioner, yet turning it on now feels like such a waste of electricity. In fact, you can grow some plants at home to bring a touch of coolness to the hot summer, and they are super easy to care for, so even beginners can grow them well.

Lobelia

Lobelia likes to grow in a cool, moist environment and dislikes intense heat. It likes plenty of light, and at midday you can shade it appropriately. Lobelia has a fairly full plant shape and easily blooms until it fills the pot, like butterflies fluttering in flight. Its flowers are blue, giving a cool and elegant feeling, making it super suitable for growing in summer.

Blue snowflake (Plumbago auriculata)

Blue snowflake likes a warm, moist environment. You can mist some clean water around it to increase air humidity. It likes plenty of light but is slightly tolerant of shade. Its leaves are emerald green, its flower shape is rather graceful, and its flowers are light blue. Growing it indoors, just looking at it gives a cool feeling.

Areca palm

Areca palm is a tropical plant. It likes a warm, moist and well-ventilated environment, dislikes direct strong light, tolerates partial shade, and is not cold-tolerant, so you need to take frost protection measures in winter. Areca palm is a typical foliage plant, with rather graceful leaves that stay evergreen all year round. Growing it in the living room, you feel like you have stepped into a small forest as soon as you enter.

Monstera

Monstera is suited to growing in a warm, moist environment. It dislikes waterlogging and direct strong light, and is fairly shade-tolerant, but in winter you should give it plenty of light. Monstera is a typical foliage plant, with rather unusual leaf shapes and fairly thick leaves that have irregular splits. Growing it indoors in summer gives a cool feeling and even saves you the air conditioner.

Dwarf umbrella tree

Dwarf umbrella tree likes a warm, moist and well-ventilated environment. You can mist some clean water around it to increase air humidity, and it likes scattered light. Dwarf umbrella tree has a rather graceful plant shape, with emerald green and glossy leaves, and has high ornamental value. Dwarf umbrella tree can effectively purify indoor air. In summer the indoors is rather stuffy and hot, and growing it indoors can make the air fresh.