Place your houseplants like this for a pleasing sight and a healthier body and mind

Green plants placed at home can add vitality and bring fresh air, making people feel relaxed and happy. But there is an art to placing green plants, and it is not the case that any plant can simply be placed anywhere at home, and different spaces have different rules for placing plants.

Growing flowers in the living room

The living room, as a place for daily activities and entertaining guests, generally has bright light and an open view, so placing some large foliage potted plants in the corners or at the entrance is better, such as the money tree, Monstera deliciosa, and areca palm, which add vitality without looking cluttered or blocking movement.

Money tree

Placing a money tree in the living room symbolizes bringing in wealth and treasure, and it can also absorb harmful gases in the air such as nitrogen oxides, formaldehyde, and ammonia.

Care tips: The money tree likes a warm and humid environment. In summer, water once every 3 to 5 days, mist around the leaves and plant every day to keep the air humid, and provide plenty of ventilation.

Areca palm

The areca palm is a palm plant with smooth stems and a graceful appearance. Placed in the living room, it can absorb harmful substances in the air such as benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene, and it can also evaporate water, making it suitable for growing in the north.

Care tips: The areca palm is better suited to a well-ventilated, semi-shaded environment. In summer, follow the principle of watering only after the soil has dried out and watering thoroughly, and apply decomposed liquid fertilizer or compound fertilizer 1 to 2 times a week.

Rubber plant

The rubber plant is a plant with a particularly unusual appearance. Placed in the living room or on a table indoors, its plants vary in size and also come in different leaf colors. Besides the common green rubber plant, there is also a dark green one, which looks especially charming. When caring for the rubber plant, give it appropriate light; a bit more light will make it grow more vigorously.

The rubber plant likes a warm and humid environment year-round. During the growing season, pay attention to regular watering and regular cleaning of the leaves, which helps it better purify the air. It is very effective at purifying formaldehyde and can effectively absorb harmful toxins from indoor air.

Growing flowers in the kitchen

The kitchen has a lot of grease and dirt and is hot and humid, and the light is mostly scattered light, so growing semi-shade plants like pothos and spider plant in the kitchen allows them to absorb cooking fumes and also makes it easy to remove dust.

Pothos

Pothos likes humidity and semi-shade, can absorb benzene and formaldehyde from the air, has deep green and glossy leaves, and can also adsorb grease and dirt in the kitchen.

Care tips: Pothos is very easy to care for. It likes humidity but dislikes waterlogging. In summer, water thoroughly once every 3 to 5 days, and just avoid direct strong light.

Spider plant

The spider plant likes warmth and humidity, tolerates shade and drought, and has low light requirements. It can absorb toxic and harmful gases indoors. Keeping it in the kitchen helps remove cooking fumes, purify the air, and also drive away mosquitoes and insects.

Care tips: The spider plant has low light requirements, but it cannot be kept completely away from light. It is best placed in scattered light, and be sure to keep it ventilated. Mist around the leaves frequently to maintain air humidity.

Aloe

Aloe likes heat and fears cold, and tolerates semi-shade. The kitchen temperature is relatively high, and scattered light is enough to meet the conditions aloe needs to grow. At the same time, aloe also has a fairly good ability to resist grease and dirt, making it the obvious choice for a kitchen plant.

Care tips: Aloe dislikes humidity and fears waterlogging. In summer, watering once every 3 to 5 days is enough. Ensure sufficient light and avoid strong light. Apply decomposed cake fertilizer or peanut bran once a month.

Growing flowers in the study

The study, as a place for reading, practicing calligraphy, research, and work, is both an extension of work and a part of life. Its temperament is quiet and steady. Keeping potted plants such as asparagus fern, orchid, and bowl lotus in the study can make people calm down for no reason and shake off restlessness.

Asparagus fern

Asparagus fern is also called cloud pine. Its branches and leaves are lush and verdant, like layered blue-green clouds, calm and elegant, with quite a scholarly air.

Care tips: Asparagus fern likes light and humidity, but in summer avoid exposure to the sun. Water once each morning and evening to keep the potting soil moist.

Acorus gramineus

For scholars and refined people, what they may love most is a pot of tea, a wisp of fragrance, a zither, and a pot of Acorus gramineus. Acorus gramineus endures bitter cold, is content with simplicity, is clear, elegant, and handsome, stands upright like jade, has the spirit of the mountains and forests, and no air of wealth or nobility. Acorus gramineus is also very shade-tolerant, so it is a good choice for a study plant.

Acorus gramineus has sword-shaped leaves full of green, is dignified and beautiful, likes a warm and humid climate and a damp, shaded environment, tolerates cold, and dislikes drought. The suitable growing temperature is 18-28°C, and it should be kept in a bright place.

Orchid

The orchid is a fragrant plant, one of the Four Gentlemen among flowers. It grows in deep valleys, with pure aspirations and virtuous fragrance. Placed in the study, it gives off a subtle fragrance, instantly making people shed restlessness, calm the mind, and cultivate virtue.

Care tips:

Orchids like shade and humidity, fear sun and dislike dryness, and are suitable for growing in fertile, loose, slightly acidic humus soil. In daily care, place them in a semi-shaded environment with scattered light, keep the air circulating, and when fertilizing, prefer light over strong.

Growing flowers in the bedroom

Peace lily

The peace lily is a well-known exhaust gas filter and an "expert" at suppressing waste gases exhaled by the human body, such as ammonia and acetone. It can also filter benzene, trichloroethylene, and formaldehyde from the air. Its high evaporation rate can prevent the nasal mucosa from drying out, greatly reducing the possibility of illness. During the peak of flu season, it can play a very good preventive role.

Clivia

Clivia is also suitable for the bedroom, because it does not release carbon dioxide at night. Especially in winter, when the weather is cold and indoor air does not circulate, Clivia does a very good job of regulating the air, keeping indoor air fresh.

Lucky bamboo

Lucky bamboo symbolizes wealth and good fortune. Its branches and leaves are grand and dignified. It can decorate the bedroom, regulate humidity, absorb waste gases, and improve air quality, especially in bedrooms with poor ventilation.

Care tips: Lucky bamboo likes shade and tolerates waterlogging. It can be grown in water or in soil. In summer's high-temperature and high-humidity environment, water less. For hydroponic lucky bamboo, it is best to change the water once a week, and every so often move it out for ventilation and light.

Growing flowers in the bathroom

The bathroom is very humid, has weak light, and a strong odor, so it is suitable for growing some humidity-loving and shade-tolerant plants, such as maidenhair fern and ivy, which can absorb odors without their growth being affected.

Maidenhair fern

Maidenhair fern can absorb harmful gases such as formaldehyde. Its small plant shape has earned it the name "maiden's hair." It likes warmth and humidity and is suitable for a semi-shaded environment. It can be kept in a small pot beside the bathtub in the bathroom.

Care tips: If the bathroom lets in light, you can place the maidenhair fern on a north-facing windowsill or another bright spot, and just keep the potting soil moist.

Ivy

Ivy has good shade tolerance, and its leaves have tiny stomata that can absorb harmful substances, purify the air, and kill bacteria, making it more suitable than anything for keeping in a bathroom or shower room.

Care tips: Although ivy is shade-tolerant, it is not good for it to go without sun for a long time. If conditions allow, place it in a spot with scattered light from time to time so it can get some light.

Dracaena reflexa

Dracaena reflexa is an evergreen shrub in the Asparagaceae family with a perennial root system. Its leaves are emerald green and glossy, with golden yellow stripes in the middle of the leaves, very beautiful. It is one of the common foliage plants cultivated in homes.

Dracaena reflexa likes high temperatures and high humidity. The suitable growing temperature is 20-28°C. It tolerates drought and also tolerates moisture. When the temperature is high, it grows vigorously. Dry cold in winter easily causes the leaf tips to dry out. It prefers semi-shade and dislikes direct strong sunlight. Overwintering requires temperatures above 12°C.

Not just any green plant can be placed at home. Some plants look very beautiful, but they are highly toxic. Especially if there is a small baby at home, be sure to remember that these plants should not be placed there: hydrangea, narcissus, mimosa, oleander, redbud, poinsettia, and so on. Did everyone remember that?

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