Put a few potted green plants in the living room for natural cooling and a refreshing summer
Summer heat waves come one after another, and staying in an air-conditioned room all day in summer-doesn't it also feel not so comfortable? Actually, natural cooling makes people feel more comfortable. Let's take a look at these flowers below. Keep one pot at home, and your home can become a forest oxygen bar, letting you feel the natural coolness.
1. Umbrella tree (Schefflera arboricola)
Umbrella tree (Schefflera arboricola) is also called the auspicious tree. Its leaves are dense and emerald green, and it looks very clean and refreshing in the living room. It can also absorb secondhand smoke, so it is quite suitable for care in the living room. Umbrella tree (Schefflera arboricola) is relatively afraid of waterlogging, so the potting soil must ensure a certain degree of air and water permeability. Generally, watering about once a week is enough. In hot weather, you can spray water into the air around the plant to cool and humidify the environment.
2. Monstera (Monstera deliciosa)
Monstera (Monstera deliciosa) is relatively shade-tolerant and is very suitable for care at home or in the office. Its leaves are broad, so its transpiration rate is relatively high, and it can produce a certain cooling effect. Monstera (Monstera deliciosa) has outstanding purifying ability. In summer, air-conditioned rooms are relatively stuffy, so keeping it at home is most suitable.
3. Areca palm (Dypsis lutescens)
Areca palm (Dypsis lutescens) is also a relatively shade-tolerant plant, with a very tropical feel. Keeping one pot at home brings both a tropical style and a forest-like feeling, and its overall ornamental value is very high. Every year in spring, it can be propagated by division, and if grown well, several pots can be divided out each year.
4. Snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata)
Snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata) is a summer-growing green plant and grows faster and better in summer. Its purifying ability is very strong. In addition to absorbing formaldehyde and purifying the air, it can also release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide at night, making it very suitable for placement in the bedroom. Snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata) has strong vitality, is easy to care for, and has low soil requirements. Usually, the potting soil needs to be kept slightly dry, better dry than wet.