Take these green potted plants to school for your child at the start of the term - easy to care for and shows you care

Many schools nowadays ask children to bring their own potted plants to school. It is understood that once these plants arrive in the classroom, students on the duty roster will be assigned to care for them. Keeping green potted plants in the classroom is also meant to better help guide children toward understanding plants and their growth habits, and to teach them to respect life, which is why parents are asked to prepare a potted plant their child likes and bring it to school.

It is said that before Wang Junkai went to university, he was the flower-growing committee member in his class, and he killed quite a few of his classmates' flowers; later he summed up his experience, enriched his flower-growing knowledge, and even served as a promoter for the 2016 college student green plant adoption campaign.

Wang Junkai growing flowers

So what flowers should you send to school with your child, so that it shows respect for the homeroom teacher, is easy to care for, does not cost much, grows vigorously throughout the whole term, and also makes your own child feel proud? After visiting many places, our colleagues at Beijing Home Gardening carried out surveys one after another - let's take a look.

School survey

Although teachers do not specify exactly what flowers children should bring to school, flowers with tacky names like lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) and money tree (Pachira aquatica) are out; flowers that can easily hurt people, like cacti and cactus balls, are also out; flowers like hyacinths, lilies and cyclamen, which have nothing to look at once they finish blooming, will generally have the teacher asking you to bring a replacement; water-cultured plants are not recommended, because they cannot reflect the purpose of the activity.

Parent survey

Although parents actively cooperate with the school's initiative, many of them know nothing about flowers and find choosing what flowers to send to school with their child a real headache, because they have to consider the teacher's requirements, their own financial situation, and their child's pride. Some parents end up taking more than 10 pots of flowers to school for their child in a single term, simply because they do not understand flowers, so they waste a lot of money. Parents who do not know much about flowers can follow the WeChat public account Beijing Home Gardening, and can leave any questions in the comments at the bottom.

In response to this matter, based on the survey results and on the growth habits and ornamental value of the plants, we especially offer a recommendation for parents whose children are about to start school. These are green potted plants that are easy to find and inexpensive in flower markets everywhere - parents with children, save a copy.

Recommendation 1: Ivy (Hedera helix)

Reference price: around 10 yuan

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The leaf shape is beautiful and it stays green all year round, greatly beautifying the environment; it can grow both in full sunlight and in an environment with no light at all, and it has tenacious vitality.

Recommendation 2: Peace lily (Spathiphyllum)

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Reference price: 10-15 yuan

It is very beautiful when in bloom, and when not in bloom it is an excellent indoor foliage potted plant; it has a certain purifying effect on indoor exhaust gases; the peace lily grows well in both shade and diffused light, and it has tenacious vitality.

Recommendation 3: Aloe (Aloe vera)

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Reference price: 5-10 yuan

The plant star aloe is much loved by the public, and its neat, orderly leaves are very ornamental; it is easy to cultivate and simple to care for, and many households keep one; for classroom care it is best placed in diffused light, and it has tenacious vitality.

Recommendation 4: Dwarf umbrella tree (Schefflera arboricola, also known as eight-leaf golden plate)

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Reference price: 8-12 yuan

The branches are dense and the leaves are palmately compound, staying green all year round; it is a common green plant for beautifying indoor environments; it can grow in full sun, half sun or no sun at all, and its vitality is extremely tenacious.

Recommendation 5: Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana)

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Reference price 10-15 yuan

The leaves are dense and emerald green, and the flower colors are rich, clustering into balls; it is a lovely indoor potted plant; kalanchoe can grow in sunlight, half light or no light, and it is recognized as one of the easiest flowers to grow.

Recommendation 6: Snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata)

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Reference price: 8-12 yuan

The leaves grow in upright clusters, and because the leaves have irregular dark green cloud-like horizontal stripes they resemble a tiger's tail; the snake plant likes sunlight yet tolerates shade, tolerates drought, and dislikes too much water; when caring for it in class, remember never to water it every day - twice a week is more suitable.

Recommendation 7: Ginseng ficus (Ficus microcarpa)

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Reference price: around 10

The root system is well developed and the shape is unique, making it deeply cherished; for classroom care it can be placed on a sunny windowsill or on a prepared stand, and it has tenacious vitality.

Recommendation 8: Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

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Reference price: 10 yuan

The leaves are long and narrow, soft and supple like an orchid. It is an excellent ornamental plant for beautifying indoor environments; it is suited to growing in low-light environments and is fairly drought tolerant; the plant grows normally and has tenacious vitality

Recommendation 9: Asparagus fern (Asparagus setaceus)

Reference price: 10 yuan

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The asparagus fern has an excellent temperament and strong ornamental value; it is suitable for growing in low-light environments and likes humid conditions, disliking too much water - twice a week is best; it has tenacious vitality.

Recommendation 10: Succulents

Reference price: around 10 yuan

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For succulents we recommend easy-to-care-for common varieties such as Echeveria 'Guan Yin Lian', Crassula 'Flame' (Fire Dragon), Sedum rubrotinctum (Jelly Bean Plant), Sedum adolphii 'Golden Sedum' (Huang Li), Graptoveria 'Titubans' (White Peony), and Kalanchoe daigremontiana (Mother of Thousands).

Parents need not worry too much - it is said that nowadays, in order to care well for the green potted plants in their classrooms, the children are all secretly looking up care information too.

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