These plants, grown at home, can improve air quality and make your indoor space fresher

Many people spray air fresheners at home, or use incense to create a comfortable home environment. If you want a healthier and more eco-friendly way to improve your environment, you can grow some fragrant indoor plants.

Some plants have both flowers and leaves that give off a pleasant scent, and they can also eliminate unpleasant odors, improve air quality and bring fresh air at the same time.

1. Scented geranium

Many indoor plants can act as natural air fresheners. The most popular fragrant plant is the scented geranium, which many sellers call the mosquito-repellent plant. It is actually a variant of the geranium, and its leaves carry a captivating fragrance. Just take a sniff of its leaves, and you will find a blend of ten scents including apple, coconut, lemon, rose and cinnamon.

The scented geranium has very distinctive leaf shapes that are highly interesting, with very deep lobes.

2. Lemon

There are many varieties of lemon. Some compact varieties are very suitable for growing as indoor potted plants. They need to be kept in a spot with plenty of sunlight, with at least 6-8 hours of light a day, so that they can flower and fruit.

Keep the growing environment ventilated and well lit, and maintain a minimum care temperature above 7°C. Lemon flowers have a captivating sweet fragrance that reminds people of perfume and candy.

3. Orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)

Orange jasmine is very suitable for growing on a balcony or windowsill. It likes fairly abundant light, ideally with more than 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. To encourage flowering, choose a slightly acidic, fertile and loose soil for growing it, and during the spring and summer growing season you can regularly add some organic liquid fertilizer or ferrous sulfate solution.

Orange jasmine blooms very profusely, producing very charming, delicate white flowers, and every single flower carries a captivating fresh fragrance.

4. Gardenia

Gardenia is suitable for growing on a balcony as a potted plant. Be sure to choose slightly acidic soil and avoid soil that leans alkaline. During care you can water it regularly and regularly add some ferrous sulfate or potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution.

5. Frangipani (Plumeria)

Frangipani is a tropical flowering plant. Its plant is relatively tall, so if you grow it in a pot you need to choose a larger container, and it can be propagated by stem cuttings.

Keep the frangipani's growing environment ventilated and well lit, and keep it warm all year round, with a minimum care temperature above 7°C. To encourage frangipani to produce beautiful flowers, you need to provide fairly abundant sunlight every day and water it regularly.

6. Other plants

Besides the flowering plants above, you can also grow some herb plants, which can also bring a captivating fresh fragrance, such as the common thyme, mint, lavender, stevia and rosemary. They are all plants with a captivating fresh scent, suitable for growing in pots, and can give off a pleasant fragrance.