Indoor Plant Recommendations: 10 Beautiful, Easy-Care Plants for Busy People
Living long-term among concrete and steel, your days will inevitably be poisoned by the dazzle of city life. At times like this, you need one or two plants, a touch of green, to create a natural, fresh atmosphere. Many people will say they are so busy with work, where would they find time to care for plants? So this is when you need some beautiful, easy-care indoor plants. Here are 10 that we recommend - which one do you like?
Beautiful, easy-care indoor plants
Fiddle-leaf fig: the most versatile home plant
The most photogenic home plant is none other than the fiddle-leaf fig.
The fiddle-leaf fig loves water and prefers a semi-shaded environment. It is a broadleaf plant and will grow very tall. Its leaves are a lovely violin shape, with slightly curled edges.
A natural match with a woven basket planter, it can easily create a Scandinavian look.
Dwarf banana: a large-leaf plant
The banana plant easily creates a Southeast Asian vibe.
You can copy scenes from movies, using a soft bamboo-woven lounge, paired with linen and wooden furniture.
Monstera: stylish and beautiful
Monstera comes in both split-leaf and unsplit-leaf types (the unsplit one is called 'Tianyu'),
the split-leaf one is more beautiful,
with patterns like the traces left by rainwater flowing across the leaf and naturally spreading out, with a kind of wild beauty.
Silver Queen: the plant from 'Leon: The Professional'
The plant that the hitman Leon in 'Leon: The Professional' took with him even when fleeing for his life,
it belongs to the maranta family, with the scientific name Silver Queen (Aglaonema 'Silver Queen').
There are many high-beauty varieties among marantas, such as the spotted maranta and the velvet maranta.
Snake plant: cheap and easy to style with a premium feel
The snake plant is also known as Sansevieria,
it likes light but also tolerates shade, and has low soil requirements.
Agave: a love scorching to death
Agave, the soul of Mexico,
because it is sweet and juicy, the local Indigenous people used its sap to brew alcohol, its fibers to weave cloth, and its leaves and branches to roof their houses.
Because the agave blooms only once in its lifetime, blazing gloriously when it flowers and withering in an instant after blooming, it is used to describe a love that scorches to death.
Some varieties are extremely ornamental, with a riot of colors.
Cactus: is there only green cactus in the world?
Having seen cacti all your life, you may turn up your nose at them,
but anyone who grows succulents knows that many of the most precious varieties among succulents come from the cactus family.
There are many kinds of cacti, ranging from a few cm to several dozen meters tall.
Pair it with a paper bag or a clay pot and it already has plenty of character. You can casually pull off a Latin-style home.
How do you care for a cactus? Just leave it alone, and water it once every few months.
Succulents: they can be sunned into a beautiful iridescent color
When growing them, you need to check the habits in the guidebook, as each one is different.
If you can't understand the guidebook, just remember to water less, give more sun, and use special soil. They can be sunned into a beautiful iridescent color.
Moss: suitable for lazybones
Growing moss landscapes is very popular now, driven by Japanese people in pursuit of natural beauty,
there are 23,000 species of moss in the world, making it very suitable for lazybones.
Aquatic plants, water algae: they can create an entire fantasy forest
The aquatic plant tank that has taken Douban by storm, with every artsy young person keeping one,
can even create an entire medieval fantasy forest.
The algae ball slowly grows bigger on its own, and is a very cute little plant. When you are in a bad mood it stays silent, and when you are in a good mood it drifts back and forth.
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Succulents: they can be sunned into a beautiful iridescent color
When growing them, you need to check the habits in the guidebook, as each one is different.
If you can't understand the guidebook, just remember to water less, give more sun, and use special soil. They can be sunned into a beautiful iridescent color.
Moss: suitable for lazybones
Growing moss landscapes is very popular now, driven by Japanese people in pursuit of natural beauty,
there are 23,000 species of moss in the world, making it very suitable for lazybones.
Aquatic plants, water algae: they can create an entire fantasy forest
The aquatic plant tank that has taken Douban by storm, with every artsy young person keeping one,
can even create an entire medieval fantasy forest.
The algae ball slowly grows bigger on its own, and is a very cute little plant. When you are in a bad mood it stays silent, and when you are in a good mood it drifts back and forth.
Must-read for foodies: grow something edible
10 beautiful and very easy-to-keep plants, already recommended! If you want your room to be full of life and vitality, growing one is sure to do no harm, so get moving!