Complete Guide to Houseplants and Care Tips
What houseplants are there? This is a question that every one of us living in the urban jungle wants to know the answer to. Placing a pot of green plants in the bedroom can let us breathe a breath of fresh air in a life filled with radiation and carbon dioxide, or simply seeing such a pot of green plants can visually bring you a fresh, natural landscape. Below, the editor recommends several plants suitable for indoor growing.
Houseplant: African Jasmine
Jasmine, with its small and delicate flower buds and fresh, elegant fragrance, is the reason many people like it. The volatile oils produced by this African Jasmine have a significant sterilizing effect, and the fresh fragrance can help people relax, thereby aiding sleep.
Growing tips: African Jasmine grows well in a warm climate environment, with an optimal growing temperature of 18°C to 32°C, and it needs sufficient water; pay attention to watering more in dry seasons.
Houseplant: Spider Plant:
The spider plant has a unique shape and can be hung on the wall as a decoration. Not only that, the spider plant can also absorb 95% of the carbon monoxide and 85% of the formaldehyde in the air. It also performs photosynthesis under weak light to absorb toxic and harmful gases in the air. One pot of spider plant in a room of 8-10 sq m is equivalent to an air purifier, so the spider plant is also called the green purifier of indoor air.
Growing tips: Keep it in a cool indoor spot, prevent exposure to direct sunlight, use extensive management, water thoroughly after the soil dries, and you can also water it every few days with fermented rice water.
Houseplant: Lucky Bamboo
Lucky Bamboo is a perennial evergreen grass, prefers shade and moisture, has upright stems, a delicate plant form, long lanceolate leaves, dark green leaf blades, and robust growth; it is easy to keep alive in water culture. Lucky Bamboo stays green in winter and summer. Whether potted or with stems cut and placed in a bottle for water culture, or processed into "fortune bamboo" or "curved bamboo," it all appears sparse, upright, and noble, with slender stems and leaves, soft and elegant, with a free and easy posture, full of bamboo charm, and very high ornamental value.
Growing tips: After rooting, it is not suitable to change the water; after water evaporates and decreases, add water in time and fertilize irregularly.