How to bring life in your home with houseplants
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Indoor gardening provides stress relief, clean air, and beauty inside your home. It is perfect for those who have tight schedules but still want to take care of the plants. Is it really easy to maintain indoor plants? With a careful selection of houseplants, you can make them live long even if you don't have the green thumb.
Indoor garden doesn't have to take most of the space. It could simply be a houseplant in a small pot that sits on top of the center table or hangs in the ceiling. Instantly, it decorates your home and provides a relaxing mood.
Maintenance
Indoor gardening is ideal for busy people since it needs only minimal maintenance. Most of the houseplants survive with less sunlight and even with artificial light. Some of indoor plants demand only indirect or low light which makes easier to take care of.
Water the plants
Like any other outdoor plants, water is still essential for indoor plants but some can survive with only little amounts every day or every week. It is just a matter of good choice of plants for home to let them live long. Cactus is best for people with hectic schedules since it needs less water.
Create a cozy feeling
Houseplants provide a cozy feeling at home, especially when the right plant is placed in the right spot. The height, colour, and shape of the leaves and flowers add beauty to the home design. For small space, tall and narrow indoor plants than tall and large ones are best to create an illusion of bigger space. House nooks are common place for 61- or 122-cm tall houseplants.
Flowering houseplants
Flowering houseplants bring more colour to the house. Jatropha Integerrima, Celosia Red, Pachystachys Lutea, and Impatiens Balsamina complement with red, yellow, brown, and orange paints.
From eco-friendly element to stress reliever
Some houses may be trapped with harmful chemicals and pollutants from cigarette smoke, oven smoke, mosquito spray, and paint just to name a few. Since plants have natural ability of detoxifying air, it helps people to live in a hazardous-free environment. They absorb carbon dioxide and add oxygen to the surroundings.
Gardening itself has soothing effect on mind and body as it becomes the outlet for tension release. It can divert one's mind from stress-inducing activities. Having “green space” inside the house can drive away negative thoughts as well. Watching each houseplant grow beautifully also alleviates stress even more.