Indoor plants are a pretty and simple way of improving your indoor decor. Some of us, however, have a hard time both deciding what plants to get in the first lace and then remembering to keep them alive.
There are some plants that don’t require a great deal of care and look great though! And they also have some great benefits, like improving air quality and filtering out chemicals in the air.
One of these such plants are spider plants. Just to clarify, they’re called this because of their long leaves and the spider-resembling baby plants they produce, not because spiders like to live in them.
Spider plants are great to look at and very easy to grow, plus they’re one of the best air-filtering plants you can get, helping remove toxins in the air like benzene (from petroleum and cigarette smoke), formaldehyde (from resins of composite woods, and other building and insulation materials), carbon monoxide (from gasoline, oil, coal and wood) and xylene (from paint, gasoline, cleaning products and varnish).
It’s important to note that not all of these products may necessarily contain these pollutants, but having a spider plant or two in your home can help filter them from the air if they’re there.
Aloe Vera is another great indoor plant. To explain why, here’s an extract of an article on Huffington Post by Carolyn Gregoire:
10 Best Houseplants To De-Stress Your Home And Purify The Air
The gel of the aloe plant has a number of healing properties. Not only does it soothe skin burns and cuts, it can also help to monitor the air quality in your home. The plant can help clear the air of pollutants found in chemical cleaning products, and when the amount of harmful chemicals in the air becomes excessive, the plants’ leaves will display brown spots. Just an FYI: It grows best with lots of sun.
Both English Ivy plants and rubber trees are also great, since not only are they graceful looking indoor plants that are easy to grow but they’re also fantastic at filtering your air. Bamboo palms are another one, good for filtering out benzene and trichloroethylene (from adhesives, cleaning fluids and paint removers).
Next up is the snake plant. To give us an overview of why this plant is good for in your home, Julie Knapp from Mother Nature Network:
15 houseplants for improving indoor air quality
Also known as mother-in-law’s tongue, this plant is one of the best for filtering out formaldehyde, which is common in cleaning products, toilet paper, tissues and personal care products. Put one in your bathroom — it’ll thrive with low light and steamy humid conditions while helping filter out air pollutants.
You may also want to put a couple of these sharp-leafed plants in your bedroom, suggests This Old House. Interestingly, they absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen at night (the opposite of the process most plants follow). Sharing your room with these plants could give you a slight oxygen boost while you sleep.
Gerberas are dainty flowers you can grow indoors. They’re great for filtering out benzene and trichloroethylene, plus they look absolutely beautiful. They can require a bit more care though – they need at least 6 hours direct sunlight every day and require a light misting on their leaves a couple times a week to keep them happy.
Lastly, we have the pothos plant. For a great description on this plant, here’s an extract from an article on Today.com by Alesandra Dubin:
The 15 easiest indoor house plants that won’t die on you
Why you want it: First of all, this indoor plant has an air-purifying quality that can absorb and strip toxins like formaldehyde from materials in the home like carpet. How neat is that? It has trailing stems and works well in a hanging basket or as a climbing plant with some training onto a trellis or whatever object you like that will support it.
How to care for it: This indoor house plant can produce stems that trail eight feet or longer, so just cut them back when they get too long and your plant will continue to look full and healthy. It can thrive in an array of lighting conditions, but low light may diminish the leaves’ variegation. Allow soil to dry somewhat between watering. Pothos does well in an array of normal room temperatures.
Another important thing to remember about pothos is that it’s poisonous, so make sure if you have any small children or pets to keep it out of reach.
If you’re ever unsure of what plants you have that could be poisonous and you have small children or pets, make sure you look into it. Some plants are completely safe and others can be hazardous, so it’s important to know what you’re getting before you put it within reach of anything that might try to consume it.
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