One of the most popular past times nowadays are growing plants at home, even celebrities do it. People subconsciously crave for nature. It enhances our mood and it gives us a more serene mood. This has been helpful especially during this time where we are forced to stay most of the time at home, outdoors can be unattainable at times but home plants can help with that.
It is not easy to take care of plants though although it can be one of the most fulfilling hobbies. Here are the best plants that could help you beautify your home yet easy to take care off. Some are deep green while some have beautiful flowers within it.
Astilbe
Astilbe flowers are easy to grow and long lasting as well. It has fern-like flowers and is friendly for those who do not know how to take care of plants. The colors range from dark crimson, pink, and white. It is extremely beautiful, your eyes will not be disappointed. With that said, plants like astilbe flowers are great choice for the shade.
It can be placed in pots on your front porch or indoors as long as it is by your window, it needs certain amounts of light. This flower prefers moist soil and cannot thrive in full sunlight. The hotter and dryer the weather, the more you should water the plant, it cannot handle drought.
Orchids
Orchids are good for beginners as it is low maintenance. For beginners, it could be difficult for you to get in the habit of watering your plants everyday especially if you have way different routines before having greens inside your home. No fret for orchids though, it does not need to be planted frequently while being beautiful. Their life can last for two to three months and can grow longer depending on how you take care of it.
Orchids can be both placed indoors and outdoors. You can put it in containers and you can water it once or twice a week. Piece of advice, you can put this plant in a coconut husk with charcoal for it to grow better.
Amaryllis
Amaryllis is another plant that is good for beginners while looking classy. This medium sized flower can be placed in your house that needs some design.
The spire of this plant is tall, it is not a small plant and it can give color to a dull looking house. Its colors can range from red, pink, violet, or white and some of its flowers can mix two different colors as well which can be obviously seen with its dramatic flower heads. Not only is it extremely beautiful and low maintenance for indoor plants, it has delicate fragrance as well.
Spider Plant
Spider plant is another popular plant for beginners as it has a lot of benefits. Besides requiring once in a week watering and once in a week outdoor placement for sunlight, it is very low maintenance and it is not easy to die. Besides being for beginners, it looks like a plant for experts as it is exuberant as well.
Besides improving your room decor drastically, it also has great air-purifying properties. It removes toxic gases in your rooms that cannot be seen by the eye. Most people choose the living room as its placement because the biggest benefit is there. However, it will also be beneficial to place it in your bathroom or bedroom.
This plant is hard to kill, it can thrive in most places and can survive in most conditions. Although it kills toxic gases, this plant is never toxic and can be around your kids as well.
Aglaonema
This is another good decorative plant indoors. Aglaonema is easy to take care of and can survive most environments in your home. Although it is low maintenance, its soil needs to be moist most of the time as it is a tropical plant. Its colors could be green with yellow, pink, white, or dark green with red.
It needs to be watered frequently so you need to look at its soil if it is dry. It is easy because it’s only rule is to have water in the soil, overwatering is not a question in this plant. The leaves need to be moist as well so include that in your watering, it can survive excess water yet cannot thrive without it.
Conclusion
You do not have the most difficult plants to take care off to make your house look exuberant, sophisticated, or elegant. Plants for beginners can be a good design for your house as well, not every low maintenance plant has to be from the family of cacti.
These indoor plants give you the sense of freshness and nature around your house. There is something euphoric about placing plants inside your room, better hop in the trend of putting indoor plants but choose these flowers and plants instead.