Monday, February 13, 2012

Suggestions on house plants?

I live in a rental so our house cannot be painted or anything like that. I am a person that needs color, and just hanging more wall art is getting boring as well. I was thinking about plants. I have never had indoor plants, and don't know the first thing about decorating with them. Could someone give me decorating suggestions as well as plants that would do well in both well lit and dim areas. Maybe some good websites? Also, I am worried about setting them on a table because I don't want them to damage the finish, so just any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks in advance for all who answer!

Suggestions on house plants?
Here are some links to great house plants.



Article about NASA study on houseplants that clean your air.



http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...



Toronto Botanical Garden



http://www.torontobotanicalgarden.ca/mas...



Plant system.



http://www.zone10.com/tech/cleanair/clea...



As far as staining woodwork, most pots come with a dish to go uinder the pot. You can go futher by placing a piece of absorbent cloth under it.



A cool design idea is to use an ivy in a shallow rectangular pot and set it in the sill. Train the ivy to grow up the sides of the window frame with little sticky plastic hanger clips. This may cause slight damage to the frame but probably not. Nothing that couldn't be easily touched up.



Anyway, good luck.
Reply:I love house plants, but I usually kill them. :(



If you have a space between the top of your kitchen cupboards and the ceiling, I think a big philodendron would look nice there. They're pretty easy to care for--I've had one for almost 3 years that's still alive.



In my opinion, it's probably best to put them on something that you don't have to worry about ruining the finish. Inevitably, they'll leak water or get bumped or slid or something. Maybe you could put a decorative cloth of some sort under the plant if you want to set it on a table.



As far as the light conditions that plants need...check the label on the plants when you go to buy them. They'll usually say either full sun or indirect sun or something. Good luck and have fun with it.
Reply:Well, we have a lot of plants in our house, probably over a hundred, but we prefer hardy stuff that doesn't go south if you forget to water it, or go away for a week on holidays....

Stay away from palms, they are finicky and turn on you faster than a vice-president on a hunting trip. Yucca's are great, hardy and grow well under most conditions...philodendrons can be nice if you can get them spreading, they take a year or so to get going, and then they'll be all over you like Oprah on a glazed ham. Dracaenas are cool, money tree's are too with their winding trunks....Spiders are good in baskets and are easy to grow....

Good luck ....I put all mine in clay pots just so it doesn't look like a real hodge-podge, but everyone's taste is different... Dr. Harvey Glimebinder
Reply:I am in the same sitch. I just bought a plant at walmart called Dracaena cane. It looks very cool. Look here and figure out what you want then look around for it. They have plastic dishes you put under the plant so it doesn't get water everywhere.



http://images.google.com/images?hl=en%26amp;q=...
Reply:ps may i add

don't use ivy if you have kids or pets

it is poisonous.



go to your nearest garden centre and look at the indoor pot plants and their labels. it states if they like sun or not. it also says how often to water them.



the dish idea (underneath them) is great.



shower pot plants every now and again to get their leaves clean as this is what they use to assimilate.



use an liquid indoor potplant feed every week (a little drop in a liter of water and water all your plants with it.)



good luck.
Reply:Buy some orchids. Goto downtown flower whole sales and buy them.



Buy some small indoor style palm tree.


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