Decorate your home with beautiful indoor plants.
Muhammad Imran Khan
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Importance
1
Plants are the lungs
of nature. Nature beautifies itself by plants. Here is an outstanding process
in which plants absorb environmental carbon dioxide and release oxygen which
everyone requires for breathing. Oxygen is absorbed by our lungs, mixed into
blood and provides energy to the whole body. Men living in oxygen rich areas
are healthier then those in oxygen deficient places. Suffocation is the
uneasiness felt by us due to lower concentration of oxygen in air. You can get
healthy life and pleasant feelings simply by taking more oxygen which is
provided by plants.Plants in green color and broad leaves provide more oxygen
as compared to those with pigmented and narrow leaves.
2
With the absorption of CO2 plants also absorb dust, noise, and other
harmful gasses etc.
Plants reduce the chemicals in the air. Aglaonema,
Aloe, Aphelandra, Asplenium, Chamaedorea, Dracaena, Ficus benjamina, Gerbera,
Hedera, Philodendron, Sanseveria, and Spathiphyllum all reduce things like
benzol, TCE, and formaldehyde.
3
The green color of plants have medicinally proved the best
results on vision or eyesight. Electronic gadgets and ultra modern lifestyles
have created some risks like uneasiness, sadness bored ness. These problems
could be easily cured by planting attractive plants on different places either
indoor or outdoor.
4
Another extremely important
function of plants is the environmental regulation. How does plants regulate
the environment is simply by transpiration. Transpiration is the evaporation of
water from the leaves of plants. Thus they maintain the humidity in air, keep
the temperature down and put a soothing effect on body and sensations. The more
evaporation of water from plant leaves means more chances of rainfall and
coolness of climate. This way the scientists proved that plants lower the temperature
of the area 3-4 ºC compared to the area without plants .
Plants shield house from heat robbing winds and lessen electricity heating and cooling bills.
5
Aesthetically plants are also
very much important. The beautiful for, size, arrangement of leaves, braches
and stem beauty of plants attract the viewers a lot. The mind is get freshed
when we see these beautiful natural gifts.
6
Indoor gardening gives immense pleasure, thrill, bring intimate and
natural association with plants, a matter of over joy, adds charm to the
architectural beauty, and complements the interior settings. It is a useful and
absorbing hobby. A source of exercising gardening adventures and brings
permanence in the house. It’s the best way to overcome troublesome loneliness. Living
and innocent friends like plants give the pleasure and concept of life to grow,
attract, and benefit mankind.
Plants soften the harshness of buildings, walls, and rough
textured constructions.
If hot colors used as paint that can be cooled by plants
giving hot and cool effect simultaneously. Thus adding interest to be in such
areas.
The shining and pigmented brood and narrow leaved plants
give a waving and eye catching feeling.
Arrangement
Proper arrangement and placement of different adds value to
each plants and the whole landscapes.Plants bring movement and life to every
room in your home. However, you will be pleased by the whole picture only
if there is harmony in the arrangement and color of the plants you have chosen.
Once you have learned how to take these things into account Select
plants according to your nature, taste , and imagination plan.
The larger the room you are
working with, the bigger and more numerous the plants can be. A single small
green plant looks lost in a large empty space. Several flowering plants
in a basket or arranged in small pots on the same table can serve as a
beautifully colorful accent to a room. Treelike plants have great
importance in the sense of decorating. Large-leafed species like
dracaena, philodendron or the banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) can really fill
up a sparsely furnished room or entrance hall.
In a small room, large plants are oppressive and take up way
too much space. To get the best effect, you should choose mid-size or
small plants with large delicate leaves. Put the plants where they are
going to be visible. Don’t put too many plants in a small space or it
will get too crowded and your individual plants won’t make their full impact on
the room.
Plants always look best against simple backgrounds. If they
have large foliage they should be placed in front of wallpaper with a small
pattern. Large patterned wallpaper calls out for filigreed leaves or ferns.
Even the Umbrella (Cyperus) would work for that. Wood-paneled walls like
climbing plants arranged on a wood or bamboo support. These also look great by
brightly painted walls.
Make sure your decorative scheme takes into account the way
light enters your room. If you put the plants in front of a bright,
sunny wall, their shadows can create interesting and unusual patterns on the
wall or ceiling or even plain carpeting.
Make sure the colors of leaves and flowers you choose don’t
clash with your decor. You don’t want to take expensive furnishings and
wall coverings and reduce them by the wrong colored flowers in your pots. Place
your plants by each other where they can compliment each other. Put
larger plants in the background of smaller plant groupings. A little bit
of ivy (Hedera helix) growing over the edge of a pretty bowl looks nicely
casual.
Different furnishing styles take on different plants.
It’s important that you put the right plants into your decor to “complete the
picture”. Yucca, Schefflera and rubber trees (Ficus) fit in well with
wooden furniture. Flowering plants look great with a country style
decor. Bulbs and primulas in the spring and special geraniums in the
summer work great here. If you like the straight or gently curved forms
of steel, glass, marble and varnished wood, things like the snake plant
Sansevieria , Monstera , Dracaena and Guzmania work wonderfully.
Plants with simple gently curving lines work in art nouveau
and art deco settings. The flamingo flower (Anthurium) and peace lily
(Spathphyllum) are perfect. Furniture made of bamboo and rattan and
oriental style shapes are perfect for exotic hanging plants like string of
pearls (Senecio royleyanus) or wax plant (Hoya). Traditional English or
French styles go well with bushy, vigorously flowering plants like the
cyclamen, carnellias, gloxinias (Sinningia hybrids) or begonias.
All you have to do is play around creatively with plants and
figure out what enhances your style. It’s really not that hard.
Once you start placing plants, you will know what goes with what and what
doesn’t.
Ugly features like bad corners and unpleasant design
mistakes which harm certain areas view , can be corrected simply ny plants,
hanging baskets, walll side containers, above wall pots, base pots, can be used
at such places.
Innovative ideas and collections of varying design planting
pots which may be of different colours, textures, shapes, and sizes could be
helpful. There are many characers and habits of different plants needed to be
exploited, observed and broad range of of characters of plants. You can choose
a plant of any character which you like the most.
Colour
Colour changes the perception sof space . colours
dramatically alter the mood as they are closely linked to mind and emotions .
cool colours have the ability to feel us relaxed while warm colurs stimulate
muscular activity,lend cosy warmth to area and excites us as we all need to
chill.
Plants with white leaves and flowers bright up the dark and
shady corners.
Cut fronds ( cul foliage and branches with flowers and
fruits) and leaves of pithosporum Hedera, Phomium and many more ,Asparagus,
Ferns, Aralias, Aspdistra those often included in bouquets and can also be
placed in state of the art vases , helping in multiple functions.
Agave victorial for indoor display.
Maintenance
Wash
leaves to remove the dust, stains, dirt, and soot that clogs the pores . wipe
wipe gently with damp cotton cloth. Put one hand under the leaf to support as
you rub otherwise you will break the stenm or puncture the foliage. If you have
shower , turn it on gently set plants underneath.
Most plants have a natural shine and do not need additional
luster if kept clean. If a polish is to be used never use it on the underside
of the leaves as it clogs the stomata underneath.
Keep the plants in trim by cutting the old dead leaves , the
yellow lower leaves, and any brown tips.
Changing the arrangement of plants and places needs care
regarding the plants requirement of food, sunlight and humidity.
Consult plant experts to check and know suitable place for
each specie or variety you have and you should be well aware of feeding and
other requirements of plants.
This is important because some plants are hardy which can
bear worse conditions while others so tender and delicate that they cannot bear
minute stresses.
Sapmle plants
Auracaria, Asparagus, Beaucarnia, Begonia rex, Calathium,
Cholorophytum, Coroton, Coleus, Dracaena, Ficus, Syngonium, Tradescantia, Senseveria,
Areas
Homes, offices, shopes, banks, hotels, restaurants, clubs
and hospitals, universities, colleges and schools.
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