Let’s be honest, we don’t get much out of nature. And the less we are in its environment, the stronger our craving for the beauty of forest glades, gardens, smells of herbs and flowers wakes up. And this craving – unstoppable and subconscious, makes everyone call nature to their homes, apartments, balconies, enterprises, offices, surround their lives with plants, indoor flowers, which give the home a special appeal and comfort.
Decorating an office or home with fresh flowers is within the power of every person, but not everyone can do it well. Often the owners try to breed as many plants as possible and how much they clutter up the premises, so that the plants become an obstacle to normal existence.
Some complain that their beloved wards get sick and disappear for no reason. Let’s figure out which flowers you need to keep at home, and which ones you can’t.
One of the basic rules for indoor cultivation of flowers is a moderate, even a small amount of flowers in the rooms. The modern interior of our small-sized apartments is not adapted to the accumulation of a large number of plants in them. And that’s why.
Plants secrete special substances – the so-called phytoncides. Probably everyone agrees that in the forests, in the field, on the lawns it is easier to breathe, fatigue disappears. After a walk in nature, food seems tastier, sleep becomes stronger. What’s the matter?
In the air, which consists mainly of nitrogen (79%), oxygen (21%) and a small amount of water vapor and carbon dioxide. In addition, it constantly contains very small amounts of volatile substances that emit plants, dust, various combinations of emissions from factories, factories, cars, etc. All these volatile substances of plants, dust, industrial pollution enter the lungs and are absorbed by the human body. And depending on which substances are more, what is their ratio, the body becomes easier or harder.
When there are not enough phytoncides in the air, a person feels lethargic, gets tired faster, his health deteriorates, various diseases may appear. But when there is an excessive amount of these substances in the air, they also become harmful and can cause poisoning, headaches, and allergies.
Palm trees and ficuses emit harmful volatile substances.
This can be observed in rooms whose owners are too keen on growing fast-growing plants or those that emit volatile substances that are harmful to health. That is why the excessive number of large plants in the rooms (4-5 specimens up to 2 m high on an area of 25 sq. m. with a low ceiling), as well as a large number of flowering plants or bouquets of strong-smelling flowers (hyacinths, oleanders, royal lilies , etc.) are unacceptable in the room – this is harmful to health.
In addition to the excessive amount of substances they release, large plants become a source of dust. The moisture that evaporates from plants does not have time to dissipate. All of the above leads to insomnia, headache, anemia. Here are the criteria you need to navigate in order to know which flowers cannot be kept at home.
What flowers should be kept at home?
So, we advise you to keep a small amount of medium-sized flowers at home. In rooms with an average area of 25-30 square meters. m. – no more than 3-4 plants up to 100-1300 cm in height and 5-6 pots with small plants up to 30-50 cm high. These are the flowers that should be at home with windows that face north, with a low ceiling, where you can keep no more than 1-2 medium-sized and 4-5 undersized plants.
In large, well-lit rooms with a high ceiling, 1-2 large plants (up to 2.5 m), 1-2 medium-sized and 4-5 stunted plants can be cultivated.
When choosing flowers in the house, you need to remember that some of their species are poisonous , so keeping a lot of these plants in rooms is dangerous to health. These are oleander , some types of aroids, primrose obconica, some magnolias, etc.
When growing a large number of flowers, you need to ventilate the room more often, wipe the windows, and make sure that street trees do not obscure the windows.
A very important thing when cultivating plants indoors is their proper placement. In small rooms with small windows, flowers are placed on window sills or hung near windows. In rooms with large windows and balcony doors, place flowers in almost all corners of the room. Almost, but not everywhere. For example, you should not place flowers in relatively elongated rooms on the back or side walls, in the depths of such a room; you should not place flowers on tall cabinets.
And, in the end, it is very important which flowers to choose and buy for each room. They are conditionally divided into two groups – decorative flowering and decorative deciduous plants.
A prerequisite for the correct decoration of the room is the location in it of plants from both groups and with different flowering periods.
Having accumulated some knowledge and experience in caring for flowers, you will be convinced that they can be grateful – in return you will get a good mood, calmness and great aesthetic power of gentle green friends.