Our modern environments and all the convenience they provide come at a price. We are in fact surrounded by toxic chemicals, in paint, plastics, detergents, dyes…right down to the insulation in our homes and the carpet beneath our feet.
Plants not only look nice and bring life into a home, research has shown that they are also helpful in maintaining a healthy environment. In fact, NASA concluded that common indoor plants can dramatically improve the environment by filtering out some of these toxic chemicals and recommend 15-18 plants in an 1800 square foot area.
If you think that you don’t have ‘green fingers’ don’t worry because some of the best plants at improving the atmopsphere in our homes are also some of the easiest to keep. Look for English Ivy (hedera helix) and Spider Plants (chlorophytum). Other recommended plants are azalea, bamboo palm (chamaedorea microspadix), bromeliads, the dragon tree (dracaena marginata), peace lily (spathiphyllum), poinsettia, and orchids.
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2 Comments
November 22, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I have Christmas, or as some say Thanksgiving cactus, violet, closet plants. Think those will do?
Jayne send me an email so I can get my address book re done. The export before reformat didn’t work.
November 22, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Hi Bonnie,
Email done…we’re going to miss you!
Re the plants – yes, I believe all plants have a beneficial effect, it’s just that the ones I mentioned are particularly effective.