Update Your Home with These Pretty Succulents

Update Your Home with These Pretty Succulents

Houseplants can add peace, happiness, sunlight, and fragrance to a home without requiring a lot of care or a green thumb. There are many benefits of having plants in a home, including:

• Helping us breathe - through photosynthesis, plants turn the carbon dioxide we exhale as humans back into oxygen, which we need to live.
• Providing care - plant leaves and roots remove toxic vapors, low levels of formaldehyde, and carbon monoxide, which provides us with cleaner air.
• Keeping us healthy - through transpiration, houseplants increase humidity levels by evaporating small amounts of moisture through their leaves. Indoor plants can decrease dry skin, sore throats, dry coughs, and colds.
• Making us happy - indoor plants can improve your mood, boost productivity, and decrease stress and anxiety.

Here are some easy-to-care-for houseplants that are perfect for your home:

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera plants do not require much care at all and actually prefer if you leave them alone. So if you do not have any experience taking care of plants, this is the perfect one for you. This plant is perfect for the kitchen, as it produces a gel that provides quick relief for minor burns. But, do not buy this plant if you have cats and dogs, as it can be toxic to their systems.

Chinese Evergreen

Despite having an exotic name, Chinese Evergreen's are one of the most common plants owned by people who have a track record for killing houseplants. They are very easy to keep alive, and with enough sunlight and moderate watering, they will produce calla lily-like blooms.

Lavender

Lavender plants are extremely helpful in keeping pesky bugs like flies, mosquitos, and moths away from inside the house. They smell great to humans but smell awful to bugs, which helps keep your kitchen and other spaces free of unwanted houseguests. Lavender is also known to help provide some relief for ailments such as insomnia, depression, and anxiety.

Golden Pothos

Also known as the Money Plant, the Golden Pothos is one of the most effective houseplants at cleaning the air and removing airborne pollutants. This is a perfect plant for kitchens where cleaning products and gas cooking can make the space smell not-so-good. It is also very easy to take care of as long as it is placed in a shady area with some filtered sunlight.

Rosemary

Growing Rosemary in the kitchen is always a good idea. It is fragrant, beautiful, and provides a flavorful seasoning for many different food dishes. Rosemary needs full sunlight, so always keep the plant near a sunny window and keep it inside a well-drained pot.

Houseplants provide happiness and a sense of serenity to a home. Do yourself a favor and buy a plant that interests you and watch it grow and flourish. You won't regret it!

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