What kind of plants are good to put in the living room?

If the living room is large, choose plants with large leaves, such as broad-leaf pothos. It is more beautiful if it is less than half of the height. If the living room is small, even if it is delicate and does not take up space, plants with small leaves can be potted plants or wall hangings. Money trees and spider plants are both good. The key is that it should be something you like and easy to take care of, and it doesn’t matter what kind of plant it is.

Knowledge of placing green plants

(1) Placement of plants

More and more consumers now like to place blooming flowers or flowers all over the place. Potted plants with tender green leaves welcome you into your home, letting this natural color decorate your home environment. But the placement of potted plants also has its own "rules." If placed just right, it can beautify the environment; if not put properly, it will make people feel uncomfortable and affect their mood.

Generally speaking, plants should be placed in the four corners of the room, which not only gives the indoor environment a sense of balance, but also maximizes the vitality of the plants themselves. In addition, there is often a space that is difficult to deal with near large windows, and the light is good. Placing plants here not only effectively makes up for the lack of space, but also fills the room with spring colors under the sunlight.

In the process of placing plants, there are the following aspects that require special attention:

1. Avoid placing plants in places where you frequently move around. It not only affects people's actions, but is also not conducive to the growth of plants;

2. Avoid plants that are too large and inconsistent with the living area. If the proportion of plants in the room is too large, the overall layout will lose balance;

3. Avoid poor lighting. Placing plants in a room with poor ventilation and lighting is not only detrimental to plant growth, but also affects the viewing effect.

(2) Arrangement of flowers

Use flowers to decorate your home. Placing different flowers in different places can create images of rooms with different sizes and widths.

1. Front door decoration. On both sides of the more transparent door, you can place some leaf vines, cyclamen, etc. To express welcome to guests. One or two pots of Guanyin Bamboo, Western Rhododendron, etc. can be placed in front of a wider door to give guests a refreshing feeling as soon as they enter the door; in front of a narrower door, corners and boards can be used to create a field of foliage plants to add small and exquisite foliage plants. Better.

2. Several shelves for decoration. Some small foliage plants can be placed on the same shelf to form a group beauty. However, some precious foliage plants can be placed on shelves with sophisticated craftsmanship and beautiful shapes, and placed alone, which will show their otherworldly beauty. Such as Monstera deliciosa, Penglai Banana, Qiaoluo wood, etc.

3. Pedestal decoration. Generally, small and medium-sized foliage plants, such as Araucaria, Cantonese spring, bromeliads, ferns, and peppergrass, can be placed on wooden, plastic or porcelain pedestals. They are elegant and pleasing to the eye with the pedestal as a foil.

4. Decoration next to the sofa. In the spacious living room, place one or two pots of Boston kidney fern, colocasia, palm bamboo, Indian rubber tree, cycad, palmetto, etc. on both sides of the sofa. Sitting on the sofa feels like being in the embrace of nature.

5. Window decoration. There is sufficient light in front of the window, and you can choose neutral or positive foliage plants of different colors and shapes, such as Araucaria, rhubarb, round-leaf cypress, Brazilian iron pillar, pineapple, rhododendron, geranium, African violet, and ice water flower. , leaf vines, etc. to create contrast in color and size.

(3) Precautions for flower cultivation

1. Suitable flowers for different orientations of the bedroom

The orientation of the bedroom window is different , the intensity of light will be different, so the flowers suitable for planting are also different. Here we introduce to you the different flowers suitable for planting in different rooms:

1) Flowers suitable for planting in south windows

If the south window of the room can receive more than 5 hours of light every day, then the following flowers can grow well and bloom luxuriantly, such as clivia, agapanthus, nasturtium, gardenia, camellia, morning glory, geranium, and azalea. , Strelitzia reginae, jasmine, Milanese rose, tulip, narcissus, hyacinth, freesia, winter coral, etc.

2) Flowers suitable for planting in east and west windows

Alocasia, cyclamen, asparagus, asparagus, begonia, spider plant, caladium, Phnom Penh lily Snow, crab claw orchid, fairy sticks, etc.

3) Flowers suitable for planting in the north window

Chlorophytum, palm bamboo, ivy, monstera, watercress, Dieffenbachia, ferns, etc.

2. Things to note when growing flowers

Flowers give people the feeling of being beautiful and fragrant. They are pleasing to the eye when they are well maintained. However, if they are not well maintained, they will have an impact on human health. Indoors, it is most suitable to choose evergreen flowers and trees all year round or species that can absorb toxic gases, such as spider plants, asparagus, dieffenbachia, cactus, monstera, ivy, etc. Do not grow too many flowers indoors, otherwise they will compete with people for oxygen and increase indoor carbon dioxide concentration. When growing flowers indoors, you should pay attention to the following matters:

1) Flowers that are not suitable for growing: Some flowers should not be placed indoors, such as cloves and tuberose, which can spread particles that stimulate the sense of smell at night, which are harmful to high blood pressure and heart disease. It has adverse effects on patients; the floral fragrance of oleander can make people drowsy and reduce intelligence; the particles emitted by hydrangeas can cause skin allergies and itching; tulip flowers have toxic alkali, and excessive contact can easily cause hair loss; conifers and cypress flowers and trees emit The aroma of oil will affect appetite, etc.

2) Do not raise flowers that are “competing”: Once some flowers grow together, they will restrict each other and affect their growth. If roses and mignonette are together, the mignonette will wither, but the mignonette will release a substance before and after it withers, which will poison the rose and kill it. Poppies, orchids, dianthus, violets, lilies and other grasses and other flowers are difficult to grow, causing plant casualties.

3) The patient should not grow flowers indoors: the soil in the flower pots will produce fungal spores, and the fungal spores will spread into the indoor air, causing surface or deep infection of the human body, and may also invade the human skin and respiratory tract. , external auditory canal, meninges and brain and other parts. This will make things worse for patients who are already suffering from diseases and are in poor health, especially for leukemia patients and organ transplant recipients.

4) Flowers that should not be placed indoors:

① Orchid: If you smell the aroma it emits for too long, it will cause insomnia due to excessive excitement.

② Pine and cypress: The aromatic smell emitted by pine and cypress flowers and trees has a stimulating effect on the human gastrointestinal tract. Smelling it for a long time will not only affect people's appetite, but also make pregnant women upset and nauseated.

③Ruyi: Also known as Lantana, its branches and leaves can emit a strong odor and are poisonous. If left indoors for a long time, it will cause respiratory tract disease.

④Oleander: The harmful gases it emits can make people feel asthmatic and can easily cause bronchitis and pneumonia.

⑤Rose flowers: The rich fragrance emitted by rose flowers can make people with allergies feel chest tightness and suffocation.

⑥Bauhinia: If you are exposed to this pollen for a long time, it will induce asthma.

⑦Tuberose: It emits particles that strongly stimulate the sense of smell at night. Patients with high blood pressure and heart disease should not smell it for a long time, otherwise it will make people feel dizzy, depressed and uncomfortable.

⑧Lily: Smelling its fragrance for a long time can over-excit the central nervous system and cause insomnia.

⑨Hydrangea: Contact with the particles it emits during sleep may cause skin allergies or skin itching.