My grandmother had a green thumb. In fact, I think her whole right arm was green. she loved plants and they loved her in return. She had plants galore, inside and outside. I remember her being able to name any plant that she saw, knowing their characteristics and healing powers. My mom loves plants, but only some love her back. My mom can also walk around her garden telling you what plant is what and whether they like sun or partial shade, etc. Now it's my turn, NO CLUE about plants' characteristics and whether they need to be watered weekly, monthly or hopefully never. Some plants do, however, do quite nicely in my home, such as Ivies. I have about 10 house plants, and that suits me fine. I was very happy to read that house plants clean the air in your home of toxic air emissions including ammonia, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, benzene, xylene and trichloroethytene. Can't get a cheaper and more attractive air purifier than this. I stumbled across this very interesting article at Sixwise.com:
House Plants do more than just brighten up a room with color and living energy. Along with being pleasing to the eye, they bring real health benefits to your body. Not only do complaints about headaches, stress, heart/circulation-symptoms and colds decrease when indoor plants are present, according to Dr. Leona Rogler in "The comprehensive office series," but also richly decorating a room with plants can help to keep the air clean. Read more HERE.
Here is a direct link to plants that may cause your children harm.
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I have TONS of plants in my house… love them! This is a great post. I don’t think many people know of this benifit, but it’s true. They take toxins out of the air, and produce lots of great oxygen.
Thanks for dropping by, Jen!