1. How to choose a plant when buying
Do not buy a plant you like, without asking the seller how to care for him. You need to buy in specialized stores, where the plants are looked after by competent specialists.
Do not buy an expensive and large plant, take one that is cheaper and smaller. With good care it will grow, and in the material plan not so will suffer. A young plant will quickly get used to a new place.
Look closely at the flowers and leaves before buying, and if you see cobwebs, sticky juice, incomprehensible plaque or small insects on them, refuse to buy.
2. The choice of unpretentious plants.
It may seem that if the house has few plants, the life of the grower is easier. But it is more correct to say, the more unpretentious the plants, the easier it is to take care of them.
When you want to green your house, but in the issues of floriculture, you are not very well versed, acquire such specimens as: cacti, pelargonium, fatsia, asparagus, abutilone, sedge, clerus, fatsia. They are unpretentious in care, and are easy to grow.
Beginner flower growers do not need to acquire such capricious plants as camellia, columbine, dizigoteka, alamande, eschinanthus, astilba, eschinanthus.
3. Placement of plants depending on the room lighting.
Room flowers should be arranged so that each plant receives the right amount of light.
Most plants are photophilous, but shade-loving plants need light too, without it they are uncomfortable. If the plant requires a lot of light, then it should be located closer to the south side of the apartment.
Light-loving plants include: a rose, most cacti, aloe, spurge, hippeastrum, valotta, gasteria. Of plants that are larger than the light like avocados, eucalyptus, hibiscus, ficus.
Not very demanding of the light, cyclamen, azalea, calligraphy, begonia, Kalanchoe, Sepapolia.
In shaded places grow such plants as: various ferns, ivy, noble laurels, alocasia, sansevieria, fatsia, anthurium, philodendron, araucaria.
Many plants should be taken out to the balcony whenever possible, because the window panes retain the ultraviolet rays, and the plants develop better in the open air.
Dusty windows "steal" sunlight, so the windows must be kept clean.
Natural lighting should be supplemented with artificial light, it is better to use fluorescent lamps, because conventional light bulbs produce a lot of heat. The light source should not be close to the colors.
4. Placement of plants, depending on the temperature of the room.
The temperature regime is of great importance. Subtropical plants require less heat, and tropical - more. And there are plants that feel good in cool rooms.
Plants for warm rooms - ferns, Tradescantia, dracaena, villaresia, amaryllis, agave.
Plants for cool rooms - cyclamen, fuchsia, Chinese rose, laurel, hydrangea, geranium, araucaria.
In winter, some plants need a lowered temperature of 10 to 12 degrees, this is cactus, bulbous, azaleas, ivy. Put them in a cool place where there is good air circulation.
In cold weather, do not keep plants close to central heating batteries, because then the roots will dry out, the leaves will curl and fall off. In the kitchen, when placing plants, you need to put them further away from the hot plate.
5. Placement of plants depending on the humidity of the room.
As a rule, the humidity in the bathroom and kitchen is high, and in other rooms the humidity is the same.
Moisture-loving plants are best placed in the kitchen, but moody plants will need additional hydration. A lucky and decorative solution is to install a small fountain in the room, and the colors are good, and you will be happy.
Demanding to moisture, such as fittonium, alocasia, anthurium, hypoestheses, cyperus, diffenbachia, begonia, cyneum.
Dry air is well tolerated by cacti, chlorophytum, palm trees, oleander, geranium, gravel, bilbery. If you do not want to additionally moisten the flowers, then choose these plants.
6. The size of the plant and premises.
The size of plants should correspond to the surrounding environment. Large plants place in a large room, where the best air circulation, and more light. Plants will, feel comfortable and will be effective, complement the interior.
Large copies are better placed in a spacious hall, bedroom, in the living room. They do not need to be put in large quantities, because it is believed that the leaves secrete substances that can cause headaches and insomnia.
Small pots with small plants, will look good on small windowsills - in a children's room or kitchen.
7. How to choose the place and dimensions of the pot for the plant.
If you want to buy a large plant, take measurements of the place where you are going to put it. If you want a large plant to be placed on a window sill, check to see if it can stand on the window sill by the height of the window, whether it will be stable.
If you decide to put a flower box on a balcony or on a window, will it correspond to the place where you want it to be placed.
If you want to hang a beautiful climbing plant to the wall or to the ceiling, look for it to you, do not interfere if it grows in time.
Be careful when placing in the nursery hanging or large plants. The child can show his curiosity and turn over the pot, it is always fraught with trauma.
8. When plants need to be put in a group, and when placed alone
If the plant attracts the eye and it is beautiful, it will look good when standing alone. But when the plants are plain and small, they will look best when they stand together in a group, thus creating a huge green spot.
Of single house plants, it will look good such as: ficus, dracaena, guavilla, yucca, philodendron - they are attractive and large.
Of the beautiful vines, it should be noted: hoyu, cissus, philodendron, passionflower, monster.
Of plants with multi-colored decorative leaves - nidularium, codeium, caladium, begonia.
From plants with beautiful flowers - hydrangea, gloxinia, begonium, cyclamen, rhododendron, poinsettia.
In the composition of other plants, Tradescantia, Gelksin, Adianum will look good.
9. The use of plants for health.
Scientists have proved that indoor plants improve the atmosphere in the house and positively influence the person. Also, the leaves attract dust, gases, toxins and have a phytoncidal effect.
These include plants such as figs, figs, rosemary, aloe, laurel, citrus, Kalanchoe, myrtle.
Laurel, ficus, lemon, moreover, has an antifungal effect, especially it is good for rooms where there is dampness.
Flavors of flowers act on the nervous system, for example, mint calms, citrus fruits cheer up, fragrant pelargonium relieves depression.
10. Which plants are harmful to health.
There are plants that benefit, but there are those that do harm, and they do not need to be kept in the house, these are poisonous plants. Before you buy a plant, you need to know whether the plant is poisonous. It is worth to abandon it if there are children in the house, because you need to work with it in gloves, and then it is good to wash your hands.
Another trouble from flowers is an allergy. And if someone in the house suffers from an allergy, or if the first symptoms appear, then this plant does not suit you. It can be from the plant - oleander, alamande, fern, pelargonium.
Now we know about species plants and care, we know which ones can be purchased, and which ones should be abandoned. And to make flowers better adapted to our room conditions, buy them in the spring. But first you need to find out how to properly care for them.