Showing posts with label Air Plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Air Plants. Show all posts

Friday, January 31, 2014

Healthy Living Indoors With Your Houseplants


Indoor gardening is a very fun way of releasing some negative vibes form our body, and refreshes the mind. Changing the mood of a person from being stressed to peaceful and serenity. It also helps having small indoor plants in pots or containers or terrarium globe kits with an air plant in it. House plants do more than just beautify our indoor space but keeping plants inside our home can also bring physical and mental benefits. Many common houseplants and blooming potted plants can improve ones health by helping fight pollutants in our home. Since most of our time we spend it inside of our homes, we are prone to more pollutants. Did you know that indoor air can be twelve times more polluted than outside air in some areas? It is due to the compounds in paints, furnishing, clothing, and building materials.


Study also shows that indoor plants can help fight colds, it decreases cough, sore throats, fatigue and other cold related symptoms by up to thirty percent. Researchers attributed these benefits to the fact that plants helps increase humidity levels and decrease dust in our homes. Other studies have also shown that our cognitive, psychological, social, and physical realms are some of the benefits that we get from plants. They could increase self esteem, feelings of calm, relaxation, and optimism while reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. Keeping plants indoors can make you think better, improved concentration, memory and heightened attention. 


Always remember that for the best success with any houseplant, you need to match the right plant to the right growing conditions.There are many benefits that we can get from these indoor plants and they can also be sent or given as a gift to a close friend a family member or someone you know who loves plants.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Worry-Free Air Plants


I strongly agree in the saying that "change is the only thing that is constant in this world", because everyone change, humans and animals alike. Even the environment changes from its true form as well as the weather. As a beginner in gardening, it is very hard for me to choose plants that I could maintain in all four seasons, especially during this winter. I am thinking of adding greens inside the house instead of adding plants in teh garden because of the winter. I didn't wasted my time and grab my laptop, and search online for plants that I could maintain at home. There are many options and suggestions that the internet has provided me. But one thing that really caught my attention is the air plant, because they are very easy to grow and less maintenance is needed.



Air plant or Tillandsia magnusiana, is a soft silver leaved specie that prefers good air movement. It is naturally gown horizontally so that the bottom of the plant can be on a vertical axis, and that way it can prevent water from collecting at the base of the leaves which can oftentimes cause the plant to rot. Air plants are an epiphyte, this means that this plant doesn't need soil to grow but instead, obtains water and nutrients from the air. I have searched for online sellers of this type of plant and it would be best if they have shipment because I don't have much time to visit any plant shops. Then I came across the website of Givingplants, good thing is that they are selling a tear drop terrarium kit with airplant, it's like hitting two birds with one stone. I don't have to worry where I will put the airplant since, it comes with a terrarium already and they will be shipping my order within 2 days.


For more information about the terrarium plants as well as other house plants you could visit their website or call directly their toll free number for further assistance. You could check the prices and shipment details and fees of these plants online too.