Anyone who is considered to be a homemaker is constantly seeking new ways to add life, color, and beauty to their living space. From owning paintings to hanging posters, people tend to try everything. Something that most people tend to want to try is owning houseplants but more often than not they do not know where to start from. Worry not, that’s why we’re here. We have recommendations for plants that will just take your house to a whole new level. From beautifying the home to having multiple health benefits, here are the indoor plants you just want to keep in your living space.
The Philodendron Plant
A popular offering, the Philodendron Plant is a great plant to not only beautify your home but also to bring some lesser-known benefits that you might just need. This low-maintenance plant won’t take your attention from the more important things, just give it a decent amount of water and place it in indirect light, and boom, you’re good to go. This plant also has several members of its family for you to choose from including birkin philodendrons, heartleaf philodendrons, imperial green philodendrons, and more. This gives you the unique ability to customize your home depending on what you like best. Awesome right? Outside of the leafy green they bring, a secret benefit to the philodendron plant is that these plants can also be effective in removing volatile organic compounds like formaldehyde and carbon monoxide, that can linger on the air. By eliminating these compounds, you’ll vastly improve the air quality of your home making for a cleaner, fresher, and healthier home.
ZZ Plant
Known as the Eternity Plant, the ZZ is one plant that is easy to take care of. This plant is literally the poster child for low maintenance as it needs very little attention to begin with. Its basic requirements are about 6 hours of indirect sunlight and watering once or twice a month and that’s it. In fact, with appropriate care, a ZZ plant can live for decades. Literally decades! This plant is so resilient that as a houseplant, the most common cause of death for a ZZ plant isn't neglect, but overwatering. Does it get any better than this? Look, this is the perfect plant to give your brother for Christmas, he couldn’t kill it even if he tried. One small warning though, the ZZ plant’s leaves are toxic when consumed so make sure your pets or little children don’t make dinner out of them.
Elephant Ear Plants
Another popular plant for indoor living is the Elephant ear plant. This plant with huge leaves is a domestic regularity and for good reason. Firstly, it helps you to have one of the most identifiable plants in your living room, that’s an instant conversation starter. Secondly, in certain places, the leaves have been used for decades to treat particular insect sting bites though we don’t recommend that you try this without a professional at hand. We're sure that you're not a herbalist. Outside of that, all the elephant ear plant needs from you is bright light and regular watering to keep the soil moist and they are good to go. Do pay attention to where you decide to see them up however as this plant can get quite big and hence it needs a healthy amount of space.
Spider Plant
The spider plant is another plant that is easy to take care of and maintain. (I’m starting with that for those readers who don’t want to be bothered by high-maintenance stuff.) Deriving its name from the fact that it has narrow leaves produced from long trailing stems that resemble spiders and their legs, this is a unique plant that will not be mistaken for anything else. Outside of being a little creepy, they have the added benefit of being a good air purifier as they filter out pollutants from the air. That’s the caliber of plant that might call your house its home if you pick it. Once you have this plant at hand, you are guaranteed to find the air a little bit fresher than before.
Snake Plants
Have you ever owned a snake plant before? No? Then you have been missing out on having this beauty in your house. With looks that will mesmerize you every time you look at it, and a maintenance schedule that will have you forgetting that you have plants, the snake plant can be the perfect indoor plant for you. I’m not kidding about that low-maintenance part, the snake plant only really needs watering when you can see that the soil is now dry. It's no wonder that it has famously gained the nickname, “the plant that thrives on neglect. On top of all this, the plant is great for its air-purifying qualities that will leave your lungs feeling grateful.
Succulents
This next plant on our list can be better described as a family of plants, and that’s succulents. These plants are the most “leave me alone” plants that you can imagine. Low maintenance does not even begin to describe these plants as they are drought-resistant plants that will not hold a grudge against you if you forget to water them and they are not picky about a lot of things either. Coming in various shapes and sizes, there is a succulent to suit all your tastes, from plant color to plant size, you can technically customize it all. This family of plants is not just for decor either, most succulents have various health benefits that include increasing humidity in a room to medicinal properties that can help skin ailments (hie, Aloe Vera). Just pick your succulent carefully and you'll be good to go.