Flower Tips — Which Flowers Can We Place at Home

Recently, NASA scientists have discovered that evergreen plants and green foliage plants have the effects that reduce the toxic chemicals in the buildings. The study also found that plants not only absorb substances by leaves, their roots and bacteria in the soil also can remove the harmful substances. http://www.flowersofchina.com/ considers that the most suitable plants to place in the living room are the following types.

1. Plants that can absorb toxic chemical

sAloe, spider plants, Sansevieria, Pleione and Monstera are natural scavengers, which can clear the harmful substances in the air. Studies have shown that Sansevieria and spider plants can absorb more than 80% of indoor harmful gas, and they also have strong ability to absorb formaldehyde. Aloe also can absorb formaldehyde; it can absorb 90% formaldehyde in one cubic meter of air.Ivy, cycads, chrysanthemum, kumquat, pomegranate, half-sticks lotus, rose, camellia and pomegranate, Milan, daisy, bloom, marigold, etc. can effectively remove the harmful substances such as sulfur dioxide, chlorine, ethyl ether, ethylene, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and so on. Orchid, osmanthus, bloom and caladium are natural filters; the cilia can absorb particles floating in the air.

2. Plants that can kill bacteria

The volatile oils that produced by rose, osmanthus, violet, jasmine, lemon, rose, carnation, lily of the valley and crape myrtle have strong sterilization effect. Crape myrtle, jasmine and lemon can kill the native bacteria such as diphtheria bacteria and dysentery bacteria in five minutes. Fragrance which given out by rose, carnation, lily of the valley, violet, rose, osmanthus can obviously inhibit the growth and the reproduction of the tubercle bacillus, pneumococcus and staphylococcus.Cactus and other succulents originated in the tropical and arid regions can produce oxygen while absorbing carbon dioxide. Their stomata in the succulent stems close during the daytime, and open at night. Thus increase the concentration of negative ions in the indoor air.Plants such as tiger Piran, Sansevieria and agave can purify the air at night.

You can plant ivy, grapes, morning glory, wisteria and other plants around the house, let them climb along the wall or along the frame, forming a green arbor, which can effectively reduce the solar radiation, and greatly reduce the indoor temperature.