Plants appear in the house for various reasons - as a birthday present, an occasional purchase, or out of a desire to make your home beautiful. Or suddenly the craving for floriculture woke up.
However, there is a significant "but". You have no experience, where to start - you have no idea. It was the brooms of your mother, grandmother and other relatives who bloomed, because they had a "light hand", and you are afraid that suddenly it will not work out, or you will not be able to find a common language with flowers.
It is difficult for a novice florist to navigate the art of floristry and to comprehend all the wisdom of such a fascinating business as floriculture. But in this article you will find information about buying flowers and placing them in the house, about the rules of care, transplanting, watering and feeding, and about other things a florist needs.
How to start choosing a plant for your home
Let's take it for granted that you don't have flowers and are going to buy them. But what are the reasons for choosing flowers?
First, assess the availability of free time that you can spend on caring for the plant. After all, caring for him is not limited to abundant watering, the plant also needs much more. Including just a good attitude. And do not be surprised - the flower is alive, so you can talk to it, which is what most flower growers do. It will not hurt you either, because the flower grows and blooms better from a good attitude and affectionate treatment.
Among plants, there is also a division into "castes" - aristocrats and commoners, whims and stoics. Aristocrats require much more attention, because they are very capricious, as they should.
So if you are a beginner florist, you should not start your "activity" with azaleas, orchids, gardenia or streptocarpus... A more unpretentious Tradescantia, begonia, guzmania or chlorophytum... Moreover, chlorophytum plays not only the role of decoration, but also the role of a filter from harmful substances and can clean the air even from bacteria. In addition, he, not referring to succulents - plants that retain moisture in their stems and leaves, that is, cacti, fat women, epiphyllum, nolina, also in some way a camel plant.
Chlorophytum - indoor fern - is so unpretentious that it can withstand drought and, in general, extreme "flower" conditions. So its unpretentiousness and useful properties make this plant a desirable "tenant" in every home. And for a novice florist, chlorophytum is an excellent choice.
What kind of lighting is required
Many novice flower growers believe that all plants love the sun and it cannot harm them. Maybe even burns. Our houseplants often came to us "from overseas", where they grew in the jungle. And what kind of sun is there? Solid shadow. So most of them grew up in dense shade.
Indoor plants are conventionally divided into three groups:
- light-loving plants
- shade-loving plants
- shade-tolerant plants
This division is to some extent arbitrary, and the same plant requires a different amount of illumination, depending on what period of growth it is in. But even conventional division will help determine which plant is right for your home.
Group one - light-loving plants:
- cacti
- cyperus
- laurel
- passionflower
- bougainvelia
- bromeliad family
- arec family
- succulents - aloe, euphorbia, agave, haworthia, gasteria, stapelia
- herbaceous plants
- blooming plants
Remember! The love of light does not imply direct sunlight. They can not only burn the plant, but also destroy it.
Group two - shade-loving plants:
- tradescantia
- clivia
- fatsia
- coniferous plants
It should be remembered that shade-loving plants still prefer partial shade, not shade.
Group three - shade-tolerant plants:
Of course, the list of plants is not limited to this. And remember that the division into groups is only conditional. So when choosing a place for plants, you should stop at the windows located from the east or west as a universal option. When you have assessed your options regarding the timing and placement of plants, go to the store. And choose flowers for yourself based on your preferences and at the call of your soul.
I wonder since when did chlorophytum become a fern?
The article does not say that it belongs to the fern family, literally: "Perhaps only chlorophytum can be called its peer."))))