Detox the Air in Your Home With Plants

Don’t you just love going to the beach or the mountains where the air is clean and fresh?  You arrive and you take a deep breath…ah…Serene, peaceful, and refreshing.

Plants can change the air you breathe in your home.  Even opening a window can improve your air quality by acting as a filter.  Some indoor environments are more toxic than outdoor pollution.  The chemicals used in a home can create a toxic environment, even air fresheners can be laced with toxins.  You can grow fresh air by populating your home with indoor plants!

Researcher Kamal Meattle discovered that three common household plants used strategically throughout a home, could vastly improve the indoor air quality.

Here’s the breakdown:

 Palm is “The Living Room Plant.” This plant is a daytime oxygen factory and Meattle recommends having 4 shoulder height plants per person.

Mother-in-Law’s Tongue is “The Bedroom Plant.” This plant is an evening oxygen factory and Meattle recommends having 6-8 waist-high plants per person.

Money Plant is “The Specialist Plant.” This plant is the filter that removes formaldehyde and other volatile organic chemicals from the air.

There are also multiple “super ornamental” plants that filter out many air contaminants:

Purple waffle plant (Hemigraphis alternataa)

English ivy (Hedera helix)

Variegated wax plant (Hoya cornosa)

Asparagus fern (Asparagus densiflorus)

Purple heart plant (Tradescantia pallida)

Research also suggests that plants play a psychological role in welfare, and that people actually recover from illness faster in the presence of plants.

Now you can breathe deep and enjoy the fresh air in your home with a few houseplants.

LL