Indoor houseplant may bring us a lot of benefits in mentally and physically. We may make use of the indoor houseplant to create a green zone in the house to give us a proper place for take a break and escape from the stress workload. However, if the houseplant become unhealthy and droopy in the green zone may affect the aesthetics value of the houseplant as home décor. So, we should understand the characteristic of our houseplant well and provide their favorable growing condition to let it grow healthier and make the maintenance jobs easier. Those choices of indoor houseplant are easy to maintain with high aesthetics values for our indoor landscape.
Polyscias fruticosa/Polyscias scutellaria
Polyscias is a shrubs plant and it may grow up to 5-6 fts tall. So, it could use as a desk plant or floor plant at home. The name of Polyscias in mandarin as 福禄桐 it means happiness and prosperity and placing this variety of plant is believed may attract good Feng Shui in the house. Despite the prospect in Feng Shui, all plant could release phytoncide which could boost the natural killer cell in the body and good for our body immunity system.
Growth requirements as below:
Sun light requirement: Partial Shade to full sun
Lack of Sun light Symptoms: Discolour of leaves
Water Requirement: Low to moderate
Watering frequency: Daily or 2-3 days interval in raining days
Lack of Water Symptoms: Leaves dried and leaves dropped
Overwatering Symptoms: Brown and Black Leaves, leaves dropped and rotten
Pruning Frequency: every 2-3 months
Polyscias could withstand strong sunlight also and it is suitable to put besides the window which will receive ample amount of sunlight in certain hour. The dense leaves are good to be a natural screen to screen out the noise and dust outside of the house too.
Pilea cadierei/Pilea involucrata
Pilea cadierei & Pilea involucrate are more suitable to be desk plant and keep in small size. It could not withstand strong sunlight and drought. So, it is suitable to place in the dark place where could not receive much sunlight or to be the plants in the terrarium. It is suitable to plant in the small pot and high pruning frequency to keep it dense and short.
The Pilea growth requirements as below:
Sun light requirement: Partial Shade to full shade
Lack of Sun light Symptoms: Leggy stem
Water Requirement: moderate to high
Watering frequency: Daily except in the terrarium which has high humidity
Lack of Water Symptoms: Leaves dried and plants become droopy
Overwatering Symptoms: Brown or Black Leaves, leaves dropped and rotten
Pruning Frequency: 2 weeks interval
Pilea with its aesthetics value in its leaves pattern. It good to provides varies of the leaves pattern for potted plants and terrarium designs.
Schefflera arboricola/Schefflera arboricola veriegated
Schefflera arboricola like the Polyscias it could be desk plant or use as floor plants because of its height could be limited by the size of pots. It could withstand strong sunlight also and suitable to place besides window or front door.
Schefflera has growth requirements as below:
Sun light requirement: Partial Shade to full sun
Lack of Sun light Symptoms: Leggy stem and fewer leaves grow
Water Requirement: high
Watering frequency: Daily except in heavy raining days
Lack of Water Symptoms: Leaves dried and plants become droopy
Overwatering Symptoms: Brown or Black Leaves, leaves dropped and rotten
Pruning Frequency: 1 week interval
Schefflera arboricola is believed could attract the negative energy at home in the prospect of Feng Shui. Nevertheless, we believe its function in the aspect of Feng Shui, indoor houseplant could absorb the VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) in the air which is bad for our health.
Ficus benjamina/Ficus benjamina variegated
Ficus benjamina is suitable to be desk plant, floor plant or even a street plant. We may make use of the different pot size to shape the plant size according to our preference. And Ficus benjamina is usually shape as a bonsai because of its aerial roots could mimic the shape of trees grow in the nature.
Sun light requirement: Partial Shade to full sun
Lack of Sun light Symptoms: Leggy stem and fewer leaves grow
Water Requirement: Moderate
Watering frequency：2-3 days interval
Lack of Water Symptoms: Leaves dried and leaves dropped
Overwatering Symptoms: Brown or rotten leaves, leaves dropped
Pruning Frequency: 2-3 months interval
Asparagus setaceus/ Asparagus densiflorus
In the prospective of Feng Shui Asparagus setaceus is suitable to place in the study room because it is believed could boost the study mood in the room. Besides that, because of its elegant shape of plant, may enhance the temperament of the study room. In the research study, it also proves that the environment with live plant could increase the productivity in the office.
Lack of Sun light Symptoms: Leggy stem and fewer leaves grow
Water Requirement: Moderate
Watering frequency：2-3 days interval
Lack of Water Symptoms: Leaves dried and leaves dropped
Overwatering Symptoms: Brown or rotten leaves, leaves dropped
Pruning Frequency: 2-3 months interval
The affinity to close with nature have been proved in the research is the nature of human. It could bring benefits for us in the health and mental. So, it is popular to encourage people doing more horticultural activities to reduce the anxiety accumulated in the daily lives. And we may fully utilise the function of indoor houseplant in purify the air pollutant and boost the natural killer cell in the body to help us create a better living environment.
