Looking for hardy, robust houseplants? With these 7 species, success is guaranteed!
Choosing to furnish your home with plants is always a winning solution. In fact, houseplants are not only a wonderful decorative element - useful for making your home immediately look more welcoming - but they also have numerous benefits for our health, helping to keep the air healthy and clean. Not only that: it is well known that taking care of plants is an excellent way to improve one's mood and attitude to life.
But which plants should we choose? If you are hesitant, listed below are 7 very hardy, robust species that will definitely give you a lot of pleasure.
1. Spathiphyllum (Peace Lily)
Among the most robust plants to have at home is the Spathiphyllum (peace lily). Highly decorative with its intense green leaves and its wonderful long-lasting white bloom, it is a plant that needs very little light and is satisfied with having a moist soil. In addition to being beautiful, it is also useful for purifying the air, since it absorbs toxic elements.
2. Aloe vera
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This is a very easy plant to grow, loves sunlight and heat and prefers dry soil, making it suitable even for those who forget to water it. In addition to being very beautiful with its long fleshy leaves, it also has numerous beneficial properties, which make it very useful in the herbal and cosmetic fields.
3. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora (paddle plant)
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Splendid plant with lively foliage that changes color with the sunlight, this plant (native to Botswana) only needs bright, warm and regular sunlight, but watering only when the soil is dry.
4. Peperomia
A creeper, this plant also lends itself to suspended cultivation. It loves light but not direct exposure to sunlight and should be watered moderately, avoiding water stagnating.
5. Syngonium
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Much appreciated for its leaves that change during its growth, and for its spectacular aerial roots, this plant loves indirect sunlight and regular watering in summer. In winter, on the other hand, it is necessary to water the plant only when the soil is dry.
6. Diffenbachia (leopard lily)
This is a plant with wonderful foliage and flowers similar to those of the spathiphyllum; it is very happy indoors and only needs indirect sunlight and watering when the soil is dry.
7. Ficus lyrata (fiddle-leaf fig)
This shrub is suitable for those looking for a tall plant; the temperature of most apartments is ideal since it is a tropical and sub-tropical plant. It needs a lot of sunlight and regular watering.
Are you ready to choose your new house plants?
