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Learn about Air Purifying Plant

Air Purifying Plant

Houseplants are fantastic indoor air cleaners, though some are better than others at filtering out pollutants and toxic chemicals from the air. Formaldehyde, Benzene, Ammonia can all be common air pollutants found in your home, and these plants are great for providing you with cleaner air.

Look for these plants: Dwarf date Palm, Boston Fern, Kimberly Queen Fern, Spider Plant, Chinese Evergreen, Bamboo Palm, Weeping Fig, Devil's Ivy, Flamingo Lily, Lilyturf, Broadleaf Lady Palm, Barberton Daisy, Cornstalk Dracaena, English Ivy, Varigated Snake Plant, Red-Edged Dracaena, Peace Lily, Florist's Chrysanthemum.

Having plants in your house is good for your health. Plants offer cleaner air, oxygen production, and a sense of well-being. Plants can be easy to care for, requiring only periodic watering and occasional re-potting or plant food, such as compost tea.

Around 2,600 years ago, one of the most famous collections of houseplants ever assembled, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, was created by the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar for his wife, Queen Amytis. To remind Amytis of the lush greenery of her Persian homeland, Nebuchadnezzar built indoor gardens. Palm, cedar, and date trees, and fragrant flowers were suspended from the ceiling and cultivated to grow upside down.

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