Best Summer Plants. Must Grow. You will love it.
Nine Best Summer Plants in small pots to gift your loved ones. Easy to grow and look really amazing!
Here are the nine best summer plants to grow indoors and outdoor with low to medium sunlight, low maintenance, and less chance of dying of the plants. The plants can be gifted to near and dear ones and can be placed on the home, balcony, in the cafeteria, etc.
1. Money Plant:
The botanical
name of the plant is Epipremnum aureum. The plants are vine growing,
beautiful, and can grow up to 20m. The plants usually grow with climbing aerial
roots which adhere to surfaces. The leaves are heart-shaped and arranged
alternatively. The plants produce trailing stems when it climbs, and when they
reach the ground they took roots. The plant is also known as Golden Pothos,
Devils Ivy, Devils Vine, etc. The plant can be potted in a small pot, a glass
jar, or even in a hanging vase
Benefits: Purifies Air: The plants can give you maximum benefits if potted inside the house. The plant is ideal for removing air pollutants like formaldehyde, sprays, benzene, and carbon dioxide. It works as a natural air purifier which helps in improving your breathing system and health. The plants can be furnished in an office or home. There are many more benefits of the must grow MONEY plant.
2. Song of India:
The Botanical name
of the plant is Dracaena reflexa. The plant is commonly known as Song of
India. The plant grows upright or as an evergreen shrub. The leaves have yellow
stripes and are narrow and have pointed tips. The plant grows slowly but is
versatile to decorate homes or offices or cafeterias. The plant is found in
many offices as it requires minimum sunlight and water. The plants can grow up
to 1 foot long. The flowers in the plants are very rarely noticeable.
Benefits: Air Purifier: Along with air purification, the plant is also believed to cure malaria symptoms, poisoning and diarrhea also. The hard tropical plant needs low maintenance and can be grown with acidic soil with mild fertilizer application.
3. Bamboo Plant:
The botanical name of the plant
is Dracaena sanderiana. You can find the plant in any nursery or plants
shop very easily. The plant is also known as the lucky bamboo plant. The plants
can take any sculptural shape from straight to spiral, swirls, or braided. They
can be placed at any corner of your home for good Feng Sui. Lucky bamboo loves
filtered sunlight from windows. Lucky bamboo is very sensitive to chlorine and
water-based chemicals, so it’s a good idea to water the plant with the aqua
guard or filtered water. It can grow up to 3 feet but it takes time to grow.
So, please have patience.
Benefits: Brings Good Luck for sure: It is believed that the plants bring, love good health, and fortune altogether. It can grow with pebbled water or potting soil.
4. Compacta Plant:
The botanical name of the plant
is Dracaena compacta. The plant is a slow-growing plant. The stems of
the plant are thick green with lots of short clumps. The leaves are 2-4 inches
in length. The plant can grow in low to medium light. The plant can sustain in
basic humidity conditions. It likes to be root bound in a small pot. The plant
is very elegant with clusters of leaves.
Benefits: Air Purifier: NASA recommended the plant as an excellent air purifier for removing sprays, benzene, and formaldehyde from the air.
5. Jade Plant:
The scientific botanical name of the
commonly known Jade plant is Crassula ovata. The plants have succulent
leaves, which makes the plant resilient to sustain any weather situation and capable
of living a long life. The plants have a
miniature appearance of a tree because of their woody stems and oval-shaped
leaves. The beautiful lush green plant’s appearance is so appealing to decorate
it in your house. Jade plants can adapt warm and dry conditions on sunny days.
Mostly used as an Indoor small hanging plant.
Benefits: Improves air quality and humidity: the plant can increase the quality of Indoor air. In addition, the plants can increase the moisture rate of the indoor environment. The plant absorbs CO2 at the night.
6. Foliage plant:
There are many
species of Foliage plants. The common foliage plants are known as Baby rubber
plant, pepper elder plant, radiator plant, and many more. The botanical name if
Peperomia spp. (including P. caperata, P. obtusifolia, and others). You can
keep anyone out of these. The plant is really a smart choice for beginners or
houses having low plant spaces. The plants can sustain any weather conditions
with low maintenance. It requires bright to medium light to maintain the
foliage brightness.
Benefits: Air quality: The plant purifies indoor and outdoor air and improves the quality as per NASA. It is believed as the foliage plants bring you good luck and health.
7. Sanseveria plant:
The popular
name of Sansevieria or Dracaena Trifasciata is snake plant. The
snake plant is very popular among plant lovers because of its adaptation to any
weather condition, whether it is humidity, dust, or warmth. Caring for the
plant is very simple and doesn’t take much time and effort. The leaves are sword-like with a striped
pattern. Large snake plants can grow up to 15o cm and small can grow up to
50-60 cm.
Benefits: purifies air: The plant can purify the air by absorbing harmful air pollutants during the daytime as well as at nighttime. It produces oxygen during day time.
8. Red Philodendron Plant:
The
scientific botanical name of the plant is Philodendron erubescens. The plant is
also known as Philodendron red king. This awesome plant can brighten your room
with its reddish reflection. It grows fast and very low maintenance plant for
lazy days. The plant is attractive because of its vibrant reddish leaves. It is
also available in pink, orange or yellow colors. The plant grows up to 100-120
cm.
Benefits: Purifies Air: It helps to remove toxins from the indoor environment as well as the outdoor environment making the place healthier and awesome to live in.
9. Syngonium Plant:
The botanical name of the plant
is Syngonium podophyllum. The plant is considered an adorable indoor
plant with arrowhead vines. The leaves spread and extend in every possible direction.
The plant grows fuller very fast. It can tolerate medium to low light. The plant
can be decorated in your bedrooms, living rooms, tabletops, or corridors.
Benefits: The loving plant is considered an excellent air purifier. The plant can remove VOCs, formaldehyde, benzene, and xylene. It can boost the humidity of the indoor environment and reduces dry air. In addition, it is a perfect Feng Sui plant that attracts positive energy and lowers stress and anxiety as per Feng Sui.
