In the past few years I’ve been asked quite a few times about the plants we have in our house. I think I’ve never talked about them because I don’t really know a whole lot about them except for 1. they look pretty and I love the natural greenery indoors and 2. many of them are air purifying plants, meaning they improve the air quality in the house.
We have them scattered around in all the rooms including a few other flowering plants.
And every so often I have a bouquet of flowers in the house. I usually split up the bouquet into a few vases and put them in different rooms. This particular bouquet my dear Alton bought me last week because of what I’ve been going through with my foot.
Since I can’t move around very well I never got around to splitting it so it’s looking pretty nice and full in the kitchen…in a tall beer glass!
Many of the plants we adopted from my father-in-laws house and we grabbed a few at Home Depot.
Al definitely has way more of a green thumb than I do.
Any plants in the house that are dying are because of me, the thriving ones are because of him. This one for instance was my doing, we’re still trying to save it…
I love having plants around. They add such a nice green touch and they’re working hard on the air quality when you didn’t even know it. Do you guys have any particular plants in your homes? For more info on air purifying plants go here. They have no clue who I am, just have good info about the plants!
I have a big ivy plant in my front bay window, some parsley and basil in the kitchen, though I can’t seem to keep basil alive, a little flowering plant in the bathroom and an orchid in the bedroom. I also had a pretty fern but I kept killing it and buying a new one and killing it too, so I gave up on that one!
I’m fascinated that your basil won’t stay alive. Whenever I have basil I literally have to share it with everyone I know because it grows sooo fast. Maybe over watering? I love ivy and I love ferns..though I’ve never had one of my own. Maybe I’ll try that next!
The ivy is easy, because I rarely water it, I think my house sitter over watered the basil this time, but still it is odd I can’t keep it alive! Especially since I spend much of my time in my garden!
I absolutletly LOVE the plant stand (top picture)! I have been looking for an indoor plant stand similar and I am not having any luck.
Hi Birdie – thanks for stopping in! Unfortunately I can’t give you any tips because that stand was taken from my in laws and given a quite coat of paint. If I come across a similar one I’ll be sure to share!