The 8 Best Houseplants for Your Home

February 7, 2022

Indoor plants can bring health and mood-boosting benefits of nature into your home. Whether you are simply looking to brighten up your home or want to enjoy the purifying nature of plants, there are a variety of houseplants that can get the job done. Trust us, even if you don’ t have a green thumb, there’s a houseplant out there for you!

Benefits of Indoor Plants

We won’t go too far into the details around the research that cites the benefits of indoor plants, but here are a few interesting details:

Studies that show hospital patients heal faster when they have a view of greenery during recovery.
Research indicates a significant increase in assisted living facility residents’ happiness when they are given a house plant to care for.
The Clean Air Study by NASA tested the best indoor plants for eliminating toxins from an indoor environment.

And let’s not forget that the best indoor plants also create a feel-good visual focal point in a room. An indoor plant can add vibrancy to your home, and the color green is recognized as providing restful and relaxing psychological properties. So, let’s look at some of the best houseplants to add to your home.

The Best Indoor Houseplants for Your Home

Pothos Ivy is probably the easiest plant to care for and is the perfect addition for beginner houseplant enthusiasts. This beautiful hanging plant can be cut and replanted for more plants, thrives in low light, and only needs water once every couple of weeks. An added benefit is that Pothos Ivy is also well known for air purification, as it removes toxins in the air while giving us the oxygen we need.
The Snake Plant is one of the best indoor plants for low-maintenance air purification. So much so that it is often described as almost indestructible. It reduces significant amounts of all major household toxins and continues to release oxygen even at night time, making it a good choice for the bedroom or guest bedroom. Don’t worry, even if you forget to water it for a while, it won’t bear a grudge.

The Spider Plant is a retro plant, originally popular in the 1970s that is back in style. The good news as the spider plant is incredibly easy to care for and is happy in low light conditions. In addition to being low-maintenance, it also removes several toxins from the air while continuing to release oxygen all through the night.
Aloe Vera is a beautiful succulent that also happens to have a lot of uses around the house. It likes a lot of light and because it is great at absorbing moisture it is the perfect plant for the bathroom. This super plant releases oxygen and absorbs carbon dioxide at night, which makes it a great air purifier. Aloe is also great for burns and skin irritations, and you can use it as a hair mask, facial moisturizer, shave gel, and even in your smoothie.

The Flamingo Lily provides air purification qualities along with beautiful blossoms to brighten your home. This plant filters out a variety of toxins while displaying long-lasting blooms of red, white, yellow, or striking black flowers. The waxy colorful ‘flowers’ are technically spathes - a brightly colored leaf designed to attract wildlife in its natural tropical habitat.
English Ivy might be one of the most rewarding plants to grow inside your home. It is a beautiful, fast-growing, bright light houseplant that looks great in a bedroom or living room. This plant prefers to have its soil a little more dry than wet, which is desirable if you want a low-maintenance plant.
The Dracaena Marginata looks a bit like a small palm tree, with a thick husky stem and profusion of sword-like foliage at its crown. One of the tougher plants out there, this plant will come back to life even after you think all hope is lost. This plant just needs a little bit of water and a little bit of light and is listed in NASA’s Clean Air Study.

The Majesty Palm gives your decor a focal point while also keeping your home healthy. It is a pretty tropical plant that looks great with any decor and is surprisingly easy to keep alive. Keep this plant well-watered and near a sunny window for optimal care. Use this plant to purify the air and remove carbon dioxide from your home. It’s an ideal plant to keep your home beautiful and healthy.

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