Top 10 Plants For Your Home Office. (That clean the air and are hard to kill)
Are you looking for plants to spark positive energy and boost your focus into your home office?
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These top 10 plants for your home office will do the trick!
Whether you are working at home, doing some extra work after hours, or need a space to simply collect your thoughts, (and pay the bills!), these plants will bring you some good positive vibes!
These plants are not just beautiful; they are low maintenance for all of you busy people; adaptable to different light conditions; air purifying for those of you wanting to detox the work space; and non-toxic in case you have small children and pets coming for a visit while you work!
These plants for your home office can be displayed in a variety of ways in your home office; depending on their size and life stage, they can be hung on ceiling or walls, they can be placed on shelves as trailing plants; in groups or stand alone. Some can be arranged on your desk and some placed on the floor or on a plant stand!
1. SNAKE PLANT, (SASEVIERIA)
There are over 70 different varieties of Sansevieria on the market, and they are all extremely easy to care for due to their incredible adaptability to different conditions, making them the ideal plants for your home office!
You could use different Snake Plants varieties and sizes in different ways within your office; (i.e. a big Silver Queen can bee placed on the floor and a little Mikado can bee placed directly on your desk!)
These plants are so sculptural that look fantastic pretty much everywhere you place them!
Snake Plants are found in sub-tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe.
- AIR AND CLIMATE: This plant does well in humid and dry environments!
- LIGHT: It thrives in any lighting conditions, making it an ideal plant for darker areas of your home office.
- WATERING: It requires very little watering; every 2-6 weeks depending on season and location. Let the soil dry well in between waterings.
- BENEFITS: The Snake Plant is one of the best air purifying plants.
2. ZZ Plant, (Zamioculcas Zamiifolia)
The ZZ Plant is an extremely easy to care for plant that adapts to many different conditions.
It is native to Eastern Africa.
- AIR AND CLIMATE: The ZZ Plant favours dry over humid environments, which makes it ideal for home offices, where the air tends to be dry.
- LIGHT: This plant can take darkness to the extreme and can be placed in rooms without windows provided that fluorescent lighting is used.
- WATERING: This plant can go weeks without being watered. In a typical home office, it should be watered every 2-3 weeks.
- BENEFITS: Air purifying.
3. Philodendron Brasil, (Philodendron Hederaceum)
Philodendrons are native to Central America and the Caribbean and are stunning plants for your home office.
It’s the perfect trailing plant to hang from your wall or ceiling, or to simply let trail from an upper shelf in your home office.
- AIR AND CLIMATE: This plant prefers humid environments but does really well in homes environments. Proper watering and misting will help regulate its humidity requirements.
- LIGHT: This type of Philodendron thrives in bright indirect light conditions and does really well in medium light conditions. The brighter the room, the more variegation on the leaves.
- WATERING: Let the top soil dry in between waterings. Mist regularly.
4. English Ivy, (Hedera Helix)
There are several varieties of Ivies available in greenhouses and plant shops. Ivies are easy to car for once you’ve established the right spot and watering needs for it.
English Ivies are beautiful, trailing plants that can be hung from the ceiling or wall or, let trail from a shelf in your home office.
The English Ivy is native to most of Europe and Western Asia.
- AIR AND CLIMATE: Ivies enjoy humid environments. Regular misting, or the use of a pebble tray filled with water will support this plant’s need for humidity.
- LIGHT: It thrives in bright light conditions but it can handle medium light. Variegated Ivies, need bright light in order to maintain the variegation on the leaves.
- WATERING: Ivies prefer their soil to be on the drier side. Simply check with your finger to make sure the soil is dry enough before watering. Make sure your Ivy has excellent drainage as this plant does not like to have its roots in wet soil or standing water.
- BENEFITS: Air purifying.
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Are you a middle age mom?
Do you constantly feel overwhelmed and anxious?
Do you believe in the healing power of nature?
To reveal your #1 Personal Houseplant that best
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5. Spider Plant, (Chlorophytum Comosum)
Spider Plants are among the most adaptable house plants. They are extremely easy to care for and respond to every possible need one can have; they are low maintenance, low light, non-toxic, air purifying and are also beautiful trailing plants.
The Spider Plant is native to tropical and Southern Africa.
- AIR AND CLIMATE: This plant does well in humid and dry environments!
- LIGHT: The Spider Plant light requirements can range anywhere from low to indirect bright light conditions, favouring indirect bright light, where the striping of the leaves will be more accentuated.
- WATERING: It requires periodical watering; once a week depending on season and location. Let the soil dry well in between waterings.
- BENEFITS: The Spider Plant is a great air purifying and non-toxic plant, safe for small children and pets.
6. Peace Lily, (Spathiphyllum)
The Peace Lily is native to the tropical regions of Asia and America. It is easy to care for, and for this reason, very common in homes and offices.
- AIR AND CLIMATE: This plant thrives in high humidity but can do well in drier environments if watered properly and misted regularly.
- LIGHT: It enjoys medium to low light conditions making it ideal for home offices.
- WATERING: A Peace Lily should be watered only when its top 1″ of soil is dry. This plant will give you a hint when it’s thirsty by drooping its leaves.
- BENEFITS: Air Purifying.
7. Ponytail Palm, (beaucarnea Recurvata)
The Ponytail Palm is not closely relayed to palms. In-fact, this plant is a succulent species native to Eastern Mexico. They are so easy and highly decorative that are ideal plants for your home office.
- AIR AND CLIMATE: This plant enjoys relatively dry conditions and for this reason does really well in semi-dry homes.
- LIGHT: Ponytail Palms favour indirect bright light but can do relatively well in medium light conditions.
- WATERING: Since this plant belongs to the succulents family, it requires little watering, (every 2 weeks, depending on the humidity levels of its surrounding environment). Let the soil dry well in between waterings.
8. Devil's Ivy, (Pothos)
Pothos are extremely easy to care for and are very adaptable plants. They can grow in different environmental conditions and different medium, (they can be grown in pots of soil or in bowls filled with water! I have mine in a moss ball!).
They are beautiful trailing plants that can be shaped to make beautiful compositions on your home office walls or table tops.
The Devil’s Ivy is native to French Polynesia.
- AIR AND CLIMATE: This plant thrive in high humidity but does well in dry environments!
- LIGHT: This plant does well in bright, indirect light as well as low light. Variegated types maintain their beautiful colours and variegation in bright, indirect light. Pothos do not like direct sun light.
- WATERING: Let the soil dry well in between waterings. The plant will tell you when it needs water by drooping its leaves. It is better to under water than over water this plant.
9. Baby Rubber Plant, (Peperomia Obtusifolia)
This type of Peperomia is very low maintenance and grows quite fast! It’s an excellent table top plant for your home office!
It comes in solid green or variegated in white and green or cream and green.
The Baby Rubber Plant is native to Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean.
- AIR AND CLIMATE: This plant does well in humid and dry environments!
- LIGHT: This plant does well in medium to bright light. It tolerates low light levels but prefers medium light.
- WATERING: Allow the soil to dry well in between waterings as this plant stores water in its thick glossy leaves.
10. Chinese Money Plant, (pilea Peperomioides)
The Pilea Plant is native to Southern China. It is now rare in its natural habitat on shady, wet rocks in high altitude forests. With its uniqueness, this is definitely a must have plant for your home office!
- AIR AND CLIMATE: This plant prefers humid environments but does really well in home environments. Proper watering and misting will regulate its humidity requirements.
- LIGHT: The Pilea Plant really likes indirect bright light conditions, even a few hours of direct morning sun are good for it. However, avoid longer hours of direct sun light and hot afternoon sun exposure
- WATERING: This plant needs to dry in between waterings. Don’t let it dry too much and don’t overwater it either as it doesn’t like muggy soil.
Hey Plant Loving Woman!
Are you a middle age mom?
Do you constantly feel overwhelmed and anxious?
Do you believe in the healing power of nature?
To reveal your #1 Personal Houseplant that best
helps you reduce your anxiety.