Bloem - April 24

PLANT
your stress away
Reduce anxiety by filling your home with house plants that help you to relax and regroup.
PEACEFUL SLEEP
One of the by-products of stress is tossing and turning at night. For energy
to face the day, your body needs a sound night’s sleep so that it can rest
and rejuvenate.
Peace Lily and Sansevieria are bedroom plants that will improve your sleep
environment and help you sleep better.
Areca bamboo palm is a graceful
indoor plant that fills a space without
dominating it. It is also a natural
humidifier. It likes bright, indirect
light. Allow the soil to almost dry
out between watering. In spring and
summer, feed once a month with
a nitrogen-based liquid fertiliser to
encourage new leaves. Mist spray
the leaves during very hot and dry
weather. If the leaves become dusty,
wipe them with a damp cloth; this
keeps the pores open and maintains
healthy leaves.
Text: ALICE COETZEE
Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum) has
luxurious foliage and a white flag
flower that symbolises peace. It is
prized for being an air purifying plant,
able to filter unpleasant odours and
produce oxygen. It can grow in low
light but does better with medium
light in a warm and humid room.
Water once a week and supplement
with a liquid fertiliser every now and
then in summer.
Sansevieria releases oxygen at night
when the temperature cools due to
a unique photosynthesis action. This
makes it one of the best air–cleaning
plants and is especially suitable for
the bedroom. It grows in low light
as well as bright indirect light. Water
sparingly, and only once the soil is dry
as this plant doesn’t like to be over
watered. It’s a very low maintenance
plant that is ideal for beginners.
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