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Top 5 Best Air Purifying Indoor Plants
Freshen up your indoor spaces with purifying indoor plants that remove unwanted toxins and pollutants from the air – and look pretty, too.
Some research shows that having houseplants in your home may improve indoor air quality, as they can help clear harmful irritants such as carbon dioxide, benzene, formaldehyde, toluene, hydrocarbon, and others.
Red Edged Dracaena
This lady-in-red shrub has the ability to reach your ceiling, and there are more than 40 different kinds of dracaena plants. A word of warning: don’t place a dracaena in your house if you have a pet.
CLEANS THE AIR OF: Xylene, trichloroethylene, and formaldehyde, which can be introduced to indoor air through lacquers, varnishes, and gasoline.
Weeping Fig (Ficus)
Ficus is a bit more high-maintenance, requiring bright indirect light and time to let the soil dry out between water feedings. But if you care for it right, it can last you years.
CLEANS THE AIR OF: Formaldehyde, benzene, and trichloroethylene, which typically accompany carpeting and furniture.
Barberton Daisy
As well as injecting a cheerful burst of red, yellow, orange or pink into your home, the Barberton daisy is an effective cleanser of the toxins formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, and benzene, found in a range of household materials from paints to synthetic fibers.
Spider Plants
For those of you who are houseplant newbies, the resilient spider plant is a perfect choice. It will quietly battle toxins, including carbon monoxide and xylene, a solvent used in the printing and rubber industries.
If you have pets, this is one of the few houseplants that are non-toxic to animals.
Aloe Vera
A healing aloe plant is a lovely addition to your kitchen windowsill, as it loves a sunny spot.
While being on hand to soothe any kitchen burns, this succulent will be purifying the air of formaldehyde and benzene, found in varnishes, floor finishes, and detergents.
Chinese Evergreens
With its ability to tolerate low light and drought, the Chinese evergreen is an easy plant for beginner indoor gardeners.
If your plant gets enough sunlight, it might even produce a calla lily-like bloom.
Broadleaf Lady Palm
Perfect for indoors or outdoors, this plant can grow up to 14-feet tall (although it can also be pruned back to a more manageable height).
Lady palms prefer indirect light, moist soil and can thrive in almost any temperature.
Devil’s Ivy
This plant loves indirect sunlight and only needs to be watered when dry. It gets its name because it’s nearly impossible to kill and stays green even when kept near darkness.
Areca palm
An extremely elegant palm with delicate fronds is good enough to be situated in your living room or hall…
This pleasant plant releases lots of moisture into the air, removes toxins very effectively, is easy to look after, and resists insect infestations well.
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