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Why You Need More Houseplants: Benefits for Your Home

In: GARDENING, Houseplants

It’s January, it’s cold and we miss our gardens…well, I have an easy way to beat the winter blues! Buy yourself some new houseplants! There are so many benefits for you and your home by just adding a few new plants to your home.

Benefits of Houseplants

There are many benefits to having houseplants in your home! Not only do they help me chase away the winter blues (I miss my garden so much by mid-winter!!) they are actually good for you!!

closeup of cebu blue pothos

This happens every year after I pack away all the Christmas stuff and the house looks plain again…I always buy a few new houseplants! OK, I could have a worse addiction, right??

Here are a few reasons that I think you should get some plants too!!!

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Plants are Decorative

One of the main reasons that I love to have houseplants in every room is that they add a natural and decorative touch to your home. The pop of green really brings a space alive!

Try adding plants to your bookshelves, console, or entryway tables. Plants not only add color they are a softer element that breaks up the hard lines of books or lamps in your room. They naturally add texture and a feeling of movement that is relaxing.

I love bringing nature indoors in this simple way, I’m telling you that having plants around boosts my mood, especially in the winter months when I am indoors most of the time here in New England.

books and a plant on a bookshelf

Improve Air Quality in Your Home

Plants are natural air purifiers! Isn’t that cool? Air-purifying house plants turn carbon dioxide that’s in the air around you into oxygen.

Some common houseplants like the peace lily, pothos, snake plants, and spider plants can filter out toxins and pollutants in the air too.

Peace Lily
Peace Lily

Plants can also increase the humidity in a room…which is great in my book because the air gets so dry in the winter with the heat on and no natural humidity outside.


Plants Are Good For Your Health

Stressed out??? Go get a couple of plants!!

Plants are just good for your mental health and can reduce stress and improve your overall well-being. Think of how it feels to be taking a walk through a park surrounded by trees…so relaxing, right??

Well, you can create a little bit of that green oasis vibe by scattering a few plants around your place.

Adding plants is great for your office or workspace too!! Plants help to improve your focus so add a little plant to the corner of your desk!! I have 5…now that I think about it 6 plants in my office.

If you are in a low light situation try a snake plant or pothos in your workspace.

Snake Plant
Snake Plant

Many Houseplants Are Easy to Care For

There are so many houseplants that are not fussy and are pretty low maintenance and easy to care for.

Taking care of a few houseplants is a great option if you don’t have a garden too…you can create a little indoor garden for yourself!

Yes, there are some very finicky houseplants that I would steer your away from…I’m talking to you fiddle leaf fig and string of pearls!!!

But there are so many easy-to-find options that are easy to care and great for a beginner or if you think that you don’t have a green thumb.

super easy houseplants

  • Spider Plant
  • Snake Plant (so hard to kill!!)
  • Pothos
  • Monstera
  • Peace Lily
  • ZZ Plant

My best advice is to read the plant marker when you are at the store and find one that you can meet the growing conditions for.

The tags will tell you if it needs low light or medium light, direct or indirect, watering habits, etc. If there isn’t much information then just google the plant name and you will find all of that information.

Another good Google trick if you find a plant with no name tag is to use the lens feature in search and take a picture of the plant and go from there. I just did this when I was buying plants the other day and all the tag said was “fern” and I found out it is called a Kangaroo Paw Fern!!

Plants are Affordable

Houseplants can be an affordable way to add greenery to your home and they can make a room feel pulled together.

And since houseplants have really become popular over the past few years the big box stores have caught on and have a big supply at very affordable prices.

lowe's plant deptartment
Lowe’s Plant Dept,

The most affordable places that I have seen houseplants lately are Home Depot, Lowe’s, Walmart, and Trader Joe’s.

lowe's houseplants

I just bought a floor plant, 2 big hanging plants, and one in a pretty planter and they were each between $14-20.

Don’t pass by the hanging plants! Those plastic hanging hooks pop off and you can pop the pot right into a planter.

houseplants

Check your local nursery too! I love my local Rolling Green Nursery in Greenland, NH, they have the most beautiful houseplant department that is the best spot to spend a little time on a snowy afternoon! Last year on my January plant haul I filled up a cart of pretty plants.


So Much Variety!

There are hundreds of different types of houseplants to choose from that are readily available.

You can definitely find something that fits your own vibe or home style too!

spotted begonia

There are some very dramatic houseplant options like this polka dot Angel Wing Begonia.

I just picked up this Calathea the other day from Lowe’s for under $15. It has the neatest leaf patterns.

Ideas For Decorating with Houseplants

Now that you have your plants at home, what should you do with them?? First is to add them to planters.

Check out where you bought your plants to see what they sell for planters.

The big box stores have a decent supply of planters, especially in the Spring and Summer.

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Planter Finds

I rounded up a few affordable planter options that are perfect for houseplants.

Another favorite place of mine to look is at a thrift store. I have found so many planters and baskets that I use for my plants.

Sometimes I’ve given them a fresh coat of paint or a little makeover but I live for a good thrift flip!!

My latest plant purchase (I believe it’s a Kangaroo Paw Fern) in a $3 thrift store basket.

silver pothos in brass planter

This is one of my favorite thrift store makeovers! It was inspired by a brass planter that I had been crushing on from Magnolia but just couldn’t pull the trigger on spending 30 bucks for a small planter!!!

This Blue Cebu Blue Pothos enjoys low light and is perfect for my entryway table. There are big windows with bright morning light to the right which will provide the perfect growing situation.

This was a new variety for me that I picked up at Lowe’s last week for $19.98.

Don’t forget about your kitchen! It’s one room that I spend a lot of time in so having plants just makes it feel homier. This plant is ‘Scindapsus Pictus‘ or silver vine and is in the Satin Pothos family. I picked it up recently at Home Depot…went in for one thing and left with the plant too!


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Amazon

Costa Farms Plants

I have so many houseplants grown by Costa Farms!

Did you know that you don’t even need to leave your house…Amazon stocks a ton of affordable houseplants now!!!


I hope I’ve encouraged you to try your hand at houseplants!

If you have pets then check the variety before you bring it home to make sure it isn’t toxic to them.


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  1. Kim | Shiplap and Shells says

    January 21, 2023 at 4:33 pm

    I’m really considering growing more houseplants but I don’t seem to do well with them. I always forget to water them. I currently have 2 that I’ve kept alive and I’m pretty proud of myself.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      January 22, 2023 at 9:50 am

      Isn’t that so funny!!! There are a few plants that I always have trouble with like string of pearls (or any of the other string plants) and I can’t keep a fiddle leaf fig alive for the life of me!!

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  2. Jan Hebert says

    January 13, 2023 at 10:32 am

    You’ve definitely inspired me to pick up some houseplants! I’ll have to check out Rolling Green Nursery. Have you been to Wentworth Greenhouses near Somersworth? It’s a beautiful nursery/garden center. I love checking out the local thrift stores for pots and baskets too. And clothes! You never know what you will find. It’s raining here today, good day to stay home and putter around. I still have Christmas decor up! I hate taking it down, but it’s time. Maybe I’ll start planning our gardens for this year… Jan in MA

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    • Jennifer Howard says

      January 13, 2023 at 2:59 pm

      I’ve never been to Wentworth but I heard such great things about it!! Rolling Green is very nice…but I’m an early bird and was at Lowe’s at 630 last weekend buying plants!! THe sun came out for about 5 minutes and now the sky is dark gray again…it could be worse Jan, it could have been all snow!!!!

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      • Kathy M.. says

        January 13, 2023 at 4:44 pm

        I just was in Home Depot and picked up a beautiful big Monstera for $20. Now I just need to find the right place for it. I have a couple of Amaryllis getting ready to bloom and bought some white altromeria to do an arrangement with some boxwood for my coffee table. You are so right about a good way to eliminate after Christmas blahs. Plants are much less expensive than new furniture or rugs. I also suggest thrift store shopping after the holidays Just found a lovely painting to hang over my mantle. Can’t wait to hang it.

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        • Jennifer Howard says

          January 20, 2023 at 7:11 am

          I’d love to get another monstera for my office. I’ll have to stop at mine this weekend. I’ve been stopping at my local thrift store every weekend waiting for the big New Year clean outs but my store has been pretty empty…fingers crossed for this weekend because I need some more projects to stay busy!

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  3. Kim says

    January 13, 2023 at 10:02 am

    Lots of good info for the girl who has no plants and wants them! I like that kangaroo paw fern!! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      January 13, 2023 at 3:00 pm

      Get some!! Big Al will love them!! Def get a couple of plants for Zach’s new place!

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