Indoor flowers are an excellent natural decoration for an apartment or office. They improve the mood of the inhabitants and create a cozy atmosphere in the house. Today, a huge number of home flowers have been bred, which have their own advantages and characteristics. Among them, plants with bright yellow flowers that resemble small stars should be highlighted. They not only bring joy to the home, but also make it more aesthetically pleasing.
Benefits of growing flowers
You don't need any special education to grow houseplants. To do this, you just need to periodically spend a little time and know the rules of care. Flowers with yellow flowers have several advantages:
- Like other plants, they perfectly purify the air and help improve the well-being of home owners.
- Sunny flowers give a feeling of calm and comfort. Also, thanks to their bright colors, they add a festive touch to the interior.
- Indoor flowers of this color are considered protectors of the family hearth, bringing wealth and prosperity. In addition, they bring love and mutual understanding into the home, as they help eradicate jealousy.
- Unlike cut flowers, indoor plants do not wither after a few days, but constantly delight the eye with both spectacular flowering and beautiful leaves.
Popular plants with yellow flowers
- Abutilon maple - can delight home owners with active flowering until late autumn. As daylight hours decrease, it usually stops producing buds. If the plant is provided good lighting and systematic watering, then it will continue to bloom actively in winter. A special feature of abutilone is its leaves, which resemble maple leaves (hence the name). It is easy to care for and requires only regular watering. The shape of this flower can be changed by pinching off unnecessary shoots.
- – graceful plant, often blooming all year round. It perfectly absorbs harmful impurities from the air, which is why it received the nickname of an air purifier.
Attention! Begonia will be an excellent helper in purifying the air in an office or home after renovation. It will quickly absorb toxic compounds and rid the room of dust.
- Acanthocalycium is a compact spherical cactus that can please amazing flowering. It has 15 to 20 ribs, small spines and small bright yellow flowers.
Acanthocalycium
- Zantedeschia (calla lily) - impresses with flowers of a sunny shade, although in reality it is only a kind of blanket wrapped around an inconspicuous inflorescence. It pleases the owners with a pleasant aroma reminiscent of vanilla.
House plants with yellow inflorescences
- Clivia - distinguished by rich green leaves that form a chic rosette. Flowering consists of 10-20 flowers yellow tint. This is a light-loving plant that does not tolerate high temperature. Best temperature in summer – 23-25°C, and in winter – about 14°C.
- Pachistachis - looks like fireworks with flowers in the form of candles, which can be seen in the photo. It is afraid of drafts and loves cool, well-ventilated rooms. Pachistachis needs to be provided with diffused light and sufficient distance from heating devices. It is recommended to water with settled water, while avoiding overflow. For feeding, regular fertilizer intended for flowering plants is often used.
Pachistachis
- Calathea saffron - grows well in darkened rooms and on poorly lit windowsills. Capable of delighting with luxurious flowers and special leaves, the surface of which has a metallic sheen.
- Guzmania is an evergreen plant, the height of which can reach 40 cm. It has a colorful rosette of narrow and long leaves, and a beautiful yellow inflorescence grows from its center.
- – admires the small flowers that cover almost the entire bush. Prefers deciduous soil with admixtures of peat, sand and humus. In spring and the first half of summer it requires fertilizing with fertilizers for succulents.
Attention! These flowers love abundant watering, but do not tolerate stagnant water. Therefore, good drainage should be ensured.
- Jacobinia (shadow justice) - produces whole inflorescences that resemble fountains of bright splashes. It can bloom throughout the year, and is also unpretentious in everyday care. For a plant to feel good, it needs a sufficient amount sunlight, as well as coolness at night and warmth during the day.
Flowers with yellow leaves
Plants with leaves of such an unusual color always attract attention. They are great for original decoration room interior. But these flowers usually need special care: flower pruning, proper watering, high-quality feeding. To the number spectacular flowers with golden leaves include:
- Codiaum (croton) - has a straight stem and large leaves, the length of which sometimes reaches 30 cm. In the catalogs of specialized stores you can find codiaum with leaves of red, yellow, variegated and other colors. Due to their spectacular appearance, these plants are very popular.
- Dracaena - distinguished by two-color leaves: yellow on the edges and green in the center. It develops best at this temperature: in summer – 15-18°C, in winter – 12-15°C. Dracaena leaves should be sprayed periodically to prevent them from drying out. Can grow in one pot for 5-10 years.
Plants with yellow flowers will bring into the home bright colors and a great mood. An extensive selection of solar plants will allow the housewife to find her best option or combine different types. At the same time, it is enough to pay just a little attention to the flowers, and they will respond active growth and long flowering.
Houseplants not only delight the eyes of their owners, but are also capable of bringing benefits. For example, collect dust, refresh and even purify the air. Flowers with large leaves are especially famous for these abilities. We'll talk about them today.
Monstera photo
Monstera is a beautiful evergreen plant that belongs to the liana family. This is one of the most common indoor plants. Young leaves are whole, with age they become perforated, and then completely split. Monsteras are widespread in Central and South America. The gigantic size of the plant and its bizarre appearance served as the basis for the name of the entire genus (from monstrum - monster, and perhaps “bizarre”).
Monsteras are evergreen plants, vines, and shrubs with thick climbing stems and often hanging aerial roots. The leaves are large and leathery. The petiole is long, vaginal at the base. The inflorescence is a spadix, thick, cylindrical. The flowers at the base of the spadix are sterile, higher up they are bisexual. In general, monsteras are unpretentious and quite easy to grow, and perhaps that is why these evergreen tropical vines with beautifully dissected dark green leathery leaves with slots and holes of various shapes are one of the most common indoor plants. You just need to take into account that even in room conditions These plants stretch several meters, so it is better to grow them in cool and spacious offices, foyers and hallways. Can be used for shading (as climbing plants) and for trellises.
Monsteras take root ideally in heated winter gardens. The plant promotes ionization of indoor air.
Aglaonema photo
The Aglaonema plant is a member of the aroid family. This genus includes about 20–50 species. The plant is naturally found in the rain forests of tropical New Guinea, the Malay Archipelago, as well as in Southeast Asia along river banks in the lower forest belts and plains.
Aglaonema is an evergreen herbaceous plant. The short and straight stem is quite fleshy. There are species in which the trunk begins to branch at the base. The stem is present only in mature plants, and its formation occurs due to the flight of the lower leaf plates. The color of the foliage directly depends on the type and variety of the plant. The shape of the dense, leathery leaf plates to the touch is ovoid or lanceolate. They are attached to the trunk by petioles, which can be long or short. The edge of the leaves is solid, while the plate is patterned, and on its front surface there is a depressed midrib, while on wrong side it is convex. At the top of the plant, from the axils of the leaves grow from 1 to 3 ears with a greenish-white cover; they are the inflorescences of aglaonema. Depending on the type of plant, the cobs are divided into 2 types:
- thick club-shaped - reach 10 mm in diameter and their length is 40 mm;
- thin cylindrical - their length is about 60 mm, and their diameter reaches 5 mm.
The fruit is a juicy berry, inside of which there is 1 seed, which has a rich orange or white color. The berries ripen after 6–8 months.
Anthurium photo
Indoor plants not only decorate the interior of the room, but also help the people living in it in some life situations. Such strong amulets include the anthurium flower. It has a shortened stem that can be aboveground or underground. Its leaves are green in color, reaching a length of 15 cm and a width of 7 cm; the flowers come in a variety of colors. Anthurium care rules:
- protect from drafts.
- contain indoor flower at a temperature of 18–20 0C. In winter, it is imperative to isolate it from heating devices.
- As a rule, an eastern window with bright diffused light suits him.
- If there is a lack of light, the plant should be illuminated with fluorescent lamps. If this is not done, the leaves become smaller and the color of the flowers fades.
- Water regularly as the top soil dries out slightly, but it must be taken into account that the soil is not allowed to dry out.
- the plant loves humidity, so it is advisable to spray it with water 2 times a day and ventilate well the room where the anthurium is located.
Signs and superstitions about this plant are mostly related to its visual personality. The anthurium inflorescence is a spadix surrounded by a dense bright blanket. The color range of the skirt is very diverse - from white to dark purple tones; very often there are two-tone types and those painted by transitioning from one color to another. But the most common color of the flower's spathe is red, yellow or orange.
Dieffenbachia photo
Many housewives love to decorate their apartments with flowers. Some people like tall palm trees and plants with large, fleshy leaves. Others enjoy the unusual blooms. But everyone strives to purchase a plant that will complement the interior, making it cozy. For example, many people like Dieffenbachia. At home, the plant rarely reaches a height of 2 meters. At the same time, in nature (in tropical forests) there are often specimens where only the leaves grow up to 50 cm. Depending on the external color and size, different types of plants are distinguished. The most common are Dieffenbachia spotted and variegated. It is from them that numerous varieties of this beautiful home flower originate.
Each of us must have furniture in our apartment. Did you know that formaldehyde and other harmful substances that release toxins into the air are used in the manufacture of tables, chairs, cabinets and beds? Dieffenbachia absorbs them well, releasing oxygen. The plant also purifies the air from xylene and toluene, absorbs harmful fumes that are released when working with household chemicals. No wonder this home flower recommended to grow for all those who live near large industrial enterprises, highways, in big cities.
It is believed that the plant shows special gratitude to the housewives who care for it. Dieffenbachia gives precious energy, which improves well-being and appearance women. The plant is best installed in an office or study, in rooms where negotiations take place. But placing flowers in the bedroom and children's room is not recommended. Those gardeners who claim that the plant is poisonous are also not mistaken. But in reality, everything is not so scary, since harmful substances that burn the skin are found in Dieffenbachia juice, which is released when the stem is broken or the leaf is torn. It contains alkaloids that may cause swelling or irritation. Moreover, the reaction does not always appear immediately after contact with the skin. Since the plant reproduces by stems and apical cuttings, then when transplanting it you have to break it. It is enough to put on rubber gloves and wash your hands with regular soap after work. This will save you from possible problems.
Abutilone photo
The ornamental shrub abutilon is very popular among gardeners because of its abundant, bright, almost year-round flowering, as well as its rapid growth and unpretentious nature. Abutilone has many other names. Due to the similarity of the shape of the leaves, reminiscent of maple leaves, the plant is called indoor maple; Due to the drooping bright flowers, reminiscent of the street lanterns of the Celestial Empire, they are called Chinese lanterns. Because the plant's shoots provide coarse plant fiber for making burlap, rope, rope, and wickerwork, it is often called rope fiber. But the name Indian mallow most accurately defines the character of the plant, due to the close relationship of abutilone with mallow and hibiscus, which belong to the same family.
Indoor maple has many varieties of forms, varieties, and hybrids, but the most popular among them is the Abutilon Bella hybrid, whose miniature size and large flowers will easily fit into any interior, decorate the garden, and serve as an excellent background for flower beds. In most countries, ropeweed is grown as an agricultural crop, but about 10 species are cultivated as ornamental ones.
The leaves are 10 - 20 cm in length, solid green or green with white splashes, arranged alternately on long cuttings. The shape of the leaf blade of decorative species can be with graceful grooved edges, three or five lobed, elongated oval, ovoid. Thanks to the wide leaves, the plant actively evaporates moisture, which in turn allows you to increase the humidity in dry rooms.
The stems are branching, flexible, purple-brown, bristly, and at home they stretch to 1.5 - 3 m in height. A heat-loving plant, for wintering it needs to be provided good shelter or even transfer it to warm room. Perennial species at good care able to live up to 5 years. In conditions middle zone In most cases, ropewort is grown in indoor winter gardens, greenhouses, and remote containers.
Flowering indoor plants decorate not only sunny windowsills. There are some indoor flowers that generally grow and bloom in shade and partial shade, which are used for landscaping rooms with a small amount of sunlight. Many beautiful blooming unpretentious indoor flowers are presented in this article with a description and some recommendations for their agricultural technology. Having learned the names of crops intended for growing in pots, you can confidently go to a specialized store and choose plants for your home. Do not forget that there may be “folk” names for indoor flowering plants, so you may know them under other names. But this does not change their botanical essence. See photos and names of flowering indoor plants and choose those crops that will allow you to maximum effect solve your design problems:
Name of the first domestic flowering plant – (with photo)
Ekhmeya
Homemade flowering plants Aechmeas are bromeliads with funnel-shaped flowers and leaves densely planted with rosettes. The inflorescences of Aechmea fasciata - the most popular species - are pink, those of Aechmea chantinii are red-golden, and those of Aechmea fulgens are coral in color. This is the first representative of the bromeliad family. Look at the photos of these plants and continue our acquaintance with agricultural technology and botanical characteristics:
- Family: Bromeliaceae (Bromeliaceae).
- Homeland: Brazil.
- Location: Bright, but not direct sunlight.
- Temperature: All year round not lower than 18 °C.
- Air humidity: Spray more often. Does not tolerate dry air in rooms with central heating.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: From April to October, moderately moisten the soil and pour water into the leaf funnel. Use only soft water. From November to March, water less.
- Feeding: In spring and summer, fertilize every 2 weeks.
- Transfer: In 2 years.
- Reproduction: By lateral shoots - children or seeds in spring at 20-25 ° C. The seeds are light-germinating.
- Pests, diseases: Scale insects, root aphids.
After looking at the photo and finding out the name of this home flowering plant, you have the opportunity to find it on the store counter and purchase it for your collection; look at a few more varieties:
Allamanda - climbing flowering indoor plant
Allamanda
Allamanda shoots reach a length of several meters in a short time. Flowers, depending on the variety, are 8-12 cm in size. Allamanda cathartica with flowers goes on sale different colors: ‘Hendersona’ (orange-yellow), ‘Grandiflora’ (lemon-yellow) and ‘Shotta’ (yellow). The latest type of climbing flowering houseplant develops exceptionally strong.
- Family: Arosupaseae (Kutrovaceae).
- Homeland: Northeast South America.
- Location: Bright, sunny lighting.
- Temperature: All year round not lower than 18 °C. Loves warm soil.
- Air humidity: High, about 60%.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture with nutritious loam.
- Watering: From April to October, water abundantly and spray more often. Then reduce both.
- Feeding: In summer, feed weekly.
- Transfer: In February/March.
- Trimming: After flowering or in spring, it is possible to shorten the branches.
- Reproduction: By apical cuttings in spring or autumn at a soil temperature of about 25 ° C.
- Pests, diseases: Yellowing of leaves, cushion flowers, and pseudoscale insects.
Anigozanthos - a tall flowering houseplant
Anigozanthos
Kangaroo Paw - tall blooming indoor plant with lanceolate leaves and graceful flowers appearing in summer. The texture of the petals resembles wool or felt.
- Family: Haetodoraceae (Chemodoraceae).
- Homeland: South-east Australia.
- Location: Bright lighting all year round.
- Temperature: Loves warmth in summer, coolness in winter (10-15 °C). In summer, Anigozanthos can be placed outdoors in a protected place.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Feeding: From March to August, apply fertilizer weekly in small doses.
- Transfer: If necessary, you can replant in the spring.
- Reproduction: In spring, by dividing old plants or by seeds.
- Pests, diseases: Spider mite.
Aphelandra - a small flowering houseplant
Aphelandra protruding
Aphelandra protuberans is a small flowering houseplant with dark green leaves that have creamy white veins. Bright, sunny yellow flowers, collected in spike-shaped inflorescences, consist of covering leaves arranged like roofing tiles, which last a very long time, and short-lived light yellow tubular small flowers. The flowering time is controlled by the gardener, and we can buy a flowering plant almost at any time.
- Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthaceae).
- Homeland: Central and South America.
- Location: Bright lighting all year round. Temperature 20 °C.
- Air humidity: High. Spray more often.
- Watering: The soil should always be slightly moist.
- Feeding: From March to August, fertilize once every 14 days.
- Transfer: In the spring.
- Trimming: Before the transplant.
- Reproduction: By apical cuttings at a soil temperature of 25-30 °C.
- Pests, diseases: Aphids, false scale insects.
- Important! Drafts should be avoided. Aphelandra blooms the next year only if it is placed in a cool (10 ° C) and very bright place in winter for 8 weeks.
Look at these flowering indoor plants in the photo, which shows the shapes of the buds and their color options:
Brunfelsia - blooming and unpretentious indoor flowers in pots
Brunfelsia
Brunfelsia pauciflora var. calycina are unpretentious indoor flowers, depending on the variety, blooming with white, yellow or light and dark purple large flowers. The shoots are splayed and have few branches. The winter flowering cultivar ‘Floribunda’ is interesting for its blue and violet colored flowers. These indoor flowers in pots, which bloom for a long time, require regular fertilizing with minerals.
- Family: Solanaceae (Solanaceae).
- Homeland: Brazil.
- Location: Light to partial shade all year round.
- Temperature: Loves warmth. From November to January keep in a cool room (10-12 °C).
- Air humidity: High, spray more often.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: From March to September, water the plant generously with softened water. Then reduce watering.
- Feeding: From March to September, apply fertilizer once every 2 weeks, then stop fertilizing.
- Transfer: After the end of the main flowering period in early summer.
- Trimming: Trim long shoots.
- Reproduction: Apical or stem cuttings in spring, at a soil temperature of 25 ° C. It takes root with difficulty.
- Pests, diseases: Yellowing of leaves (chlorosis), false scale insects, spider mites, aphids.
Calceolaria - the best flowering houseplant (with pictures)
Calceolaria
Calceolus means "little shoe" in Latin. Almost 500 different species and cultivars derived from them are characterized by the lower lip of flowers, swollen to the size of a wide shoe. Flowers can be single-colored, two-colored, or tiger-striped in various colors - yellow, red, orange. Calceolaria, thanks to its decorative properties, this is the best flowering indoor plant that allows you to effectively decorate any windowsill.
- Family: Scrophulariaceae (Norichaceae).
- Homeland: South America. Only cultural forms are available for sale.
- Location: A very bright, but not illuminated by the bright sun, spacious room.
- Temperature: If possible, not very high (15-20 ° C).
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: Abundant.
- Feeding: Fertilize weekly.
- Transfer: Not needed, because This plant is grown as an annual.
- Reproduction: In summer, at a temperature of 18 ° C, sow seeds that do not need to be covered with soil (light-viable seeds). Growing seedlings does not create any problems.
- Pests, diseases: Whiteflies, aphids.
- Important! The plant does not tolerate waterlogging. In autumn and winter, young plants need additional artificial lighting.
Look at the pictures of these indoor flowering plants, which illustrate their decorative properties:
Bellflower - indoor hanging flowering plants
Bell ( Campanula isophylla)
The main varieties grown as potted plants are the bellflower (Campanula isophylla) and its varieties ‘Alba’ (white flowers) and ‘Mayi’ (blue-violet flowers). These are excellent indoor hanging flowering plants; in addition, Campanula fragilis (brittle bell) and Campanula pyramidalis, popularly called “Jacob’s ladder,” are grown.
- Family: Campanulaceae (Campanulaceae).
- Homeland: Mediterranean regions.
- Location: Bright, sunny, spacious room.
- Temperature: Not very tall. Wintering at 10 °C.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: From spring to autumn, water regularly to keep the soil moist at all times. Campanula isophylla even tolerates hard water.
- Feeding: From May to August, fertilize with a special flower mixture once every 14 days.
- Transfer: In the spring.
- Trimming: After flowering, in autumn.
- Pests, diseases: Spider mites, gray mold, leaf spot.
Decorative flowering indoor plants: names and photos
Let's consider decorative flowering indoor plants that can easily be grown in pots. The names of decorative flowering indoor plants presented below are not familiar to all gardeners, so the information will be useful and interesting. Look carefully at the photos and names of decorative flowering indoor plants - among the variety presented there are very interesting new items:
Diosma - Coleonema calydum.
It's evergreen potted plant appeared on the market quite recently (sometimes under the name Coleonema pulchrum). Beautiful leaves, similar to heather leaves, exude a spicy aroma. In spring, numerous small pink-red flowers appear on the branches.
- Family: Rutaceae (Rutaceae).
- Homeland: Southwestern region of the Cape Province of South Africa.
- Location: In summer - a sheltered, sunny place outdoors, in winter - good lighting.
- Temperature: In summer - outdoor temperature; in winter - a cool room with a temperature of 5 °C.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: In summer it is very abundant; in winter, water less.
- Feeding: During the growing season, once every 14 days, apply the full mineral fertilizer, diluted in water.
- Transfer: After flowering.
- Trimming: When replanting, pinching out shoots and, if necessary, more radical pruning.
- Reproduction: From March to September with non-lignified cuttings at a soil temperature of 22-25 ° C. You can use waste from pruning.
- Pests, diseases: Spider mite.
Columnea – Columnea.
Columnae - luxurious hanging plants. Numerous species and varieties are available for sale, some with variegated leaves. The most famous is the species hybrid ‘Stevenger’. Flowering time varies depending on the species or variety.
- Family: Gesneriaceae (Gesneriaceae).
- Homeland: Central America, mainly Costa Rica.
- Location: From light to semi-shady.
- Temperature: It prefers warmth, but during the budding phase, which lasts 30-40 days in winter, a temperature of about 15 ° C is needed.
- Air humidity: High. Spray carefully.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: During the growth period, lightly and evenly moisten the soil. In winter, water less. As soon as the buds reach 1-2 cm in size, increase watering and place the plant in a warmer place.
- Feeding: During the growing season, apply fertilizer weekly in small doses.
- Transfer: After flowering, transplant into azalea pots.
- Trimming: Prune during transplantation.
- Reproduction: From apical or non-lignified cuttings at a soil temperature of 25 °C.
- Pests, diseases: Aphid infestations.
- Important! Water and fertilizers containing lime are not recommended.
Next, these decorative flowering indoor plants are presented in the photo with the possibilities of their use in the interior shown:
Beautiful blooming and unpretentious home flowers in pots (with photo)
When choosing home-blooming beautiful flowers, you always want to get the most unusual and original specimen. And there really are such people. Get to know them further on the page.
Fire-red Crassula – Crassula coccinea.
Fiery red Crassula is a domestic flowering semi-shrub flowers 30-60 cm high. It blooms with fragrant bright red flowers. The shoots coming from the base are densely lined with opposite, cross-shaped leaves 2 cm long.
- Family: Crassulaceae (Crassulaceae).
- Homeland: South Africa.
- Location: A room full of air and bright diffused light. In summer - in the air, in a place protected from rain. In September, bring home blooming flowers in pots into the house and place them in a bright place for the winter until the buds appear.
- Temperature: In winter it is about 10 °C, in summer - the outside air temperature.
- Substrate: Sandy soil.
- Watering: Lightly moisten in summer, water very rarely in winter.
- Feeding: In summer, feed with cactus fertilizer once every 4 weeks.
- Trimming: After flowering, shorten the shoots by 10 cm to stimulate a second flowering.
- Reproduction: The tips of the shoots in June. Plant in sandy soil, after drying the surface of the cuts for several days.
- Pests, diseases: aphids, mealybugs, cushion mites, soft-bodied mites, powdery mildew, leaf nematodes.
Important to remember! Does not like midday sun.
Dipteracanthus – Dipteracanthus.
There are about 250 species of these unpretentious blooming house flowers, but only a few of them are offered to us as indoor flowers. These are low, almost creeping subshrubs. Leaves with light veins, flowers pink or white and purple striped. Looks great as a hanging crop.
- Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthaceae).
- Homeland: Brazil.
- Location: Light to semi-shady. Does not tolerate direct sunlight.
- Temperature: Increased all year round. The soil should also be warm.
- Air humidity: High.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture with the addition of polystyrene chips.
- Watering: Moisten the soil moderately. Soften the water.
- Feeding: From March to August, apply fertilizer in small doses once every 2 weeks.
- Transfer: Every year in the spring, transplant into flat containers.
- Reproduction: By apical cuttings in spring, at a soil temperature of 22 °C.
- Pests, diseases: Leaf curling, growth disturbance, root rot, whiteflies.
Dipteracanthus - fabulously beautiful ground cover plant for window displays with a special microclimate.Look at these blooming house flowers in the photo, which shows different periods of their life and development:
Flowering plants for home and apartment (names and photos)
Numerous flowering plants for the home allow you to create unusual floral compositions. These are unique opportunities for interior design. Below are descriptions, photos and names of flowering plants for your home and apartment, look and choose the ones that suit you:
Euphorbia Mile (thorns of Christ) - Euphorbia milii
Euphorbia Mila is one of the most popular representatives of the extensive genus Euphorbia, numbering 2,000 species. In places of natural growth it is a deciduous shrub up to a meter in height. Euphorbia Milya are unpretentious flowering plants for apartments; they tolerate both the dry air of a city apartment and central heating, and burning Sun rays. Its long, pencil-hard, thorny shoots can be guided along supports, like those of trellis plants. Newest varieties grow almost vertically, in compact bushes up to 60 cm high. The color of the flowers is various options in red and pink tones, and also comes in white and yellow. Euphorbia lophogona, native to Madagascar, is an evergreen plant and produces white or pink flowers. Hybrids of both species are bushy and decorative, bloom profusely and successfully displace pure species. These hybrids, called Euphorbia Lomi, bloom almost year-round with yellow, pink, red and purple flowers. True, they are easily affected by powdery mildew.
- Family: Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae).
- Homeland: Madagascar.
- Location: Very bright, illuminated by the sun.
- Temperature: Loves warmth.
- Substrate: Soil mixture for cacti with a small admixture of loam.
- Watering: Moderate, especially in winter. After flowering, water little by little for one month so as not to dry out the root ball. From March to August, increase watering slightly.
- Feeding: Once every 2 weeks, add fertilizer for cacti to the water for irrigation.
- Transfer: Young plants should be replanted every 2 years.
- Trimming: Pruning is done in the spring before new shoots appear.
- Reproduction: In spring cuttings. You can use the shoots left after pruning! Use pieces of older shoots. Dip the slices in lukewarm water to stop the milky juice from secreting. Dry for one day and then plant in a mixture of sand and peat.
- Pests, diseases: Falling leaves.
Don't be afraid to keep milkweed in a room with dry air.
Carefully! All parts of the plant are poisonous. The milky sap of all Euphorbia species contains substances that irritate the mucous membrane. In addition, you can get hurt on sharp thorns.
Gloriosa (climbing lily) - Gloriosa superba.
Gloriosa superba is a sensational vine with flowers 10 cm in diameter, fiery red, edged with yellow.
- Family: Liliaceae (Liliaceae).
- Homeland: Tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Madagascar.
- Location: For germination and growing season - light.
- Temperature: Loves warmth. The tubers overwinter in a pot at 15 °C.
- Air humidity: Spray more often until buds form.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: From March to August, water regularly, then limit watering and gradually allow the plant to wither.
- Feeding: From March to August weekly.
- Reproduction: In February with tubers.
- Transfer: In March, transplant into a new pot and water.
- Pests, diseases: Aphids, spider mites.
When purchasing, pay attention to whether the tubers have a small green top (vegetative zone). Caution Tubers contain poisonous substance colchicine
Beautiful flowering indoor plants (photos and names)
Beautiful flowering indoor plants can be quite familiar, but unusually decorated. For example, on the basis of balsam you can form unusual composition. A lead in a container will decorate any interior. See photos and names of beautiful flowering indoor plants and draw interesting ideas to decorate your houses and apartments:
Balsam – Impatiens.
Waller's impatiens (Impatiens walleriana) is a well-loved potted plant that blooms all year round. Flowers of various colors, some even have two-color petals. Meanwhile, hybrids of balsams ‘New Guinea’ appeared and proved themselves well.
- Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsamaceae).
- Homeland: Tropical areas in eastern Africa, Ceylon, India, New Guinea. Mostly cultivated farms go on sale.
- Location: From light to semi-shady. ‘New Guinea’ hybrids tolerate sunlight well.
- Temperature: Room temperature all year round. For Waller's balsam, winter is somewhat cooler (12-15 ° C).
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: Water regularly in summer, less in winter. Avoid overwatering.
- Transfer: In the spring. It is better to root the cuttings in the fall and let them overwinter.
- Trimming: From time to time, shorten the shoots.
- Reproduction: Apical cuttings. Waller's balsam - you can use seeds in spring.
Pig – Plumbago indica.
After Plumbago auriculata found many admirers as a container plant in temperate latitudes, its “pink” relative, Plumbago indica, spread as an attractive indoor plant. It forms clinging shoots and blooms all summer with pink-red flowers collected in a spike.
- Family: Plumbagiaceae (Plumbagiaceae).
- Homeland: India.
- Location: Lots of light, but protect from direct bright sun.
- Temperature: Warm. In winter it is cooler, but not lower than 13 °C.
- Air humidity: High.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: Moderate in summer, very limited in winter.
- Feeding: During the growth period in spring and summer, apply complex fertilizer every 14 days.
- Transfer: If necessary in the spring.
- Reproduction: In spring, by herbaceous apical cuttings at soil temperatures from 20 to 25 ° C.
- Pests, diseases: Aphids, powdery mildew, leaf drop.
- Important! Be sure to avoid stagnant waterlogging!
Skullcap – Scutellaria costaricana.
Tropical skullcap is a mountain plant, accustomed to a large number Sveta. The partly woody species reaches a height of 0.5 m and blooms in summer with bright spike-shaped apical inflorescences with fiery red short-lobed flowers.
- Family: Lamiaceae (Lamiaceae).
- Homeland: Costa Rica.
- Location: All year round there is a lot of light and air, without direct sun. Temperature in summer is about 20 °C, in winter not lower than 15 °C. It is important that the soil is warm.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: Maintain moderate substrate moisture.
- Feeding: From March to August, feed weekly with low doses of mineral fertilizers.
- Transfer: Every 2 years, in the fall. It's better to grow new plants.
- Trimming: Before the transplant.
- Reproduction: By apical or other cuttings, in autumn, at soil temperatures from 20 to 25 ° C. Don't pinch! Inflorescences form only at the tips of the shoots.
- Pests, diseases: Spider mite.
Strelitzia - Streiitzia reginae.
The name "bird of paradise" comes from the bright colors of the flowers, which are orange and sky blue and are encased in red-edged bracts. Strelitzias have long been known as cut flowers, but they are also increasingly popular as houseplants. In the homeland of Strelitzia, in South Africa, there are 5 species of this plant, but only (Strelitzia reginae) is most widespread.
- Family: Musaceae (Banana).
- Homeland: South Africa.
- Location: Bright and sunny, from mid-May preferably a place protected from the wind in the open air.
- Temperature: Warm, cooler in winter (10-14 °C).
- Air humidity: High.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: Abundant in summer, very scarce in winter. Water exclusively with water room temperature.
- Feeding: From March to August every week.
- Transfer: If necessary, but best once every 3 years, since the roots are very sensitive.
- Reproduction: By division or seeds.
- Pests, diseases: Scale insects.
Vriesia is an unpretentious and shade-tolerant flowering indoor plant.
Vriesia
The most famous type of this unpretentious flowering houseplant is Vriesea splendens. In addition to it, there are shade-tolerant flowering indoor plants with green leaves and dark red and other colors of spike-shaped inflorescences.
Vriesea die off after flowering. Plants can be kept as epiphytes.
- Family: Bromeliaceae (Bromeliaceae).
- Homeland: Brazil.
- Location: Light or semi-shade, avoid direct sunlight.
- Temperature: It is warm all year round, the soil temperature is above 18 °C.
- Air humidity: High. Frequent spraying and provision of artificial humidity.
- Substrate: Flower soil mixture.
- Watering: Use soft water at room temperature to constantly maintain light humidity. Pour water into the funnel and onto someone.
- Feeding: In summer, feed in small doses every 14 days.
- Transfer: Not required as the plant dies after flowering.
- Reproduction: Offshoots, which should be no smaller than half the size of the mother plant.
- Pests, diseases: Growth disturbances, leaf damage.
Indoor plants will add coziness to every room. They create oases at any time of the year, no matter where they are installed between the bed and nightstand, on your wall or windowsill. These exotic beauties also cleanse the air of pollution. You can choose your favorite flower from a wide range of species and varieties to realize your floral design concepts.
Houseplants such as African violets (Saintpaulia), Euphorbia pulcherrima or royal orchids (Orchidaceae) impress with weeks of lavish blooms. Lush ornamental foliage plants, such as the picturesque Dieffenbachia and the majestic Philodendron, act as architectural elements that transform your home into evergreen garden. But there's something you should keep in mind different requirements care at home. Plants such as succulents will live for weeks without water, while tropical flowers require daily care. Therefore, you should know in advance about caring for indoor plants, and choose those that are ideal for your lifestyle.
If you don’t know the name of a flower, we bring to your attention a catalog of indoor flowers and plants, with which you can determine the name of the plant and choose proper care at home.
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