Most believe that indoor plants in pots bring nothing but aesthetic pleasure. But amateur gardeners argue that this is not entirely true. A home flower can become a real talisman for a family and fill the house with happiness. This article has compiled a rating of the seven most popular flowers that give family happiness and bring love.
Anthurium
This plant favors men and is able to make men stronger. Singles will get success from him with the weaker sex, married people will bring happiness to family life. An unmarried girl should have this plant to create conditions for future happiness. The plant is spectacular, it has large dark green leaves, shaped like a heart, on long cuttings. With proper care, it can bloom all year round. It blooms with fluffy white or yellow spikelets, which are framed with red, pink or snow-white edges.
It grows large, reaches a height of 80 cm. The length of the leaves is about 40 cm, the flowers form up to 20 cm. However, it does not live long - after three years the flower dies.
Important! The plant is very poisonous, so keep children and animals away from it.
Anthurium loves warmth and light, as it naturally grows in Central and South America. To make the "male flower" feel like it is at home, it needs to be sprayed twice a day. At the same time, protect inflorescences from the water, which can crumble from it. Water the flower in winter once a week, and in summer - 2-3 times. Anthurium has long been included in the group of plants that bring family happiness.
Oxalis
This plant brings good luck. Oxalis or Kislitsa room leaves resemble clover... It is customary to give this plant for the holidays. The four-leaved oxalis is especially valuable, it promises its owner incredible luck.
If you taste the acid, it will be sour, since it contains oxalic acid. The leaves of a plant, depending on the species, can be colored green, lilac, or they can consist of two at once. They tend to fold every night and in cloudy weather. Oxalis blooms several times a year, its small flowers are:
- pink,
- yellow
- white.
You need to take care of the plant by watering it once a week, protecting it from direct sunlight and preventing the temperature from rising more than 25 degrees. Apply fertilizer from time to time.
Chlorophytum
This plant is very common. Chlorophytum grows in lush rosettes, has long, light green leaves bordered with green. It has many names:
- "Splashes of champagne",
- "Bride of the Veil"
- "Spider",
- "Green lily".
However, most often it is called "family happiness" as it is considered the patron saint of the family. The plant is able to be not only a mascot of couples, but also to bring benefits to the house. The destructive effect of chlorophytum on bacteria in the air has been proven. If two tablets of activated charcoal are placed in a pot near the roots, the effect will increase.
Two or three containers of chlorophytum, which is charged with coal, work no worse than a filter-cleaner.
Moreover, it includes large amount of essential oils... If you inhale its smell, stress will go away and the state of the nervous system will normalize.For the fact that chlorophytum maintains a healthy atmosphere in the house, it should be exposed to the sun and watered more often.
Calathea
The plant looks strict and restrained, it can be called an ascetic, because calathea is able to do without water for a long time. Its homeland is South America, where tribes often used its strong leaves for weaving baskets. Therefore, Calathea became the patroness of a lasting and long marriage, in a house where she is cherished, happiness reigns. This is a female flower.
Plant with large hard leaveswhich depict a pattern. A healthy flower has leaves of the same tone and clear lines on them.
This indoor female flower grows up to 60 cm with leaves up to 30 cm long.If the calathea is not properly looked after, but only occasionally watered, it will live no more than 4 years. But if you regularly transplant her and monitor her health, then her life will become endless.
Aichrizon
This small shrub is easily recognizable by its thick stem and abundant round, fleshy leaves. Many see them as hearts, and this is probably the reason for the name of the plant - "tree of love". Romantics give proof that the tree is really "love", because under natural conditions aichrizon is able to grow in rocky terrain, where food for another plant may not be enough, and he lives in spite of everything.
The flower grows up to 30 cm, leaves with a color from salad to green can have whitish, reddish or brown spots.
In order for aichrizon to ripen to the state of flowering at the end of spring, efforts must be made. In summer, it must be kept at a temperature of 20-25 degrees, ensuring frequent watering, once a week it must be watered in the cold season, provided the temperature is 10-12 degrees. From time to time, the “love tree” needs to be sprayed, and the leaves-hearts need to be wiped with a cloth so that there is no dust. If these conditions are met, you can enjoy the bright inflorescences of small yellow or red flowers-suns in May.
Myrtle
Often the bride and groom are presented with fragrant myrtle. He is able to bring peace, friendship and trust between spouses into the house. If a myrtle bush grows in an apartment, then they will support each other, with outbursts of anger they will restrain. Family happiness will not leave this house. Maybe it's the subtle, soothing scent of the flower. After all, the Greek word "Myrtle" means "balm".
An indoor plant can grow up to one meter. The plant is not easy to grow, because it loves a sunny place with diffused rays. The temperature is moderate from 17 to 20 degrees in the warm season, and 7-10 in the winter. Watering should be done frequently and make sure the substrate remains moist. The bush should be sprayed regularly. Adult myrtle leaves are used to prepare balms and tinctures.
Hoya
The plant came from Asia. It has another name - "Wax ivy"... At home, it is a small shrub with long branches of shoots. It blooms in spherical inflorescences that give off sweet nectar with an exciting scent. Hoya is considered the patroness of young lovers, loyalty and tenderness. This is a female flower.
In order for the plant to grow well and not be capricious, it should be kept at a temperature of 22-15 degrees in summer and 10-15 degrees in winter. Needs diffused lighting, rare spraying and watering with settled water is recommended. Hoya blooms with inflorescences of small flowers with purple stars in the middle. A house with a blooming hoya is considered happy.
These seven plants are able to bring the home, where they live and flourish, goodness, happiness, love and understanding.
