Having houseplants can be a nice way to bring the beauty of the outdoors inside, adding a splash of color and helping to act as natural air purifier, by taking in carbon dioxide and giving off fresh oxygen as part of their natural life cycle.
Is It Good to Have Plants In Your Bedroom?
There is an ongoing debate whether it’s a good idea to keep plants in your bedroom. The reason for this argument is that during the photosynthesis process, plant take in carbon dioxide (CO2) and emit oxygen, but because plants require light to photosynthesize, at night the process reverses and plants take in oxygen while emitting carbon dioxide.
However plants in your bedroom use far less oxygen than is usually deemed by many who are against it. And as you will see later on, some plants, like the snake plant, usually emit oxygen at night unlike other plants thus benefiting you even more.
5 Best flower to Have in Your Bedroom
Here are our top 10 choices for plants that are perfect to keep in the bedroom, day and night.
Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is one of nature’s miracle plants: its gel can help heal cuts faster and it has myriad other helpful healing properties.
Just having an aloe vera plant in your bedroom can also be a good idea, as it turns out. Like the snake plant, the aloe vera plant lets out oxygen during the evening, leaving your nighttime air fresher and cleaner for a more restful sleep. It’s also notoriously easy to care for, as it doesn’t require frequent watering or special care like some other plants.
Spider plant (Chlorophytum Comosum)
The spider plant is an amazing natural air purifier, with the ability to remove harmful formaldehyde from the air you breathe with efficiency that is awe-inspiring. In a study conducted by NASA, spider plants were shown to remove up to 90 percent of formaldehyde in the air surrounding them. For fresher air while you get your shut-eye, keep a spider plant or two on a bedroom shelf.
Gerbera daisy
Although not quite as easy to care for as the aloe vera plant or snake plant, the gerbera daisy plant has lovely blooms that bring cheer to any space. Like the aloe vera plant and snake plant, the gerbera daisy does overtime while you sleep, releasing extra oxygen into the air during the nighttime. This makes it an ideal plant for an insomniac looking for a way to brighten the room while increasing the oxygen levels of their bedroom’s air.
English ivy plant (Hedera Helix)
In the same NASA study which showed the detoxifying effects of the spider plant, the English ivy plant was found to be a top-notch air purifier, making it ideal for bedrooms in need of fresh air. According to research,3 it helps allergy sufferers by purifying the air around it.
Note: English ivy plants, although helpful for cleaning the air, are toxic if ingested. Opt for a different plant in the bedroom if you have small children or pets who may eat the leaves.
Peace lily (Spathiphyllum)
Touting the ability to remove not only formaldehyde but also benzene from the air around it,1 the peace lily plant can clear the air and help keep dry environments more moist, upping humidity levels up to 5 percent in the rooms they are in.
This makes them ideal for dry climates—and they make far less noise than an electric air humidifier! They are also low-maintenance, requiring watering only once a week on average.
Source: healthyandnaturalworld.com
Source: healthyandnaturalworld.com
