Blessing is not as good as health. These potted plants are very suitable for the elderly to prolong life and reduce stress.

In recent years, with the improvement of living standards, more and more friends like to raise some potted plants at home, which can not only green the home environment, but also edify sentiment, cultivate character, and make people feel happy and mentally healthy. Especially for retirees, it is simply better to raise potted plants and water flowers at home in their spare time, forget troubles and reduce stress during lifting, so as to enrich their leisure life, which is of far-reaching significance for prolonging life. So, what kind of potted plants are suitable for the elderly? The following is to introduce some potted plants suitable for the elderly, of course, it is only a family's opinion, we can choose a more suitable potted plant for the elderly according to our preferences, now let's have a look.

First, honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is chosen not only because it blooms beautifully, but also because it has high medicinal value and is very suitable for the elderly who are weak and have chronic diseases. Honeysuckle potted plants can be planted all the year round, especially in late autumn and early winter. In order to make the honeysuckle pot grow well, the honeysuckle that has been cut alive can be planted in the ornamental pot suitable to the size of the pile head in late autumn and early winter, and then cultivated with prepared fertile humic loam, covered with green moss, and then watered to facilitate survival. The honeysuckle pot can develop and grow normally under the condition of sufficient fertilizer and water, but it can not be allowed to grow. During this period, it is necessary to flexibly control the timely buckling of water according to its growth, control the tree shape, increase the number of flowers, prevent excessive growth, promote the maturity of stem vines, shorten internodes and dwarf plant shape. Generally speaking, in addition to applying rotten cake fertilizer once a week, 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution should be sprayed 2-3 times, little or no nitrogen fertilizer should be applied before flower bud formation, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be added, and proper nitrogen fertilizer should be applied to promote large and gorgeous flowers after the branches stop growing and in the bud stage. Honeysuckle potted plant in time to wipe out the future exuberant growth of twining, around the tree-shaped branches and buds, in the growth process, especially the overgrown branches and buds should be firmly controlled. It is necessary to erase the thin branches and buds that are unable to bloom in the future, so as not to affect their ventilation and light transmission. Leave only the buds of ordinary growing branches that can blossom normally, usually cut off at about 20cm after forming branches, most of the branches can be flowered, and there are many flowers. For individual long branches that affect the shape of the tree, you can first pick the heart to ensure that the shape of the tree is compact, ventilated and transparent, without any winding branches.

Second, longevity flowers

This is a kind of flower that can prolong life by hearing its name. It has a very beautiful meaning, and it is also very simple to maintain. It is very suitable for the elderly to grow. Breeding longevity flower pots should be small and permeable, loose and breathable sand soil culture should be longevity flowers to grow in soil pottery pots with good permeability, but the home is not beautiful, it can be covered with plastic pots or porcelain pots, and can also be planted directly in small purple sand pots or plastic pots. When breeding longevity flowers, layer broken charcoal blocks or broken hard plastic foam blocks are placed at the bottom of the pot to enhance its permeability. Moderate water control makes longevity flowers luxuriant, rich phosphorus and potassium flowers, colorful longevity flowers are pulpy plants, contain more water in the body, so they are more resistant to drought and afraid of waterlogging, and grow well under the condition of dry air in high-rise buildings. About 3 days in spring and autumn, you can see that the basin soil is dry and watered once, often keep a little moist. It is advisable to water less in summer, and it is better to water once every 5 to 7 days. Longevity flowers cultivated outdoors should be protected from the rain in the rainy season, and the roots and leaves should wither and even die. If the soil is dry and wet, the branches will flourish and the flowers will flourish. After entering the room in winter, it is appropriate to use water similar to room temperature in the afternoon, about once a week. Longevity flowers like fertilizer, young plants can be planted in pot for 15 days or old plants can be planted in pot for 15 days, and liquid fertilizer dominated by nitrogen can be applied 2 to 3 times to promote the growth of stems and leaves, and once after flowering to promote its rejuvenation.

Third, the gentleman orchid

The magnolia is more ornamental. Moreover, the leaves of Cymbidium have many pores and villi, which can absorb dust and harmful substances in the air and keep the indoor air clean. Therefore, it is also more suitable for breeding for the elderly. The original place of the orchid is under the trees of the high-altitude forests of southern Africa, and its roots are rooted in the decaying leaves accumulated over the years. The gentleman orchid should use loose and fertile neutral or weakly acidic humus soil. The cultivation soil can be mixed with 65% humus soil, 20% net sand and 15% fine furnace ash, and the relative humidity should be about 40%. The gentleman orchid should be too dry or too wet, must be thoroughly watered every time, and some more should be watered after budding. Every 20 days or so, combine watering with fermented bean cake water, fresh fish water and horseshoe water to combine watering and fertilization. Watering should be controlled when the room temperature is low to prevent the basin soil from being too wet, which will cause the rotten roots of the plant to die, but it can not make the basin soil too dry. Gentleman orchid should apply solid fertilizer once in winter, less nitrogen fertilizer, more phosphate fertilizer and potash fertilizer. Eggshell powder and retting fish water is a good phosphate fertilizer, bran ash and soot are easily available potash. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer can also be applied to promote the germination of more new plants and leaves. Fertilization must be appropriate, do not apply thick fertilizer and unfermented raw fertilizer, otherwise it is easy to cause leaf tip scorch or rot.

4. Orchids

The leaves of orchids are green, with a kind of implicit beauty, and the laudatory name of a gentleman in flowers, which is very suitable for the elderly. Watering orchids should be determined according to species, growth conditions and local climate, to be moist but not wet, dry but not dry, watering should not be too much or too little, and master the principle of not drying in autumn and not wet in winter. When the temperature is low in winter, the plant is in a dormant state, and watering should be controlled. Generally, it can be watered every 5-7 days, but the flowering magnolia in winter needs to be watered more, once every 2-3 days in spring and autumn, and once or twice a day in summer. Orchid topdressing often uses liquid fertilizer or foliar fertilizer, and the concentration should be lighter than other flowers. Generally, in the growing season, about 15% of fully mature thin cake fertilizer water can be applied, or 0.1% urea fertilizer water and 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate fertilizer water can be applied once every 15-20 days. 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate or plant ash water can be sprayed on the leaf surface 2-3 times before flowering to the flowering stage to promote the development of roots, stems and flowers. Orchids are fleshy roots, do not apply unripe fertilizer, so as not to rot the roots. In the process of orchid culture, plant pruning should be carried out, such as when the old leaves are withered and yellow, which is beneficial to the growth of other leaves and can also be ventilated. On the other hand, the leaves with diseases need to be pruned in time to prevent infection. In addition, scissors also need to be disinfected to prevent infection.

5. Jasmine

The color of jasmine is light and elegant, and the fragrance is pleasant. Put a pot of jasmine in the house, and the room is fragrant. Not only that, jasmine flowers can also clear away heat and detoxification, treat symptoms such as colds and fever, and are very suitable for elderly people to plant at home. The jasmine is non-toxic and the fragrance of the jasmine is non-toxic, as long as it is not allergic to jasmine pollen. The fragrance of jasmine is a relatively light aroma, not strong, people can relax the nervous mood and edify the sentiment. At the same time, jasmine can be placed in the bedroom, the fragrance of jasmine can make people relax and help sleep, the whole plant is also safe and harmless to the human body, and the respiration of plants at night will absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide. whether it causes low oxygen content in the room. Jasmine has short branches and limited carbon content, and the carbon dioxide produced has little effect on the air quality of the room. It is not appropriate to put jasmine too much in the bedroom, nor should it be placed too close for too long. The fragrance of flowers can cure illness and health care, and it can also cause illness and injure the body. If the smell of flowers in the air is too strong, it will stimulate excessive ventilation and reduce the oxygen content in the blood. Headache, dizziness, nausea and other symptoms. Jasmine is not resistant to drought, but avoid stagnant water, rainy season should be timely dumping stagnant water in the basin, otherwise the leaves are easy to yellowing. In summer, hot and sunny days should be watered twice a day, once in the morning and evening, if you find that the leaves curl and droop should spray water on the leaves to promote growth.