Why foliage plants are so popular

Foliage plants are becoming more and more popular. The main reasons are:

The main results are as follows: (1) foliage plants have a variety of leaf colors and shapes, and their unique charm brings people the enjoyment of natural beauty.

(2) most foliage plants are shady and evergreen, so they can be watched indoors all the year round.

(3) some foliage plants have the function of purifying air. Scientific experiments show that if green accounts for 25% of people's field of vision, it can eliminate the physical fatigue of the eyes, which is most suitable for people's spirit and psychology. Often watching green plants is conducive to mediating the spirit and mood of the person, making people feel at ease.

(4) most foliage plants are easy to reproduce and easy to manage. It is very suitable for the needs of people who have a fast pace of life in today's society, and it is difficult to spare more time and grow flowers.

The protagonist of home gardening decoration-- foliage plants

The soft sun passed through the window screen, and on the windowsill hung pieces of green leaves like hanging orchids and kidney ferns, gently pointing to ivy and green apple, pots of loose-tailed sunflower, brown bamboo, and Zhu banana in the corner of the wall. Gentle light music whirled in the fragrant air. Quiet, natural and intoxicating.

The family greening decoration presented by thousands of households in Shanghai has taken the foliage plant as the protagonist, because the foliage plant can show its true color anywhere indoors and is a symbol of nature and life. Foliage plants can be favored, and it has its unique features, that is, it can reflect the beauty of shape, color and charm of plants.

After more than 10 years of research, horticultural scientists in Shanghai have successfully selected more than 150 species of foliage plants with high ornamental value from more than 300 species of plants for indoor layout, especially those that give people a sense of beautiful tropical scenery. such as a variety of rubber, rattan tortoise back bamboo, Camptotheca, sea taro, as well as that piece of leaves with various patterns of taro A plant of the pineapple family with peculiar flowers and leaves. The most promising are the ferns of ancient origin, whose leaves are mostly fine-lobed or fern-toothed, which can enrich spatial levels for hanging decoration, such as staghorn ferns and nest ferns with the posture of a bird's nest. they can all give people a kind of mystery, simplicity, wildness and natural taste. The most special feature of foliage plants is that they can grow in dark places. This is mainly because it has the characteristic of low light compensation point. The so-called light compensation point refers to the light intensity when the CO absorbed by photosynthesis and the CO released by respiration reach equilibrium under certain light. Plants can accumulate dry matter only when the light intensity is higher than the light compensation point. Because the light compensation point of sun-loving plants is higher than that of shade-loving plants, in the case of dark indoor light, it is not easy to accumulate dry matter, and even leaves fall off, wither and so on. For example, it is not easy to survive indoor planting of light-loving rose, five-needle pine, pomegranate and chrysanthemum, while foliage plants have conditions to become the main indoor green plants in family horticulture. This is a family gardening craze that is popular in Shanghai. The key point of summer conservation of the foliage plant the tiger tail orchid is a perennial herb of the tequila family, with sword-shaped leaves, sweet and elegant fragrance, a variety of in the garden and indoor, it is favored by people. Tiger tail orchid, also known as tiger skin orchid, thousand-year-old orchid, is a perennial herbaceous foliage plant of Liliaceae. The lower part of the tiger-tail brandy has a tough rhizome and is stemless. Leaves clustered, fleshy linear-lanceolate, hard leathery, erect, base slightly furrowed; dark green, with horizontal stripes of light green and dark green on both sides, slightly powdered. Raceme of white to light green flowers with a sweet and elegant fragrance; flowering in spring and summer. Habits: like warm and humid, drought-resistant, light-resistant and shade-resistant. Summer maintenance: the hot sun should be avoided in midsummer, and more sunlight should be accepted in other seasons; if placed in the indoor light for too long, the leaves will be dark and lack vitality. Watering should be appropriate and master the principle that it would rather be dry than wet. Usually scrub the foliar dust with clean water to keep the leaves clean and bright. The basin soil should also be kept moist during the summer high temperature season.