Indoor plants in the kitchen not only add coziness and decorativeness to a small room, but also bring tangible benefits. They clean the air from odors and harmful impurities, produce oxygen, which is actively absorbed by gas burners during cooking. By placing several pots of flowers on the windowsills, you can protect yourself from mold, dry or too humid air, headaches and fatigue.
When placing potted crops in the kitchen, you need to follow some recommendations for caring for them. You should also take into account the size of the room, illumination, humidity level, proximity to a gas stove, oven, a window with a frequently opened window. Many plants do not like being near a fire, a sink, or being in a dark corner in a draft. If the kitchen space is not too light, shade-loving plants should be chosen, if the air is dry, drought-resistant ones.
Photos, names and short descriptions of 5 such plants are given below.
Chlorophytum
Chlorophytum (popular names - "spider flower", "bride's veil", "green lily") is an evergreen houseplant with narrow and long leaves, drooping antennae. The color of the leaves is light green or with longitudinal white stripes in the center, border. At the ends of the whiskers, small white flowers are formed, then - children, with the help of which chlorophytum reproduces. The flower grows well under any conditions, loves light, warmth, high humidity. Drought tolerant. For the kitchen, this is an ideal option, the main thing is not to hang the pots above the oven, in a dark corner behind the cabinet.
Chlorophytum, suspended in a flowerpot in the kitchen, perfectly cleans the air from carbon dioxide, chemicals, unpleasant odors, and carcinogens. It oxygenates the air while growing lush foliage. Also, a green lily neutralizes radiation from a microwave oven, kitchen TV, and other household appliances. It is generally accepted that the flower collects all the negative, making the energy in the room positive. You can place a pot or flowerpot anywhere - on a windowsill, kitchen cabinet, refrigerator, hanging shelf, in a wicker basket. For a kitchen of 5-7 sq. m is enough for one copy.
Pelargonium (geranium)
Geranium (scientific name - pelargonium) is a fragrant indoor flower with dark green or brownish wavy leaves, bright flowers, collected in beautiful hats. Our grandmothers also knew that the plant has healing properties. Since ancient times, in almost every home, at least one pot of white, pink or red geraniums took place on the kitchen windowsill. Geranium is unpretentious to care, loves diffused light, does not need spraying, frequent transplantation.
Pelargonium leaves contain fragrant essential oils that cleanse the air of viruses, bacteria, carbon monoxide and harmful chemical impurities. Also, a peculiar smell familiar to many can kill mold that forms in the kitchen in all humid places. Geranium essential oils, floating in the air, destroy mold spores, preventing it from developing.
Another property of geranium, attributed to it since ancient times, is the ability to attract love. The leaves were often used in ancient magic to make love drinks. Nowadays, geraniums are treated for wounds, burns, skin ulcers, dermatitis, otitis media.
Ficus Benjamin
Different types of Benjamin ficus differ in their interesting colors, leaf shape, height and splendor of the crown. For a small kitchen, low-growing varieties are suitable; in a spacious room, you can put a tall plant in a tub or pot. Ficus leaves are most often green, in many varieties - with a light green, white or yellowish border, veins. The flower prefers diffused light, regular watering, warmth, moderate humidity. The main thing is not to put the flower in a draft next to a window or door.
The benefit of ficus Benjamin is that it actively releases oxygen, purifying the air from harmful formaldehydes, and producing phytoncides that destroy viruses and bacteria. Also, dense foliage, participating in the processes of photosynthesis, quickly cleans the room of unpleasant odors and aromas after cooking various dishes in the oven and on the stove.
Those who have Benjamin's ficus in the kitchen or in other rooms on the floor, windowsill, note the absence of diseases transmitted by airborne droplets, or their early cure. Children in such apartments grow up more active and healthier.
Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe (or Kalanchoe) is a leafy succulent, known since antiquity for its healing properties to heal wounds, heal skin inflammations, and treat colds and coughs. The leaves of different varieties differ in size, fleshiness, inflorescences, collected in lush brushes, can be white-pink, red, burgundy, yellow and variegated.
This beautifully blooming flower with small buds is unpretentious in care, loves moderate watering, diffused light, tolerates drought, drafts and temperature changes well. In the summer, you can even safely put it on the loggia and balcony, take it out on the open terrace.
In the kitchen, Kalanchoe should be placed because of its ability to effectively purify the air, killing all harmful bacteria within a radius of 5-6 m around. The flower improves the atmosphere in the room, has a beneficial effect on the health of all the inhabitants of the apartment. The leaves contain vitamins, tannins, antioxidants that can treat various diseases. For medicinal purposes, it is recommended to use houseplant juice, leaf tinctures, various homemade ointments and compresses.
Aloe vera
Aloe vera, or real aloe, is a succulent with medicinal properties. Its juice is used in folk medicine for cosmetic, medical purposes, for the treatment of many diseases. The houseplant does not look too decorative due to the lack of flowering, the presence of long fleshy green leaves, with jagged edges. But it is unpretentious, it can grow even in a dark, damp or too hot kitchen.
The benefits of aloe vera are to purify the air from carbon dioxide oxides, harmful chemicals, improve the microclimate in the kitchen. Also, the juice of this succulent, which has healing properties, is very useful. It contains vitamins, tannins, which stop bleeding during cuts, and have an anti-inflammatory effect. Phytoncides secreted by juice successfully fight viruses, bacteria, killing pathogenic flora.
Sometimes, having cut your finger during cooking or scalded your hand with steam from a pan, it is enough just to put a piece of leaf pulp on the painful area, wait a while. The inflammation will go away faster and the wound will heal better than with antibiotic treatment.
Also, other useful indoor plants can be placed to purify the air, destroy microbes and create a favorable microclimate in the kitchen. These are violet, gloxinia, myrtle, aspidistra, lemon tree, ivy, cacti, tradescantia. You can also grow various aromatic herbs and spices in pots: peppermint, basil, parsley, dill, parsnips, cilantro.
