Tag: Air purifying plants

Mums (Chrysanthemum indicum) – Air purifying plants

Mums (Chrysanthemum indicum) is an ornamental perennial, aromatic herb plant. It grows up to 25 cm to 100 cm tall. The stems are erect or spreading, branched, sparsely hairy. The lower leaves wither at anthesis and the middle stem leaves are carried on stalks 1-2 cm, leaf blade ovate or elliptic-ovate in outline, both surfacesRead More

Calathea picturata ‘Argentea’

Calathea picturata ‘Argentea’ is a decorative, tender, evergreen, perennial houseplant. It has pale, silvery-green, ovate leaves with a dark green band around the outer edges and wine red undersides that are held singly on tall stems. Spikes of small white flowers are sometimes borne in summer. It is a lovely selection of air purifying plantsRead More

Calathea Veitchiana

Calathea veitchiana is a decorative and air-purifying plant. It has broad leaves which are patterned with silver and green feather-like markings. The undersides of the leaves are bright purple-pink adding a bold color contrast. It is a lovely selection of air purifying plants for our homes, office and other interiors. Scientific classification: Family: Marantaceae Genus:Read More

Philodendron Moonlight – Indoor Plant

Philodendron Moonlight is an evergreen shrub-like tropical indoor plant with a low clumping growth habit. It has light-green foliage with the new leaves opening up in a bright yellow-green chartreuse color. It occasionally produces white spadix with a pink to red spathe. Flowers may last four weeks or longer. Philodendron filter airborne toxins such asRead More

Aglaonema Maria Christina (Chinese Evergreen)

Aglaonema Maria Christina (Chinese Evergreen) is an evergreen, ornamental, indoor house plant. It has the well-known pale green central foliage of Aglaonema Silver Queen but with a more pronounced darker green leaf margin and more splashes of darker green chevrons. Aglaonema Maria Christina is on NASA’s list of air-purifying plants. They are proven to removeRead More

Pothos plant- Air purifying plants

Pothos plant (Marble Queen Pothos) is a popular Air-purifying indoor houseplant. The Marble Queen Pothos has large, glossy, heart-shaped leaves of green marbled with green cream/white. The leathery, shiny-surface, heart-shaped leaves are arranged alternately on two to three inches long leaf-stalks. The Marble Queen Pothos, with its long falling vines, makes a beautiful table orRead More

Ficus cyathistipula (African fig) – Air purifying plants

Ficus cyathistipula (African fig) is a shrub or small tree. It grows up to 5m tall. It has dark, glabrous and leathery leaves are up to 3 inches wide and 8 inches long. The leaves are ovoid to oblanceolate and blunt towards the tip, except near the leaf spine. They are arranged in a spiral,Read More