However small your home, you can always squeeze in a houseplant or two. The innovative containers around now, mean that these little pots of life can be suspended from the ceiling, hung from a wall or grouped in a little cluster along a window sill or on a bedside table. Use them also on the floor to hide ugly necessities, such as plugs and wireless hubs.
Just remember to keep your house plants simple and compact, says interior designer Jen Allmond who runs Bay Tree Trading and supports www.thejoyofplants.co.uk a website run by the Flower Council of Holland. 'If it's a dark area, stick to white flowers and variegated foliages as they will show up well and go with any existing colour scheme.
'Group small floral arrangements and houseplants together in co-ordinating containers, perhaps varying in size or shape. For instance use a Sansevieria Trifasciata or 'Mother in Laws Tongue' at the back for height with a small arrangement of white roses to the front next to a Nephrolepsis Exaltata Bostoniensis or 'Boston Fern’, this way your display will become a 'feature' of the room and create more impact.'
Place flowering plants in front of a mirror too, to double their size and their impact. And look to opt for plants that are useful as well as attractive if you can. The Swiss Cheese Plant and the Peace Lily, for example, are known for being particularly good at cleaning air. Whilst the sap of an Aloe Vera plant soothes skin complaints. And, why waste money on cut herbs when you can have a constant supply on your kitchen window sill?
Just, 'remember to consider the conditions required for individual plants. Don’t place an Orchid in a dark corner, it won't survive, and don't have shade tolerant plants such as ferns on a sunny windowsill,' warns Jen.
'Above all, experiment and don't be afraid to be bold.'
'Above all, experiment and don't be afraid to be bold.'
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