Decorative foliage indoor plants

Decorative foliage indoor plants are very popular among gardeners. Many of them are unpretentious to conditions, easy to care for. They do not bloom or are not attractive in this period, they are famous for the original leaves, which have an unusual shape or shade.

Classification of indoor plants

Depending on the appearance of a houseplant, its properties and characteristics, the following groups are distinguished:

• Blooming decorative. Participate in the creation of colorful compositions, pleasing to the eye at certain times of the year. Flowering depends on the season. Some after this die, leaving the bulbs, which is typical for annuals, others lose their attractiveness until the next season;
• Deciduous decorative;
• Fruit. Experienced housewives create a real garden on the windowsill. Derived dwarf varieties of lemons, oranges, pomegranates, even avocados;
• Succulents. Able to retain moisture for a long time. Bright representatives are cacti that can survive in arid areas.
  

  Deciduous houseplants

Appearance of decorative leafy plants

The color of the leaves varies depending on the light in the room, the season, there are different shades from saturated green to purple. There are even hybrid varieties with black leaves. The shape is also diverse. Plants are bred with small and large leaves resembling lobes, some have notches, others have wavy edges.

Groups of leafy plants

Decorative and deciduous houseplants are very diverse. Among them, one can distinguish groups of representatives of the flora, united by common features.

Ferns

Ferns are vascular plants that appeared in ancient times. They serve as indicators of the atmosphere, responding to dust, temperature, smoke. Fern comfortably exists at a temperature of 12 to 22 degrees, so the summer tolerates better outdoors.

Plants love:

• moist soil and spraying;
• illuminated places, but without direct sunlight.

Fern

Palm trees

Palms are tropical trees, not difficult to care for. Prefer to be in partial shade. This is especially true of the varieties Neanth and Howe, popular representatives of this group among flower growers. Withstand temperatures up to 10 degrees, this is the lower limit of values ​​for winter.

For palm trees, drainage should be done so that water does not accumulate in the root area. Otherwise, fluid stagnation will affect their health. The spring and summer months require abundant watering, additional spraying.

Ampel plants

Ampelic is a climbing deciduous houseplant. These include ivy, tradescantia, chlorophytum, ficus, dichond, resembling a waterfall.

To create a comfortable environment you must:

• Provide access to sunlight. It should be noted that when in the shade throughout the day, the leaves will become dull without a pronounced pattern. The constant presence of the sun contributes to the burning of the sheet plate, it becomes light;
• Create optimal conditions for watering. Prepare a drain to exclude the possibility of stagnation of the liquid.

Succulents

Succulents are distinguished by their ability to accumulate liquid in reserve and to comfortably exist in drought conditions. Among them are cacti, kalanchoe, scarlet, and fat girl.

In spring, succulents require transplantation, while the soil should consist of sand, earth and bark. In summer, the plant needs to be watered regularly, but not more than 2 times a week, in winter, in the absence of sunlight, water as little as possible. Provide light access for growth and comfort. Plants are able to survive under the scorching sun, so the shadow for them is an unfavorable condition.

Temperature classification

Indoor deciduous flowers can be divided into groups, paying attention to their dependence on a specific temperature regime.

Heat loving

Coleus belongs to the heat-loving representatives of the flora. This is a plant with green and red leaves, resembling nettles. The flower feels good in the hot season, but the scorching sun does not tolerate.

Of interest is zyffenbachia - a plant with large green leaves. In order for the flower to grow symmetrically, it is moved relative to the sun's rays. Ziffenbachia requires regular watering, spraying. It is better to be cautious with it - the juice contains toxic substances that burn the larynx and affect eyesight.

Coleus

Frost resistant

Few plants that can tolerate sub-zero temperatures. Succulents are considered the most stable. In the winter season they fall into a kind of hibernation and survive in a slight minus. The main condition for this is the lack of watering.

Cereal calamus can withstand temperatures of minus 10 degrees. This is an extremely hardy perennial plant, not popular with flower growers due to its unattractive appearance. It resembles sedge.

Cold resistant

Plants that are comfortable at temperatures below 15 degrees are considered cold-resistant.

Sansevieria, better known as the pike tail, tolerates drafts and any kind of lighting. The main thing is not to keep it at sub-zero temperatures and avoid excessive watering.

The famous dracaena, or domestic dragon, spends the winter in cool, at a temperature of 10-12 degrees. In the warm season, it is important that the thermometer does not fall below 15 degrees.

Air Humidity Classification

Some home plants from decorative leaf coexist comfortably in the absence of regular watering, others require constant soil moisture.

Loving

Water-loving flowers evaporate more fluid from leaves, soil. For them it is necessary to provide:

• drainage;
• constant hydration;
• spraying leaves.

Indoor bamboo, or potonotherum, as a representative of the species, requires abundant watering even in winter. Prefers bright light, but can do without it.

Cereal calamus, famous for its unpretentiousness, is demanding on moistening the soil and air. In the natural environment lives in marshes, near water bodies. Conditions characterized by high humidity must be provided in the apartment.

Drought resistant

Succulents perfectly tolerate dry air and can do without moisture for a long time. For example, a fat woman does not require watering more than once a month. Leaves can not be sprayed, wipe with a damp cloth as necessary.

Fat woman

Ficuses carry dry air, require moderate watering, but it is necessary to dry the soil.

Euphorbia comfortably exists in rooms with dry air. The plant is unpretentious to soil moisture, it is necessary to water 1-2 times a week, in winter it requires poor moisture. You can not spray leaves and stems.

Light classification

Some of the deciduous houseplants prefer bright sunlight, while others like to be in the shade.

Photophilous

Begonia and Kalanchoe are considered the most unpretentious. They live without due attention under bright beams, since leaves are practically not necessary to care for.

Shade tolerant

Shade-tolerant plants will save flower lovers whose windows face north. Many leafy flora can do without the sun. The only thing - some lose their motley color, turn pale when they spend a long time in the shade.

Aspidistra is an ornamental leaf flower that will adapt to life in the complete absence of the sun; artificial light is enough for it. In the shade you can settle the "pike tail", fern, zamioculcas.

Plants in the interior

Ornamental deciduous plants in the interior

In the interior, deciduous plants perform various functions:

1. Visually change the space of an apartment, a house. For example, palms visually reduce rooms, flowers in pots under the ceiling increase the height of the room;
2. Create an emphasis on decor. Variegated, unusual representatives of the flora attract attention by breathing life into surrounding objects that seem inconspicuous;
3. Mask unsightly details. They will help to hide chips, scuffed items of decor, furniture;
4. Share the space. Massive, tall or curly flowers are used to create landscaping areas. They come up with designs where they are located at different levels, representing a hedge;

Decorative and deciduous houseplants are very diverse. Many representatives of this group are quite unpretentious, therefore, beginner growers will cope with their breeding. In addition to the aesthetic function, plants play a significant role in creating the interior.