If you read my 2016 Goals or Clearance Junkie post you might remember me pointing out that one of my home goals is adding new house plants to every room in the house. I love plants and I have a few of them around the house but I haven't always been the best plant caretaker. I went through a phase when every last one of my plants died on me. I had completely given up, I was sure that I was doomed with a permanent black thumb.
A few years ago I finally got up the courage to bring a ZZ plant home from a trip to Ikea. It was supposed to be a low maintenance plant so I thought I would give it a try. Years later I am happy to announce my ZZ is still alive and it's big! This plant is the least picky plant ever. It made me comfortable to slowly start adding new house plants into my home again and now I can't get enough of them. I try my best to stick to medium to low maintenance plants and it has been working for me.
Plants are great for the homes interior. They help improve your homes air quality by freshening it up and removing harmful pollutants. They add beauty, and color which makes them great to decorate with. There are so many choices to dress them up in pretty planters, they come in different materials, sizes, colors and textures. It's a great way to bring some nature into your home as well.
This year I already added a few new guys, so without further ado...
The first one is this beautiful spiky Aloe plant. I bought this one at Ikea. I think Ikea is a great source for plants. I have bought quite a few plants from them and none of them have died, knock on wood!
On a trip to Lowes last week, me and my six year old daughter got side tracked by the plants isles and she asked if I could buy her a plant, #proudmommymoment how could I resist? We took home two Snake plants one for their bedroom and another one for ours. We got home and quickly re-potted them into some black planters I bought a couple months ago.
Another trip to Lowes for a return brought home this beauty. I had never seen one of these before but I read the tag and learned it is called Philodendron Silver. I could not resist it's beauty so into the shopping cart she went and now she is here enchanting our home with its presence. I can't wait to re-pot it!
Then I was at the grocery store and over by the register there was a shelf full of plants with a $1.99 sign on it and you know I was there! I quickly spotted two that were on my wish list and into my grocery cart they went too.
I'm so excited to have already added 6 new plants to our home this year and we aren't even half way through January. If I continue at this pace the house might look like a jungle by the end of the year but that isn't the look I'm going for, so I might have to slow down a bit. Now all that is left is to re-pot them into their new pots for and sprinkle them around the house.
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