Create Your Oasis - Living With Plants

Modern life has many of us surrounded with concrete, bitumen and spending much more time indoors staring at screens. Gardening and growing plants connects us with nature and creation with huge benefits to our health and wellbeing. This has seen a massive increase in the popularity of growing plants in our homes as people of all ages experience the freshness and enjoyment that growing plants bring to our lives.

Growing plants indoors has been proven to improve air quality by removing toxins produced from modern living. Just one or two plants will begin to improve air quality in a space. Plants are also proven to create feelings of relaxation, inspiration and positivity.

There are so many great plants to create a wonderful oasis of life and colour to improve our living places and spaces. There are plants that hang down, spread out, grow upright and grow sideways. Leaves can be lush and green, small and dainty, soft and delicate, hard and tough, simple or extremely complex. There would be a colour to contrast, or to compliment every décor.

Larger plants are fabulous features in a home. Plants such as Monstera, Ficus, Schefflera (Umbrella Plant), Dracaena, Philodendron and Palms create a lush, healthy feeling of freshness and life.

Hanging plants help to create a wonderful urban jungle feel and add another dimension to a space. Ferns, Pothos, String of Pearls, String of Dolphins, Cissus (Ivy) and Syngonium are some of the favourites but the selection is huge.

The different shapes and colours of foliage add wonderful splashes of colour to the home but there are many bright and exciting flowering plants to bring the colours of nature into our lives. Begonias, Orchids, African Violets, Gloxinias, Anthuriums and Kalanchoes are just some of the stunning flowering plants for indoor areas.

Spathiphyllums (Peace Lily) are one of the most popular plants to grow indoors. They are one of the best air purifiers, have beautiful lush foliage, produce abundant showy white flowers and are very hardy.

Plants look fantastic in the home but suitable cover pots will finish the picture beautifully. There is a huge range of pots for indoor spaces in almost every size, colour and style to match every décor.

Harmony Garden Centre is filled with fabulous plants, products, inspiration and expert advice to help decorate your home, office or living space with amazing natural goodness.

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