I heat with wood and have many four leggeds in the house so I use these plants in every room. All are easy to grow and many easy to propagate!






Top 9 Air Purifying Plants

The following plants are most effective in removing potentially harmful chemicals-including those in paints, varnishes, dry cleaning fluids, car exhaust fumes and tobacco smoke-from the air in your home.
•Dragon tree
•Ivy
•Ficus
•Philodendrons
•Spider plants
•Peace lilies
•Ferns
•Chrysanthemums
•Palms



The site also has a list of 50 plants that help purify..

http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/02...iest_plants.htm

Get growing and breath clean indoor air. [

hey Juni

Great info!
Every year we bring in our patio plants into the house...
all 50 of them.
They double in size every Winter and we put them back outside in Spring.
It is a great Ritual.

My family members have asthma and I am an artist with paints abounding.
It has substantially reduced any and all fumes that may have persisted.
They also make me feel the house is a home with all the Green
in the Winter Windows.

Thanks for the link.

Also, if one is cleaning....
Only use vinegar and believe it or not....
Grain Alcohol.

I buy a bottle every Spring and dilute it in a spray bottle.
It kills 100% of germs and leaves no poisonous residue or phosphates.

Goes along way too and you have no recyclables.

That along with Borax 20 lb. powder works Wonders...
saves money. 100 % healthy and nothing to think about.
Washes clothes,dishes...even your hair if you so desire.

Green Tips in the Garden Forum!

You`re welcome !

I also have numerous plants I put out in spring and return to their safe winter home in a Southern window . They rest in a room shared by the kitties that love the indoor jungle. Many plants are old and gifted by those no longer on this plane.
To clean the leaves and soil from hitch hiking bugs ect, I use diluted vinegar. To kill the aphids/spider mites that dare to encroach, I use alcohol diluted in a spray. All natural, safe and keeps my four leggeds safe too.

I have a fantastic list for vinegar uses in the home, garden and for healthy living I will share (when I locate it).

To our health, welfare and happiness !

Great info Juni & Chahlie

I would imagine that all of these plants are safe for kitties too? I don't keep many plants in the home because my cats like to eat them or knock them over. Other than hanging them do you have any suggestions or thoughts on what to do about that since you have cats yourself Juni?

Good question Veneo and the bane of cat and plant lovers.

I train my kitties when I bring them into the fold with oat grass and natural kitty repellents. The oat grass I grow in containers on the floor and sprinkle in catnip. I put a repellent on the no-no`s and if kitty is very stubborn, I get a can filled with pennies and shake to startle them too.
Keeping fresh grass available year around is the key. I`ve had great success and never had a sick kitty.
The aspca has a fantastic list of indoor and outdoor plants,trees & shrubs toxic to kitties and I recommend a print out for all four legged lovers.

Also if I do have a toxic one, like my seasonal amarylis`s, I put them on an inexpensive home made pedestal to keep them high and use a repellent for good measure. My tall book shelves hold plants , ceiling to floor pole plant hangers take little room and look stunning. I even hang from ceilings. Window hangers and even your fridge is high enough to deter.

Here`s the link to the toxic plants...bonus, pictures to help identfy!



http://www.aspca.org/Pet-care/poison-control/Plants.aspx?plant_toxicity=toxic-to-cats

love,juni

Thank-You Juniperb

Thanks Juni,

I will check it out and see what I can do. It seems like a good time of year to pick up some clearance plants.

Veneo,
Any luck getting some plants on clearance?

I`m sure Chahles and I have enough to share if you come get them

Juni Dear,

I have a question for you, my house plants have got a white kind of fungus growing on the top of the soil and I just re-potted them about three weeks ago and it's back again and its killing my plants. It even moved into the filter system of my turtle tank, but I have this part under control, but not my plants.

You got any helpful tips you would like to share.

Thank-You Juni

Seems a lot of yucky mold/fungus about this year
A safe bet for all plants would be cinnamon. Liberally sprinkle the soil with it and wait a few days to water.

If the plants are hardy, stiffer measures can be used... like a vinegar mixture. Since most fungus is caused by overwatering,poor drainage or lack of air circulation, I would make sure not to overwater, the plants have good air flow and the right sunlight requirements.

Once fungus arrives, it hates to depart so use the cinnamon and see how it goes.
If it isn`t working, let me know what kind of plants and where they are placed


Good luck and happy spicing to you!