The best ampel flowers for the kitchen. Photo of plants, description and care.

Flowers for the kitchen – this is a living decor, and most importantly the health benefits. Flowers saturate the air with oxygen, purify the air of harmful impurities.

Consider the ampel flowers – in which the branches fall down, they can be put on shelves, furniture, put in suspended flowerpots, and also put on a hill on a table and a window sill.

In this article we have collected the best flower flowers for the kitchen space of an apartment or a country house.

Chlorophytum.

The most unpretentious plant for the kitchen is chlorophytum. Outwardly it resembles the usual green grass that grows in the courtyard.
Classical chlorophytum is a green plant with leaves.
Chlorophytum crested attracts its bright coloring, an unusual twisted form of leaves, and also it has a white strip along the leaves.

The root system is small, so small pots are suitable for it.

Lighting.

Chlorophytum does not like direct sunlight better, diffuse light is suitable for it.

Watering.

Chlorophytum is a moisture-loving plant. It can be sprayed with water from a sprayer and in the summer it can be cold.

Transfer.

Every year the leaflets in the pot become larger, the plant needs to be transplanted into a larger pot as it grows and increases its area in it.

Reproduction.

With good care, the plant gives twigs with rosettes that can be cut and planted in water, so that they give roots or immediately put in a pot of soil.

Fern.

Ferns are most often seen in the forest, florists use ferns to decorate a bouquet of cut flowers.
The house plant fern grows slowly, gradually grows foliage, the branches of which become long.

Lighting.

Fern feels great if placed in a hanging pot near the wall, next to the window, avoiding direct sunlight. This shade-tolerant is not a flowering plant.

Watering.

Paportonik is a moisture-loving plant. You can put it in the bathroom and pour it from the shower with cool water, also sprayed from the sprayer. In the summer, we increase watering.
Due to the fact that the plant is moisture-loving, it can be planted in a pot without holes.

Transfer.

If the plant is small in size, then it needs a small pot. If the plant does not fit in the pot, it is necessary to transplant the plant into a larger pot.

Reproduction.

The fern resembles a large bush, which actually consists of several. When transplanting a plant, you can separate the fern and transplant each bush into a separate pot.
In gratitude for good care, the plant produces new leaves, at first they resemble thin, narrow hairy branches, and then leaves form on them.

From the dry air, the ferns flow dry and fly around.

Scindapsus.

Scindapsus is a perennial liana, a capricious plant that can grow in the shade. In the wild, this plant wraps the trunks of trees. The people call it “grandmother’s flower.” His leaves look like linden leaves.

This plant is familiar to many, it was often seen in Soviet-era apartments, including in the kitchen. The house plant has long branches, so it nicely adorns an empty wall.

The color of the leaves may be different: green leaves, dark green leaves, leaves with spots. For the home floriculture, the following types are suitable: stsindacus golden, feathery or painted.

Lighting.

Shade-tolerant plant, suitable diffuse light.

Watering.

Scindapsus does not need to be filled with water, otherwise the plant will simply die. It is necessary to monitor the earth clod so that it is not dry, especially in the summer.

Transfer.

The plant has long branches and can be in one pot for a long time, because the root system is small. But sometimes, it’s still worth transplanting, if the plant is cramped in a pot.

Reproduction.

The plant forms air roots, you can cut off a small part of the plant and plant it in the ground.
The second variant of the reproduction of the plant, it is multiplied by the division of the shoot. Cut off part of the plant and plant in water, with the passage of time will appear roots, the plant is ready for transplanting into the ground.

Tradescantia.

An unpretentious, fast-growing plant, in nature there are many different species of this plant. Leaflets can be dark purple, white with green, just green and others.
In the premises blooms rarely.

Lighting.

Shade-tolerant plant.

Watering.

In the spring and summer requires abundant watering, but it is not worth pouring the plant. The plant likes spraying with water.

Transfer.

The plant has long branches, can stay in one flower pot for a long time. If the plant is cramped, then it should be transplanted into a pot of larger diameter.

Reproduction.

Seeds, cuttings, and possibly division of a bush. We cut off the stalk of the plant, lower it into a glass with water. And after a while there are roots.

Often, amateurs take the form of the white-flowered Tradescantia, syllamontana, the mammoth, Blossfeld, Zebrin.

Ivy.

This plant is familiar to many, ivy is an evergreen climbing plant. Its leaves look like small maple leaves. Ivy has small leaves, it does not blossom.

Many florists use ivy when decorating rooms, when composing bouquets, compositions, and also for planting in a florarium.

For this houseplant you can use a frame, guides, and then it will wrap this form with its leaves. You can make a framework in the form of a heart, a round shape or a frame in the form of a cone and make the plant look like a tree.

In cities with a warm climate, with the help of this plant make out a hedge, for example in the Crimea, Gelendzhik, in the Caucasus you can often see a fence on top of which the ivy grows.

The plant is not afraid of drafts, it can be exposed to fresh air.

Lighting.

In good light, the leaves of the heder grow, the plant actively grows. In winter, you need a backlight.

Watering.

The plant is comfortable when it is showered, sprayed. In the period of growth it is necessary to feed mineral substances.

Transfer.

The ivy plant has a small root system, in stores it is sold in small pots. This pot may have a long period of time.
When transplanting you need to choose not a deep, but a wide pot for flowers.

Reproduction.

Cuttings, layers and shoots.

Stefanotis.

Stefanotis – liana from Madagascar, room “Jasmine”, always green, climbing plant. The leaves are oval in shape, the flowers are white with a pleasant aroma.
The plant is fast growing, unpretentious, needs support.

In cities with a warm climate, you can make a hedge.

Lighting.

Shade from direct sunlight. In winter, additional lighting is necessary.

Watering.

Regular and abundant watering. In winter, watering is moderate. Stefanotis likes high humidity, therefore, he needs frequent spraying with water. On hot days, the plant should be placed on a pallet with water.

Transfer.

For a plant suitable pot of small shape and size, you can say tight. As the growth of leaves and increase in size should be transplanted into another pot.

Reproduction.

Cuttings, the division of plants.

Cissus.

Cissus – indoor grapes, birch, grape ivy, as soon as this plant is not called.
Creeping shrubs, in some cases can bloom, unpretentious heat-loving plant.

Lighting.

Not demanding of lighting, you can put a pot in the back of the room.

Watering.

How to water cissus? Due to the fact that the plant has many leaves, there must be regular and abundant watering in the summer. In winter, a little less often.
From time to time it is necessary to arrange a warm shower for the plant, if the room is very stuffy, then the plant should be sprayed with water.

Transfer.

Usually the plant is transplanted once a year, if the plant is grown, then once in 2-3 years.

Reproduction.

Cuttings or plant division.

Most plants love light and reach for it, but direct sunlight is harmful to any houseplant. With strong light from the window space, the leaves burn out, they lose their color, and burns may appear on the leaves and the plant may die.

It is necessary to darken the windows in the kitchen. Also in the kitchen it is necessary to install the hood over the stove, the battery must be equipped with a special box (protection), so that the warm air does not spread throughout the kitchen, and then to other rooms.
Over time, it is necessary to add new soil to the pot with the flower, because the old one is lowered.

You can feed flowers with mineral substances and fertilizers to improve the appearance of the plant, so that the plant is healthy.

For watering plants use boiled, filtered water, water from a well or melted snow. You can also pour ordinary water into a vessel, allow it to infuse for several hours, and then water it.
You can buy plants for the kitchen in large shops in the department of flowers, in the flower market, buy from private individuals via free ad sites.

With the plants in the kitchen will be clean and fresh air, buy houseplants in your apartment, give to relatives and friends, because the flowers in the pot stand longer than ordinary flowers in the cut!

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Author: Mikhail Bond

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