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Having indoor Plants with health-related benefits in your Baby’s Nursery will turn it into a Peaceful haven, touched by nature.

The plants will finish making the Nursery a pleasant and happy place for your little one

Plants can also provide your child’s room with many healthy benefits, such as a breath of fresh air. It will also add to the whole interior of your home.

How Can you create a Great Baby’s Nursery using Plants, You can create it by adding health-related plants. This will create an environment that adds an extra level of calmness and comfort to the baby’s and mommy’s overall health. It can make a big difference to your health, your mood will also improve, as well as your quality of sleep, breathing, and reduces stress.

These things are great for your precious little one. You will love it too!

This is a List of Good Plant for Baby’s Nursery and the whole House – They Purify the Air and they are Non-Toxic

These Plant will not only add to the decor of the baby’s room, But they have health benefits as well.

1. Peace Lily – Their low Maintenance and Easy to grow in a bedroom.

• * A Peace Lilly Is a master of air purifying, removing, and absorbing ammonia, benzene, xylene, and trichloroethylene, throughout the baby’s room and the house.
  Helps remove volatile organic compounds – like Acetone, which may cause nausea, headaches, and other health problems.
• Blooms in Summer
• Thrives in both low and bright light, but does best in a shaded area.
• Soil – All-purpose soil.
• Watering – Kept slightly moist, but don’t get soggy.

2. Christmas Cactus –

• Low – Maintenance
• Water – once a month
• Soil – Sand loose soil.
• Blooms – are bright and colorful
• The Health benefits of this plant are in medical uses in medication, but it is still lovely inside.

Spider Plant  

Is a good air purifier.                               

The Spider Plant was part of NASA’s CleanAir Study – It is most effective in removing carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, xylene, and toluene.

• Formaldehyde is commercially used for making Building products. It can have certain adverse effects such as burning sensations in the eyes, throat. Nose, and can also cause watery eyes. This comes from all sorts of items that you bring home, such as waxed paper, particleboard, paper towels paper bags, synthetic fabric, etc.
• Easy to grow – Low maintenance
• Light – Can be kept in less sunlight, good in indirect light.
• Soil – Any soil is good
• Watering Only occasionally

Parlous Palms

• Good air purifier
• Slow grower
• Thrives in low light and likes small space. (They do like a little light, does well in window area – receiving early morning or late afternoon light.
• Full height can be up to 3-4 feet tall, might need some trimming, if you need it shorter, to fit your space.
• Water – sparsely – under watering is better than overwatering. Allow soil to begin to dry between watering and even less in winter.

5. Baby Rubber plant – In a pot, it can grow up to 6 to 8 feet tall

• It is adaptable to low light conditions
• Water – OK to neglect watering, soil slightly moist, and little to no fertilizer High Humidity, OK to mist.
• When planted in potting soil you should include a lot of organic matter, it won’t require supplemental feeding for a long time
• No Allergic Properties – As a rubber plant does not produce pollen, this plant won’t cause any allergy problems.
• Gets White small flowers in Spring.
• Waxy Colorful Foliage – easy to clean off leaves by just wiping.
• NASA’S clear air study – Shows the rubber plant removes pollutants, formaldehyde from the surrounding air. Apart from VOCs, it also removes carbon-di-oxide and carbon monoxide from the surroundings.

6. Snake Plant

• A popular choice for indoor air quality. The plant does most of its work at night, It converts the carbon dioxide into oxygen.
• One of the easiest plants to grow.
• Light – likes indirect light
• Soil – any soil is good.
• Water – Only needs occasional watering.
• Low Maintenance

7. Lavender Plant – has gentle and Pleasant Aroma       

• Smelling the fragrance of the Lavender plant is known to help smooth restlessness, nervousness, anxiety, depression, insomnia
• Overall it is the best know for stress-relieving and mental benefits.
• Putting a plant in the bedroom also help you sleep Better
• Soil – well-drained Soil
• Watering – deep watering – water when soil is nearly dry.

8 Rosemary Plant

Northumbria University conducted a study that found people that were exposed to the Scent of Rosemary, essential oil, showed it improves concentration and memory performance.

• Light – Bright Sunlight ( likes 6 to 8 hours of full Sunlight
• Water-Water should be evenly spread throughout the plant, during the growing season (Summer) – but needs less water in the winter, (avoid – overwatering and remember to trim, after the plant has completed flowering
• Rosemary is one of those herbs that has been used widely in folk medicine
• Soil – Sandy (well-drained.)
• Blooming Time when grown in containers – Blooms Late Spring and Summer
• Flowers come in different colors – Blue, white, and Pink.

9. Chinese Evergreen Plant

• The Chinese Evergreen Plant – Has Allergy Relief – Researchers found that the leaves and other parts of the Plant act as a filter for catching allergens and other airborne particles.
• Light – Low Light where other plants can’t grow.
• Water – once a week or so.
• Misting occasionally with purified water
• Occasional will flower

10. Barberton Daisy

• Safe in Nursery
• Gets Bright mood-blooms at any time of year.
• Soil – Sandy Soil or you could opt for a light mixture. But no soggy Soil. Allow soil to dry a bit between watering.
• Light – indoors, place them on a sunny windowsill, that gets direct sun, for Best Success.

How can you Create a Great Baby Nursery Using Plants – Plants do Much for Your Adorable Little One, They will Grow up to be Healthy and Happy.

When you add indoor plants or trees to the baby’s room, it brings the outdoors in, making the room something special. The plants and trees make the space look great, it also creates a fantastic environment, cleaning the air of toxins and influences our mental health.  Placing plants in the nursery has a great positive influence on your little one’s development.

Scientific research tells us that green leafy plants help boost our mood. therefore, isn’t it worth trying to make your “Brown Thumb” turn green?

It should be easy to locate these plants at your local garden center, also try looking in the plant section of Home Depot, or Lowes, and even some of the grocery stores.

Please feel free to share your feedback, I would love to hear from you.

Thank You

Edith