Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Houseplants That Will Shape Up Your Indoor Air Quality

By Cornelius Nunev


The indoor quality of air of your house is essential to your health. With these houseplants, you can filter the air without dumping hundreds of dollars into electronic air filters.

Get a snake plant

With the Snake plant you can clean your air of any benzene, toluene, xylene, trichloroethylene and formaldehyde. The plant costs between $15 and $70 dependent upon its size and can convert CO2 into oxygen at night. That makes it great for the bedroom. The plant has many smooth, snake-like tendrils on it.

Try Devil's Ivy in your house

With $15, you can get Devil's Ivy. It helps clear the air of benzene, toluene, xylene, trichloroethylene and formaldehyde.

The best might be Florist's Chrysanthemum

Florist's Chrysanthemum (aka Pot Mum) is inexpensive at under $5, but that's for the seeds, as the plant is tough to find in stores already potted. The Chrysanthemum flowers are appealing, and the plant screens out formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene, toluene, ammonia and benzene.

Houseplants for indoor air quality No. 4 - Peace Lily

For someplace between $35 and $50, you have a good looking plant that is not unlike the Pot Mum. It helps beat formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene, toluene, ammonia and benzene.

Another choice is the Red-Edged Dracaena

Stay away from Xylene, Toluene, benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene with this plant that will cost around $35.

Some like the Areca Palm

Pay about $45 for this plant that will kill xylene and toluene. It also produces a ton of oxygen and it really large. You now have read about the plants we consider to be the best for indoor air quality. Have you tried any of these plants? Are there any we should add to this list? Do any of these work better or worse than expected. Visit us today and let us know your thoughts and opinions.




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