Plant Placement Is As Important As…
Plant Placement. What is the big deal anyway? That’s what I always thought too. Until I decided to become a “plant parent” last year. I kept looking around my home wondering why my house looked so empty. Then I saw something on TV about plants. This lady was obsessed with plants! She had them in her house as well as all around her house outside. I thought, “Wow! That is amazing how the color of the plants just liven up her home”. So, it was off to the plant store for me. Seriously, have you been to a plant store lately?
I was thinking $10 should buy me several little green creatures to strategically place throughout my house… WRONG! Plants are expensive. In fact, they were more expensive than this old dog I adopted from a pet shelter! I brought my plants home and placed them throughout my home. Although I had asked the “plant store lady” how to feed and water them, I failed to ask about where the plants should be kept. Now, I understood they were indoor plants, but I had this memory of my mother placing plants everywhere in our home.
So, I put one in the kitchen by the sink, several in my living room, one in the entry way, a couple in the bedrooms, and even one in the bathroom. I still did not know the names of my plants and do not to this day. I must mention that our home has registers in the ceilings. The plant that I put in the kitchen was placed on top of the cabinets near the register in my kitchen. Another plant was placed in the entry way, which is kind of an enclosed area. I first noticed these plants began to look a little sick after a couple of weeks, meaning the leaves were turning brown and the plant itself was kind of drooping.
I wasn’t sure if it was due to the lack of sunlight in these areas or the heat coming out of the register. I am assuming both. I immediately moved these two little rascals to the living room (or ER for the sake of plant recovery) in front of my patio doors. I opened the curtains and watered the plants really well. I continued to do this for two days and within that time, my plants began to come alive once more. It was amazing. So, I knew these two plants needed lots of sunlight and less air blowing on them. I had placed two plants in my living room on some book shelves. They grew so fast, I had to replace their pots within a month! No direct sunlight for these two gals. They do like their water though! They have vines extending down my book shelves and continue to look marvelous. So, my assumption is that this style of plant does not need direct sunlight. They were lucky I placed them where I did, so they didn’t have to go thought the trauma that my other plants experienced!
I have to mention that I still do not know what they are. Poor girls- I just call them Thing 1 and Thing 2! So, it is important when you purchase your plants to ask what type of plant they are as well as where they should be placed in your home!
