Garden Affair : spider plant

     Spider plant aka chlorophytum  is one of the popular houseplant grown in almost every climatic region due to its hardy  nature and as  it is a  low maintenance plant. 

                                                    

Growing and care of Spider plant                                                                                                         

Spider plant is a low maintenance plant that can be grown in indoors easily. It has shallow roots which leads to growing plans in small containers which is advantageous to grow plant in a small spaces in our home. It doesn't require much care but protecting it from direct sunlight and in a moist environment helps in longevity of plant.                                                                                                                              

Spider plant as an  air purifier                                                                                                                 

Spider plant is a great air purifier for home as it helps in consuming carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen for exchange in the home environment thereby cleaning and purifying home by removing chemicals present in the air.                                                                                                                   

Spider plant propagation and blooming period 

Spider plant can be easily grown from propagation from its offshoots. Spider plant grows well from the offshoots obtained from its parent plant that can be used to make a complete new plant. 

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Mild winter in December

 Winter has started on a mild note in December with unforeseen high temperatures which is unusual for this time of the year. While garden is in mode of  preparation  for spring show the Autumn blooms are still blooming in  the garden . 

                                 This year has been great for Lemonia as it is blooming till  December  

                                                                                    

It is the moderate weather that spider lilies and Gaillardias have not gone to dormancy and still blooming in the midst of December

                                                                                      

Gaillardias 

                                              Chrysanthemums have started showing up blooms 

Aren't these delicate tiny blooms watch worthy

Pentas and Ixora 

Begonia Benariensis

Chlorophytum 

Butterfly Milkweed 

                                                                         

Curtain creeper

                                                Meanwhile  Cormorant spotted at  the lake 

                                                                         Dawn 

Oxygen releasing plants

 In this pandemic era one of the most common effect about Covid 19  that came into concern is decreased level of oxygen in the infected person. While there are many reasons for the certain level of oxygen in our body it is interesting to note that there are some plants that release oxygen in daytime.

          Here are some of the easy to grow Indoor Plants that   release oxygen during the day time  and are considered as Air Purifier which are easy to grow plants and requires minimal care throughout the year.

                                                                         Rubber plant

ZZ Plant

                                                                              Spider Plant 

Peace Lily or Spathiphyllum

Although these are easy to grow plants it should be noticed that these plants should be kept in a part of room which receives indirect sunlight for a part of day which helps in growth of healthy leaves.

Meanwhile a beautiful Gerbera bloomed after  an unexpected rain 

                                                                

         And soon after rain the evening sky 

                                                                   

A Red bellied Woodpecker spotted after a long time

                                                                     Red bellied Woodpecker