Garden Affair : Plants that can cool down your home

Winters are waning every passing year around  the world, the whole phenomena of Global warming is now perceptible . The spring is warmer and summer is becoming harsh every diminishing year. 

                              Summers in our region are harsh with scorching heat waves  that makes it jarring to move out in the daytime . The high outdoor temperatures and consistent heat waves rise up  the temperature  indoors also  . 

Indoor Plants act as a natural coolant to cool down temperature  indoors as they release moisture in to the air through transpiration  that bring down temperature indoors. 

               Here is a look on the Houseplants that can be grown indoors to bring down temperature

Rubber plant    

Rubber plant is a beautiful ornamental plant that purifies air and brings down the temperature of room through transpiration.                    

Snake plant or Sansevieria plants are one of the best plants to grow indoors that release oxygen and has air purifying qualities that helps cool down the room.                                                                               

Snake plant planted in the office premises 

Peace Lily is a small shrubby plant that purifies air it can also be placed on those windows to obstruct Sunlight  that enters the room which  makes the room  warmer.                                                                                 

                                                                           

Pothos can be grown in water and soil as well , it is a must indoor plant to cool your home as it releases moisture in the air. 

                                                                     

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Garden Affair : Plants to control pollution

 Northern region of India especially  National Capital Region New Delhi saw soaring rise in air pollution at the beginning of winter. It was unfortunate that it reached hazardous level at the  last fortnight which caused state officials to limit movement and many prohibitions were levied on state transport including shutting down of primary schools. 

There have been many reasons stated  especially stubble burning in farms being one of them  for rise in pollution . According to international surveys there are many plants that combat air pollutants by removing toxic chemicals and pollutants from air . 

These house plants can certainly help in controlling pollution in our environment : 

  Spider plant

                                                                        

Spider plant can be helpful in controlling air pollution indoors by fighting against carbon monoxide. They can be easily grown from leaf or stem cutting .                                                                               

Rubber plant

                                                                    

The Rubber plants emits oxygen and is one of the best option to control pollution and breathe fresh air indoors.                                                                                                                                              

Snake plant

                                                                                   

Snake plant is one of the hardy plants that emits oxygen in the air and can withstand any environmental conditions.                                                                                                     

                                               

Pothos

                                                                          

Pothos are  very popular known as Money Plant is a beautiful plant that filters harmful chemicals from the air.                                                                                                                                                    

Peace Lily

                                                                

Peace Lily is a beautiful indoor plant that prefers indirect light and can filter harmful pollutants like ammonia from the air.                                                                                                                   

The aforementioned plants  can definitely combat pollution indoors and help in breathing fresh air indoors.

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