Decorating With Plants Brings a Vital Presence to Any Room Setting

Decorating with plants that are healthy will lift the mood and attract energy into the home and is an easy way to enhance your rooms while still expressing your style. They are available in so many different shapes, sizes and colors there is bound to be a plant that suits your decor.

Balance and scale are important to consider when placing your plants in a room and groupings will offer the greatest impact.

Placing small trees like a Dracaena or a weeping fig in your empty corners will keep "chi" (the good energy) cycling smoothly around your space. Vary the height of your plants for the most pleasing effect on a long wall and to break up the space.

In a grouping of live plants use ones with similar lighting and watering requirements to make things simpler for their watering schedule.

If you need to adjust the height of one of the plants, place on a decorative bench or stool, and adding "up" lighting will add drama and bring out even more of their beauty.

Groupings of plants can make a colorful arrangement for the dining table too. Place several blooming foliage in a single container, basket or trunk keeping the watering needs of the plants the same.

Whichever container you choose line it with heavy plastic and raise the bottoms of any that may be too deep with rocks so the plants are sure to be seen. Cover with Spanish moss or small pebbles for a finished look that is "natural."

Your plants can be placed in plastic containers that are lightweight, durable and inexpensive and mimic everything from woven wicker to baked clay, so you are sure to find a suitable container decorating with plants that will harmonize with your style of decor.

Stick an unappealing container into another more exquisite one. Just be sure the plant has enough room for the roots to grow, and has holes in the bottom for proper drainage.

Tall or top heavy trees need to be placed in a container that has a wide base to minimize the chance of it toppling over.

Decorating with plants is good for your interior because they take in CO2 and releases clean pure oxygen into the air, filtering dust particles. Some house plants absorb certain air toxins and lessen the effects of electromagnetic stress emitted from televisions and other electrical equipment.