Beautiful And Easy To Care For, These Are Recommended 10 Types Of Ornamental Plants For Beginners

Illustration of ornamental plant recommendations for beginners (Unsplash/Prudence Earl)

JAKARTA – During the pandemic, having a hobby of caring for plants and developing this hobby is an alternative to relieve stress. For those of you who want to start a hobby of planting and collecting ornamental plants, both leafy and flowering plants, you don't need to be confused about which plants are easy to care for.

Here, recommendations for ornamental plants from the easiest to care for to the most popular because of their beauty.

1. Betel ivory

The easiest ornamental plant to grow is the ivory betel. This plant can be grown in water or not using soil as a growing medium. Plants with the botanical name Epipremnum aureum are also popularly known as Devil's ivy. Small leaf vines shaped like the icon of love are often planted indoors because they are useful for cleaning the air.

The most sought-after ornamental plant illustration (Unsplash/Sandra Martins)

2. Peperomia watermelon

Peperomia is a plant that beginners can take care of. This plant has many species, including Peperomia Columbian, Peperomia watermelon, Peperomia ripple, and Peperomia rainbow. Peperomia watermelon has the botanical name Peperomia Argyreia with leaf patterns like watermelon skin.

3. Miana

Sweet in color, purplish red, miana is known by many names in the archipelago. Such as slobber leaves, adong-adong, mayana, serewung, and ati-ati. But botanically it has the name Coleus atropurpureus which is a plant that grows bushes and is useful in curing several diseases, such as hemorrhoids, muteness, ear inflammation, and irregular menstruation.

4. Monstera varigata

Varigata ornamental plant patterns are much in demand. Not only for beginners and people who like to spend time caring for plants, but monstera varigata, for example, is treated as an investment because the price can skyrocket.

The most popular ornamental plant illustration 2021 (Unsplash/Huy Phan)

5. Wijaya Kusuma

A popular flower plant for its elegance. This flower plant is close to the mythological narrative in the community, namely Wijaya Kusuma. This flower only blooms at certain hours around midnight so that it evokes a 'mystical' image and is also known as the Queen of the Night.

6. Purslane flower

Because it is considered a wild plant, purslane flowers are often not cared for, only left to flower following natural processes, even though they are beautiful. The shape of the purslane flower is similar to that of a rose but its size is small. When planted in one pot and flowering will look very beautiful, so it's no wonder that this plant decorates the front garden of the house.

7. Aglonema

The aglonema leaf plant in Indonesia is popularly called sri fortune which has many variations of motifs and colors. This plant, in fact, is resistant to extreme weather and only needs to be watered when the soil media dries.

8. Orchid

Many plant lovers are painstaking caring for orchids. Some of these flowers are epiphytic, some can be planted in the ground. Orchids can grow on charcoal, wood shavings, or dead stems. There are many species of orchids that are recognized by their flower shape and color.

9. Geranium

There are more than 300 species of geranium plants that grow in shrubs and have native habitats in South Africa. What color geraniums are you interested in caring for? White, pink, purple and red. In Indonesia, geranium is also known as tapak dara which is processed into essential oils or mosquito repellent plants.

10. Celosia

Celosia flower forms vary, ranging from plums, pagodas, and cristata. The flower color is not only pink, but there are also orange, gradient purple, red, and yellow colors.

This celosia flower plant is included in the Amaranth family or known as spinach. Also known as chicken's comb flower because the shape of the flower resembles a chicken's comb.