9 Nursing Minimal Ornamental Plants, Suitable For Those Of You Who Are Super Busy

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JAKARTA - Planting can be a fun activity at home because you can decorate the yard with beautiful flowers and plants to look at. In addition, gardening also has many benefits. Which is able to change the lifestyle for the better, as well as improve physical and mental health.

If you want to try gardening but are worried that you won't have much time to take care of ornamental plants, don't worry. You can start by raising ornamental plants that are minimally cared for. What are the types of plants? Launching the Muste of Home, Thursday, January 19, here's the list.

Petunia does not require special care. This one ornamental plant only needs to be exposed to sunlight at least 5-6 hours a day. You are also not required to water the petunia every day, just once a week. You can choose a petunia with the Vista Supertunia variety because this type can last one month in extreme weather.

Begonia is a type of ornamental plant that can withstand minimal sunlight, in dry areas, or in places that are heavily exposed to sunlight. This plant grows well in containers or when planted directly to the ground. Surefire Begonia is a variety that has very thick and long-lasting stems. As well as larger flowers that can continue to bloom.

Marigold prefers full sunlight. This plant is also able to survive well even though it is rarely watered. Marigold is also a pest-free flower. So it is good to plant close to a vegetable garden to ward off insects that have the potential to damage your vegetable crops.

These ornamental plants can thrive in all types of soil. Once planted, asoka only needs a little water to survive. This is a type of plant that is able to nicely pull the butterfly, as well as Collibri birds, bees, and other pollinating animals.

This lack of care ornamental plant prefers full sunlight and a dim atmosphere in the afternoon. Geranium is also resistant to drought and most of its development will bloom from the beginning of spring to winter.

Similar to asoka, coneflowers are also flowers that are liked by bees, butterflyes, and calibrian birds. Having good sun resistance, coneflowers usually bloom in the spring and early winter.

This plant, which has beautiful flower colors, can bloom in bad soil conditions. Happy with sun exposure, cosmos is an ornamental plant with minimal care that can tolerate drought well. Similar to marigold, it also doesn't like this plant.

In Indonesian, this flower is known as the Dragon Orang Bunga. Snapdragon can adapt well during spring and fall. This Antirrhynum plant requires full sunlight and well dried fertile soil.

If it is routinely exposed to sunlight, zinc ornamental plants can grow as high as three feet. The same thing can also happen if zinc is grown in a shady environment. Drought-resistant Zinnia has a fast growth period. Because this is a one season plant, then the period of growth from seeds to flowers occurs in a short time. The flower thickness lasts throughout the summer.