Beautify The Decoration Of The Living Room At Home With 8 Types Of Ornamental Plants
Illustration (Vladimir Gladkov/Pexels)

JAKARTA - Want to beautify the living room in your house? It's easy, just add indoor ornamental plants as decorations. Not only beautifying and making the atmosphere beautiful, this ornamental plant also has special benefits that can be enjoyed all over the house.

Let's take a look at the eight indoor ornamental plants that are suitable for the living room, directed from The Spruce, Thursday, August 31.

Dieffenbachia has various leaves that are beautiful and silver in the middle. This plant has sap that can drip from its leaves and is toxic if ingested, so store it in places that do not harm pets or children.

Light: Light Is Moderate, Avoid Direct Light

Water: Flush when 2 inches above the soil feels dry

Size: 10 feet high and 3 feet wide

This popular ornamental plant is very easy to care for and is available in various varieties. The color varies but most snake plants have green or striped leaves with yellow or cream edges.

Light: The sun's rays are full to the shade

Water: Flush when the soil is completely dry

Size: 3 feet high

Add some color to the living room with flowering plants. Bird of paradise plants or cendrawasih bird plants have beautiful orange flowers. However, most plants will not flower until they are about six years old, so make sure you buy adult plants if you want to see the flowers.

Light: Light bright and indirect

Water: Keep the soil moist but not wet

Size: 6 feet high and 4 feet wide

The Kentia palm tree is basically a living room plant and you can find it in almost every Victorian-style living room in the late 1800s. Its growth is slow but if treated well, it will look stunning in the corner of your room.

Light: Light bright and indirect

Water: Flush as 2 inches above dry soil

Size: 10 feet high

If you are looking for propagating plants that have a long life, betel tusk answers. The leaves are very diverse and do not require much care to survive. This plant is toxic to pets if swallowed.

Light: Light is bright and indirect to the partial shade

Water: Flush as 2 inches above dry soil

Size: 10 feet long

If you like colored plants, red evergreen plants are suitable for your living room. These plant leaves are diverse and the color of the leaves will be brighter if they get more light. They are toxic to pets if swallowed.

Light: It will work well in indirect light but the color will be brighter if you get a lot of light.

Water: Flush on the 2-inch top of dry soil.

Size: 2 feet high.

Other colored plants have triostar stromanthe. This plant will look the best when it gets a lot of light. The colors of pink, purple, white, and green leaves will be more watery if they are placed in an indirect place exposed to the sun.

Light: Some of the sun

Water: Keep the soil moist, not wet.

Size: 2-3 feet.

If you want a plant that stands out, choose elephant ear plants. This ornamental plant is available in various variations. Elephant covers are toxic to pets and humans if swallowed.

Light: bright light.

Water: Keep the soil moist, not wet.

Size: 6 feet high and 6 feet wide.


The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)