Wednesday, February 18th, 2009...10:02 am
The Filtering Power of the Peace Lily
Distant Peace by chefranden
TheGardenLady received this comment from Rikesh.
I just love Peace Lilly. They have really amazing power of filtering the air.
Rikesh’s comment about the Peace Lilly – Spathiphyllum is correct.
Recently Natural News had an article entitled “Clean Your Air and Brighten Your Day with Houseplants” which not only gives a list of good low light requiring plants for your home or dorm room, but also tells about the research
that NASA and other groups have done to show plants ability to remove some common pollutants from the air. And the research has shown that there are ” other benefits from having indoor plants, such as fighting fatigue and colds.
3 Comments
March 31st, 2009 at 11:39 am
How much sunlight is required for my bonsai tree?
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:05 am
Hi– I read your site and love it, but could you include more info on growing them outdoors. Do you think this is possible in Alabama?
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:02 am
[…] Once again TheGardenLady is recommending having plants in your house, especially now during the cold and flu season. It is important that our houses and offices have good air quality all the time so you don’t suffer breathing problems, but it seems doubly important when you are gasping for breath with a stuffed nose: you don’t want to worry about breathing in poor quality air if you can help it. According to Dr. Woverton, “Only recently have many physicians begun to associate the increase in respiratory problems with exposure to poor indoor air quality.” Read this. […]
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