Ornamental Plant Inspiration for Interior Decor

There’s no doubt that adding greenery to a home adds to its aesthetic value. Many people also specifically ask their home designer to include space for a garden and ornamental plants. A lush atmosphere, with plants placed both outside and inside the home, makes a home feel more alive. Besides that, this green element also provides a natural way to freshen your home’s air, since plants can bind carbon dioxide and pollution sources and convert them into oxygen. As a result, the home stays cooler. Some plants can even help ward off diseases like dengue fever!

Let’s take a closer look at various types of ornamental plants that can inspire your home by reading this article.

Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema)

Caring for this ornamental plant can be a bit tricky. That’s because it needs adequate light. If the room is too dry or exposed to scorching sunlight during the dry season, its leaves will wilt quickly. So you’ll need to promptly trim off any yellowed, wilted leaves. Even so, this plant has a beautiful pink-and-green color harmony, with an oval leaf shape.

Snake Plant

If you don’t want the hassle of plant care, the snake plant can be a great alternative. To maintain this plant, you don’t need to water it often, and it doesn’t need much growing medium to thrive. Snake plants can survive in low light intensity as well as direct sunlight, and can even help reduce radiation in a room. Impressively, sansevieria can also freshen and purify indoor air, as it’s one of the plants that releases oxygen at night. Its unique benefits also include neutralizing unpleasant odors. As an ornamental plant, sansevieria’s elegant patterned look, with its distinctive sharp leaf tips, is ideal as an interior design accent.

Golden Pothos

This trailing plant is often displayed hanging and is perfect for beginners who want greenery that’s easy to care for. Golden pothos adapts easily to various room temperatures and doesn’t need much water to grow. Its strong resilience across different conditions lets it survive for years. As an ornamental plant, golden pothos is perfect for indoor decor and adds a lush feel. Its heart-shaped, bright green leaves come in several color variants, such as golden pothos, marble queen pothos, neon pothos, jessenia pothos, and cebu blue pothos. Golden pothos is also known to help absorb odors from chemicals such as insect sprays, perfumes, and more, giving you cleaner air.

Monstera

Native to Mexico and Panama, this plant is very popular in Indonesia as a charming interior decoration. Its wide, glossy, uniquely holed leaves create a tropical atmosphere in your home. This ornamental plant can also be placed in low-light locations, making it practical to care for. Monstera has aerial roots that it uses to climb other plants, reaching heights of up to 70 feet above the ground.

Cactus

This spiky plant is already very commonly collected by many people in Indonesia, since it can be used as room decor placed in small pots. We often find cacti in areas with very little water and dry conditions, such as deserts. Their spines play a major role as a modified leaf form for photosynthesis and reducing water evaporation. Beyond that, cactus spines can trap pollution particles, dust, and bacteria, helping keep a room cleaner. Cacti are also one of the plants that absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen at night, while also neutralizing electronic radiation. Many people also process this plant for beauty and health purposes. Ornamental cacti come in various shapes and colors, and cactus flowers are also very beautiful, so adding a cactus to your room brings in a natural element.

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Bring New Color to Your Home

Planning to beautify your home design with ornamental plants? Don’t forget to follow Studio JAJ’s recommendations so you’re not left confused about which variety is right for decoration or for filling the empty corners of your home.