To turn your home into a plant haven and keep your leafy friends happy, pick one of these five New Years Resolution for 2015:
Water your plants regularly
Unlike pets, plants won’t hound you when they’re thirsty or hungry, so the onus is on you to top up their water and nutrient supplies. If you have several plants, all with different needs, programme your phone with a reminder to water them as and when you need to – or download this handy app to keep your plant needs in check.
Introduce something different
The new year is the perfect time for a change, so why not give your home an instant makeover with a striking and unusual plant. Go bold and exotic with a flamingo flower or choose a climbing plant, such as devil’s ivy to create a dramatic tower of foliage.
Keep it colourful with flowering plants
Colour therapists claim you can keep physically and mentally fit by using the right colours in your home and work environments. Think bright and uplifting, such as a vivid yellow calla lily or a striking violet osteospermum.
Take a plant to work
Make this a more fulfilling year at work by keeping a plant by your desk. Plants not only help to purify the air around you, combating the nasty chemicals released by scanners and photocopiers, they have been scientifically proven to improve your mood and boost concentration, too.
Create a terrarium
A miniature indoor garden captured in a glass container, terrariums are simple to make, easy to maintain and look fabulous in any home. Create your own with easy-care plants, such as cacti, succulents and air plants.
