Projects:OMCC Move-In / Plants
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Ficus many types of Ficus, well-suited to the role of large, indoor plant: weeping figs can grow from 4 to 18 feet tall/ Ficus Alii ( deep green, long, narrow leaves), rubber plants and fiddleleaf figs all range from 4 to 12 feet tall. Good for improving indoor air quality.
Palms: are also recommended (but I thought we ditched this prospect outright?)
Philodendron: super easy to grow; these spread out and can wrap around (or be guided to grow around things). Certain starins are good for improving indoor air quality.
Dracaenas: 2- 10 ft tall; about 2 ft wide; sensitive to flouride, needs a bit of humidity (shouldn't be a problem in Portland..) Actually rather interesting looking. Cuttings on a strain of dracaenas are passed off for bamboo, or so I read... Certain strains are good for improving indoor air quality.
Bamboo: Buddha's Belly and Alphonse Karr- seem like they would do well; the latter need brighter light, the former tolerates low humidity very well.
Acer Palmatum or Japanese Maple: don't keep in direct light; striking purple, organe part of the year, color (we saw lots of these on Friday) a slow growing tree.
Schefflera: large, flowering indoor plant with clusters of leaves
Ponytail Palm: great for indoors, I believe this is the plant tghat Isabel wanted for her desk; apparently it will thrive in the space
Amaryllis: a bulb; pretty, often 1 to 3, albeit huge, flowers that are about 7" inches in diameter. Bird-of-Paradise: tropical in appearance; striking flower (red w/ gold)
Dieffenbachia: called large and impressive, sounds like a euphemism to me.
Flowering Plants
1. begonia rex: (also other strains would wok as well) easy to maintain, beeeutiful and has pink blooms in winter, very easy to grow and keep. Not expensive at all.
2. lavender: easy to grow, likes sun, smells delish and has little, um, lavendar color flowers - when mature.
- I grew this once (outdoors) and it was quite easy. Quite cheap. - Kasey
3. Abutilons: flower all through spring and fall- available in a variety of colors: white, peach, pink, red, yellow. Around $20 for a passel!
4. Hyacinth: this is the blue-purple flowering plants that we currently have in the kitchen area, maybe not an ideal place, but they seem to do well.
Links
- http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/ho/ho52/ho52.htm
- http://www.americanbamboo.org/GeneralInfoPages/GrowingBambooIndoors.html
- http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1504.htm
- http://home.ivillage.com/gardening/picks/indoor/0,,,00.html
- http://www.bachmans.com/retail/tipsheets/indoor_plants/LargePlantsandIndoorTrees.cfm
