Archive for the ‘light’ tag
House plants for bright south facing windows
These plants need bright sunlight and can withstand bright sunlight. Put them in your brightest south and west facing windows.
Asparagus Meyeri and Sprengeri
Burro’s Tail
Coleus
Dumb Cane
Devil’s Ivy
Jade Plant
Ponytail Palm
Rubber Plant
Schefflera
Snake Plant aka Mother-in-Law’s tongue
Swedish Ivy
Velvet Plant
Wandering Jews
Bamboo
The new fluorescent lights and houseplants
You have heard that fluorescent lights do wonders for your electric bill. Mine dropped by a third. Not only do they use less electricity than incandescent lights but they don’t throw the heat that incandescent lights do.
They also are wonderful for your house plants. We’ve noticed that house plants that are not doing so well will thrive when placed under a fluorescent table lamp. The lamps also do not heat up so they can be placed closer to plants that need a good dose of light.
I’ve found many low light plants will do just fine on a desktop with a bright fluorescent bulb.
A good rule of thumb is to use 20 watts of fluorescent light per square foot of plants.
