Light regime

Before you buy a plant, you need to know those light conditions in which it needs. The amount of light in the room depends on the size of windows and their location. The best places to have windows facing the south-east and south-west. Plants in these windows will be covered in the morning and almost the whole day. Windows facing south is better covered in winter, but spring and summer, the windows very hot, so at noon they better pritenyat.Kostenlos Strompreisvergleich erstellen. |

Windows facing west and east almost the same coverage, but at different times of the day and require virtually no priteneniya. Somehow, many people have formed a strange attitude to the northern windows, some even believe that they do not grow plants, it is not. There are a number of plants (some we will give below), which grow well in the northern windows, and furthermore there are cases where the northern windows of cultivated cacti (and they are known light-requiring), and they not only grew well, but even bloomed.Zahlen Sie zu viel? Gьnstige Stromtarife finden. |

The larger the window, the more light the plants get, the closer to the window located plants, the better their coverage. At any location of windows should not be pritenyat their thick curtains (if the description refers to the plants pritenenii, it is sufficient to net curtains, mosquito nets can be, if the plant is on the window sill).Stromrechner Vergleich kostenlos erstellen. |

North Window

There are lots of beautiful potted plants that need to diffuse light and therefore well suited for placement on the northern window or in the immediate vicinity. For flowering plants north window can be attributed Saintpaulia or African violets, exotic hybrid anthuriums Scherzer, Cyclamen, Kalanchoe. Suitable for this species and hybrid begonias, for example, Lorraine begonias. If enough space on the windowsill, then you can put on it unpretentious, but flowering passion fruit, which, though light-requiring, but will bloom in the northern box (after flowering it is cut). Most bromelievyh as well will grow on the northern window. Around the same window you can add some palm trees, for example, beautiful hoveyu or dates Lorer. On the north window should take into account the temperature difference, ie plant stand in warmer areas tend to need more water than plants cooler.

Plants for the north window:

Aglaonema, maidenhair, aspidistra, asparagus, Aucuba, begonias angular biota eastern, gelksina, edged dracaena, dracaena fragrant, zigokaktus, saxifrage, Kalanchoe, karaguata red, groundsel krupnoyazychkovy (not variegated), ligodium Japanese, Monstera, Maranta, Peperomia rotundifolia, Peperomia gray and tupolistnaya, nightshade, paportniki, ivy, passionflower, sansevieriya, Epipremnum aureum, spatifillyum, selaginella, tolma, fatshidera, Fatsa, dwarf ficus, philodendron scansorial, Fitton, tsissus rombolistny, cineraria.

South windows

Grow the plants on the south window troublesome than in the north, as few plants vynesut prolonged exposure to direct sunlight. Often at the hottest time of the day will have to create pritenenie, in the form of gauze or tulle veil. This inconvenient fact that when you are at work to do and no one plant can suffer. Therefore, we should especially carefully select plants on the windowsill southern window. On the sill itself can accommodate only the most stable and in need of sun plants like cacti and other succulents, Hoya fleshy, stephanotis obilnotsvetuschy, passionflower, etc. If you read the recommendations on the care of a plant, it requires high light, but needs to pritenenii, then place it on a table near the south windows protected by lace curtains. Such a place ideal for such ornamental deciduous flowers, as tsiperus, hamerops, tsissus, koleus and evergreen myrtle.

Plants for the southern window:

Azaleya Indian, aloe arborescens, aloe Hanburiana, buvardiya, jasmine sambac, Japanese camellia, koleus Blume, mammilyariya, prickly pear, stonecrop, livistona Chinese, plektrantus, fuchsia, Haworthia, Hoya, tseriusy, Echinocacti.

Eastern box

On the eastern windows, much less light than in the south and it is distinguished by the fact that the morning's rays are not as scorching and priteneniya on eastern windows is not required. For plants east window are:

asparagus, Aucuba, begonia tree, hairy begonia, begonia, metallic, emerald begonia, grizeliniya, narrow-leaved dracaena, dracaena deremenskaya, butcher's broom, myrtle, ivy, tsissus, pittosporum, Japanese Fatsa, violet uzumbarskaya, ficus, epifillyum Roussel, epifillyum obtuse.

Western Window

The western window is usually warmer than the eastern, priteneniya they usually do, but on the west window, the plant burns more readily available than in the east.

West Window to the plant include: asparagus, rex begonias, Billbergia nutans, veronica Anders Gaster, Eugene, jasmine low sansevieriya, strobilyantes, fillokaktus Ackermann fillokaktus Gunther, date palm, tsissus, hamerops, eucalyptus, ehmeya.

All of the examples of plants, calculated that the plant will be placed on the window sill, but not in the room.

And also for those who are focused not on the side of light and illumination on the premises:

Light, without direct sunlight (window sill, where not exposed to direct sunlight or place near a bright window):

Azaleya, anthurium, asparagus, king begonia, bromelievye, grapes, dizigoteka, dieffenbachia, zigokaktus, kolumneya, Monstera, Peperomia, saw, ivy, Spathiphyllum, Epipremnum aureum, philodendron, fuchsia, Chlorophytum, cyclamen, Shefler.

Direct sun occasionally (sill or a place in the immediate vicinity of the east or west window):

Balsam, beloperone, ginura, zebrina, Capsicum, kodieum, Kufa, nertera, puansettiya, sansevieriya, svinchatka, Saintpaulia, nightshade, sparmanniya, tradescantia, ficus elastica, Chlorophytum, Hoya, chrysanthemum.

Solar window (southern window sill or a place in the immediate vicinity):

Agapanthus, acacia, Bougainville, buvardiya, heliotrope, hibiscus, gippeastrum, jasmine, zebrina, irezina, cacti and other succulents, kallistemon, koleus, lantana, citrus, Nerina, oleander, sorrel, passionflower, pelargonium, rose, tseloziya.

  • * Without exception, all flowering plants prefer slightly brighter lighting than dekorativnolistvennye species, as well as the light of them is essential for the formation of flower buds.
  • * Plants with variegated leaves need more light than plants with green leaves.
  • * The white walls in the room reflect the light, ie make the room brighter
  • * Plants suffer when they are often transpose from place to place, especially with different lighting
  • * In winter, the plants should be placed closer to the window, or cover the plant in addition, when the signs of lack of light.
  • * Dirty windows retain up to 40% of light, so try to wash the windows more often. In winter you can at any zero temperature and take the opportunity to wash the glass.
  • * Recently transplanted plants and just bought a plant to pritenyat. Also, most plants need pritenyat from the midday sun.
  • * Plants should be periodically rotated to different sides of the light source (unless there are no buds), for a uniform formation of leaves.
  • * Of all these rules there are exceptions, so read the details of its plant and the rules of its content in the encyclopedia section.

Signs of lack of light

  • * The leaves are pale and smaller than they should be
  • * The plant does not bloom or flowers are small and not bright
  • * Stalks of plants with very narrow elongated internodes
  • * The colorful leaves turn green
  • * Lower leaves turn yellow, wither and fall off
Signs of excess light
  • * The leaves are limp, droop
  • * The leaves are pale
  • * Brown spots from burns on the leaves