Wilson’s Garden Center Specializes in Plants that Thrive in Central Ohio

Interior Plants

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Purify the air in your home

You want your home environment to feel alive and organic. Plants in the home help purify the air that you breathe. Toxins in the air are filtered by interior plants and these plants produce an enriched level of oxygen in enclosed spaces. Click here to check out research done by NASA.

Make your home more livable

You are bringing the outdoors “in”-in a clean and healthy way. Plants soften harsh surroundings; they add a peaceful touch to the interior. Plants in the home often help release stress in people.

Get the best

Not all foliage plants are equal. Wilson’s has a selection of interior plants that have been adapted for the indoor environment. Our supplier of large plants from Florida specializes in conditioning their plants to be ready to grow in your home immediately. We travel the country each year in search of the best plants so that you will be excited with our selection and pleased with your success.

Six Easy Steps to a beautiful interior plant display: Printable Format

	Select the right plant for the right spot. Choose from low light, medium light, and high light plants. Keep heat ducts from directly blowing on the plants. Click here for a list of plants for different light conditions
	Group plants together Putting plants in groupings increases the humidity in the air for a healthier plant environment (and people environment). (Placing shallow pans of water around your plants helps increase humidity, too.) Our interior plant specialist can help you put together pleasing combinations of interior plants that thrive well together.
	Use matching pots that complement the colors of your rooms. If you use pottery without holes, place the growing pot inside the decorative pot and surround with moss. Otherwise, it is easy to drown your plants. If you use pots with holes, use saucers to protect your floor surfaces. Stop by and see our large selection of pots for your interior plants.
	Dust your plants and give them a shower a couple of times a year. We recommend using Neem Oil to clean your plants. Only wipe the upper surfaces of the leaves to prevent suffocating the foliage.
	Repot plants when roots have circled the pots. Pot-bound plants show weak growth. Bump up the plant to the next size pot; don’t make a huge jump. Use the very best sterile potting soil possible-we recommend our own special potting mix which is loaded with nutrients and life-giving air spaces. Cheap potting soils are a disaster for good plant growth as they are usually poorly drained. If you dread the mess of repotting, bring the plants to the garden center, choose a pot, and plant them at our potting bar (or we can do it for you).
	Water the plants according to the directions on the label. On pots with drainage holes, water should come out the holes. On pots with no drainage holes, make sure there is no pool of water on the bottom of the pot. Dump out excess water. If your plant is too large to lift and remove the excess water, use a turkey baster to suction water out of the saucer. Do not use water from water softeners. Tap into the water before the softener or use collected rainwater. Add soluble fertilizer (Bud and Bloom is excellent) at half strength every couple of weeks when plants are actively growing.

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Geri's Picks of the Best Foliage & Tropical Plants

• Ittie Bitties – Just right for your terrarium, fairy garden or windowsill.
• Dracena – Slow grower. Tolerates much abuse. Many shades of green.
• Alocasia ‘Polly’ – Love the drak leaves with silver veins.
• Savvy Succulents – So many shapes colors and textures for your Savvy Desert Gardens.
• Aglaonema –Best performing low light plant with many different leaf patterns and colors.

The Best Interior Air Purifiers:

• Boston Ferns – Removes Formaldehyde, Xylene & Toluene.
• Spider Plant – Removes Formaldehyde, Xylene & Toluene
• Peace Lily – Removes Benzene, Formaldehyde, Trichloroethylene, Xylene, Toluene, & Amonia
• Snake Plant – Removes Benzene, Formaldehyde, Trichloroethylene, Xylene & Toluene
• Dracaena Marginata – Removes Benzene, Formaldehyde, Trichloroethylene, Xylene, & Toluene.

Did you know?

Houseplants take on many indoor environmental health problems, by reducing levels of carbon dioxide, increasing relative humidity, reducing airborne dust levels and reducing off gassing levels of certain common interior pollutants, such as formaldehyde, benzene and nitrogen dioxide.

Interior Plant Links:

• Diagnosing Problems on House Plants
• Poinsettia Care in the Home
• Plants That Will Withstand Most Adverse House Conditions and Abuse
• Plants That Do Well Under Average Home Conditions
• Plants suitable for Tropical Terrariums
• List of air filtering plants