I went to a friends house one time and she had a plant with very strong leaves that she had in 3 rooms in the house. She told me they were good for keeping the air clean.
2006-08-04 00:30:10 · 9 answers · asked by Steve O 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
2 plants that are great for this are "Mother-in-Laws tongue"--a dark green, tall-spiked leaf plant, very stiff rigid leaves---and spider plants.
Both have been shown to be very effective at getting certain pollutants out of the air in houses.
2006-08-04 01:25:29 · answer #1 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't think any plant is to keep the air clean! However I do know that plants period do help circulate the air there for it wouldn't be so stale.. the more plants you have the better the air is!
some good house pants are
1.Aloe - also great for skin burns just break off a peice and rub on your burn!!!
2.Jade <-- needs lots of water!!! mines almost dead!
3.Vines / ivy - always nice to have ar ound easy to care for and helps the illustion of more plants and it vines so it makes for a great window outline!!
4. Ferns are great too!!! easy to care for!
5.clovers - they have cute little flowers on them if you care for them properly!!! they taste good too! loves the sun so morning sun would be best for that plant!
6. Bamboo - Over all as long as it has water on it it will grow anywere! <- great for desks.
7. mother in law tongue - they are great for the floor they can get tall nice and welcoming!
well that's all the real names i can think of other than a wall catuice <-- can't spell sorry going back to school for this problem :)
catuices are great! find the ones that don't prick you tho!! ;)
Hope this helps
Mad luv
2006-08-04 01:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Spider plants are highly effective at removing carbon monoxide. There's an interesting research paper about it and other plants that clean the air posted by the University of Florida Extension office: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HE356.
2006-08-04 01:18:33 · answer #3 · answered by Erika M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spider plants are good air cleaners. You could always check with your local plant store and see what they have, and see what is good for your area. They are a hanging plant, I don't know if that is the one you were thinking of.
2006-08-04 00:58:26 · answer #4 · answered by winona e 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All plants emit CO2 at night and I wonder how clean the air can be with them -- unless you move the pots outside when it is getting dark.
2006-08-04 00:34:26 · answer #5 · answered by Kanda 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spider plants work well. They absorb the toxic stuff in rooms to a great extent.
2006-08-04 00:41:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that kandiphati dude is stupid as they get,, plants emit oxygen and most any fern is great,, just google "indoor plants" and you will get a slew of sites to read
2006-08-04 01:26:16 · answer #7 · answered by fuzzykjun 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ferns do that.
Also, get yourself a nice 'wandering jew' ....seriously, that's the name of a great house plant......looks great too!
2006-08-04 00:34:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
any with green foliage's.
2006-08-04 00:33:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋