If you live in an apartment or just want a little color in your home, using flower house plants can be a great way to bring a little outdoor charm to your interior. Tropical flowers not only look exotic but they can really lift the mood of a room by adding some much needed color.

In fact the right flower house plants can be as stunning as expensive decorations when it comes to decorating your home. Despite their exotic appearance flower house plants are relatively easy to take care of and you can always have a little greenery in your home.

Choosing Flowers

When choosing flower house plants look for flowers that have not bloomed yet. It may be tempting to go for flower plant pot that has pretty blooms already but this might mean you will have wilted flowers in your home. So for the longest lasting flower house plants choose plants that have only buds or ones with half opened flowers.

Storing

You don’t want to speed up the growth of your flower house plants. For this reason there are a couple of things you should do to make sure that your flower house plants stay fresh and last longer. The first may sound a little strange but it’s a sure fire way to keep your flower house plants blooming longer; keep your flowers away from a fruit basket.

You will notice that in grocery stores flowers are usually sold in the produce section, next to lots of fruit. The bad thing about keeping flower house plants near fruit is that ethylene is released by ripening fruits. Ethylene also accelerates the growth of flowers, resulting in a lot more dropped blooms, and withering plants.

Another element that speeds up plant growth and can really kill off your flower house plants is heat. While sunlight is necessary for plants to stay healthy artificial heat can cause house plants to wilt and eventually die. One source of artificial heat that house plants are commonly exposed to is the heat from computer monitors. Many people like to brighten up their work desks with a little potted plant.

You will notice that keeping your flower house plants near your computer monitor will only result in lots of leaves on your desk, and wilted blooms. So if you would like to keep your house plants alive and well keep them away from direct heat for long periods of time. Follow these steps and you will have long lasting house plants.