Beginner Houseplants: Tropicals for Healthy House?

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Author Content NCButterfly Apex, NC February 19, 2008 8:09 PM Post #4561714 Folks I am sorry if I was not specific! I have a friend who's family is always sick. I know that certain plants like Peace lillys and Spider plants help clean the air. I was hoping to get more Ideas. Can anyone give me a list of tropicals for a healthy house. NC Butterfly This message was edited Feb 25, 2008 6:57 PM cruz4him Toronto, ON (Zone 6a) February 29, 2008 5:08 PM Post #4605817 Check out this link from NASA [HYPERLINK@www.zone10.com] kwanjin West Valley City, UT (Zone 5a) March 2, 2008 11:46 PM Post #4615034 I found this list, too. Areca palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens) Lady palm (Rhapis excelsa) Bamboo palm (Chamaedorea seifrizii) Rubber plant (Ficus elastica) Dracaena 'Janet Craig' (Dracaena deremensis 'Janet Craig') Pygmy date palm (Phoenix roebelenii) Fig 'Alii' (Ficus macleilandii 'Alii') Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) Peace lily (Spathiphyllum sp.) Corn plant (Dracaena fragrans) Golden pothos (Epipremnum aureum) Florist mum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) Gerbera daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) Gitagal Baltimore, MD (Zone 7a) March 4, 2008 8:27 PM Post #4623183 NC, If you notice--almost all the plants on kwanjin's list are low-light plants. They seem to clean the air the best.

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