Sunrooms with plants truly look magical. So many plants can grow in sunrooms because the atmospheric conditions are ideal.
However, you want to grow the best plants so that your sunrooms can stay beautiful – think African violets and passion flowers.
Read this article to see some of the most beautiful plants that you can grow in your sunrooms.
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A Collection of Plants To Grow in Sunrooms
1. African Violets
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These violets from Africa are among the most beautiful plants that you can grow in sunrooms. These plants grow to be very beautiful, as they have thick and firm leaves with blue or purple flowers. Even though they originate from warm regions in Africa, you can grow violets in your sunrooms so long as you live in the ideal USDA zone.
When growing these plants, ensure that you have a suitable fertilizer for them. While you can use an all-purpose fertilizer for the violets, check the store for African violet-specific fertilizer. When watering your plants, do not overwater them. Just make sure that the soil stays slightly moist constantly. Note that they are the best plants for a hot sunroom.
2. Spider Plants
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These plants are awesome plants that you can grow as indoor plants. These beautiful plants got their name from the shape and length of their leaves, as they resemble the inverted legs of spiders.
Spiders are very common in sunrooms because they are beautiful, can grow in hanging baskets, and are comfortable with the atmospheric conditions in sunrooms.
Spiders do not need much watering, just make sure that the substrate is not completely dry. Note that they need a very loose substrate made with barks because their roots need constant exposure to air. You can either water your plants by misting their leaves regularly or submerging the plants in water for some seconds occasionally.
3. Boston Ferns
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Ferns truly deserve all the accolades that they get, as they beautify sunrooms. These ferns are beautiful and popular ferns that are popular in many sunrooms because of their fronds and hardiness. These ferns are growing in the ideal growing conditions in sunrooms because the light exposure is just right and the temperature is also suitable.
Ferns prefer to grow in Sandy or loose soil. The soil should stay moist, so you’ll most likely water your ferns often. Also, ensure that you give the ferns quarter-strength nitrogen-rich fertilizer so that they can grow beautiful green fronds. These plants are low maintenance sunroom plants.
4. Passion Flower
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How’d you like to grow the most beautiful flower in your sunroom? These flowering plants produce lovely flowers that you’d look at and feel a burst of pride every day. Passion plants usually grow as weeds in their native habitats, so they are very easy to care for.
So long as the temperature and humidity levels are just right, your passion plant will give the sunroom a deserving look. If you are growing passion plants outside their preferred USDA hardiness zones, make sure that the sunroom is at slightly warmer temperatures and high levels of humidity.
Also, remember to prune the vines regularly so that they do not spread and cover other plants in the sunroom. Note that these plants are among the best plants for unheated sunrooms.
5. English Ivies
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Here’s a very popular vine to fill up your sunroom. If you want to cover the wall or any surface in your sunroom, make use of English ivies and other similar vines, as they grow quickly, very beautifully, and easily. The plants do not need a lot of care from you. English ivies are toxic but you will be just fine so long as you do not eat their leaves.
To grow English ivies, ensure that their potting mix is well-drained and has a lot of organic nutrients. Due to the nature of their leaves, watering the ivies by misting is highly recommended even though their potting mix should stay moist. Remember to monitor the growth of the ivies so that they do not grow out of control.
6. Chinese Evergreen
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Looking for a very beautiful potted plant for your sunroom? Here’s an excellent idea for you. Chinese evergreen plants come with leaves with different colors (according to the variety) and grow so well I’m pots.
You can keep the pots of these plants at the center of the sunroom or very close to the door so that the evergreens will be the first plants that your visitors will see when they enter the sunroom.
Ensure that the evergreens get sufficient light, but not too much. If you see brown spots near the leaf edges, the plants may be getting too much light, so you need to reduce the light exposure. Remember to regularly fertilize the soil so that your evergreens can maintain their beauty.
7. Anita Cane Tree
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We’ve been discussing vines and little plants. You can also add little trees in your sunroom for variety and extra beauty. These cane trees can grow easily in pots, so you can decorate your sunrooms with them. You should grow many Anita canes so that you can place their pots in strategic locations around the sunroom.
If you give your cane trees more water than they need, they will get root rot and die. If you give them too little water, they will get dehydrated and die. The secret is to keep the soil moist but not soggy. When watering the cane trees, do not wait until the water starts dripping off the pot before you stop watering the plants.
8. String of Pearls
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How’d you like to grow a popular succulent in your sunroom? String of pearl plants are lovely plants that you can grow in hanging baskets. Their leaves look like beads or pearls and are the source of inspiration for the name of the plants.
When planting in hanging baskets, the leaves fall gracefully and give your sunroom a very beautiful look. Like other succulents, do not overwater your string of pearls.
Also, you can fertilize them with pellets or slow-release fertilizer if the substrate is not very loose. If the substrate is loose, make use of foliar fertilizer for their leaves.
9. Orchids
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Sunrooms are usually filled with green, as the leaves of plants are everywhere. If you want your sunroom to have the touch of other colors, grow beautiful flowers such as orchids.
Orchids are diverse and they can bloom in so many months, meaning that your sunrooms will stay beautiful for a very long time. Orchids are also easy to care for so long as they are growing in the right conditions.
Like some other plants, orchids prefer a dry substrate to a consistently wet one. You just need to make sure that the substrate does not go fully dry. Buy an orchid mix from a store or make the mix with tree bark and other loose materials. You can water the orchids by misting them or dipping them in water.
10. Hibiscus
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When a list of plants is given, there’s always a high chance that hibiscus plants will be listed as well. Due to the colors, beauty, and diversity of hibiscuses, you can be sure to beautify a sunroom with hibiscus plants.
These large indoor plants for sunrooms are hardy and produce beautiful flowers that you can use for tea and other purposes. So long as the hibiscus is in the right USDA hardiness zone, it will grow with very little or no problems. Just focus on watering and feeding the plants.
The soil of your hibiscus should not run completely dry. Also, make sure that it is rich in phosphorus and potassium so that the hibiscus plants can continue growing colorful flowers.
Conclusion
These plants for your sunrooms are lovely, right?
Remember the following points before you start planting:
- Some very beautiful plants that you can grow in your sunrooms are passion plants, ivies, Chinese evergreens, orchids, and Anita canes.
- Ferns are easy to grow and very beautiful, so ensure that you grow them in your sunrooms.
- Always put the water and USDA needs of a plant into consideration before you add it to your sunroom collection.
- For succulent plants such as the string of pearls, ensure that you give them a lightweight and loose substrate.
- If you are growing plants that do not need a lot of light exposure, do not grow them too close to the glasses in your sunrooms.
After seeing the lovely plants, wear your green thumbs and start gardening.
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