Help Reduce Air Pollution with Spider Plants

For houses with patios and porch hanging plants are very attractive additions. Those who are living in condos and apartments are also using the natural beauty of window gardens, potted plants, and hanging baskets. But wouldn’t you be more interested in a beautiful hanging plant with the ability to reduce indoor air pollution? Spider plants are popular houseplants that are considered to be the easiest to grow among all hanging house plants. In addition to their stunning beauty, these plants have been shown to reduce indoor air pollution.

Spider plants are clump-forming. They have long narrow leaves that arise from a central rosette or point. These strap-shaped leaves are solid green with lengthwise stripes of white or yellow. A closer look at each leaf will let you see that they appear to be folded down the middle. A mature Spider Plant usually show hanging plantlets on its long stems. At the end of the stems are small white, star-shaped flowers. Once blooming is done, more leaves replace these flowers which eventually form into small plantlets.

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