Continuing our discussion on your home’s environment we looked at the overall indoor plant environment and also a way to make a determination on how to classify the plant lighting where you plan on placing your house plant. Now let’s look at the indoor temperatures. How exactly would you classify the “plant room” or space from a temperature point of view.

Rooms vary in temperature from season to season. It’s possible to have a cold room in the winter and a hot room in the summer.

For example, during the winter months do you need a extra layer of clothing while sitting in the room? Granted some people are more sensitive to cold but if this doesn’t describe you the room would be labeled as a - cool winter room. If the family will never venture into the room without a thick blanket or heavy winter coat, the rooms definitely on the cold side.

If during the heat of summer the same room needs to have the blinds adjusted or pulled to reflect the suns rays and keep the heat out. This room would be labeled - hot in the summer!

If the room keeps a nice fairly even temperature all year round we would categorize this room as warm.

All this information helps you in the selection of plants indoors. Not only does it help with plant choices but also plant varieties. Some of the new plant varieties have been breed specifically to handle or tolerate cooler indoor temperatures.

A palm may be better than a Dracaena or new variety of Aglaonema new do well where and old variety did not. Take these all into account when buying your houseplants.

Next time well take a look at the air…