Choosing flowers for the school office

Creating such an environment in the classroom so that the class looks beautiful, and the students and the teacher feel comfortable is a feasible task.
Indoor flowers at school will make each classroom cozy, give originality and originality.
Parents and schoolchildren diligently select indoor plants for their class, take care of their well-being, rejoice when they see “their” flower after the holidays. But in order for the growth and development of indoor flowers at school to proceed safely, you need to know which plants should be preferred, which color combinations are allowed, and which plants are not recommended to be purchased for school.
We will figure it out so that when you visit school, children and flowers bring you joy.

"A beautiful flower, I want to have one." Most often, it is the type of flower that becomes the main motive for its acquisition. We will learn about the features, methods of care, and the originality of a particular representative of the plant world later. When buying a flower for the house, you can do this.

But when thinking about what flowers will be appropriate at school, one cannot be guided only by the pleasant appearance of the plant.

Before buying, you should study the information about the flower. When choosing a plant, you need to take into account data on the important properties of flowers.

  1. Safety of indoor flowers for children

You should make sure that the plant is not poisonous, not capable of causing allergic reactions.

  1. Unpretentiousness of the plant and ease of care for it

Children are involved in caring for indoor flowers at school. And the guys, under the guidance of a teacher, are happy to water the plants, wipe them, remove dry leaves. However, one cannot ignore that plants that are too capricious and require special care will not be able to get this at school.

  1. "Healing" effect on the atmosphere of the room

The classroom is a room with daily occupancy by groups of children. Moreover, several such groups are replaced during the day. It will be useful to breed such flowers in the school that can have a beneficial effect on the atmosphere. In classrooms, plants that affect:

  • reduction of radiation from electromagnetic waves,
  • increasing the level of humidity;
  • purification of air from harmful substances emitted by various plastics;
  • antibacterial treatment of the environment

Useful indoor flowers for school

Plant growing conditions

When buying an indoor flower for a particular class, ask which side the windows of the office look at, what kind of illumination is in the classroom, and whether nearby trees or neighboring houses create a shadow.

Consider where the plant will be located. Please note that according to sanitary requirements and standards, nothing should be placed on the window sill of the classroom that will become an obstacle to natural light. This means that only the smallest flowers can be placed on the windowsill. For the rest, you need to prepare coasters, hanging planters, find a place on the cabinet shelves.

Choosing plants for the class

Thinking about what flowers you can breed at school, pick plants from one of the following groups.

decorative leafy

Beautiful plants with the original shape and color of the leaves will transform any office. Fit into the interior of the classroom:

  • aspidistra, which do well in the shade;
  • dracaena and ginura, which purify the air from harmful substances;
  • fat women, attractive for their originality;
  • Sansevieria, undemanding and unpretentious.

beautiful blooming

But after all, in addition to useful plants, I also want beautiful ones, representatives of flowering ones will become a real decoration:

  • funny balsams,
  • delicate multi-colored Saintpaulias, which we often call simply violets,
  • , not only pleasing to the eye, but at the same time having a bactericidal effect.

Ampel

Hanging ampelous plants are ideal for decorating walls and piers between windows:

  • chlorophytums, combining decorative properties with the performance of disinfecting functions,
  • scindapsus with shiny glossy leaves;
  • burgundy ginura,
  • traditional Tradescantia,
  • evergreen philodendrons.

curly

Climbing plants can also be placed in classrooms:

  • ivy, which enjoys the special love of all flower growers because of its unpretentiousness,
  • fishnet, performing the important mission of purifying the air in the classroom.

Bulbous and tuberous

Bulbous and tuberous flowers in the classroom, at school will be able to please young flower growers and their mentors with bright flowering:

  • spectacular
  • colorful gloxinia.

Of course, you should not place all the flowers from this list in the same room. A sense of proportion will tell you how many plants will fit well into the interior of the classroom, leaving the main space of the room to its owners - the students and their teacher.

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Not all plants are for school!

The world of indoor plants is so rich and diverse that it cannot be limited by any of the most complete lists. Following the requirements for indoor plants for the school, you can choose other flowers for the school. But it should be remembered: among indoor plants there are flowers that are forbidden at school.

  • Plants containing sap that is poisonous to the skin.

The juice of some plants contains substances that, when in contact with human skin, can cause painful reactions. Such plants include monsters, spathiphyllums, spurges, cyclamens, etc.

  • Plants with fruits, thorns or needles

It is not recommended to keep plants that have bright fruits in rooms intended for children: nightshade, peppers, Fatsia, polyscias, etc. Various cacti are also undesirable, the sharp needles of which can injure the child.

  • Plants with a strong aroma that cause allergic reactions

Some houseplants give off a strong fragrance during flowering. They can provoke an allergy or asthma attack, cause severe headache or heart pain. Therefore, it is impossible to keep such plants in the school. This group includes representatives of kutrovye: oleanders, strophanthus, etc.

For the same reason, you need to be careful when growing pelargoniums and geraniums. These flowers sometimes cause allergies in some people, although most do not.

Flowers banned at school

Knowing the features of choosing indoor plants for a school class, you will be able to turn a boring room into a classroom where your child will spend many interesting moments!