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Five Great Houseplants for Your New Garden Office

Five Great Houseplants for Your New Garden Office

By Andrew Tweddle on 4th October, 2011

Taking the time to plan the interior design of your new Decorated Shed garden office can be a great way to add some of your own personality to it. Adding your own finishing touches to a Decorated Shed garden office can be as simple as adding some of your favourite artwork, or choosing furniture that really appeals to you. Houseplants are a further way to add your individuality to a Decorated Shed garden office, plus they also add life and colour to the space, and usually require only a small amount of attention to allow them to flourish. There are a number of choices available, depending on what suits your individual taste.

Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)

The peace lily is a great choice if you’ve opted for a neutral colour scheme in your new garden office. The plant consists of simple green foliage, interspersed with elegant white flowers when in bloom. They are perfectly suitable for low-light areas, and will indicate that they need water with drooping leaves.

Desert Cactus

Desert Cacti have been a fairly popular choice as houseplants and windowsill plants in Britain for many years. They have a very distinctive look compared to other plants, and come in many shapes and sizes. These are particularly great choices if you’re looking for something very low maintenance. They only need watering in spring and summer, but do require a good level of sunlight, so will sit perfectly in a garden office with large windows.

Indoor Bonsai Tree

Bonsai trees are essentially miniature trees, and each plant has a distinctive and unique look, because of the way that the bark grows and knots. Normal bonsai trees are often unsuited to being grown indoors, but numerous types of indoor bonsai trees are widely available. They do require more attention than the other plants on this list, but when cared for successfully, they create a great feature for a modern office.

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera plants are known for their healing and cosmetic properties, but their visually-striking leaves create a great houseplant for any garden office. They require moderate sunlight, but only need watering when their soil is completely dry.

Yellow Goddess (Amaryllis)

The yellow goddess is a wonderful flowering plant, which can add colour and warmth to your new garden office. When in bloom, the flowers appear in a soft yellow colour, and will stay in bloom for about six to eight weeks.

These are just a handful of the many houseplants available for a garden office. Some require hardly any attention, while others will require specific conditions to survive. Whatever plant you go for, you should always research the amount of work they will require to allow them to thrive. Having said that, there are many available that are hard-wearing and easy to look after, which can all add character to your new Decorated Shed garden office.


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