Choosing The Right Plants For Your Home

Any room will benefit from the introduction of a few well-chosen plants and flowers, but it can be hard to make sure that you select the right ones for your particular style.

If you are accessorising a modern room, then it's important to pick flowers and plants that will fit in with a more contemporary style, so pay close attention to the leaf shape and the structure of the flowers to make sure that the plants will not be too fussy for your modern environment. Choose wide-leaved plants such as rubber trees or specialised palms, which will both look great and require little upkeep, and most usefully, will not shed their leaves or attract too many insects.

If you are going for a more traditional look, then you can choose more freely, from plants with multicoloured flowers, arranged in bowls or vases, to large leafy plants like winter ivy, which is hardy enough to thrive indoors and can be trained to follow fireplaces and mantelpieces.

Just make sure that you pick plants that express your personality, and which really appeal to you and you won't go far wrong – after all, it is your home and it should reflect your tastes.