How to choose an Air Purifying Houseplant

Air Purifying Houseplants

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Many species of houseplant are known to remove toxins from our air and reduce levels of carbon dioxide. Air purifying plants will detoxify our homes, removing harmful formaldehyde, benzenes and many other pollutants commonly found in the home and office. 

 

Aeschynanthus (Lipstick Plant)

Helps to to filter indoor pollutants and release oxygen, making your environment healthier. It is praised for its beauty, low maintenance, and suitability for hanging baskets, adding both colour and cleaner air to your space. 

 

Aglaonema

An excellent, low-maintenance houseplant known for its air-purifying qualities, effectively removing toxins like formaldehyde and benzene from indoor air, making it a popular choice for improving home air quality and adding ornamental beauty. Did you know? Aglaonema is a NASA approved plant for cleaning air!

 

Aloe Vera

Aloe vera acts as a natural air purifier by absorbing airborne toxins like formaldehyde and benzene, common in household cleaners, and releases oxygen at night, making it great for bedrooms

 

Anthurium

Anthurium plants are excellent natural air purifiers, famous for removing toxins like formaldehyde, ammonia, toluene, and xylene from indoor air, making them a "living filter" that also adds humidity and oxygen. They are part of NASA's list of air-purifying plants, known for their ease of care and long-lasting blooms.

 

Beaucarnea

The Pony Tail Palm acts as a natural air purifier, filtering toxins making it a great low-maintenance houseplant known for its unique "ponytail" look and pet-friendly status.

 

Calathea

Calathea plants are excellent natural air purifiers making them great for bedrooms, offices, and living areas to improve air quality and add beauty with their vibrant foliage. They thrive with bright, indirect light and humidity, offer non-toxic greenery for homes with pets, and contribute to a healthier, more calming indoor environment through their unique leaf movements and air-cleaning properties.

 

Chlorophytum (Spider Plant)

Spider Plants are excellent air purifiers. While their effect in a large room is modest without many plants, they do absorb pollutants and release oxygen, making them great for décor, improving humidity, and acting as a healthy, low-maintenance addition to bedrooms, offices, and living areas.

 

Clivia

A strong, low-maintenance air filtering plant that produces beautiful orange flowers and thrives in shade, making it perfect for indoor settings

 

Croton (pictured)

The Croton plant is known as a good air purifier, helping to filter toxins and add humidity, but it's also known for being a little high maintenance, needing bright light and consistent care to maintain its vibrant, colourful leaves.

 

 

Dieffenbachia

Dieffenbachia  is an effective air-purifying houseplant, known for removing toxins like formaldehyde, benzene, xylene, and toluene from indoor air, contributing to a healthier environment, however it is toxic if ingested so care should be taken around kids and pets. 

 

Dracaena

Dracaena plants are well-known air purifiers, famous for filtering indoor air pollutants like formaldehyde and xylene, as highlighted in NASA's Clean Air Study, making them excellent, low-maintenance houseplants for healthier homes and offices.

 

English Ivy

English Ivy (Hedera) is a highly effective natural air purifier, known for significantly reducing airborne mould and fecal particles, making it great for bathrooms and allergy sufferers. It is toxic if ingested so care should be taken around children and pets.

 

Epipremnum

Epipremnum is a highly effective and popular air-purifying houseplant due to its ease of care and adaptability to various light conditions. 

 

Ficus Elastica

The Rubber Plant is an excellent air purifier, famous for its large leaves that absorb toxins like formaldehyde, benzene, and trichloroethylene, while releasing oxygen, making the air fresher and healthier, especially great for bedrooms as it even converts CO2 at night.

 

Gerbera

These cheerful flowers filter pollutants effectively, improving overall indoor air quality and adding vibrant colour. 

 

Kentia Palm

The Kentia Palm is one of the best plants for improving air quality, removing toxins such as formaldehyde, ammonia and carbon monoxide from the air, this makes it an ideal home and office plant.

 

Livistona

With its distinctive fan-shaped leaves, the Livistona is an excellent air-purifying houseplant, known for filtering common indoor toxins, improving air quality, and adding a tropical, elegant look to homes or offices while being relatively low-maintenance and non-toxic for pets and humans. 

 

Maranta Prayer Plant (pictured)

The Maranta plant (Prayer Plant) is known for its air-purifying qualities, helping to remove toxins and improve indoor air quality, while also being low-maintenance and adding beauty with its unique, moving leaves.

 

 

Nephrolepis (Sword Fern)

The sword fern is a popular and effective air-purifying houseplant that removes airborne toxins, thrives in humidity, and adds lush greenery to indoor spaces.

 

Philodendron

Philodendrons are excellent, popular houseplants known for purifying the air with popular varieties including the Heartleaf, 'Brazil', 'Birkin', and 'Florida Green', offering trailing or upright forms that thrive indoors with bright, indirect light.

 

Sansevieria

Sansevieria (Snake Plant) is an excellent air purifier, famous for removing toxins like benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene, and toluene, and uniquely releasing oxygen at night, making it perfect for bedrooms.

 

Spathiphyllum (Peace Lily)

a well-known and effective air-purifying houseplant, famous for removing toxins like formaldehyde, benzene, and carbon monoxide, while also increasing indoor humidity, making it a popular, elegant, and easy-care choice for healthier, fresher air. 

 

Weeping Fig

A well-known and effective air-purifying houseplant. It's appreciated for its attractive, cascading foliage, versatility, and ability to create a healthier, fresher environment. 

 

ZZ Plant (pictured)

ZZ plants  are excellent, low-maintenance air purifiers that effectively remove common indoor toxins. They are drought-tolerant, thrive in low light, and have glossy leaves, adding both function and modern style to any space.