Geranium at home - where is it better to put in an apartment, in a flower pot or on a windowsill
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The Geranium family, or Cranes, to which the indoor geranium belongs, is widespread in the world. Everyone's favorite plant is Pelargonium, which is native to southern Africa. There are more than 200 species of pelargonium. In recent years, hybrid garden forms have appeared, combining a variety of colors and different flower sizes, while their form is traditional. Garden geranium at home allows you to create an interior in a country style or in a romantic one. The flower acts as a solo element and attracts attention. It is worth figuring out where it is best to keep it and what signs are associated with this plant.
Geranium in the house: where is it better to put in the apartment
Pelargonium, or indoor geranium, naturally grows in open spaces, often located on unshaded mountain slopes on rocky ground. Therefore, in the apartment it should be kept closer to the glass on the east or west windows.
What is a flower
Benefits and harm in the house
To understand why geranium is needed in the house, it is worth turning to the biological characteristics of this plant. The leaves of pelargonium are covered with dense fluff or glandular hairs, touching which an essential oil with a characteristic odor is released. These hairs absorb a large amount of room dust on themselves, and the odorous substances have bactericidal and soothing properties. However, in some people, geranium can cause headaches and poor sleep.
Is it possible to keep at home and where to put a flower pot
Many people wonder if geranium can be kept in the house. The answer is yes, since the plant does not contain any poisonous or harmful substances, despite the fact that it may not smell very pleasant. The point is in the individual susceptibility of people.
It is worth carefully examining the sensitivity of all family members to this flower. To do this, you need to observe the condition of adults and children staying in a room where there is at least one pelargonium flower.
If geranium is the most beloved houseplant, and it has a calming effect, then it may well be placed in the bedroom. Even with a short rest in such a room, the nervous system calms down and blood pressure decreases. At night, you can rub the leaves to smell the geranium and sleep peacefully. However, a large flower bed of geraniums in the bedroom should not be arranged; it is preferable to do this on an insulated loggia or balcony.
Flowerbed on the insulated loggia
Plants can be planted in separate pots or mixed in one large container. Since the structure of the flower is the same for all varieties, they are perfectly combined with each other. Here you can give free rein to your imagination and choose any color combinations.
Mix of colors
A good option is joint planting of zoned pelargonium of simple colors in an elongated container. Such home beds can be placed in a room where children of middle and senior school age live. The flower will tune in to homework, refresh and purify the air in the room.This is a positive point if you are doing physical exercise indoors.
Elongated geranium flower bed
You cannot put pots with geraniums in a room where newborn children, preschoolers and younger students live. The immune, respiratory and other physiological systems of children are not yet sufficiently developed, and the body can show an undesirable reaction in the form of irritability, itching and discharge from the nose and eyes.
Geranium in pots
Pelargonium ivy is now on sale. Its shoots have the peculiarity of ampelous plants - they creep and weave, but they do not cling to the support like grapes. The leaves are three- or five-membered, shiny. Numerous double or simple flowers of various colors. It is advisable to plant this type in a flower pot, which is placed on a sunny wall of an apartment or in a bright corner.
Ivy variety
In a pots with long suspensions, you can plant another new variety that has appeared on sale - large-flowered geranium, or royal. It has flowers similar to geraniums, but larger, often with exotic colors. Its leaves are tripartite with pointed teeth.
Pelargonium grandiflora (grandiflora, royal)
Will it grow under artificial light
All species die with a lack of light. The stems can get sick with rot, which irrevocably kills the flower. The question arises whether it is possible to keep geraniums at home in the back of the room. As practice shows, no. Geranium dies in 3-4 weeks of being in conditions of insufficient lighting. The light from ordinary lamps in the room has no noticeable effect on the processes of photosynthesis.
Plants need special phytolamps, similar to those used in modern greenhouse complexes. These are powerful lighting devices that do not make sense to keep in the house due to their uneconomic nature. Another option is LED energy saving lamps with a red-blue spectrum. They are turned on at the end of the day for additional illumination of a home flower for 4-5 hours in winter.
Composition in classic style
On sale you can find a geranium tree. It is a specially formed plant with a high lignified stem. This form makes less stringent requirements for the light in the room. The abundant flowering of the geranium tree continues in a room with medium daylight.
Geranium - allergenic or not
Pelargoniums rarely cause allergic reactions. Many people wonder why people react differently to the smell and touch of geranium leaves, and geranium itself is allergenic or not? The fact is that the predisposition of different people to geranium substances is different. For some, geranium essential oil is an allergen, for others it is not.
Types of allergic reactions to touching plants:
- redness and itching of the skin;
- papular rash, accompanied by itching;
- very rare urticaria.
Types of adverse reactions from the eyes and respiratory system:
- redness of the eyes and watery eyes;
- clear nasal discharge, itching.
Geranium is dangerous for pets. For example, cats from its smell can cause panic, the animal rushes about and does not find a place. They are unlikely to try to chew it, although they can sniff quite often.
Signs and superstitions
Flowers have been loved by housewives for over 250 years. The main reason for the flower's popularity is its simplicity. Pelargonium easily tolerates a lack of watering, because many housewives are windy and often forget to water plants in pots or do not understand the moment whether watering is needed or not.
Signs and superstitions about love and family happiness
In the 18-19 centuries. in merchant and simple peasant houses, where there was a girl of marriageable age, a geranium flower was put on the window, which served as a signal to young gentlemen who wanted to get married. On the wedding day, the bride pinned pink geranium flowers to the dress so that the marriage would last long and be happy.
There are a number of positive beliefs that geranium contributes to peace and harmony in the family, brings order and understanding to the house between all family members. Geranium flowers on the windows protect the inhabitants of the house from the evil eye and damage. If geranium flowers are placed in the meeting rooms, then any dispute and conflict will be quickly resolved by the world.
There are signs regarding the color of geranium:
- red promises peace and tranquility between spouses, relieves nervous excitement and overwork;
- pink flower helps to find love. If it has bloomed, then the betrothed is already near;
- white helps conception;
- purple geranium - a rare flower - promises harmony in the family;
- if you put geraniums in the room together with azalea, then financial problems will be forgotten forever.
However, not all beliefs have a positive meaning. If a lot of geranium flowers are in the room, it destroys the family. They said that a flower can become so attached to its mistress that it will forever scare men away from her, and she will never marry. Therefore, an unmarried girl should not have such a flower in the house. If a married lady becomes strongly attached to the plant, this can lead to family discord and divorce.
Superstitions are contradictory, whether to leave a geranium flower at home or not is up to each grower himself.
Superstitions are not always true
Useful and magical properties
The set of substances contained in geranium is wide and includes geraniol oil, flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, tannins, monoterpenes, vitamin E, chlorophyll, coumarins. Together, these substances have antiseptic, antiparasitic, antifungal, antiviral, regenerative and analgesic effects. In official medicine, a drug is made from the roots of geraniums for the treatment of ENT organs.
Geranium oil can be bought at the pharmacy, it is used to heal wounds on the skin, lubricate ulcers that do not heal for a long time, and burns. When applied externally, it stimulates muscle tone, relieves vasospasm. This property is important for relieving pain from varicose veins. During the massage, it can be used to ease the sliding of the hands and tone the body receiving the procedure.
When rubbed into the scalp, geranium oil heals it, helps to get rid of dandruff, the hair becomes silky and shiny, and breakage is prevented.
The oil helps with earache and runny nose. In the first case, a few drops of oil are applied to a cotton wool turunda and inserted into the ear for 20-30 minutes.With a runny nose, 2-3 drops of oil are instilled into each nasal passage, rub the wings of the nose, temples, and the central part of the forehead with it.
Geranium oil helps to cope with diseases of the oral cavity - stomatitis, periodontal disease. Rinse the mouth with a small amount of the drug several times a day. Ulceration heals quickly.
Geranium oil
Geranium essential oils have proven themselves well for aromatherapy and as an aphrodisiac. A few drops of the product are added to the water at the time of taking a bath. The water should not be particularly hot. You can take geranium oil treatments through ultrasonic inhalers.
Inside, geranium preparations should not be taken without a doctor's recommendation. In addition, there are a number of restrictions for adults - the period of pregnancy and breastfeeding, hormonal disorders of the body, liver and kidney diseases.
Thus, geraniums at home provide many benefits. The main useful property of a flower is to purify the air in the room. The aesthetic effect of geranium flowers on people is great. The mental state of the inhabitants of the house where geranium grows is balanced, harmony and mutual understanding reign in the family. The house is like a full bowl. The plant is perfect for creating interiors in any style: from romantic to modern with a high degree of use of synthetic materials in decoration.
