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Poor Indoor Air Quality Helped by Indoor Plants in the Home and Office. Now ...

Winter is the worst time of year for indoor air pollution problems since most homes don’t get fresh air and people spend more time inside. The Environmental Protection Agency recently noted that “in the last several years, a growing body of scientific evidence has indicated that the air within homes and other buildings can be more seriously polluted than the outdoor air in even the largest and most industrialized cities.”

The nation’s largest lawn, landscape, and interiorscape association, the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), offers homeowners tips for improving indoor air quality through the use of indoor plants.

“All plants add oxygen and create a healthier indoor environment,” says Chris Raimondi, chairman of PLANET’s Interior Specialty Group. “In addition, some plants provide the added benefit of removing toxins from the air.”

PLANET suggests trying the following plants in your home to provide oxygen and remove toxins:

- Ivy — It likes indirect light, to be evenly watered, and doesn’t mind drying-out occasionally.

- Spider plants — They are great pollution fighters that are easy to grow in moderate light, and they attract few insects.

- Peace Lilies — They are easy to care for, should be kept moist, and will wilt when they need to be watered.

- Ferns — They need medium or bright indirect light. The Boston fern is a good pollution-fighting variety, but requires little maintenance aside from dealing with dropped fronds.

- Ficus trees — They need medium to high light. They shouldn’t be watered until their leaves begin to turn yellow. They are sensitive to changes in light and cold drafts, but once established, they are easy to care for.

For those who want some color around the house, chrysanthemums and Gerber daisies are flowering plants that clean the air while they are flowering, but they eventually need to be discarded, whereas most green indoor plants can last for years.

Aside from our homes, many of us spend the majority of time at the office. Raimondi, a green industry Landscape Industry Certified Manager, suggests that companies place plants in the work place to improve the air quality along with employee health and morale. Some of the most popular indoor plants for the office are Peace Lilies and philodendrons. Many offices opt for a large quantity of plants in a public area, but you can also keep smaller plants on your desk to aid in cleaning the air in your direct area. One to two plants per room are recommended.

805 Ozone Street, Ocean Park Santa Monica CA Home for Sale | Ficus ...

Welcome to 805 Ozone Street, in the magical neighborhood of Ocean Park. This is a very special property hidden behind a tell ficus hedge, like living in a world of your own. 805 Ozone Street is just blocks to the beach, main street, a brand new Whole Foods Market, even a Starbucks. Ocean Park is a friendly, casual and extremely neighborly community. Just cross the street and less than half a block down from the house is Ozone Park, a quaint, extremely well-maintained, child-friendly park which serves as a real gathering place for the neighborhood, although this video is being shot mid-morning and you can see how quiet and sweet it is. Inside the gate, the garden welcomes you home. Custom landscape lighting, lush tropical trees, bright flowers, even your own banana tree as well as a deck for enjoying your morning coffee, watching your children at play, or taking in the breezy afternoons that Santa Monica is known for. Behind the glass paned French door, you enter a perfect sized living room with tons of light. This home has gorgeous hardwood floors throughout. And the living room offers a gas fireplace, two coat closests, and built-in shelving for your home electronics which is enclosed by custom Thai shutters A high lofted ceiling adds warmth as well as an architectural scale to the room. To the left of the living room, you’ll enter the kitchen and dining rooms through an open entryway. What you’ll notice immediately in the kitchen is exquisite granite countertops with …

mine froze too. glendale area. was told 1st of march water heavily for 1 day. as the ground warms the tree will start to rebud. check your branch ends if they are not brittle they will bud and bring new leaves. also you will see new growth at base watch for this. if not seen anything by may 1 there gone froze too far. there will be a lot of dead ficus from that cold week. just keep fingers crossed there are some very large ficus That were damaged but they will rebud because of established root system good luck

Sounds dead to me. Look for tight, compact buds on the branches. If there is no greenery inside one of these buds, the tree may be gone. If the branches snap right off, those branches are dead and need to be pruned. A stressed tree will sacrifice it’s branches before it allows itself to die. Give the tree a thorough pruning but no more than 1/3 of the tree and then watch for a miracle. Sometimes the pruning will allow a stresssed tree to recover. Be patient.and look for new buds at the point where you pruned the branches.

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