The Best Houseplants for Indoor Air Quality

Going green in your home can improve the air quality significantly. Houseplants release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide making your home feel fresh and healthy! This not only freshens up the air, but it also eliminates harmful toxins.

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Here are the best indoor houseplants that can improve indoor air quality:

Bamboo Palm – This plant eliminates pollutants like carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and chloroform. In addition to helping you breathe fresh air, it is an excellent spider mite repellant. The Bamboo Palm is best kept in the sun or shade, but make sure to keep the soil hydrated.

English Ivy – Hedera Helix, also known as English Ivy, helps filter airborne toxins. According to NASA’s Clean Air Study, English Ivy is effective at cleansing benzene, formaldehyde, xylene and toluene from the air. This is a climbing plant that is perfect for hanging in your kitchen. It requires more sunlight in controlled temperatures along with plenty of water.

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Peace Lily – This tropical plant breaks down and neutralizes toxic gases like benzene, formaldehyde, and carbon monoxide. One of its best features is that it will let you know when it’s time to hydrate by dropping its leaves.

Barberton Daisy – This beautiful flowering plant is effective at cleansing the air of formaldehyde, benzene and trichloroethylene. It requires natural sunlight and plenty of water. 

Spider Plant -For those of you who are houseplant newbies, the resilient spider plant is the perfect choice. This plant helps eliminate harmful toxins including carbon monoxide and xylene, a solvent used in the printing and rubber industries. If you have pets, this is one of the few houseplants that is non-toxic to animals. The spider plant produces tiny ‘spiderettes’ which you can repot and grow a whole family of plants that will pretty much take care of themselves… and you!

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Aloe Vera – The Aloe Vera plant acts as an air purifier by removing harmful pollutants known as VOCs. VOCs are chemicals that are released from building materials, furniture, cleaning supplies and other everyday products. It’s a succulent, so it’s easy to maintain and doesn’t require much water.

Going Green in Your Home

Amber’s Air Duct Cleaning specializes in indoor air quality for homes throughout mid Michigan. For us, it’s important to always be improving the indoor and outdoor environment we live in. By using all natural products, we leave your indoor air fresh and healthy. 

Contact us today to learn more about how you can improve your home’s air quality! Call (517) 885-3000 or fill out a contact form above to start a fresh journey with Amber’s Air Duct Cleaning.