How to Enjoy Plants in Your Low Maintenance Kelowna Home

Make your garden grow with flowering pots and plants that can you can place in low maintenance Kelowna homes.

If you’ve decided it’s time to downsize from your family home, but are sad about leaving your large yard and garden behind, why not look into house plants and flowers that do well in a low maintenance Kelowna home and landscape environment?

You can still enjoy the beauty of your outdoor space without the backbreaking work, and make your indoor living space breathe with some of the health benefits that houseplants provide.

Here are great plants for low maintenance townhouses in Kelowna, and some of their key benefits:

Your Very Own Rainforest

If you’ve ever been to the coastal rainforest or woodlands of southern BC, then you have seen plenty of ferns. One way to bring the beauty of the forest floor home is to plant ferns in pots to be kept inside or outside Kelowna properties on decks or patios.

Ferns are not only beautiful for their verdant, green colour, they are easy to grow and look after as they tolerate many different soil types and are not susceptible to pests. They also are known for their air-purifying properties. If growing ferns indoors, make sure to keep them in a low–light area (a north or east facing window is best) and provide plenty of moisture.

Blooms for Small Spaces

Here in the Okanagan, you can expect the sun to shine for days on end in the summer months. Flowering pots or container gardens are not only a great way to add a splash of colour to a low maintenance space at Kelowna homes, but many varieties can withstand extreme heat. You can also bring some of these plants inside during the winter months to make your very own indoor flower garden.

They include:

• Geraniums
• Calibrachoa
• Fuchsia
• Black Eyed Susan
• Heliotrope
• Osteospermums

A Tropical Paradise in Winter

As the summer months are hot and dry in the Okanagan, the winter months can be chilly as snow covers the hills (and your garden). One way to conquer these different environments is by placing tropical plants that are easy to look after inside your home. Look into ones that can grow in both dry and low-light conditions so that you can enjoy them year-round when investing in Kelowna real estate.

Some of these plants include:

• Snake plants
• Dieffenbachia
• Philodendron
• Anthurium
• Peace lily
• Red-Edged Dracaena
• Aloe

Does your green thumb come with a love of home design? Read our blog: Made to Measure: 5 Ways Houses for Sale in Kelowna Can Be Customized.

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