Popular Plants for Your Garden

Popular plants for your garden depend a lot on the climate where you live as well as whether you want an indoor garden or an outdoor garden. You have a wide variety of plants which you can choose from including flowering plants, medicinal plants, foliage plants and grasses.

For an indoor garden your best choices are ferns or palm tree plants. Most of these need little direct sunlight and can actually brighten up a darker area of a room. Most of them require minimal attention with only occasional watering and possibly some light misting if you live in a dry climate. Ferns are also great for planting in hanging baskets in the corner or over that huge window.

Some popular medicinal plants include calendula, which is good to help with the healing of wounds. Lavender is not only very aromatic, but also helps to ward off bacteria, fungi and viruses. Purple coneflower has medicinal value from stem to flower. A way of getting the medicinal value of this is to cut the center cone and bite the inner part. When you first do this don’t be surprised when it feels like you just stuck your tongue on a live nine volt battery.

When choosing the popular plants for your garden be sure to keep in mind the size of your garden. Planting groups of plants together tend to leave a less spotty appearance. Make sure you pay attention to the color set up as well as the type of foliage the plant has, and what each plant requires as far as sun and water are concerned.