hi everyone this is Noelle from Petitti Garden Centers in Oakwood village and
we're talking about houseplants it's gray outside why not bring some nature
inside the house fill your home with houseplants today we're going to talk
about bright light plants so again these are plants that are great near windows
or just back from the windowsill do be do be careful if you know it's a window
that has a little bit of breeziness to it or cold so never push our houseplants
against the cold windows okay but these will do very very well in a bright lit
room and they actually don't need direct sunlight on them so even if you have
northern exposure windows or you have small windows or what have you they just
need bright light a well-lit area to really grow well in as you can tell
there's a lot of color here so now we're getting into a light range where many
plants can start to bloom and do a nice job and create good colorful space for
us so of course we have the Phalaenopsis orchid this is a moth orchid very easy
to grow it's really a beginners orchid and it really does appreciate lower
light levels at this time of year so this is a great plant or orchid to try
and start growing orchids with you'll want to try that one okay soil on the
drier side of watering but typically you water it about once a week
moisten the bark or the soil or moss that it's in and then go from there they
like high humidity too so you can go ahead and spray miss them I've got the
bromeliad that I've mentioned before this is one of your easiest bright
indirect light plants the reason being is this foliage will stay colorful for
up to about a year and then you'll start to see the foliage feed a bit but boy it
doesn't give off a lot of color in the room the one that I have back here is
the jade plant and Jade plants are a classic succulent so they really
appreciate bright lighting they don't need direct sunlight however they can
tolerate it and dryer soil so if you're one of those people that doesn't water a
lot look for succulent family okay smaller succulent
that we have down here is in Echeverria echeverria's your what we call an
annual or an annual Henson chick sometimes we call them and they're
really really easy again bright light to direct sunlight and they again want to
be drier soil wise this guy in the middle is actually a Chinese sometimes
they called it Chinese water plant sometimes it's associated with money so
it's sometimes called a Chinese money tree and it has to do with their trunk
and their leaves and so forth this plant believe it or not is really
appreciative of moister soils you'll find them as a bonsai you'll find them
in normal growers pots too but if you can keep the soil on the moist side
they'll really appreciate it and do very well down below we have the relative of
the bromeliad this is the air plant or tillandsia and they do very nicely in a
bright area just spray miss them they'll be very happy about once or twice a week
they'll do nicely this unique one and it's kind of coming
on the scene here this is an anthurium or flamingo plant flamingo flower
sometimes that you hear it called this plant is very unique in the respect that
it produces a lot of color it has what we call a spath flower just like the
peace lily and the Chinese evergreen and they really don't appreciate bright
direct sunlight you've got to watch out because the leaves will burn so a bright
indirect light is perfect for them they produce beautiful flowers and really
keeping them on an evenly moist watering schedule is really really great this guy
is a sago palm most of your palms fall into that brighter light category so
most of the palms including the sago which is a nice sort of short stocky
palm has more of a succulent look and feel to it is a great example of the
palms in general most of them would be very appreciative of brighter light
levels and some direct sun as well this one down here is a Croton earlier I
had mentioned when talking about different light level plants that the
more colorful the pigments are in the foliage the more light it's going to
appreciate and your Croton is one of those typical plants that it has a lot
of different colors in the leaves you see oranges reds yellows all in this
same plant and you'll find if it's in too low of light you'll just lose that
coloration so make sure you keep it in a brighter again brighter in direct light
area and it'll do really well and keep those nice beautiful pigments and lovely
foliage there for you okay bright light plants if you have a great
window in the office you can place them near that window if you have a nice
sunny room in the house you can go ahead and put them on a dining room table or
an end table and they'll do very very well with lots of light again indirect
light and a brightly lit room okay enjoy