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With the Spring Festival approaching, traditional green plants are no longer sufficient to satisfy modern people's pursuit of home aesthetics. In the cold winter season, choosing several pots of fragrant plants can not only create a warm festive atmosphere but also regulate emotions through natural fragrance, achieving deep interaction between people and space. These fragrant plants can serve as natural air fresheners and also enhance the style of the home through visual beauty.
Top Ten Fragrant Plant Recommendations
Orchid - Representative of Eastern Fragrance
Orchids are known as the king of fragrances, with different varieties presenting unique scents: Cymbidiums smell like milky fragrance, Cymbidiums with sweet osmanthus, and Cymbidiums with fruit fragrance. When caring for them, maintain an ambient temperature of 15-25°C, use breathable planting materials such as pine bark and charcoal, and properly control water in winter to extend the blooming period to three months.
Dendrobium Flower - Model of Health Fragrant Plant
Medicinal Dendrobium releases a delicate honey fragrance when flowering, and its stems can be used to make health tea. Cultivate using the board planting method, securing the plant on a tree fern board, spray daily to maintain humidity, and provide moderate scattered light in winter to promote bud differentiation.
Fingered Citron - Three-dimensional Fragrance Device
Fingered citron fruits continuously release a citrus fragrance for over a month and can be sliced and dried in the shade to make scent pouches. In southern regions, it is recommended to grow them in pots using a mixture of decomposed leaf soil and river sand, apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer monthly during the growing season, and maintain a temperature above 8°C in winter for overwintering.
Fragrant Plant Combination Techniques
Principles of Spatial Scent Layout
In the living room, choose strongly fragrant plants like Daphne odora, kumquat, etc. For the bedroom, recommend subtle varieties like Cymbidium sinense, and for the study, combine with wintersweet, camellia, etc., to refresh the mind. In the dining area, place narcissus to neutralize food odors.
Fragrance Time Management
Miniature roses, hyacinths, and other long-blooming varieties are suitable for long-term placement, while seasonal fragrant plants like fingered citron and wintersweet can be used as limited holiday decorations. By combining different plants' blooming periods, you can achieve a continuous supply of fragrance throughout the year.
When choosing fragrant plants, consider personal olfactory preferences and also note: avoid strong fragrant varieties like lilies in children's rooms, and be cautious with pollen plants for those with allergies. Regularly rotate the pot direction to ensure even light exposure and longer-lasting fragrance release. This Spring Festival, why not replace chemical fragrances with natural scents to truly bring the living space to life.