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Latest Home Decorating Trend: Simple Greenery

ByBrenda Bentley Pruitt

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The latest home decorating trend to hit the market is simple greenery.   The website Houzz predicts that even the 1970s house plant is back.  I want to talk about a unique, and easy way to use simple greenery, using the hydroponics method, to give the home a fresh and lively look.

I can hear those voices now……I don’t have a green thumb! (hope my international reader understands this one)  Then, there are those saying, where will I get the time to take care of plants?  But hey……the latest home decorating trend of simple greenery rooted in water has taken the design industry by storm! WINK WINK!

deccorating with simple greenery
All you do is snip a certain plant below a leaf, where the leaf nodes are on the stem. That is also, where most of the rooting hormone is within the plant.

It is the easiest houseplant you could ever have in your home.

  • not a lot of light needed
  • never has to be feed
  • impossible to kill
simple greenery trend
Of course, not all plants respond to hydroponics.  There are enough out there that will work for your needs. Look for those that have the texture, leaf design, and color that works for your setting. In the  setting with the textured and heavy bar stools, a dainty plant would not work. It appears the container has a thick, heavy, dark plant in the glass container.
greenery in water in the home
You may have to change the water or trim the plant if it grows out of shape. Otherwise, the plant is self-sustainable. This could make you think you have a lovely shade of a green thumb! WINK WINK!

Here are a few plants to consider:

  • Herbs- Mint, Basil, Rosemary, Lavender and Sage
  • Houseplants English Ivy and Philodendron
  • Wandering Jew and Coleus
  • Garden Flowers Begonias and Impatiens
water lilies in pot
I want to point out another way you can have greenery on your porch or yard, without using the hydroponics method. Using fish pond plants like, water lilies shown here, will give you a plant for a long time.  They will bloom continually, as long as, the weather holds up. These lilies are in a glazed fish bowl, on the Longtail bar deck at the Anantara Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

Are you ready to run out and get a plant?  Hold on a minute!  The two most important keys to this whole idea is the container and the water.  It needs to be a glass container for the hydroponics method, so the light can directly hit the plant stems.  There are many interesting glass vases on the market.  Choose the style that works best with the width and height of your plant. For the water, use tap, spring or mineral.  I usually use tap but, I am thinking about trying to collect rain water to capture the minerals, which would be good for a plant.

I am going to include some ideas on using tuber plants (rooted).  They last for a few weeks and could also be great for anyone that wants to do some plants for entertaining or even a wedding.

decorating with a tuber plant.
This is a great tuber branch that will give you joy for weeks, where an arrangement would be gone in 4 days.
decorating a table with plants.
One of my favorites is the elephant ear. Because the leaves are so large, a tall vases will keep it above the heads of people dining. When you have a really high centerpiece, I suggest putting other decorative things that are small on the table to help bring your eye downwards. WINK WINK! Here they used a bowl of green apples with votive candles spread around.  I could see using napkins in a pretty green or another color with a touch of green.
creative table setting
Accessories add a lot to the total look of a dining Table. Bennie Lancaster Thompson is the queen of tracking down interesting accessories for her table. WINK!  She plucked a few branches off her shrubs and tied a colorful ribbon on the tall thin vases. Instead of placing candles on the tall gold candle holders, she used moss balls, and then placed one on the table top. Creative setting!

One last thought, for those that have a second home, using the hydroponics method could really be a great way to have indoor plants.  I think you can be as creative as you choose.  Like combining more than one plant species in a container.   Must be a WINK here.  Pass it on.  See ya in two weeks.     🙄 

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