See why you should Plant Flowers around your Home
1. It Beautifies the environment
Setting up a beautiful home may not be totally complete until you have a lovely garden in the compound. A garden with a blend of diverse flowers has a way of perfection exterior decoration in homes. Beautiful flowers have a way of announcing themselves when guests come around the house. You can't do without noticing the space they occupy around the compound. Some very large compounds can go further to dedicate a large space to planting flowers and cap it up with some lovely carpet grasses. Some flowers are picked to match the paint colour of the house. This can really make the house exceptionally beautiful and attractive.
2. It attracts lovely birds and Butterflies
Beautiful flowers in the house have a way of attracting lovely coloured butterflies and also birds. Some birds do have taste and know good things. Some of these birds include the American Goldfinch, Black-Capped Chickadee, Eastern Bluebird, Gray Catbird, Northern Cardinal, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanger Tree Swallow and the White-Breasted Nuthatch. Some of these lovely birds actually flitter lovely melodies in the mornings and makes the environment more attractive. Almost making the home look like tourist attraction as a visit to such environment creates a lasting impression.
3. It provides fresh Air
Humans inhale what flowers exhale. Having a garden in the home provides fresh air which creates a cool and healthy relaxation background when the scorching sun goes down.
4. Reduces Air Pollution
Researchers have recently emphasized the need to plant more flowers around the world this is to help reduce air pollution and keep the atmosphere healthy. This is also to help prevent climatic changes which can be detrimental to human life with extreme weather conditions like what is presently being experienced around the world.
5. Reduces Erosion
Having a smooth soil surface can actually promote erosion during flash flood and wind storms. Planting a lot of flowers will help serve as wind and flood breakers to reduce erosion and its effect on land surface.
6. Provides lovely fragrance
Some flowers like Scented Primrose, Plumeria, Sweet autumn clematis, Ylang-Ylang (Cananga Odorata), Nicotiana, Lily of the Valley, Viburnum, Tuberose, Osmanthus fragrans, Mock Orange, Lilac, Brugmansia, Daphne, Night scented stocks, Michelia Champaca, Sampaguita or Jasminum Sambac, Stargazer Lily, Honeysuckle, Rose, Freesia, Hyacinth, Jasmine and Gardeniaprovide lovely fragrance in the environment. This neutralizes offensive smell and keeps the home well saturated with a good and appealing smell.
7. Provides lovely picture background
While taking pictures, people love to stay around beautiful backgrounds which gives a lovely image projection. Gardens and flower backgrounds are well known to be highly sought after by photograhers as it enhances the beauty of their snapshots.8. Fight Depression
It was discovered that gardens have a way of promoting good moods and fighting depression. A study in the Netherlands, cited by CNN, suggests that gardening fights stress even better than other hobbies. Participants completed a stressful task and were then told to read inside or go outdoors and garden for 30 minutes. The gardening group reported better moods afterward, and their blood tests showed lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
9. Pet Sheds
House pets like dogs, cats, peacocks love to hang around the cozy garden environment as its a place they feel relaxed with. Planting a garden in a home with pets will also promote the happiness of the pets because to the joy they derive from seeing the garden and actually staying there.
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