5 Easy-Care Classroom Plants You’ll Love!

Get the details of five easy-care classroom plants that will enhance air quality and bring some joy into your room.

I wanted to share with you some of my most favourite and easy-care pot plants that are great for the classroom, as well as your home.

Potted plants can give such a lovely aesthetic to a room, as well as doing a clever job of purifying our air and improving its quality.

I’m always on the lookout for ways to make my living spaces, as well as where I work, more uplifting and support my wellbeing.

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I found out that NASA had done a study of our house plants for their ability to filter the surrounding air of toxins and airborne pollutants, such as Formaldehyde, Benzine, Ammonia and Trichloroethylene. (Big names, but be aware that many of these toxins are released into the air we breathe from our indoor furnishings, like carpets and furniture fabrics etc.)

The following list is all the plants that were recommended from this
NASA Clean air study for their ability to detox our air:

Air-filtering indoor plants

Dwarf Date Palm
Boston Fern
Kimberley Queen Fern
Spider Plant
Chinese Evergreen
Bamboo Palm
Weeping Fig
Devil’s Ivy
Flamingo Lily
Lily Turf
Broadleaf Lady Palm
Barberton Daisy
Cornstalk Dracaena
English Ivy
Variegated Snake Plant
Peace Lily
Chrysanthemums
Red Edged Dracaena

You’ve probably heard of many of these plants.

Of the 18 that were recommended by the scientific study, I have suggested four to use for classroom plants for their easy-care nature.

Plus, I really just like them, mainly because they look great, give me joy and are really easy-care potted indoor plants.

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Easy-care potted classroom plants

1. Devils Ivy

I love this plant.

It has beautiful light green, heart-shaped, variegated leaves and sends out long trailing stems.

I have had one of these plants in my house for nearly 25 years now and it’s still growing strong.

I occasionally cut off the trailing stems and leaves and add them to jars of water to strike and grow in other rooms – a beautiful addition to bring the outdoors inside and super easy to grow in your classroom!

2. Peace Lily

Easy care classroom plants - Peace Lily — The Peace Lily has beautiful dark green foliage and white flowers. It is one of the most well-known house plants and is one of the easiest to grow.

The Peace Lily is very easy-care and is best in the shade, as it needs little sunlight to survive.

It only requires watering approximately once per week.

The soil is best left moist and should only be watered if the soil is dry.

This plant is great for any low-light classroom and you’ll love it’s dark green leaves to give a natural feel in your room.

Tip: to encourage the growth of the delightful white flowers, sprinkle ground up eggshells to the top of the soil and water in.

3. Variegated Snake Plant

Variegated Snake Plant - Easy classroom plants — Variegated Snake Plant is also known as Mother-in-laws Tongue.

As a mature plant, this dark green, stiff leaf plant has light grey-green cross banding.

The tall stiff leaves grow vertically to a height of 70 – 90 cm and are wonderful for exchanging carbon dioxide for oxygen.

It is an excellent indoor classroom plant because of its tolerance of low light and irregular watering. It is also naturally drought tolerant – great if you’re too busy to water regularly!

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4. Spider Plant

Spider Plant - an easy classroom plant — The Spider Plant is considered one of the most adaptable and easiest to grow. It is the plant at the front with the long spidery-thin leaves with cream variegations.

The spider plant is known for its long, narrow leaves.

Spider plants are very easy to grow, being able to thrive in a variety of conditions.

A variegated Spider plant needs to be kept in a bright sunny spot to keep its stripes, but they are generally straight forward to care for.

5. Succulents – easy-care at their best

Succulents are not on the list from the NASA Clean Air Study, but I think they make terrific classroom plants.

They are so low maintenance and have such appeal that I think they are one of my favourite indoor plants to have in your homes as well as in your classroom.

Final words on easy-care classroom plants…

I really love all of these indoor classroom plants.

If they do the job of purifying the air while lifting my spirits, I’m a happy woman and I’m sure they’ll do the same for you too!

I hope you try my recommendations for these easy-care classroom plants in your room, make the most of your space and bring joy to your day at school, which is so important for your wellbeing.

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Remember you are worth it!

Michelle x

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5 Easy-Care Classroom Plants You’ll Love!

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