The vast majority of indoor crops require bright but diffuse lighting. Eastern and western window sills are most comfortable for plants. But the southern ones are often considered to be just as problematic as the northern ones. The bright midday sun leaves burns on the leaves of most even hardy and unpretentious crops. And overheating creates specific temperature conditions. When choosing species for a southern windowsill, you should look for plants from deserts and hot tropics, which in nature are accustomed to dazzling light and extreme heat.
The best indoor plants for southern windowsills
North windows
There are many beautiful houseplants that require indirect light and are therefore well suited to being placed in or close to a north-facing window. Flowering plants of the northern window include Saintpaulia, or Uzambara violet, exotic Scherzer anthurium hybrids, cyclamen, and Kalanchoe. Hybrid species of begonias, for example Lorrain begonia, are also suitable for this. If there is enough space on the windowsill, then you can place on it an unpretentious but beautifully flowering passion flower, which, although light-loving, will also bloom on the northern window (after flowering it is cut off). Most bromeliads will also grow well in a north-facing window. Near the window you can place some palm trees, for example, a beautiful howea or a Lorera date. On a north window, it is worth taking into account the temperature difference, i.e. Plants in warmer rooms generally need more water than plants in cooler rooms.
Plants for the north window
Aglaonema, adiantum, aspidistra, asparagus, aucuba, angular begonia, oriental biota, helxina, edged dracaena, fragrant dracaena, zygocactus, saxifrage, Kalanchoe, red caraguata, large-tongued ragus (not variegated), Japanese lygodium, monstera, arrowroot, round-leaved peperomia, peperomia gray and dull-leaved, nightshade, ferns, ivies, passionflower, sansevieria, scindapsus, spathiphyllum, selaginella, tolmia, fatshidera, fatsia, ficus, climbing philodendron, fittonia, cissus rhombifolia, cineraria, cyperus.
cacti
The huge family includes more than 1,500 species. These desert hardy plants can survive in the hot sun. They are unpretentious and calm about the lack of light. But they will not be able to develop and bloom normally in such conditions. Cacti love warmth and even heat, so don’t be afraid to put them on the balcony in the summer. But remember, the warmer it is in the room or outside, the more often watering is required.
Cacti are characterized by slow growth; they develop more actively in the warm months. They begin to bloom in the cold season. Transplantation is carried out only in the spring and only if the pot has become very cramped. A drainage layer must be placed at the bottom of the container to prevent water stagnation at the roots.
Care
It is recommended to plant plants for decorating a balcony in early spring, so that by the warm time they have already sprouted and developed sufficiently. Around the end of April or beginning of May, when there are no longer frosts at night, the flowers are taken out to the balcony and arranged in accordance with their own desires and their compatibility.
Care - depending on the needs of a particular variety. It is worth considering that flowers on a sunny balcony require more frequent and abundant watering and spraying, since a significant part of the moisture evaporates.
A sunny balcony is not only a convenient place for growing plants and decorating your home with flowers. This is a great opportunity to create a flowering and shady garden right in your apartment, albeit in a small format.
