Air Plants – Plants that feed off Air?
Do you have a “green thumb”? I don’t. I think my thumb is purple. No matter what I do I tend to kill plants. I don’t mean to. It just happens. Either they don’t get enough sun – or too much sun. Or I water them too much – or not enough. Try as I might I can’t keep real plants in my home. Something always happens that ends up killing them. I feel bad about that too.
The only plants you’ll find in my home are artificial ones (I try and find ones that look real). That is until now. For the past several weeks I have had three lovely little plants thrive in my home. I actually have real live plants in my home! That is a miracle.
I was sent to review Air Plants. Have you heard of them before? Perhaps you have a few in or around our home.
Air Plants are unique looking plants that grow without soil. They gather moisture and nutrients from the air. They can literally grown anywhere. You can put them in any type of container and put them anywhere in your home.
Air Plants do like sunshine from time to time, but minimal sunshine seems to be OK with them too.
I keep my Air Plants in tiny egg-like containers on the shelf in my kitchen above my sink. They have been doing very well there. They get some sunlight but not direct sunlight.
Even though Air Plants are not like regular plants they do like water. Air Plants need to be soaked in water once a week. Before they can be returned to their containers you need to make sure all the moisture has dried up and the plants appear to be dry again. If not the moisture can damage, if not kill, the plant.
That is all you need to do to keep the Air Plants happy and healthy. Talk about easy!
Air Plants are very unique looking. They look like little alien plants.
I received three different Air Plants to review from a company called Air Plant Shop. They have a lot of unique looking Air Plants as well as containers and other Air Plant supplies.
The Seleriani (pictured above) is really weird looking. It looks like an alien plant. It’s also fuzzy (you might be able to see the fur in the photo). The other two plants look a bit more “normal”.
All of the plants are very mall. They fit in the palm of my hand.
I’ve had the plants for a few weeks now. I don’t think they have grown much yet (if at all) but I am hopeful that they will.
My Air Plants sit inside Hand Painted Seed Pods on my kitchen shelf. The Seed Pods are also from the same Air Plant shop. I love the Seed Pods because they are very colorful and add a splash of color to my kitchen.
The Seed Pods are the perfect little home for each individual Air Plant. They come with Air Plants when you purchase them however you can swap them out for other Air Plants if you wish to do so.
I’m hooked on Air Plants. They are so versatile and can grow just about anywhere – including on magnets on your fridge!
I love the look of the mini terrariums. I would love to get a few of those to decorate around my home, I just worry about my cats knocking one over and it breaking. I had a bad experience with glass from a terrarium when I was younger which resulted in multiple surgeries, so I am a bit weary of them even though I LOVE how they look.
My Air Plants came from www.AirPlantShop.com. That is easy enough to remember. You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.
I am very pleased with my plants as well as Air Plant Shop’s customer service. They really take pride in their plants and it shows.
Not only are Air Plants easy to care for they are also very inexpensive. Air Plant Shop sells Air Plants starting at $3.25 and up (the more expensive ones are more elaborate). Most Air Plants are in the $3.25 – $5.95 range.
In addition to the Air Plants, Air Plant Shop also sells containers for your Air Plants as well as gift ideas. These would make a great gift for an elderly person who is unable to tend to traditional plants, or even a college student to add a bit of nature to their dorm room.
Some are so spectacular too! Check out the one pictured at the top of this post (also sold at Air Plant Shop).
What do you think about Air Plants? Have you seen them before? Do you personally own any?
I always love to hear from readers. Feel free to comment and share your thoughts.
Kimberly
*I received free product samples in order to do this review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.
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