Plants for the nursery should be non-toxic and easy to care for. There are different types that are ideally suited for this purpose and can be kept in the bucket without any problems.
7 beautiful flowering plants
Blue Lieschen(Exacum affine)
- Growth height: 15 cm to 30 cm
- Spread: 10 cm to 15 cm
- Flowering period: mid-May to mid-September
- annual, compact, bushy, well branched
- egg-shaped foliage, olive green
- cup-shaped flowers, gentian blue, white, pink, violet, often blooming
- sunny to partially shaded
- ideal as a splash of color in the nursery
- pleasantly fragrant
Chinese rose marshmallow(Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
- Height: 100 cm to 300 cm
- Spread: 150 cm to 200 cm
- Flowering period: March to mid-October
- compact, bushy, upright, evergreen
- egg-shaped foliage, 4 cm to 10 cm long, pointed, green
- 5-fold funnel-shaped flowers, individually, available in numerous colors
- sunny to partially shaded, south-facing windows ideal, protected from rain and wind, protect from midday sun, over 20 ° C
- Edible leaves, flowers and roots
- very decorative
False gloxinia(Sinningia speciosa)
- not to be confused with the genus Gloxinia
- Height: 20 cm to 40 cm
- Spread: 20 cm to 30 cm
- Flowering period: June to the end of August
- annual, bushy, forms tubers as persistence organs
- long leaves, elliptical, lush green, hairy
- large bell-shaped blossoms, sitting in ears, white, pink, red, blue-lilac, lavender, unfilled, less often slightly double
- bright, avoid direct sunshine, warm, permeable, sensitive to lime
- Plant needs sufficient humidity
Fuchsias(Fuchsia)
- numerous types and varieties available
- Height and width depending on the type
- sunny to shady, protect from direct midday sun
- form bell-shaped blossoms in a wide variety of colors
Tapir flower(Crossandra infundibuliformis)
- Height: 20 cm to 50 cm
- Spread: 25 cm to 30 cm
- Flowering period: mid-May to the end of September
- herbaceous growth, bushy, upright, evergreen
- Leaves up to 10 cm long, lanceolate, broad, wavy, lanceolate, dark green
- Flowers up to 2 cm in diameter, on 15 cm long spikes, orange, salmon-colored, pink
- bright, shady, protect from direct midday sun, sensitive to lime, all year round min. 18 ° C, humic
- suitable for indoor tropical gardens
African violets(Saintpaulia Ionantha)
- Height: 5 cm to 20 cm
- Spread: 5 cm to 250 cm
- blooms all year round
- forms dense pads, herbaceous, low, evergreen
- round, heart-shaped leaves, fleshy, hairy, growing in rosettes, light green or intense purple
- Umbelliferous flowers, white, pink, red, lavender, multicolored, striking yellow anthers
- bright, no direct midday sun, all year round 18 ° C to 24 ° C, protect from drafts, evenly moist substrate, sensitive to lime
- original wild forms are somewhat smaller
- never water the plant directly
Room slipper flower(Calceolaria herbeohybrida)
- available in numerous varieties
- Height: 15 cm to 45 cm
- Spread: 20 cm to 40 cm
- Flowering period: February to mid-May
- herbaceous growth, dense, annual
- decorative leaves, long, oval, fleshy, gently hairy
- Lips flowers in panicles, reminiscent of slippers, yellow, red, multicolored
- sunny to shady, protect from direct midday sun, not too warm, fresh, humic, sandy
- die after flowering
9 non-toxic nursery green plants
Mountain palm(Chamaedorea elegans)
- Height: up to 200 cm (usually smaller in pots)
- slender trunk, evergreen
- Palm fronds up to 60 cm long, rich green shade, up to 40 leaflets
- inconspicuous flowers of yellow color
- bright or partial shade, avoid direct midday sun, permeable, slightly acidic or slightly alkaline
- extremely robust
- ideal for beginners
Forester's Kentia(Howea forsteriana)
- Height: 1,500 cm to 2,000 cm (significantly smaller in pots)
- Spread: up to 1,500 cm (depending on cultivation)
- broad growth, slow, covered with leaf scars, evergreen
- Overhanging palm fronds, up to 260 cm long, individual leaflets up to 90 cm long, deep green
- partial shade, tolerates shade, well-drained, humic, extremely undemanding
- ideal for beginners
Garden cress(Lepidium sativum)
- Growth height: up to 40 cm
- Flowering period: July to mid-August
- herbaceous habit, annual, upright branched, glabrous, blue-green in color
- pinnate leaves, thin, light green
- small flowers with 4 petals, white, pink
- sunny to partially shaded, undemanding, humic, loose, moist
- edible
- forms seeds with valuable ingredients
- Seeds have a slightly spicy taste
- Ingredients of the seedlings: mustard oil glycosides, vitamin C, carotenes
Note: Cress is very popular with children because you can easily observe the grasses as they grow due to the rapid growth rate. Since the cress is very easy to care for, the little ones can pull it themselves.
Gold fruit palm(Dypsis lutescens)
- Growth height: up to 400 cm
- Spread: up to 250 cm
- slow growth, divided into several trunks, upright, evergreen
- Palm fronds up to 130 cm long, fresh green, overhanging, pinnate
- Fruits and blossoms hardly possible in indoor culture
- bright, avoid direct sun, min. 20 ° C, not too dry, protect from drafts, rich in nutrients, humic
- ideal for hydroponics
Green lily(Chlorophytum comosum)
- Growth height: up to 70 cm
- Spread: 45 cm to 90 cm
- Perennial, low growth, persistent, forms fleshy roots
- lanceolate leaves, up to 45 cm long, up to 2.5 cm wide, arise from a rosette, green-white, green, more rarely striped
- all year round white flowers recognizable, overhanging up to 100 cm
- bright, protect from direct midday sun, year-round above 10 ° C, rich in nutrients, humic, loose, fresh and moist, loamy
- is considered an air purifier
- improves the indoor climate
- suitable for hanging baskets
chives(Allium schoenoprasum)
- Growth height: up to 50 cm
- Flowering period: mid-May to the end of August
- herbaceous growth, persistent, upright, forms onions as a persistence organ
- 2 to 3 tubular leaves, about 30 cm long, green
- Radially symmetrical spherical flowers, inflorescence are sham umbels with up to 50 flowers, white, pink, red, purple, multi-colored
- sunny to partially shaded, undemanding, fresh and moist, nutrient-rich, well-drained, humic, calcareous
- edible
- Ingredients: vitamin C, provitamin A, minerals, essential oils, folic acid
- classic culinary herb
- popular with pollinator insects
- Children can observe insects such as bees or butterflies eating
Tip: If your children are enthusiastic about chives, you can even try arugula (Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa). The leaves grow quickly and are also edible (not for everyone because of the bitter aroma).
Stick palm(Rhapis excelsa)
- Height: 80 cm to 200 cm
- Spread: up to 60 cm
- forms numerous single stems, shrubby growth, evergreen, bushy, forms a rhizome
- leaves up to 30 cm long, slender, drooping, arranged in leaflets, lush green
- light to shady, no direct sun, warm, well-drained, slightly acidic
- palm soil is the ideal substrate
- is considered an air purifier
Dwarf pepper
(Peperomia obtusifolia)
- Growth height: 15 cm to 30 cm
- Spread: 5 cm to 25 cm
- grows as a perennial, low, bushy, densely branched, evergreen
- Leaves 5 cm to 8 cm long, leathery surface, fleshy, elliptical, green, light variegated
- bright, shady, does not tolerate direct sun, min. 18 ° C, protect from drafts, undemanding, permeable
- inconspicuous flowers from mid-April to December
- inconspicuous berries can be formed
- suitable for hydroponics
Sedge grass(Cyperus)
- available in numerous types and varieties
- Height: depending on the species
- Spread: depending on species
- Upright growth, herbaceous, stems quite thin, depending on the species, stalks are close or loosely together
- leaves up to 25 cm long, overhanging, dark green, slender
- sunny or bright, warm, humus, rich in nutrients
- forms inconspicuous flowers
- ideal for hydroponics
4 nursery succulents presented
Real aloe(Aloe vera)
- Height: 40 cm to 60 cm
- Spread: 30 cm to 60 cm
- Flowering period: beginning of January to mid-February
- grows as a rosette, dense, usually without a trunk
- leaves up to 50 cm long, juicy, green, usually 16 on a plant, armed with thorns
- Spines are not a threat to children
- inflorescence up to 90 cm long, maximum 2, forms flower clusters, 30 cm to 40 cm long, up to 6 cm wide, yellow, orange, red
- full sun, warm, chalk-loving, well-drained, mineral, sandy
- ideally use cactus or succulent substrate
- Leaf juice important for the cosmetics industry
- Leaf juice tastes bitter
Everlasting leaf(Aeonium arboreum)
- Height: 50 cm to 100 cm
- Spread: up to 60 cm
- Flowering period: mid-April to the end of August
- slightly branched subshrub, woody
- Leaves are rosettes, flat, pointed, obovate and ovate, up to 15 cm long, fleshy, green
- golden yellow flowers in panicles, inflorescence up to 25 cm long, individual flowers significantly smaller
- Off-sun, bright, no direct midday sun, room temperature completely sufficient, loamy, mineral, permeable
- cactus soil is ideal
- pH value: 6.5
- ideal in combination with other succulents or alone
Money tree(Crassula ovata)
- Height: 60 cm to 250 cm (size in the bucket can be easily controlled)
- Growth width depends on the cut
- Shrub, evergreen, well branched, shoots gray-green in color
- Leaves up to 9 cm long, about 4 cm wide, fleshy, oval, glabrous
- sunny or partially shaded, does not tolerate dry heating air, undemanding substrate, loose
- belongs to the classic cape flora
- If you are lucky, it will bloom in white or pink after about 10 years
Easter cactus(Hatiora hybrids)
- Growth height: 20 cm to 45 cm
- Spread: 20 cm to 30 cm
- Flowering period: March to mid-May
- Epiphytic, shrub, well branched, overhanging
- Shoots divided into sections, length of 5 cm, different shapes, light green, hairy with areoles, no thorns
- decorative bell-shaped blossoms, up to 4 cm wide, arise from the shoot tips, white, pink, orange, scarlet red
- bright, avoid direct sun, permeable, cactus soil
- the inconspicuous fruits are non-toxic
- ideal for hanging baskets or hanging pots
Note: Although the Easter cactus belongs to the cacti group, you should avoid other family species in the nursery. The thorns are too dangerous for small children and can quickly lead to injuries.
