{"id":6053,"date":"2016-02-05T16:22:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T16:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2016-02-05T16:22:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T16:22:51","slug":"7-house-plants-make-house-smell-great-natural-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/05\/7-house-plants-make-house-smell-great-natural-way\/","title":{"rendered":"7 House Plants to Make Your House Smell Great the Natural Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The world has no shortage of products designed to make your house smell good. You can spray stuff, you can light stuff, you can plug in stuff, you can just leave bowls of stuff sitting around. The disadvantage of all that is that the smells don\u2019t last long, and you have to buy new products.<\/p>\n

Ah, but planet earth has been making its own nice smells for all of time, and, lucky you, you can bring those smells into your house in the form of some lovely house plants. Here are seven house plants that will make your home smell as good as it looks.<\/p>\n

Lemon Trees<\/h4>\n

Yeah, seriously, you can put a lemon tree in your house. If you want to have even more fun, you can\u00a0grow it yourself from a seed. Eventually, it may get too big to contain indoors, but that will take years. In the meantime, you\u2019ll have a pretty plant that puts off a nice lemony scent. As an added bonus, you can eat the lemons (though you might be waiting a few years on those too).<\/p>\n

Mint<\/h4>\n

You won\u2019t be waiting long for fresh, delicious mint, however. It grows just fine inside, and a planter of it in your kitchen will do wonders to freshen up the air \u2014 just like your breath.<\/p>\n

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Gardenia<\/h4>\n

Gardenias require a lot of attention. They need plenty of sunlight and humidity, but they put off so much scent that you really only need to worry about keeping one of them alive.<\/p>\n

Basil<\/h4>\n

Ah, basil, that vaguely minty, vaguely licoricy herb that takes your marinara sauce to the next level is also a great plant to set on a sunny window sill and let bloom. It will look great up there, won\u2019t get too big, and will make your kitchen smell like there\u2019s\u00a0something good being cooked\u00a0in there at all times.<\/p>\n

Eucalyptus<\/h4>\n

If you\u2019re not confident in your ability to keep a plant alive,\u00a0eucalyptus<\/a> is a good place to start. It doesn\u2019t need much love, puts off a lovely scent and has beautiful blue-gray leaves. Just don\u2019t eat it. \"\"<\/p>\n

Plumeria<\/h4>\n

You know plumeria from the leis you see in Hawaii, so you know it\u2019s visually striking. But its big beautiful flowers put off a distinctively tropical smell. Word of warning, though: Plumeria will require a lot of care.<\/p>\n

Arabian Jasmine<\/h4>\n

It will need good sunlight and humidity, and it\u2019s a good idea to give it a small trellis to climb. Do that and you\u2019ll be rewarded with beautiful flowers putting off an equally beautiful scent.<\/p>\n

Are you growing any of these in your home?<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world has no shortage of products designed to make your house smell good. You can spray stuff, you can light stuff, you can plug in stuff, you can just leave bowls of stuff sitting around. The disadvantage of all that is that the smells don\u2019t last long, and you have to buy new products. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}