A Helpful Tip for Watering Plants and Flowers

Hello friends! I’m back today with a helpful tip for indoor plants and flowers… I am giving fair warning that a few of these before pictures are not the prettiest ;). But stick with me and hopefully it will be worth it.

Watering your house plants.

I have a mixture of faux and real flowers or plants/flowers throughout our home (examples here, here and here). I really do not keep many “live” house plants. They are so lovely though and usually smell incredible. So, I typically have a couple on hand at all times. Lately, that has been basil, lavender and some mint.

As live plants will do, they begin to look wilted, dried out and ready for nourishment – i.e. water. I have used this little tip for most of my indoor small plants and it has worked really well!

Someone once told me that if you water them from the roots up and in a bowl of water – they will do best. Now this may not be for all species of plants and flowers but I do this with most and it has worked. I think the recommendation was originally for potted hydrangeas…?

Anyhow, this makes sense if you think about the fact that you are watering them at the source.

I never had thought about it and have found this a great way to water.

Here is how I set them up along the window sill. With some sunshine and a bowl of water, they are bound to perk up…

Here is how they began to look after only a couple hours (I have had this basil for a couple months now so it is naturally drooping as it grows). If they are soaking up the water quickly, I will refill it a bit.