Sometimes, horticultural designs go beyond interior landscaping and create environments that help focus energy and unlock our human potential. Through the use of horticultural elements, spaces become more relaxing, warmer, and have cleaner air. Staying on top of innovation and trends allows businesses to enjoy what's working, right now.
For decades, indoor trees have been softening commercial spaces like atriums, food courts and hotel lobbies. Recently, however, instead of the dracaena and smaller plants we're used to, the trend is turning to specimen trees, adding some extra soul to modern and traditional architecture.
Do you envision this new trend in your space? Opt for mature specimens, as many trees can take years to grow up. Specimen trees, or most of them anyway, won't require much more than weekly watering and occasional pruning, much like the tropical trees and plants you may already have around the office. Growing to eight feet or more, these trees make a statement, standing out like a work of art.
Some trees to ask for might include:
Ficus trees evoke thoughts of the jungle:
* Ficus Lyrata: broad, lyre-shaped foliage
* Ficus Maclellandii: warm brown bark and semi-pendant lance-shaped leaves
* Ficus Amstel King: bright, lush foliage
* Ficus Alii: sharper crown
Palm trees transport you to a refined English forest:
* Kentia: can work well with contemporary indoor-outdoor aesthetics
* Chinese Rhapis Multifida: aka the "finger palm"
* Rhapis Humilis: aka the "slender lady palm"
But then there are the new upstarts:
* Schefflera Actinophylla: aka the "octopus tree" has shiny apple-green foliage
* Afrocarpus Gracilior: aka the "fern pine" is a graceful, delicate evergreen tree
Plants and trees can often play a powerful role in your space. Whatever your preference when choosing plants - subtle, soft, grandstanding, proud - horticultural elements will remain an important part of a business's interior design.
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