Indoor aromatic plants

It is one of the most used aromatic herbs in Italian cuisine for its freshness and flavor, but above all for its intoxicating aroma. Basil , which will brighten up any corner of your home, needs little care to keep it in good condition, always fresh and giving off that pleasant perfume. You only need to place it in a place where it does not get direct sunlight and in a well drained pot.

We recommend you read these guides on How to plant basil and Caring for basil in a pot . Likewise, here you can learn about the medicinal and culinary uses of basil .

Coriander is another of the aromatic plants for cooking , which also requires very simple care and similar to that of the rest of its family: they prefer to grow in a semi-shady place, with a light substrate and where there are no major changes in temperature. Coriander is one of the most used aromatic plants in Canarian cuisine, since it is used to make multiple sauces, among which is the well-known mojo.

In this other post you will learn how to plant coriander and grow it .

Tarragon , although it is also an aromatic plant that is used in cooking, is not as well known as the rest. It is often used as a dressing in sauces to give them a touch of aroma, especially in salad sauces or directly fresh in them.

The care of potted tarragon to have him as one of the aromatic houseplants are also very simple. You will only have to make sure that it is in a place with a lot of light, with good drainage and remember that it does not tolerate well neither ambient humidity, nor puddles on the ground or frost.

In addition to being used for cooking, especially to combine with fish such as salmon, dill is a plant also known for its medicinal properties, so it should be used in our dishes.

To the Like other aromatic houseplants , the dill inside is a plant that only needs moderate watering and also needs to be a place where light the sun every day, but not directly.

Peppermint is one of the most used aromatic plants in international cuisine. In addition to offering an exquisite aroma to our dishes, drinks and our home, it is a highly decorative indoor aromatic plant .

It only needs a sunny place to grow strongly and for its leaves to take on that characteristic bright green. In this guide you can learn much more about How to care for the peppermint plant .

Lavender is one of the most widely used aromatic plants for interior decoration . Not only for its elegant flowers, but for its soft aroma. In addition, this plant has perfect medicinal properties to make an infusion to relax or to regulate sleep.

In these other articles you can discover much more about this aromatic plant:

• 12 types of lavender .
• How to plant lavender .
• Care lavender potted plant .
• How to prune lavender .

Bay leaves are used in cooking, both fresh and dried. However, if we decide to plant this potted plant, it will need a bit of your attention to prevent it from spoiling easily. In fact, this is one of the aromatic indoor plants with little natural light required for its growth. In addition, it is advisable not to give it too much because it does not tolerate humidity well, so we must provide it with a container with good drainage.

If you have a space at home with little natural light and you want to put some plants, apart from laurel, here we show you 25 indoor plants that need little light .

Mint is one of the aromatic plants most used in confectionery due to its fresh aroma and flavor. As with peppermint, mint needs regular watering, a rich substrate, a well-draining pot and be placed in a bright area of the house.

In these other articles we explain how to plant mint and the care of the mint plant in a pot .

The parsley plant is used in almost all recipes of Mediterranean cuisine and it is also a very easy plant to grow in a pot, as it only requires semi-shade and regular watering so that the substrate is always somewhat damp. It is advisable to keep potted parsley indoors on a regular or permanent basis to avoid sudden changes in temperature.

Enter these other posts to learn about How to plant parsley and Caring for parsley .

Although rosemary is an outdoor shrub, we can also have it inside our home. All you need is to be in a place outside, or right next to a window that you usually open, and where it receives the sunlight for as long as possible. Having rosemary on hand, in addition to being essential for many stews and very good for our health, is considered a sign of good luck and fortune for the home.

To learn more about one of the best-known indoor and outdoor aromatic plants in much of the world, enter these AgroCorrn gardening guides.

• How to plant rosemary .
• How to care for a potted rosemary plant .
• How to prune rosemary .
• Rosemary oil: what it is for and how it is prepared .

Finally, we also want to talk about the thyme plant , an aromatic plant that we can also have indoors and that has medicinal properties. It does not need much care, you just have to be careful that it does not accumulate moisture and that the container where you have it has good drainage.

To discover more about the aromatic thyme plant , we encourage you to read these other articles on How to plant thyme and Caring for thyme .

Of course, all plants, aromatic or not, are outdoors, as long as there is a suitable climate for them. However, many can be grown indoors, but you have to carefully monitor the needs of each one to adjust the environmental conditions. For example, if we have a plant that requires a lot of ambient humidity, we cannot have it in an area of ​​the house where there is little humidity, because there is heating or air conditioning that dries out the environment.

Thus, caring for aromatic plants indoors is actually quite simple, since most of them require very little care. However, there are some general tips that can help you keep your potted aromatic plant growing in optimal condition.

• The first thing will always be to identify the individual needs of each species and group those that coincide. Prioritize those whose life cycles are the same and separate the perennials from the biannual and annual ones.
• If you group them by their irrigation needs, you will also make their care much easier, since although they tend to be undemanding in this regard, not all of them need the same amount of water. At this point it is always better to fall short than to overdo it, as these little plants tend not to withstand excess moisture.
• Take advantage of the fact that they are species of easy reproduction and take cuttings often, which will allow you to have more of these useful and pleasant plants, either to keep them or to give to your close friends.
• If you have problems and don’t know why aromatic plants are dying indoors , pay attention again and look for their individual needs for light, temperature and watering. If you keep these three key points in good order and use a substrate with good drainage, light and airy, you should not have problems.

We recommend you enter these other posts to learn much more about Types of aromatic and medicinal plants and How to grow aromatic herbs at home . Also, here below we leave you this guide to aromatic indoor plants in video.