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Homes & Gardens
Tenielle Jordison

Best plants to help with sleep – 9 houseplants experts say will bring calm, freshness and relaxation for a peaceful night's slumber

A bright bedroom with white walls, with a white bed headboard with green and yellow flowers and matching pillow, wooden bedside table and green lamp with white lampshade and rattan oval mirror.

There are many important factors that go into ensuring good night's sleep. We can all choose the right mattress, ban screens from the bedroom and choose calming colors for our walls and comforters. But have you ever wondered whether your plants could be making a difference to your slumber?

Although the scientific studies into plants to help with sleep are inconclusive, there are many benefits to bringing plants into your bedroom. When it comes to indoor plants can clean the air, official research by NASA which was later backed up in further studies has found several varieties that possess this useful quality. Many plants also emit fragrance that is soothing, releasing endorphins in the brain which improves our moods and calms our busy minds.

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