GREEN-FINGERED motorists are among those who have taken increasing interest in growing house plant collections during the Covid lockdowns.
The trend affectionately known as “cardening” has become so big that it is frequently featured on social media platforms.
And Bristol Street Motors – part of the same group as Scotland’s Macklin Motors – has dug deep to discover some of the ingenious ways in which people are featuring plants in their cars.
Proudly posted images show various car shelves and pockets filled with soil and an array of plants, while some suspend them from rear-view mirrors in delicate macrame hangers or plastic globes.
While this burst of green inside your car may look high-maintenance to some and impractical to others, there are some key benefits to keeping plants in your car – in a safe position.
Firstly, plants are famed for their air purification qualities as they breathe in carbon dioxide and toxins from the air and convert them into oxygen.
As the prominent colour in nature, green has been proven to be a calming colour that reduces stress levels – and so the likelihood of road rage – and some plants even improve concentration.
Sensible advice for motorists is to grow the plants somewhere safe so they cannot easily fall, hinder the driver or damage the car.
The plants most likely to survive are also the ones that need the least attending to, so think cacti, succulents, string of pearls, palms and snake plants.
