plants to encourage children to join outdoor activities

Good friendly plants to encourage children to join outdoor activities

Instead of watching movies for hours on TV or smartphone, it's time for your children to focus on the interesting things around life. Go grow vegetables! The simple reason for this option is that planting trees will help your child get closer to nature. They will enjoy digging dirt and be proud of the vegetables or flowers they produce. Also, your children will be more active, encouraging discoveries and research on the natural growth of plants. You will love gardening with your child as you create happy memories together.

Horticulture is not only hard work, it is fun for most people, especially children. So, here is a compilation of 11 friendly plants that will encourage children to join in outdoor activities. These plants will thrive without much care when your children choose plants to grow. Pick a few and grow them now.

1 cherry tomato

For best growth, cherry tomatoes need a little shade during the day. This vegetable grows well in 3 to 10 zones.

2 carrots

Carrot prefers sun and deep soil. You can grow them in containers and pots.

3 Lettuce

Lettuce is a great choice for young children as this vegetable can be harvested after three weeks.

4 Petunias

Petunias that your child can plant are easy to grow. This plant always likes sunlight but tolerates some shade.

5 green beans

Green beans can be harvested after 6 to 7 weeks. Give them a cruciform tap to support their growth as they mature.

6 Nasturtium

Nasturtium is a sun-loving flower. They have funnel-shaped flowers that last until mid-spring and late fall.

7 Coneflowers

Coneflowers are placed on daisy-like flowers in the spring, and you can find them in a variety of colors. It is a sun-loving plant that reaches a height of 2 feet.

8 Sunflower

Sunflower is a sun-loving plant that grows happily in slightly acidic, well-drained soil. From mid-summer until early autumn, the plant flowers appear.

9 Snapdragon

Snapdragon grows in 7 to 10 zones and produces flowers available in dragon-shaped tubular flowers with two lips in white, yellow, pink, and purple.

10 Milkweed

Milkweed shows clusters of white, mauve, or pink flowers that appear on this plant that loves the summer sun.

11 Marigold flowers

Marigolds are sun-loving plants that grow in zones 2 to 11 and reach a height of 9 inches. This plant prefers some afternoon shade in hot weather. In spring, it flowers like buttercup and lasts until early summer. Its flowering time is from May to June in sunny places

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