Indoor Plant Industry Going Green

SEBRING – Be nice to that yellow, underwatered ivy. It's improving your air quality. And it might even make you happier.

Nurseries are signing on to the Green Plants for Green Buildings campaign, said Mike Waldron, a plant buyer for Delray Plants in Venus.

"Some new (University of Georgia) studies are going to be released that will quantify how effectively they remove carbon from the air," said Waldron. "Plants clean dirty air. We're trying to push that like the citrus industry has pushed the benefits of orange juice."

There are other studies:

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