For people who suffer from seasonal allergies and also love to work in the yard in springtime, these allergy-fighting gardening ideas could be just what you need to enjoy the outdoors while staying happy and healthy.
Here are some ways you can reduce the presence of allergens in your garden:
- Choose female: As it turns out, male trees are the worst pollen-producing offenders, and female trees actually help to clear pollen from the air. Gardeners typically prefer male trees, because they're considered less messy to care for. However, if you suffer from allergies, you'll be better off choosing female. There are simple ways you can tell if a tree is male or female: For example, female Cedar trees produce cones that are large, rounded and stand upright, while males produce much smaller cones.
- Proximity matters: Pollen does travel on the air, and being outside will expose you to a certain amount of allergens. However, Thomas Leo Ogren, author of "The Allergy-Fighting Garden: Stop Asthma and Allergies with Smart Landscaping," told The Chicago Tribune that he's found proximity actually does matter when it comes to allergies. Pollen exposure from a tree, for example, can be significantly reduced if you just remove yourself by a few hundred feet. This is why cultivating only plants that generate low pollen counts can actually help alleviate your symptoms.
- Safe flowers: If you're looking for flowers to use in your garden, consider choosing ones like hydrangeas, which don't produce airborne pollen. Ferns and bulbs, such as tulips and amaryllis, are also great for allergy sufferers.
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