Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH The beautiful lady palm (Rhapis excelsa) enjoys great popularity in Europe and America. Its elegance adds a distinctly Asian note to your interiorscape. Like a classic movie star, it tolerates neglect and poor light with panache and goes right on being attractive. Widely used as […]
Thư mục: [Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant (Có vấn đề gì với cây trong nhà của tôi?) – David Deardorff & Kathryn Wadsworth
ENGLISH Both species, Howea forsteriana and H. belmor- eana, are large, single-trunked, slow-growing palms cultivated everywhere as large house- plants. Kentias were especially fashionable in the Victorian era and remain among the most popular indoor palms in the world. Today they are often a prominent feature of large open lob- bies and atriums of public […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH European fan palm (Chamaerops humilis) grows slowly as a houseplant, to about 4 feet tall. The plant is typically clump-forming, developing suckers from the base of the main trunk, an unusual trait among true palms. The cluster of stems eventually curves gracefully out and away […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Dumb cane (Dieffenbachia amoena, D. seguine, and hybrids between these and other species) is among the most popular houseplants, because, like many aroids, it has beautiful foliage and is readily available, inexpensive, and easy to grow. It’s a shrubby plant that typically gets 6 feet […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Dragon tree (Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia) is one of the most popular of all houseplants. It’s beautiful, inexpensive, and widely available, and many people believe it somehow brings good fortune. This easy-to-grow, low-maintenance, shrubby plant looks like a Dr. Seuss tree with crooked stems topped […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Corn plant (Dracaena fragrans) is ubiquitous in the interiorscaping of hospitals, hotels, and other public buildings because it’s big, bold, and beautiful. It’s extremely easy to grow well, and it tolerates a wide range of light, temperature, and water conditions. Its forgiving, low-maintenance nature and ability […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis) is well known for its outdoor hardiness (to zone 8), but more and more it is used in interiorscaping, especially in shopping malls and other public buildings. It does well in pots, and as a house- plant, it grows very […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Happy Nguyen ENGLISH Lush, large, and beautiful, the various species of banana plants, including hardy banana (Musa basjoo) and Ensete ventricosum, instantly cre- ate a tropical ambiance in any home. These are big, bold, rock stars—plants that stand out in any crowd. These plants are so charismatic, their […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Happy Nguyen ENGLISH Areca palms (Dypsis lutescens) are relatively fast-growing, multi-trunked, clumping true palms with many slender stems that sweep out and away from the center of the plant, creat1ing an atmosphere of tropical abundance. The stems are smooth, yellow-green, and ringed by leaf scars, which gives them […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Division, cuttings, and layering are tried and true methods of asexual propagation that make exact copies of your parent plant. Each plant portrait in this book tells you which propagation technique(s) can be used for that particular plant. You should be aware, however, that many […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Most people want to replace their houseplant’s original pot with something more attractive. After all, your companion plant should fit into your decor in a container that complements your home and those cheap, thin-walled plastic pots that come from the nursery don’t quite reach the […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Your houseplants will come to you in a plethora of pot sizes. Smaller pots are measured by diameter in inches. For example, a 4-inch pot will be approximately that in diameter. Manufacturers differ enormously and some 4-inch pots are larger, 4.75 inches across, and some […]