Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Bird’s nest fern (Asplenium nidus) is a gorgeous true fern, though it doesn’t look like one. Its long, strap-shaped leaves sprout directly from a very short, mostly underground rhizome. Leaves aren’t divided or compound or even ferny. They are bright chartreuse-green, like a Granny Smith […]
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
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Two very different looking houseplants share the common name asparagus fern. Neither is actually a fern, but both Asparagus aethiopicusand A. densiflorus really are asparagus, closely related to the popular vegetable. Both are low-maintenance, drought-tolerant evergreen perennials, with a cascading habit that makes them attractive […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH People have cultivated wax plant (Hoya carnosa) for 200 years. That this semi-succulent subtrop- ical vine so often survives neglect in doctor’s offices and dim parlor corners is testament to its durability. You will be astonished when it trans- forms itself by bursting into fragrant […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Three different wandering Jews are commonly seen as fast-growing, easy, excellent house- plants, valued for their ability to clean indoor air. All three are in the genus Tradescantia (spider- worts), characterized by three-petaled flowers, and all three need the same cultural conditions. Like the Israelites […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Swedish ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus) is neither Swedish nor an ivy. It comes to us from south- ern Africa and is a lovely, fast-growing evergreen perennial that is very easy to grow as a house- plant. The plant is only 8 to 12 inches high, but […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Split-leaf philodendron (Monstera deliciosa) is actually a monstera, a cousin of philodendrons. The genus name is a reference to the mon- strous holes and slits in its foliage. Few house- plants evoke tropical jungles as effectively as this one. When you first acquire one it […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) is often consid- ered the easiest and most foolproof of all house- plants. It has shiny, gold-flecked, heart-shaped leaves on trailing stems that get 8 feet long and dangle from a hanging basket or a container on a high shelf. Most are […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH The attractive evergreen leaves of jasmine (Jas- minum polyanthum) are pinnately compound (feather-like) with five to seven leaflets that are bright green on the upper surface and lighter green on the undersurface. Indoors, this robust twining vine accommodates itself very well to a container, wrapping […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Ivy (Hedera helix) can find a safe haven in any home, whether potted or rooted in a vase of water. It will grow happily in semi-darkness for months with zero attention or care. Many nurseries and garden centers also carry other super easy and equally […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Grape ivy (Cissus alata) is a tropical evergreen vine that climbs by means of tendrils. Indoors, in a pot, it can be kept to a manageable 2 feet tall with annual pruning in spring. Two other species, begonia vine (C. discolor) and kanga- roo vine […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Creeping fig (Ficus pumila) is a modest little woody evergreen vine that forms tiny roots all along its stems. Vigorous and fast-growing, it is perfectly capable of engulfing stone walls and covering houses in mild-winter regions (zones 9 through 11). As a houseplant, it will […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Philodendrons are superstars of the houseplant world. They’ve been popular for many decades, and deservedly so, because they’re perfectly comfortable living in the same environments as humans. Not only are they lovely to look at, they tolerate being moved with aplomb. You can relocate them […]