- Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire
- Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh
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English
PROJECT 8: Picture perfect
Many house plants that are grown for their spectacular foliage are as eye-catching as a work of art, and if you snip off a leaf and insert it in a frame it can become one. When hung in a window, plants with thinner leaves will allow the light to shine through, illuminating their colours; or select intricately shaped foliage and lean your frame against a wall, to create striking silhouettes.
Use specialist frames that have two pieces of glass, or simply buy two cheap frames and use the glass from both instead of the backing board in just one frame. You can flatten thicker leaves first between the pages of a heavy book protected by baking paper.
As leaves fade, replace them with fresh ones or allow them to take on sepia hues for a different look.
PLANTS FOR PICTURE FRAMES
- Amazonian elephant’s ear (Alocasia x amazonica)
- Bellmore sentry palm (Howea forsteriana)
- Bird’s nest fern (Asplenium nidus)
- Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata)
- Button fern (Pellaea rotundifolia)
- Cretan brake fern (Pteris cretica)
- Delta maidenhair fern (Adiantum raddianum)
- False shamrock (Oxalis triangularis)
- Prayer plant (Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana)
- String of hearts (Philodendron xanadu)
- Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa)
Tiếng Việt
PROJECT 8: Picture perfect
Many house plants that are grown for their spectacular foliage are as eye-catching as a work of art, and if you snip off a leaf and insert it in a frame it can become one. When hung in a window, plants with thinner leaves will allow the light to shine through, illuminating their colours; or select intricately shaped foliage and lean your frame against a wall, to create striking silhouettes.
Use specialist frames that have two pieces of glass, or simply buy two cheap frames and use the glass from both instead of the backing board in just one frame. You can flatten thicker leaves first between the pages of a heavy book protected by baking paper.
As leaves fade, replace them with fresh ones or allow them to take on sepia hues for a different look.
PLANTS FOR PICTURE FRAMES
- Amazonian elephant’s ear (Alocasia x amazonica)
- Bellmore sentry palm (Howea forsteriana)
- Bird’s nest fern (Asplenium nidus)
- Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata)
- Button fern (Pellaea rotundifolia)
- Cretan brake fern (Pteris cretica)
- Delta maidenhair fern (Adiantum raddianum)
- False shamrock (Oxalis triangularis)
- Prayer plant (Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana)
- String of hearts (Philodendron xanadu)
- Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa)