Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Coontie (Zamia pumila) is a small, tough, very slow growing woody cycad. Because these plants thrive in sun or shade, have high drought tolerance, moderate salt tolerance, and are cold hardy to zone 9, coonties are widely used in outdoor landscaping. All these virtues combine […]
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Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Many people know and love pony-tail palm (Beaucarnea recurvata), another plant that looks like it came straight from a story by Dr. Seuss. Grown worldwide as an ornamental, it also succeeds quite well indoors in a large pot, growing to 8 feet in 20 years. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH When you purchase a bag of “potting soil” from your local garden center what you’re actually getting is not soil. It’s an artificial mixture of ingredients specifically designed to meet the needs of plants in containers and usually con- tains no actual soil at all. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Water moves through a plant’s body through a process called transpiration. The roots absorb water from the soil, then move it upward through the stem and out into the leaves. Water, as a vapor, moves out of the leaf into the air through special pores […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH The goal of any watering practice or system is to keep the soil moist—neither soggy nor dry. Root rot as a result of overwatering is the number one killer of all plants in containers whether indoors or out. This fact, more than any other, tells […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên TIẾNG ANH Plants eat light! They harvest solar energy and convert it to chemical energy. They turn sun- light into sugar and they “burn” the sugar in order to grow, flower, and thrive. In the com- plete absence of light all plants die sooner or later. […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English SUCCULENT Moonstone Pachyphytum oviferum aka sugar almond plant Moonstone has plump, fleshy leaves that are the shape of pebbles (hence the common name) or sugared almonds nestled on the surface of the compost. They […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English CACTUS Mistletoe cactus Rhipsalis baccifera Unlike its more predictable cacti cousins, mistletoe cactus is spineless and prefers humidity and dimmer rather than bright light. Its common name comes from its white berries, which may […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English SUCCULENT AND FOLIAGE Snake plant Sansevieria trifasciata aka mother-in-law’s tongue, good luck plant, devil’s tongue A house plant classic that grows slowly and lasts for many years, snake plant produces clusters of tough, silvery […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English CACTUS Christmas cactus Schlumbergera x buckleyi aka holiday cactus, crab claw cactus, Thanksgiving cactus The perfect winter gift, this tropical cactus has flat, prettily segmented, trailing stems and is tipped in neon-pink flowers in […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English SUCCULENT Donkey’s tail Sedum morganianum aka burro’ tail, lamb’s tail, horse’s tail These stonecrops are hugely desirable with their long, trailing stems covered in plump, dusty green and blue leaves. They are one of […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English CACTUS Golden barrel cactus Echinocactus grusonii aka golden ball, mother-in-law’s cushion Eye-catching golden barrel cactus is rounded with green flesh, a fluffy, yellow crown and distinctive ribs of very sharp, golden spines. As it […]