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[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Polka dot plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Polka dot plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH The short-lived polka dot plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya) is grown for its unusual and often colorful foliage. The 2-inch-long leaves look almost as though they’ve been painted with white, red, or (the favorite) pink enamel, shot through with green veins and random green polka dots. As […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Cast-iron plant (Aspidistra elatior)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Cast-iron plant (Aspidistra elatior) is practically indestructible, as its common name suggests. This tough-as-nails, easy-to-grow plant was very popular and quite common in the Victorian era. In modern times, however, it’s harder to find and can be pricey: it grows very slowly and so it’s […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Bird’s nest philodendron (Philodendron auriculatum, Philodendron deflexum)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Bird’s nest philodendron (Philodendron auriculatum, Philodendron deflexum)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Philodendrons are the unsung heroes of the houseplant world. Not only are they perfectly comfortable living in the same environments as humans, they are lovely to look at and very tolerant of being relocated. Move them from room to room or take them outside for […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Aluminum plant (Pilea cadierei)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Aluminum plant (Pilea cadierei) is an easy-to-grow tropical houseplant, welcome everywhere for its striking evergreen foliage. Plants get 12 inches tall by 8 inches wide; they live in good condition for up to five years and can be maintained indefinitely by rooting tip cuttings of […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Croton (Codiaeum variegatum)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Croton (Codiaeum variegatum)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH A well-grown croton (Codiaeum variegatum) is a brilliant focal point in any room. It’s an ever- green, or rather ever-colorful, shrub, and many of the hundreds of croton cultivars are choice houseplants. They are well worth the effort to keep them bright and happy. As […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Dragon tree (Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Dragon tree (Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Corn plant (Dracaena fragrans)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Corn plant (Dracaena fragrans)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: PROPAGATION (Nhân giống)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: CONTAINERS (Chậu)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: CONTAINERS (Chậu)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: POTTING MEDIA (Dụng cụ sang chậu)

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. […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: HUMIDITY (Độ ẩm)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: HUMIDITY (Độ ẩm)

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 […]

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