Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên TIẾNG ANH Success with a particular houseplant depends on knowing the daily temperature regime (day- time high and nighttime low) that plant needs to flourish under your care. Fortunately, plants are fairly forgiving and will adjust to day or night temperatures within a range of about […]
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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. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên TIẾNG ANH INTRODUCTION: Prepare for Success (GIỚI THIỆU: Chuẩn bị cho thành công) Houseplants are a relatively recent phenomenon. For most of human history we did not have glass windows, and the insides of our homes were too dark for plants. When glass was first manufactured, […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English CACTUS Hedgehog cactus Echinopsis aurea aka sea-urchin cactus, Easter lily cactus The globular hedgehog cactus is covered in dense, long, curly spines and, in summer, stunning, bright butter-yellow flowers on long, tubular stems are […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English FLOWERING Jasmine Jasminum polyanthum aka scented Chinese jasmine, pink jasmine vine The star-shaped blooms have an intoxicating scent that is particularly heady at night, and the lobed, deep green leaves make this the prefect […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English FLOWERING Geranium Pelargonium species They are easy to look after, forgiving of the odd dry spell. Popular types include those with scented foliage, zonal pelargoniums with their dark ring markings on the leaves and […]
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 CACTUS Fishbone cactus Epiphyllum anguliger aka zigzag cactus, ric rac cactus These are wonderfully weird-looking plants – mounds of long, flattened, wiggly leaves dangle outwards, making them perfect for a spot centre stage in […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English SUCCULENT Flower-dust plant Kalanchoe pumila aka dwarf kalanchoe, quicksilver These are lovely, little, easy-care plants with dusty grey leaves that are appealingly toothed with pinking-shear edges. In winter and spring, plants bear clusters of […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English FERN Button fern Pellaea rotundifolia aka New Zealand cliff brake This charming, little fern has tufted, arching fronds made up of small, button-shaped leaves. It has a light, delicate air and adds a lovely […]
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 PROJECT 5: Desert islands All cacti and succulents have strong individual textures, from fleshy leaves to spiky stems, and a great way to show off their many different shapes and sizes is to group them […]