Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen 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 […]
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Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English CARNIVOROUS North American pitcher plant Sarracenia flava aka trumpet pitchers, pitcher plant, huntsman’s horns The North American pitcher plant belongs to a small genus of carnivorous plants whose long, colourful leaves have evolved into […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English SUCCULENT Moulded-wax succulent Echeveria agavoides aka wax agave This species is just one of a huge group of rosette-forming succulents that come in countless shades of green, silver and red with leaves that can […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English Carnivorous vase Carnivorous plants are an intriguing group that are much easier to look after than you might think. Most of them simply require boggy, slightly humid conditions and a sunny spot. They can […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English PALM Golden cane palm Dypsis lutescens aka Areca palm, butterfly palm A graceful, tufted palm with arching, feathery fronds, this is a popular plant that is cultivated extensively in gardens in warm climates. Family: […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English PALM Cape sundew Drosera capensis These colourful, glistening plants catch their food with sticky traps – rosettes of long, slim leaves with red tentacles covered in globules of sticky mucilage (they look like water, […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English FOLIAGE Dragon tree Dracaena marginata aka Madagascar dragon tree This is an exotic-looking, upright plant with grassy, red-edged leaves sprouting from multiple woody stems, while Dracaena fragrans bears fountains of broad, glossy leaves. D. […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English CARNIVOROUS Venus fly trap Dionaea muscipula Insects are lured with nectar to this very popular carnivorous plant with its hinged, snapping leaf traps. These are triggered by an insect or spider touching the tiny […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English PROJECT 3: A shallow bowl of succulents Drought-loving succulents with their plump, fleshy leaves provide us with a whole host of dramatic shapes, textures and colours. They are also undemanding, easy plants to grow that […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English FOLIAGE Dumb cane Dieffenbachia seguine aka leopard lily These lush, impressive plants produce huge, oval leaves with splashes and splotches of dark green, lime-green and cream. Family: Araceae Temperature: 16–23°C/61–73°F Light: Filtered sun or […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English FOLIAGE Sago palm Cycas revoluta aka cycad An eye-catching plant with its rough-textured trunk and sturdy, upright (surprisingly sharp) fronds, this is not a true palm but part of an ancient group of plants […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English SUCCULENT Jade plant Crassula ovata aka money tree, friendship tree One of the easiest and low-maintenance house plants, jade plant is extremely tolerant of neglect and almost indestructible thanks to its thick, fleshy, oval […]