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. […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English FOLIAGE Mosaic plant Fittonia albivenis Verschaffeltii Group aka nerve plant, silver net plant These striking, little ground-cover plants have dark green leaves with each and every vein picked out in white, pink or red. […]
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 PROJECT 9: Simple kokedama Kokedama is the art of growing plants in a ball of wet soil covered in moss, and it is increasingly popular as an artistic and sculptural way to display plants. It […]
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 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 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 […]