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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Happy Nguyen ENGLISH Lush, large, and beautiful, the various species of banana plants, including hardy banana (Musa basjoo) and Ensete ventricosum, instantly cre- ate a tropical ambiance in any home. These are big, bold, rock stars—plants that stand out in any crowd. These plants are so charismatic, their […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Happy Nguyen ENGLISH Areca palms (Dypsis lutescens) are relatively fast-growing, multi-trunked, clumping true palms with many slender stems that sweep out and away from the center of the plant, creat1ing an atmosphere of tropical abundance. The stems are smooth, yellow-green, and ringed by leaf scars, which gives them […]
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 Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) is a perennial favorite, among the most common, easy-to-grow, and undemanding of all house- plants. You frequently see it in hanging baskets, but it does just as well in pots on a table or desk. Numerous strap-shaped evergreen leaves, to 18 […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Purple passion plant is a hybrid of two closely related species, Gynura aurantiaca and Gynura procumbens. Velvety soft amethyst-purple hairs cover the new growth and the dark green stems, and when the sun lights them up, this house- plant really stands out. It’s a fast-growing ever- […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Peperomias are well worth growing for their attractive evergreen leaves. They are quietly undemanding, not at all flashy or flamboyant, and because they tolerate a wide range of envi- ronmental conditions, they are easy to keep as houseplants. The most commonly cultivated species are Peperomia […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Lucky bamboo (Dracaena braunii) isn’t really a bamboo and it’s a good thing. Real bamboo doesn’t make a good houseplant, whereas lucky bamboo is nearly indestructible inside our homes. It is often found in dimly lit restau- rants, on the front desk of hotel lobbies, even in the […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Spectacular flowers, in eye-catching colors and as velvety soft as a horse’s nose, almost guaran- tee impulse purchases of gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa). How could anyone pass this houseplant up when it is in full gorgeous bloom? Gloxinias strongly resemble their cousins, African violets, except that […]