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[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: African violet (Saintpaulia spp.)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: African violet (Saintpaulia spp.)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH African violets (Saintpaulia spp.) are easily, and deservedly, the most popular houseplant in the world. People love them because they flower all year long, the jewel-like blossoms come in a rainbow of luscious colors, and the plants are small, compact, and easy to grow. They […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Zebra plant (Aphelandra squarrosa)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Zebra plant (Aphelandra squarrosa)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Zebra plant (Aphelandra squarrosa) is an almost irresistibly gorgeous woody, broadleaf evergreen shrub. The striped foliage alone is a traffic- stopper, and when it’s in bloom it knocks your socks off. But it’s a cranky little devil—a real chal- lenge to keep it alive in […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina), a fast-growing, broadleaf evergreen with gracefully drooping branchlets, well deserves a place of honor in any home. It’s one of the most popular house- plants in the world—relatively low-maintenance, readily available, and very beautiful—but it is unlikely to produce its edible, tiny, […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Each large, attractive leaf of umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla) and dwarf umbrella tree (S. arboricola) has seven to 11 or more leaf- lets all attached to the same point at the tip of the petiole (leaf stalk). The leaflets radiate from the center and droop […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Tree ivy (× Fatshedera lizei)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Tree ivy (× Fatshedera lizei)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH It’s pretty rare for plants from different genera to cross successfully, but tree ivy is just such an intergeneric hybrid, first created in 1912, at the Lizé Frères tree nursery in Nantes, France. One parent is Japanese aralia and the other is ivy. A shrub […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Rubber tree (Ficus elastica)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Rubber tree (Ficus elastica)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Rubber tree is indeed a tree, and it does in fact produce rubber; however, it is actually a fig, Ficus elastica, and in common with the rest of the species in the banyan group of figs, it readily grows aerial roots from its branches. As […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH This extremely slow growing, very tough plant will live in your home for many years, providing a distinctly Asian accent. Sago palm (Cycas revoluta) looks like a palm, but isn’t, and looks like a fern, but isn’t. It’s a cycad, an ancient family of plants […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Every November markets are flooded with mil- lions of tiny living Christmas trees in 4-inch pots. The trees are sprinkled with glitter, some- times sprayed with green paint, and decorated with ribbons and little glass bulbs. These little seedlings of Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria het- […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Japanese aralia (Fatsia japonica)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Japanese aralia (Fatsia japonica)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Japanese aralia (Fatsia japonica) was introduced into cultivation in the western world in the early 1800s and has been a popular houseplant ever since. It adds tropical flair to any room. This big, bold, burly foliage plant is especially desirable because it does well in […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) is the state flower of Hawaii, and almost every advertise- ment for a vacation in that paradise features a beautiful Hawaiian woman with a brilliant Technicolor hibiscus flower tucked behind her ear. Those gorgeous, evocatively tropical flow- ers, the biggest of any plant […]

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

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH The touchy gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) is almost worth growing for the pretty leaves alone. But it’s the intensely fragrant pure white flowers that lure you to it. Their heady, tropical, unforgettable scent fills a room, making garde- nia absolutely irresistible despite its demanding nature. Indoors, in […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Flowering maple (Abutilon × hybridum)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Flowering maple (Abutilon × hybridum)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Flowering maple (Abutilon ×hybridum) is a fast-growing, broadleaf evergreen shrub with long twiggy stems that bend and arch under the weight of the flowers. It acquired its common name because the leaves have the same shape as maple leaves and because it has pretty flow- ers. […]

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