Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH When in full bloom Persian violet (Exacum affine) is a knockout. And it is very easy to grow—for a while. But if you acquire one as an impulse purchase, don’t be disappointed when it gives up the ghost despite your best efforts to keep it alive. […]
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Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Freesias are herbaceous perennials from bulb-like corms that have the same growth habit as spring bulbs; they’re in active growth during cool, wet winter/spring weather, and they go dormant in hot, dry summers. The ones treasured as temporary houseplants are all hybrids derived from Freesia corymbosa, F. laxa, […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH A classic Mother’s Day gift, the florist azalea is a hybrid evergreen shrub derived from various Rhododendron species. Unlike deciduous aza- leas, these evergreen types are not hardy and cannot tolerate freezing temperatures. They are grown in greenhouses and forced into bloom as spring holiday gifts. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Achimenes erecta with bright red flowers and A. longiflora with big blue flowers are two of the main species used to create the Cupid’s bow hybrids. This is another large group of house- plants with a pronounced dormant period. In winter the whole plant goes […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH People grow and love caladium (Caladium bicolor) for its fantastic foliage. The leaves are large and shaped like an arrowhead, very thin and delicate. The more than a thousand available cultivars offer every imaginable combination of color: flaming red, bright pink, white, and green. The […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Huge, red, and incredible don’t begin to describe the amazing amaryllis (Hippeastrum spp.), a beloved winter holiday gift. The first thing to emerge from your potted bulb will be bright green, strap-shaped leaves. As they elongate, a thick flower stalk begins to grow straight up from […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Staghorn fern (Platycerium bifurcatum) is an interesting, bizarre-looking plant guaran- teed to attract attention and start conversa- tions. And though it is a true fern, it’s not lacy, or delicate, or ferny in any way. In its native tropical rainforests, it is an epiphyte (a plant […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Maidenhair ferns (Adiantum spp.) have a well- deserved reputation for being persnickety, but boy do they deliver in the houseplant categories of “distinctive character” and “strong sculptural quality.” Their demands are simple, but they are also uncompromising. Give them what they want or they’ll die. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Holly fern (Cyrtomium falcatum) is quite beau- tiful, with long leaves that resemble mahonias (Oregon grape) or a less prickly holly tree. And it’s easy to grow. It is unusual for such a cold tolerant plant (zones 6 through 10) to succeed as a houseplant. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Hare’s foot fern (Phlebodium aureum) is so called for its creeping rhizome, 0.5 to 1 inch thick and densely clothed in golden brown, fur-like scales, very much resembling the tiny paw of a hare. This really is a classic fern in looks and habit: large, […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH What’s not to love about a furry-footed fern? Three davallias are commonly grown as house- plants: deer’s foot fern (Davallia canariensis), rabbit’s foot fern (D. fejeensis), and squirrel’s foot fern (D. trichomanoides). Their softly furry rhi- zomes really do look like little animal feet. The […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) is the classic parlor fern: its long, bright green leaves curve gracefully out of a container or hanging basket, adding simple homespun charm to any room. All plants in cultivation are natural mutations of the species. The original mutant, ‘Bostoni- ensis’, was […]