Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Graceful and elegant, ti (Cordyline fruticosa) is beloved for its beautiful evergreen foliage in a wide variety of colors. A shrub, the plant has thin, strong, woody stems that, when grown as a houseplant, reach 4 to 5 feet tall. The strap-shaped 2-foot-long and 4-inch-wide leaves […]
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Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Pygmy date palm (Phoenix roebelenii) is grown everywhere as an ornamental in the interiorscaping of public buildings and as a house-plant in private homes, where it reaches only about 3 feet in height. The plant’s stout little stems are encased in fibrous brown leaf bases […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Many people know and love pony-tail palm (Beaucarnea recurvata), another plant that looks like it came straight from a story by Dr. Seuss. Grown worldwide as an ornamental, it also succeeds quite well indoors in a large pot, growing to 8 feet in 20 years. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Parlor palms (Chamaedorea elegans and C. seifri- zii) are deservedly the most popular and widely grown indoor palms in the world. These beautiful, elegant little true palms are well adapted to indoor culture as houseplants. They were extremely popular during the Victorian era and remain […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH The beautiful lady palm (Rhapis excelsa) enjoys great popularity in Europe and America. Its elegance adds a distinctly Asian note to your interiorscape. Like a classic movie star, it tolerates neglect and poor light with panache and goes right on being attractive. Widely used as […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH European fan palm (Chamaerops humilis) grows slowly as a houseplant, to about 4 feet tall. The plant is typically clump-forming, developing suckers from the base of the main trunk, an unusual trait among true palms. The cluster of stems eventually curves gracefully out and away […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Dumb cane (Dieffenbachia amoena, D. seguine, and hybrids between these and other species) is among the most popular houseplants, because, like many aroids, it has beautiful foliage and is readily available, inexpensive, and easy to grow. It’s a shrubby plant that typically gets 6 feet […]
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 […]
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 […]