Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Division, cuttings, and layering are tried and true methods of asexual propagation that make exact copies of your parent plant. Each plant portrait in this book tells you which propagation technique(s) can be used for that particular plant. You should be aware, however, that many […]
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Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Most people want to replace their houseplant’s original pot with something more attractive. After all, your companion plant should fit into your decor in a container that complements your home and those cheap, thin-walled plastic pots that come from the nursery don’t quite reach the […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Your houseplants will come to you in a plethora of pot sizes. Smaller pots are measured by diameter in inches. For example, a 4-inch pot will be approximately that in diameter. Manufacturers differ enormously and some 4-inch pots are larger, 4.75 inches across, and some […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Commercial fertilizer packages often describe their contents as “plant food.” This is a mis- nomer. Fertilizer contains mineral nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium that plants require for growth, but any plant’s actual food, what they actually eat, is the sugar they make from […]
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 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 FLOWERING Wax flower Hoya carnosa aka wax vine, porcelain flower, Hindu rope plant These gorgeous, tropical creepers have waxy leaves and sweetly scented, pale pink flowers that look strangely artificial. They appear in summer […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English SUCCULENT Donkey’s tail Sedum morganianum aka burro’ tail, lamb’s tail, horse’s tail These stonecrops are hugely desirable with their long, trailing stems covered in plump, dusty green and blue leaves. They are one of […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English SUCCULENT String of pearls Kleinia rowleyana aka string of beads The cascading strings of pea-like beads, or ‘pearls’, make this plant top of many house plant collectors’ lists. Although it looks fragile, it is […]