Dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH WRITER: PENELOPE O’SULLIVAN PRODUCER: KARIN LIDBECK-BRENT PHOTOGRAPHER: ANDRE BARANOWSKI NATURAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS WINTER-BLOOMING BULB ARE SIMPLE YET STRIKING. If you long for flowers during the winter, consider the elegant amaryllis (Hippeastrumspp.). This tropical bulb—a popular indoor bloomer in pink, red, green, white, and multicolors—adds drama to any room or table […]
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Dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH INSIDE A SHELTER OF SPARKLING GLASS, PLANTS GET THE BOOST THEY NEED TO THRIVE INDOORS, AND YOU GET A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE ACTION. PHOTOGRAPHERS: HELEN NORMAN, MICHAEL PARTENIO, STEVEN RENDAZZO, ANDGREG SCHEIDEMANN Terrariums A terrarium defies many of the typical challenges of gardening. The miniature garden encased in glass rarely sprouts […]
Dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH PLANTS ADD PERSONALITY TO A HOME OR OFFICE, DRESSING UP Design Basics If you choose plants and containers that appeal to you aesthetically, the result is often more a work of art than an act of nature. Plants work as decorative accessories, like your favorite art or vintage pieces, to brighten […]
Dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH THE ALLURE OF GARDENING INDOORS BEGINS WITH THE PROMISE OF SUNSHINE, LUSH GREENERY, FRESH FLOWERS, AND AROMATIC SOIL. WRITER: KATE CARTER FREDERICK PHOTOGRAPHERS: PETE KRUMHARDT, HELEN NORMAN, DEAN SCHOEPPNER, AND JAY WILDE Fashion a long-lasting centerpiece by trailing small potted succulents and tumbled stones on a tabletop. It’s unconventional but attractive and […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Urn plant (Aechmea fasciata) is a big (2 to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide), bold, extremely attractive bromeliad with an astonishingly bright, shocking pink inflorescence. Its numerous 18 to 36-inch-long, 2-inch-wide, stiff and leathery leaves are silver with gray-green bands. Some cultivars have creamy […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Tillandsia is a large genus of small, primarily rootless wonders that are grown as house- plants pinned, tied, or glued onto slabs of bark, branches, or driftwood, and then hung on a wall or suspended in mid-air. The exception is pink quill (T. cyanea), which […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Queen’s tears (Billbergia nutans) is so beautiful and so easy to grow, it is no wonder it is such a popular houseplant. Plants grow 16 to 18 inches tall and 30 inches wide and are par- ticularly attractive in a hanging pot or basket, where the […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH These bromeliads are grown primarily for their very showy and colorful foliage. Neorege- lia carolinae is the most commonly cultivated species. Plants are 2 feet wide and half as tall, flat-topped, with a rosette of 1.5-inch-wide, 12-inch-long, strap-shaped leaves striped like ribbon candy with creamy white. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Floral bracts in a wide array of colors—flaming scarlet, red, pink, orange, lavender, or yellow— form a globular inflorescence that stands above the handsome, glossy leaves of this popular bro- meliad. Guzmania plants (Guzmania lingulata,G. sanguinea, and numerous hybrids) are about 10 inches tall and […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Flaming sword (Vriesea splendens) is a brome- liad common in garden centers, supermarkets, and big box stores. It’s a popular houseplant both for its impressive, bright red inflores- cence and for its colorful leaves, whose alter- nating cross-wise bands of maroon and silvery green look […]
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 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 […]