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[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Selloum (Philodendron bipinnatifidum)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Selloum (Philodendron bipinnatifidum)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Selloum (Philodendron bipinnatifidum), like other Philodendron species, is an excellent houseplant, well adapted to the reduced light and warm nights of our homes. You’ll also frequently find this plant in shopping malls, hospitals, and lobbies of public buildings, where it creates a tropical jungle ambiance. It’s […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Piggy-back plant (Tolmiea menziesii)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Piggy-back plant (Tolmiea menziesii)

 Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Most good houseplants are tropical, adapted to warm nighttime temperatures and rainforest conditions. Piggy-back plant (Tolmiea menziesii) is an exception. The maritime climate from which this native Pacific Northwesterner hails is very different from the typical home environment, and yet piggy-back plant holds its […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Peacock plant (Calathea lancifolia, Calathea makoyana, Calathea rufibarba, and Calathea zebrina)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Peacock plant (Calathea lancifolia, Calathea makoyana, Calathea rufibarba, and Calathea zebrina)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH The aptly named peacock plant struts its strik- ing evergreen foliage with panache. Commonly grown species include Calathea lancifolia, C. makoyana, C. rufibarba, and C. zebrina. These tropical beauties and their numerous hybrids can be a little demanding with their water and humidity needs but […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Lipstick plant (Aeschynanthus radicans)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Lipstick plant (Aeschynanthus radicans)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Lipstick plant (Aeschynanthus radicans) is a vine-like evergreen perennial that grows to perfection in hanging baskets. The 2-foot-long stems arch gracefully out and down, away from the center of the plant. Cutting the stems back by not more than one-third encourages side branching and makes […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: False shamrock (Oxalis triangularis)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: False shamrock (Oxalis triangularis)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Don’t confuse false shamrock (Oxalis triangularis) with either its weedy relative, Oxalis corniculata, or true Irish shamrock (Trifolium dubium), both of which have yellow flowers. False sham- rock is neither invasive nor weedy, and its dainty flowers are white or pale pink. It is endemic […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH The appeal of coleus (Solenostemon scutellari- oides) lies in its fantastic, bizarre, amazing foli- age. Three or four brilliant kaleidoscopic colors of green, yellow, red, pink, orange, magenta, white—even black—adorn each soft, velvety leaf in discrete patches or intricate lace-like pat- terns. The basic shape […]

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

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

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH The slow-growing clivia (Clivia miniata) has 2-foot-long, 2-inch-wide, dark evergreen, strap-shaped leaves. These arch out gracefully, seemingly direct from the potting medium. There are stems, but they are short and com- pletely covered by the foliage. Underground, the plant has long, ropy rhizomes. Mature, well-grown specimens […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema commutatum, Aglaonema modestum, Aglaonema pictum)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema commutatum, Aglaonema modestum, Aglaonema pictum)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH In addition to their beauty, Chinese evergreens (Aglaonema commutatum, A. modestum, A. pic- tum) are undemanding; thus, they are widely grown in public spaces such as shopping malls, hospitals, and hotels. The plant’s small size and proven ability to purify indoor air make it a perfect companion […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Angel Wing Begonia (Begonia × corallina)

ENGLISH Angel wing begonias are easy, gorgeous year-round houseplants that bloom profusely with drooping clusters of small brightly col- ored flowers. The original was a hybrid betweenBegonia aconitifolia and B. coccinea created by California plant breeder Eva Kenworthy Gray in 1926. Since that cross, many more have been made with several other species, and hundreds of […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Aluminum plant (Pilea cadierei)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Aluminum plant (Pilea cadierei) is an easy-to-grow tropical houseplant, welcome everywhere for its striking evergreen foliage. Plants get 12 inches tall by 8 inches wide; they live in good condition for up to five years and can be maintained indefinitely by rooting tip cuttings of […]

[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?: 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, […]

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