Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Cymbidiums are attractive even when not in flower—something that cannot be said of many orchids. The trouble is, their huge size and need for low temperatures make standard cymbidiums (Cymbidium spp.) challenging as house- plants, and Asian miniature cymbidiums, although tiny, require high temperatures to […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Corsage orchids acquired their common name during the 1940s and ’50s when Cattleya cor- sages were all the rage among fashionable women of high society. First Lady Mamie Eisen- hower popularized them; she was rarely seen in public without a corsage of one or two […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH The huge and utterly fascinating orchid world contains thousands of fully fertile complex hybrids made between species in different gen- era. Beallaras and alicearas are in the Odon- toglossum/Oncidium alliance. Many of these hybrid genera in this alliance were named after the first orchid breeder […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Crocus, daffodils, grape hyacinths, hyacinths, and tulips will grace your home at a time when winter has a firm grip on the garden. Their riotous, happy colors in full bloom—red, pink, orange, yellow, blue, deep purple, lavender, and white—are a great tonic for chasing away […]
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. […]
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: 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 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: Mai Nhung ENGLISH People have cultivated wax plant (Hoya carnosa) for 200 years. That this semi-succulent subtrop- ical vine so often survives neglect in doctor’s offices and dim parlor corners is testament to its durability. You will be astonished when it trans- forms itself by bursting into fragrant […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Three different wandering Jews are commonly seen as fast-growing, easy, excellent house- plants, valued for their ability to clean indoor air. All three are in the genus Tradescantia (spider- worts), characterized by three-petaled flowers, and all three need the same cultural conditions. Like the Israelites […]
Shopee Cỏ Dại
Lazada Cỏ Dại
Tiki Cỏ Dại