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[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?: Creeping saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Creeping saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Creeping saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera) is a perennial that keeps on giving. Plant one out in your garden and before you know it, you will have thousands of them. As a houseplant, it is just as generous but much more controllable— though you’ll still have to […]

[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?: Cast-iron plant (Aspidistra elatior)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Cast-iron plant (Aspidistra elatior) is practically indestructible, as its common name suggests. This tough-as-nails, easy-to-grow plant was very popular and quite common in the Victorian era. In modern times, however, it’s harder to find and can be pricey: it grows very slowly and so it’s […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Calla lily (Zantedeschia spp.)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH As with all aroids, the colorful part of the calla lily (Zantedeschia spp.) is the scoop-shaped spathe surrounding a finger-like spadix covered with minute flowers. Hundreds of these barely visible flowers are packed onto the spa- dix. The big, bright spathe and the gorgeous foliage […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Bird’s nest philodendron (Philodendron auriculatum, Philodendron deflexum)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Bird’s nest philodendron (Philodendron auriculatum, Philodendron deflexum)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Philodendrons are the unsung heroes of the houseplant world. Not only are they perfectly comfortable living in the same environments as humans, they are lovely to look at and very tolerant of being relocated. Move them from room to room or take them outside for […]

[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?: Zebra plant (Aphelandra squarrosa)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Zebra plant (Aphelandra squarrosa)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Zebra plant (Aphelandra squarrosa) is an almost irresistibly gorgeous woody, broadleaf evergreen shrub. The striped foliage alone is a traffic- stopper, and when it’s in bloom it knocks your socks off. But it’s a cranky little devil—a real chal- lenge to keep it alive in […]

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