Flowers and Plants

A guest from the tropics of the American continent, bougainvillea is a tall shrub. It is not the flowers that create the charm, but their bracts. In nature, they are lilac in color, in culture - multicolor. Not easy ...

Beaucarnea - Beaucarnea belongs to the asparagus family. The thick seven-meter barrel, reminiscent of a bottle, is a reservoir of water supplies. The bark is similar to the skin of an elephant and prevents evaporation. Breeding and care ...

Fast growing, almost continuously flowering and always dressy balsams are considered one of the best indoor plants for budding growers. Bright touch-sensitive lights that still delighted our grandmothers, and today are welcome ...

Balsam is a beautiful, abundantly and brightly blooming, potted flower that does not require special attention, which came to us from the islands of Zanzibar. His homeland is also considered the subtropics of Africa ...

The genus Impatiens, which can be translated as "untouchable" or "touchy", is the basis of the Balsamic family and consists of half a thousand species that grow throughout the planet. Due to the abundance and variety of plants ...

From distant countries, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese sailors carried outlandish plants, jewelry and spices. So, in 1714, amaryllis bulbs first came to Europe. First, over the planted ...

The history of the genus Amaryllis, which is part of the eponymous family of bulbous plants, began in 1753 thanks to Karl Linnaeus. The amaryllis owes its name to the heroine Virgil. Translated from Greek amarysso means ...

South African amaryllis, which gave the name to an extensive family of ornamental bulbous plants and their own genus, are not as well known to Russian flower growers as their relatives: hippeastrum, daffodil, galanthus, clivia and onion. ...

Everyone who has observed blooming azaleas with their own eyes knows that it is impossible to take your eyes off the amazing sight. Lush hats of snow-white, pink and purple, yellow and red shades amaze the imagination. Therefore ...

The blooming of a room azalea is impossible to miss. One of the most beautiful indoor plants amazes with both the number of simultaneously opening buds and the variety of colors. And indoor azalea blooms in ...

Home azalea is the collective name of varieties originating from two wild species of azaleas - Indian and Japanese. Currently, the genus Azalea is included in the genus Rhododendron, all representatives ...

The wild-growing bushes of azaleas were noticed by people many thousands of years ago. The unusually lush bloom of the azalea, turning a recently bare, almost lifeless bush into a cloud of hundreds of graceful flowers, made ...

Many amateur flower growers want to replenish their collections with beautifully flowering bushes of home Afelandra. Although a tropical plant as a pot culture is very moody and demanding to care for, it grows quickly, blooms ...

Beautifully flowering, herbaceous and shrubby plants of the Afelandra genus - natives of the tropical regions of the South American continent. According to various estimates, there are from 40 to 190 varieties and species, but as ...

Despite the exotic appearance, many types of amorphophallus do not require special efforts from the grower when growing and caring for. Several dozen varieties of these tropical plants can be seen in ...

Among the representatives of the flora of the tropics and subtropics there are giant and dwarf plants that amaze with an unusual type of foliage, flowers and stems. The fertile climate of the Southern Hemisphere gave the world the most famous incense ...

For a novice florist who is only interested in plants from the Gesneriev family, acquaintance with Achimenes brings a lot of positive emotions and impressions. Not only can the flowers of this culture be simple ...

It is difficult to imagine that a couple of decades ago the number of Achimenes varieties available for cultivation at home was not in the hundreds, as today, but in tens. Modern lovers of flowering decorative ...

Among indoor plants, asparagus stand out for their unpretentious disposition, longevity and a very rapid growth of the root system. If you look inside the pot in which homemade asparagus grows, you can find a tightly entwined ...

Loved by many, decorative, profusely blooming achimenes can be easily diluted on its own. If you believe the esotericists, the best examples of houseplants are obtained by cultivating with your own hands. It is believed that making up the substrate, ...

Beautifully flowering perennial herbaceous plants from the Gesneriev family enjoy increased attention of flower growers. Moreover, some of these crops, for example, gloxinia and achimenes, after the end of the flowering season for several ...

Asparagus in indoor floriculture has long been loved. Graceful green twigs not only decorate the composition, but are used in cutting by florists and decorators. The genus of asparagus was presented by the tropics, in the form of shrubs ...

Among the ornamental deciduous crops grown on home windowsills, asparagus occupy a special place. These hardy, fast-growing plants amaze not only with delicate greenery, but also with their amazing unpretentiousness. But still ...

Representatives of the asparagus genus are not only decorative green species and vegetable crops, but also truly medicinal plants with a rich set of useful properties and qualities. The most studied ...

Unpretentious indoor asparagus, flaunting on shelves and window sills in many apartments, are perennial evergreens from an extensive family. At the same time, it is the Asparagaceae family that has united such unlike ...

We offer you to get acquainted with the indoor flower achimenes, which enchants with long lush flowering. The plant is used as an ampelous or bush plant, depending on the variety. Achimenes care is simple, but the features ...

Asparagus or asparagus is a large genus in the family of the same name, Asparagaceae. At the last count, botanists have discovered and described about three hundred species of plants of this genus, and among them there are ...

The problem of many flower growers, than to populate empty niches and northern windows, is easily solved with the help of aspidistra - at home, an unpretentious plant easily takes root. The plant is shade-tolerant, the leaves are long ...

The role of indoor indoor plants in human life is great. Each living entity has its own biofield. This has already been proven by scientists. By interacting, fields make a person stronger or take his energy, ...

Once, at the dawn of the last century, aspidistra were very popular among the urban population of Great Britain and the United States. With gas lighting, which was in most houses, only the most shade-tolerant survived ...

In the circle of indoor plant lovers, aspidistra enjoys the fame of the most hardy and little capricious culture. This inhabitant of the Asian tropics is able to endure long periods of drought, destructive ...

Aspidistra, which came into fashion about a century ago, have gained a reputation among fans of home floriculture as almost eternal plants. This culture is not afraid of a thick shade, temperature drops and a long absence ...

Human acquaintance with aspidistra took place a little less than two centuries ago. And during this short, by historical standards, period, plants from the Asian region managed to make a lot of riddles, become ...

The role of green friends in the room is great, where a person spends most of the time. It has long been known that when we ventilate furniture, we throw a cocktail of industrial emissions through the window. ...

For about a century, the green caps of the aspidistra can be seen not only in the homeland of the plant, in east and southeast Asia, but also in residential buildings and public buildings ...

Asplenium is used as a houseplant because of the beauty of its huge leaves, which can reach almost a meter in length. Its leaves are special, complex and are called vayi. The tropical plant asplenium requires ...

The extensive Konstantsov family includes many species of ferns with a common name - Aspleniums. Growing in both the tropical zone and the temperate climate of Europe and Asia, these plants ...

If you look at a globe or a map of the world, it turns out that ferns from the Kostentsov family have inhabited almost all continents, except for the forever ice-covered Antarctica. More than seven hundred of these, ...

The right to bear the generic name Asplenium has a huge number of ferns that live in different parts of the world. All Aspleniums are perennial herbaceous plants that have adapted to live not only on loose ...

Asplenium is a type of fern that grows in warm tropical spaces. Of the many species of these plants, only a few can be grown as indoor crops. Asplenium care is easier, ...

Representatives of the Kostentsov or Aspleniev family, which unites almost seven hundred species of ferns, are distributed throughout the world. Aspleniums include epiphytes, lithophytes, and terrestrial species. Attractive foliage ...

In addition to the Venus hair maidenhair known to many lovers of indoor plants, many related species are of interest, unpretentious and decorative. To better represent the variety of ferns, it is useful to study the descriptions of the species ...

Representatives of the maidenhair genus inhabiting many regions of the world are perennial herbaceous ferns. Several species are used as indoor plants with openwork bright green foliage, which is rightfully considered the main ...

For many reasons, ferns have become very popular in indoor landscaping. The green color calms down, the carved fronds are picturesque and eye-catching, taking thoughts away from negativity. There are 800 types ...

Abutilons with bell-shaped flowers or wide-open hibiscus corollas are becoming more and more popular among indoor plant lovers. And the reason is not only in the lush ...

At home, in gardens and greenhouses, many species and varieties of abutilon are grown. Plants are distinguished by a high growth rate, undemanding and abundant flowering. Thanks to the bell-shaped shape ...

Ferns are rightfully considered the oldest representatives of the plant kingdom on the planet. Today, these plants are not so common in nature, so all species are of genuine interest to gardeners and ...

House flowers require special care. They silently ask for help, signaling discomfort with a drooping appearance, a gray coating, and drying leaves. The florist's task is to understand in time what the indoor maidenhair is sick with or ...

The genus of maidenhair, relatively small, living in the tropical and subtropical belt of the Earth of ferns, unites many independent genera. Some of them, for example, "hair Venus" and other varieties are very ...

For many flower growers, abutilon becomes a dream come true for an ideal indoor plant, combining unpretentiousness, long colorful flowering, high growth rate and easy offspring. With a lot of advantages, the main thing is ...

Ferns, a special type of plant that are found almost all over the world, where mosses live, in damp places and on rocks. They can settle in a damp crevice, ...

Abutilon lanterns hanging on thin long peduncles have attracted people's attention for a long time. The history of acquaintance with the culture of Europeans began in the 18th century, and the name of this genus of evergreens ...

Every living creature, be it a plant or a pet, enters into an invisible connection with the inhabitants. Therefore, some of the flowers are not recommended for keeping in living quarters. Many of ...

Home flower abutilon is a plant native to the tropics. Abutilon belongs to the malvaceous family, the prominent representatives of which are the stock-rose, beloved by summer residents, and hibiscus indoor plants. Abutilone is grown from ...

Growing in the tropical regions of southeast Asia, aglaonema are evergreens that are both very unpretentious and attractive. The species discovered and described at the end of the last century were exported ...

The tropical flora is incredibly beautiful and diverse. And botanists will have to reveal its secrets for many years to come. Aglaonema, belonging to the greatest Ariod family in the plant world, is an indigenous inhabitant ...

More recently, indoor plant lovers met with aglaonema. The tropical plant is accustomed to growing under the canopy of large trees, tolerates a lack of light. It is perfect for breeding ...

The name of the plant Aglaonema comes from the Greek words "aglaos" - bright and "nema" - thread. A rather unpretentious culture at home blooms almost throughout the year, and sometimes ...

The genus of anthuriums unites from 800 to 1000 plant species, native to the forest regions of Central and South America. The long flowering of certain species and the unusual foliage of others has made many ...

Pineapples, so beloved all over the world, are today grown in many countries of the tropical zone, and varietal plants are planted on plantations, in comparison with wild varieties that have a greater weight, ...

In South America, they joke, they say, put the anthurium on the ground, and then the plant itself, if necessary, will bury itself in the ground, climb a tree and bloom. Indeed, in subtropical conditions ...

The beautiful flower "Man's Happiness" is beautiful with its decorative, heart-shaped leaves. His flowers are beautiful - an ear in a fiery red, pink or speckled bedspread. If you follow the terms ...

The history of some plants, cultivated by man, has several millennia. Acquaintance with anthuriums, as with one of the genera of the Aroid family, began only a century and a half ago, but also for ...

Anthurium Andre, the first of the cultivated and described representatives of an extensive species, was brought to Europe in the 70s of the last century. A little later, in 1889, thanks to missionary Samuel Damon ...

Popular rumor compares anthurium with flamingos, and it owes its name to the similarity of the inflorescence to the tail. And the acquaintance of Europeans and Americans with representatives of a huge genus of anthuriums took place in ...

Anthuriums, indigenous inhabitants of tropical forests, attract the attention of indoor plant lovers with their bright foliage, and unusual aerial roots, so necessary for the life of an epiphyte, and impressive inflorescences of a variety of ...

Anthuriums are one of the most numerous genera in the Aroid family.Today it includes about eight hundred natural species, and breeders have obtained a lot of interesting ...

The indoor flowers that people from distant countries serve are beautiful, but they are slaves who were placed in a cramped pot and a different climate. Can a plant thrive in aliens ...

Let's approach the question from the point of view of a living organism. If he gets enough nourishment, is kept in his usual conditions and he has enough oxygen to breathe, then there is no reason to rebel. ...

When anthurium is healthy, its foliage has a flat surface, characteristic of the variety, without traces of yellowness or dried spots. Leaves are quickly renewed, and reappearing without difficulty and damage ...

Anthurium is popularly called a flamingo flower. And this comparison is quite justified. Graceful inflorescences on long peduncles really look like exotic birds and leave no one indifferent. ...

A beautiful, long-blooming anthurium in the apartment takes pride of place. Bright flowers and beautiful arrow-shaped leaves of the anthurium plant are the hallmark of a home, where love and care are enough for ...

In nature, or rather not in plantations, where today you can find cultivars of pineapple, pineapple plants can grow up to one and a half meters. These are powerful herbaceous plants, in 1-1.5 years ...

The tropics are a plant paradise that has probably not revealed all its secrets over the past centuries. The variety of forms and species that live here still attracts naturalists ...

Anthuriums, brought to Europe back in the 19th century, attracted close attention of indoor floriculture lovers only at the end of the last century. Today at the disposal of all who are not indifferent to ...

People who first saw the pineapple plant hardly believe that this is not a tropical shrub, accustomed to living in a lack of moisture, but a grass. Depending on the variety and variety ...

Experts say that ripe fresh pineapple can only be tasted where it grows. To reach a buyer in the middle lane and northern regions, the fetus takes a long time for ...

Aglaonema is a representative of the distant tropics of the Malay Archipelago and East India, from the Aroid family. Its beautiful decorative leaves and unpretentiousness are appreciated by lovers of floriculture. The genus unites 23 species, they ...

The use of fruit and vegetable juices has long been included in the practice of nutrition. Freshly squeezed juice concentrates in a small volume all the most useful things that the product is rich in. Sometimes the liquid is the only ...

The history of Europeans' acquaintance with pineapples begins in 1493, when the Spaniards who landed in Central America discovered previously unknown juicy fruits on the islands. A little later, candied pulp and ...

It can be difficult for modern children to believe that their parents, grandparents with the taste of tropical fruits met at a mature age, and a hundred years ago, unknown to most ...

Growing indoor pineapple is not interesting for the sake of its delicious fruit. Decorative exotic always attracts lovers of home green space. Pineapple leaves, spreading, thorny and juicy, are very decorative. Create conditions ...

Among tropical fruits, pineapples are the third largest cultivated. In the countries of the tropical zone, the cultivation of pineapples is becoming one of the most important articles of agriculture. Therefore, literally throughout ...

A toned slender body today is not only one of the criteria for beauty, but also a sign of health, youth and activity. Women and men of different ages willingly use all kinds of ...

The overseas fruit pineapple is a herbaceous plant from the bromeliad family. This species is characterized by the fact that the plants are adapted to live in drought conditions, have fleshy leaves forming in the center ...

Pineapples, which first came to Europe in the 16th century, quickly fell in love with the local nobility. Traveling in that era was extremely expensive and lengthy, so plants come from ...

The homeland of pineapple is South America, and the usual habitat of the culture is not the tropics rich in moisture, but the dry plains. And it's even surprising that a plant that forms ...

Breast milk is the ideal food for a rapidly growing and developing baby. A woman's milk contains substances that are necessary not only to maintain strength, but also to form ...

The exotic pineapple berry is grown in the Hawaiian Islands, Brazil, India, in an area where the tropical climate allows pineapple cultivation. In Russia, individual amateurs have adapted to grow pineapples as exotic. ...

The largest collection of plants belonging to the aroid family is located in the botanical garden of the American state of Missouri. Despite the many years of collecting activity of the scientific team and the ongoing research work here so far ...

Large, cordate or pointed like spearheads, alocasia leaves invariably attract the attention of both beginners and connoisseurs of indoor plants. Florists are attracted by the opportunity to decorate window sills and racks with plants ...

A modern human dwelling is often a stone box filled with furniture and appliances. Vapors of phenols from furniture are released into an enclosed space. Phonitis technology, producing and emitting harmful ions, a person smokes, ...

If there are many flowers in the apartment, and they are placed not only on the window sills, alocasia is chosen as an indispensable central link in the composition. It attracts with its harmony, imposing and beautiful leaves. Decorative ...

A healthy alocasia at home has a well-groomed appearance, its foliage is well developed, there are no traces of necrosis, no areas of yellow, brown or ...

The meaning of the existence of any species in nature lies in the continuation of the genus.Alocasia in natural conditions can multiply by all available means - vegetative, offspring from roots, seeds. Transfer and ...

Indoor plant lovers interested in alocasia may face an unexpected problem. The fact is that it will be very difficult to choose a suitable specimen, because alocasia is not one plant, ...

Alokazia is a welcome purchase for the indoor gardening lover. Some of them believe that several different varieties will decorate the room, fill the air with health. Leaving such a home flower garden will be easy ...

Numerous types of alocasia, actively grown as indoor plants, attract the attention of flower growers due to their unusual large foliage. Healthy bright leaf plates undoubtedly delight the amateur grower. But what to do if ...

The alocasia amazonian aroid flower is a hybrid of the Lowe and Sandera species, and is often sold as Sandera. Attracts flower growers with decorative leaves that grow even in captivity up to half a meter in length. Small ...

The region of natural habitat of alocasia extends to the tropical regions of southeast Asia, New Guinea, some areas of the Australian continent and Malaysia. Today, botanists talk about the existence of more than seventy ...