Houseplants

Houseplants and their care

  • Hemanthus: care

    Hemanthus is a bulbous plant with thick, leathery, elongated leaves, belonging to the amaryllis family. During flowering, hemanthus produces a strong pedicel, on which unusual flowers bloom.

    Hemanthus inflorescence – similar to a large spherical dandelion, the flower reaches up to 20 cm in diameter, consisting of many small red, white or orange flowers with long stamens. Often the inflorescences are surrounded by several large bracts of the same color. The hemanthus flower has a peculiar smell.

  • Gloxinia: care, transplantation and reproduction

    Gloxinia (Gloxinia) or Sinningia is a perennial tuberous plant, its large velor leaves are held on small stems, blooms with bell-shaped flowers of different colors, this flower belongs to the Gesneriaceae family. In its natural environment, the velvet bellflower can be found in Brazil. It was from Brazil, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, that this flower came to Europe thanks to the Australian botanist Peter Gloxinia, which was called gloxinia. On the basis of this flower, breeders bred a whole genus of gloxinia.

  • Croton: care

    Croton or codiaeum (Codiaeum) is one of the popular indoor plants, and this is not surprising, the leaves of this plant are simply striking in their color and shape. Croton is an ornamental evergreen shrub with large, shiny, brightly colored leaves from the Euphorbiaceae family. The color of the leaf of the croton is dark green, on which the following are randomly scattered: pink, yellow, gray, light green dots and stripes, and the veins of the leaf are bright red or yellow. It is for the beautiful natural painting on the leaves that croton is valued. Croton blooms. The flowers are inexpressive, collected in inflorescences, hanging down to the bottom and do not present any decorative effect.

  • Scindapsus: care

    Scindapsus (Scindapsus) or pothos ( Pothos) is an ornamental vine with flexible stems on which heart-shaped variegated leaves grow, belongs to the Aroid family. Scindapsus is a very popular plant among beginner flower growers, because it does not require special care and special growing conditions.

  • Dipladenia: types

    Dipladenia (Dipladenia) is an ornamentally flowering, perennial plant growing as a vine, belongs to the Kutrov family, also called Mandeville (Mandevilla) and Sundavilla Sundavilla. In fact, they are different plants, although very similar in appearance.
    How to care for Dipladenia?

  • Dieffenbachia: care and reproduction

    Dieffenbachia (Dieffenbachia) is an evergreen plant with large, colorful leaves, belonging to the Aroid family. The stem of dieffenbachia is thick, strong and juicy, similar to a tree trunk on which large variegated leaves grow. The pattern on the leaves can be different, depending on the species: it can be stripes, dots, dots of different colors – from light green to dark yellow.

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