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Selenicereus


Category: Cacti

10 Aug : 16:04

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The queen gave birth to red fruits are considered a real delicacy.
The name of the representative of the interesting cactus family comes first from the fact that the color of her opening night and at dawn are closed, and secondly because the colors reach 30 centimeters in diameter. Usually this phenomenon is observed in June-July.

Queen of the night and no thorns is a typical representative of cactus. And yet it is difficult for cultivation.

Give her all the year round warm and bright place but protected from the bright sunlight. As winter temperatures should not fall below 10 C.

Water thoroughly during summer, winter - limited to a minimum. Before the period of bloom in April and May, this cactus was well tolerated with a soft spray of water. In warmer months, with monthly fuel Cactus fertilizer.

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Category: Cacti

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Cordyline


Category: Decorative leaf

10 Aug : 15:49

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cordyline_sanguinea.jpgThis plant, like yucca, usually offered as Dracaena indivisa. However, the difference is in the roots - dratsenite have thin roots oranzhevozhalti and kordilineto - conical thickened roots. In home-linear lines developed as a "tree" with 12 meters height. Xiphoid 1 m long leaves droop and form a bundle of elegant. In a large bowl not blossom.

Home of the plant are Australia and New Zealand. It looks like a shrub or small tree. Kordelineto is a close relative of dratsenata, which are often confused.
High is 35 - 70 cm plant normally is - dratsenata of compact leaves are - beautiful.
The leaves are the color of cherry or green and white, green, pink or yellow, with numerous streaks on them. Rhizome is massive, the roots are white. By dividing the rhizome forming young plants.

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Coprosma


Category: Decorative leaf

10 Aug : 15:38

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Of all kinds during the summer months, small purple flowers appear. Great okrasa sandacheta are for the balcony.
Many years, evergreen ornamental shrubs. Its leaves are pale-colored with a dark stripe in the middle. Some species, however, are pastrolistni with bright purple nuances.

Moderate and watered regularly. In winter, be careful not to dry soil, and occasionally spray the leaves with water. Tori is a dry fertilizer every 4 weeks. Older plants to transplant every second year after the resting period in the spring. Transplanting to garden soil and use the container with drainage.

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