Plants
Plants · 30. settembre 2018
The lemon tree has its roots in ancient China, the country par excellence as far as the cultivation of these wonderful fruit trees is concerned. The specimen belonging to the eucharistic domain has also enjoyed considerable success among the ancient Roman populations, which took as their object the realization of the wonderful frescoes on the most important monuments in Pompeii and Carthage.
Plants · 27. settembre 2018
Cordyline fruticosa, also called cordilina, is an evergreen shrub. A native of Australia, it is nowadays a plant spread all over the world, especially in India and in Polynesia. It also belongs to the subfamily of the Agavaceae and also to that of the Asparagaceae. The Cordilyne fruticosa has a rather short stem and its habit is bushy.
Plants · 27. settembre 2018
A perennial plant native to the northern center of Mexico and is part of the great Cactaceae family.
Like any plant belonging to the genus Opuntia also this Cactus has a branched stem formed oval blades indicated with the name of cladodes. Each of them has a length of about 15 centimeters and is endowed with a considerable number of areoles densely covered with tiny spines called glochids, the latter being rather resembling very short bristles.
Plants · 27. settembre 2018
Belonging to the Commelinaceae family and native to Mexico and other tropical territories both in the North and South America, Callisia Fragrans is a perennial and evergreen plant, its stems are creeping and the branches can rise spontaneously, even if covered by the other leaves.
Plants · 04. settembre 2018
Bromelia is a beautiful plant belonging to the Bromeliaceae family. It is a houseplant very popular in recent years for its lush leaves and its beautiful flowers.
Plants · 04. settembre 2018
A marsh plant native to Southeast Asia, Aglaonema is a slow growing perennial plant. It has many leaves with an ovate, oblong or lanceolate shape with smooth margins carried by long petioles up to 1 meter tall.
It is a very widespread plant, both because there are 50 species, but also thanks to its ease of cultivation and its resistance.
Plants · 04. settembre 2018
Evergreen plant of the tropical areas of Asia and Africa, the Coleus is a very common plant in the apartment where it reaches about 50 cm in height, although some specimens also reach the meter, is renowned for its oval, heart-shaped leaves or lanceolate, with smooth or serrated edges, of different colors combined, among them red, yellow, orange, green and white.
Plants · 04. settembre 2018
The original evergreen perennial plant of Indochina, the Pilea Cadierei is a plant with oval, oblong or lanceolate leaves with the typical silver streak that reaches the size of about 10 cm. The plant is very branched and therefore tends to create a bush that does not exceed 30 cm in height and 20 cm of expansion.
Plants · 12. marzo 2018
Let's go to the discovery of Russellia equisetiformis, a really "explosive" plant. In fact, in fact Russellia is known mainly with its three nicknames which have a common denominator: firecracker plant, coral plant and fountain plant.
Plants · 12. marzo 2018
The species Justicia Brandegeana takes its name from the American Townshend Stith Brandegee, a botanist who lived in the second half of the nineteenth century. As the original name, the term should therefore be correctly written with two "and", but in the Italian version now accepted loses the second, as not proper to our language, and can therefore be found written Justicia Brandegeana.