To the garden in the apartment was fuller and more diverse, it should be given a place for climbing lianas or plants. The fan of indoor gardening should be considered c insignificant height of rooms, so that the room has a limited space, poor lighting and therefore refuses luxury rocks. The flower grower needs to make a choice among those curling flowers that grow moderately. You can not demand frizzy indoor plants to have a luxurious, winding green.
It's about ivy, chlorophytum, Tradescantia.
Ivy
Evergreen from the family Aral. For cultivation in the premises the best species are ivy deltoid or ivy Canarian. It is a curling or creeping plant, large leaves have yellow or white stained spots. Ivy - a room, unpretentious plant, it is well decorated furniture of dark colors, windows, perfectly tolerates blackout.
Reproduction
Propagates by whole stems or green cuttings. Cuttings cut from the stem with 2 leaves, and they are planted in moist sand. After 14 days, roots are formed.
In addition, the stems have aerial roots. Tri-color ivy has reddish stems, white-mottled leaves, and in autumn a reddish shade appears in the leaves under strong light. Ivy is planted in 7-centimeter ceramic pots with three cuttings in each and cover the ceramic pot with a glass jar. Can be rooted in a mixture with sand and hardwood in the roomy guys. The cuttings with air roots are best rooted. You can cuttings all year round, but in the spring it will be best to do it. Ivy with variegated leaves grows worse. Once cuttings take root, they are transplanted into small pots or cut off a whole shoot with 10 leaves. It is placed in a groove in the sand horizontally at a depth of 2 cm, the leaves are left outside. On the 10th day, underground roots will appear from the air roots. The top of the shoot begins to grow. In the axils of the leaves, the sleeping buds do not germinate. After 14 days, the shoot is taken out of the sand and cut into cuttings, they are planted in centimetric ceramic pots 7 cm high, where a new plant grows from the sleeping buds. Every year in spring, plants should be transplanted into pots mixed with deciduous and turfy land. In summer, in addition to regular watering, plants are sprayed with water. In winter, from the leaves with a wet sponge, dust is scraped and the leaves are washed with water.
Tradescantia
Common climbing houseplant. The most decorative form of this plant is the zebrin hanging down, with striped green leaves. All kinds of Tradescantia develop in bright places and grow well in cool and warm rooms. Tradescantia needs a good, abundant watering. By spring, the plant is aging, the leaves wither. Green tops are used for breeding, they are planted in pots. Cuttings can take root well, without covering with glass. The plant grows perfectly in a mixture of 2 parts of a deciduous mixture, one part humus and turf land with the addition of Sand Tradescantia, you can decorate loggias and balconies during the summer period, abundantly watering on hot days.
In the rooms, Tradescantia is placed so that the creeping long shoots do not fall off. They are placed in pots, hanging vases, put on high furniture (wall, cabinet) or shelves. Tradescantia should be shaded from direct sunlight.
Chlorophytum crested
Abroad, the plant is called "Flying Dutchman" or a green lily. He has thin stems up to 1 m long. After flowering, the so-called babies grow on the ends of the leaves, these are rosettes of leaves with air roots. Cream leaves with longitudinal strips, linear. The flowers are collected in panicles, small, white. Very effectively, these plants look on the sideboards, low cabinets, on the windows, as a decorative element.
Chlorophytum grows in a mixture from one part of sand, from 2 parts of deciduous land, and 3 parts of sod land. Spring responds well to feeding. In order for the leaves to have intensive coloring, the plant needs to be placed in bright places. In summer, chlorophytum is watered abundantly, and in winter it is watered moderately. The plant is transplanted annually in February or in March and divides them.