One of the essential characteristics of a house plant is that it does not grow in the open ground. We place these plants in bowls, pots, tubs, or any other suitable containers. This custom already existed among the Sumerians and ancient Egypt, about 3.500 years ago.
Illustrations surviving from those times show plants, usuallyshrybs or trees, growing in stone pots and vases, and these were probably kept outdoors. During the reigh of Ramses III in particular, many shrubs were planted in vases. But several of these plants are known in our climate as house or greenhouse plants: for instance myrtly, pomegranate, palms, and probably also the popular umbrella plant (cyperus).
Of course all these plants had to be artificially watered, but this presented no problem, for the Sumerians already had irrigation system, and Egyptian gardens usually incorporated rectangular ponds, whose main function was that of water reservoirs.
The Chinese, too, were preoccupied with plants at a very early stage, but little is known about plants being grown in pots. The well-known Japanese bonsay, which in our climate must be counted as indoor plants, or rather plants for unheated greenhouse, are not very old.
The Greeks and Romans, who were in contact with late-Egyptian civilization, simply adopted the custom of planting in pots and other containers. two thousand years ago their patios werefilled with pot plants, but it is not known whether they were kept indoors as well. These plants were mainly those we now regard as tub plants.
The Methuen Encyclopedia of House Plant
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Illustrations surviving from those times show plants, usuallyshrybs or trees, growing in stone pots and vases, and these were probably kept outdoors. During the reigh of Ramses III in particular, many shrubs were planted in vases. But several of these plants are known in our climate as house or greenhouse plants: for instance myrtly, pomegranate, palms, and probably also the popular umbrella plant (cyperus).
Of course all these plants had to be artificially watered, but this presented no problem, for the Sumerians already had irrigation system, and Egyptian gardens usually incorporated rectangular ponds, whose main function was that of water reservoirs.
The Chinese, too, were preoccupied with plants at a very early stage, but little is known about plants being grown in pots. The well-known Japanese bonsay, which in our climate must be counted as indoor plants, or rather plants for unheated greenhouse, are not very old.
The Greeks and Romans, who were in contact with late-Egyptian civilization, simply adopted the custom of planting in pots and other containers. two thousand years ago their patios werefilled with pot plants, but it is not known whether they were kept indoors as well. These plants were mainly those we now regard as tub plants.
The Methuen Encyclopedia of House Plant
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