A terrarium invites you to paint your own scene, imitating
nature on a miniature scale. The dry, hot air of the house in winter is no
handicap to plants in a terrarium, where moist air is trapped. Since the
moisture is so well conserved, your garden under glass will hardly ever need
watering.
Here are some tips for creating terrarium in home.
Wash and polish the container so that it sparkles. Then,
layer charcoal, gravel, and soil. For an extra touch, put down a first lining
layer of moss with its green side out. A good soil mixture for terrariums is 2
parts loam, 2 parts coarse sand, and 1 part leaf mold, not so rich in organic
material that plants will rapidly outgrow limited space. Before planting the terrarium, decide where you are going to
display it. If it's to be seen from one side, put the larger plants in back;
smaller ones in front. If it will be seen from all sides, center the bigger
ones and surround them with smaller ones.
The trickiest step is the initial watering. Moisten the soil
(don't drench it, as you'll be plagued with mold). If you're doubtful about the
right amount of water, stay on the dry side, for you can always add moisture if
foliage shows signs of wilting. Use the glass lid to control humidity. If moisture regularly
condenses in noticeable amounts, remove cover for a day or leave it partly open
until excess moisture disappears. Place your glass garden in good light, but
not in full sun, for this will trap too much heat and kill the plants.
Not all plants are suited to terrariums. You can use other
plants for fairy gardens in Dubai. The high humidity would cause some to decay.
The best plants are those native to woodlands and marshy places. Listed below
are some plants that need humidity, grow slowly, and help to create an
interesting terrarium. Most must be ordered to buy plants online in Dubai from plantsmen
specializing in wild flowers.
Recommended for closed terrariums plants in Dubai are ferns
of small size, such as Polypodium vulgare, maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) and
Pteris (table ferns); mosses of almost every sort; trailing arbutus (Epigaea
repens), rattle snake plantain (Goodyera pubescens); common and striped
pipsissewas (Chimaphila); wintergreen (Pyrola elliptica); goldthread (Coptis
trifolia); hepatica; small yellow lady slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum); and
partridge-berry (Mitchella repens). Several of the insectivorous plants are
also good terrarium specimens.