Bogenvilla Mites

QuestionWhat can I spray to rid bogenvilla of small mites? AnswerHi Joseph...we use 100 percent Neem Oil at our nursery. It is organic and alters the taste of the plant to get the bugs going else where.  

repotting indoor Meyer Lemon

QuestionI have a Meyer lemon in a one gallon nursery pot. When I bought it it was a stick and this season I have had more then a dozen usable lemons. Should I repot this to a larger pot. If so, what are the requirem

Yellowing magnolia

QuestionI recently purchased a magnolia shrub which I repotted into a large pot (no garden just a veranda). Leaves looked yellowish so gave an ericacious feed a week ago. Still dropping yellow leaves anything else I

Improved Meyer Lemon Tree

QuestionI have had this lemon tree for about 3 years and it has fine but I have moved it inside for the winter and have noticed a sticky substance on the leaves, stems, branches, etc. No evidence of bugs but on the

sick lemon tree

QuestionMy lemon tree -type unknown the root stock grew but not the graft has developed some dead branches. It i like they are rotting They break off and inside have little burrows and dust. Ants are living on it It

lemon tree leaf fall

QuestionI have a potted lemon tree. It has started to blossom this winter. This morning I noticed several leaves have dropped. Also several more are wilting and when you touch them they fall off. C

sick braided money tree plant

QuestionQUESTION: Hello, I have 2 braided money tree plants purchased from the same place the same date , about 6 months ago, they were both fine but now one of them seems to be dying, the leaves just keep browning

Gardinia

QuestionHi I have a gardenia bush about 3 ft high it flowered nicely all summer and until the first cold night, some of the leaves start turning yellow, so I took it inside, now the leave are turning black. What can

Black spots on Norfolk Pine

QuestionI have a small potted norfolk pine (indoor). Within the last several days, it has developed drying needles and branches with black spots on those that are drying. the healthy branches do not have

gardenia dying

QuestionAll of the leaves on one branch of my gardenia wither , turn brown, and die. This progresses from one branch to another. ive already lost one small gardenis, now it has started on another.

Disease on Beach Sunflower

QuestionWe have used this plant extensively in the garden as ground cover. Quite suddenly the plants in all locations in the garden have developed a disease. The leaves are turning brown/gray moldy looking along wit

mini rose disease

Questioni got two mini rose plants this summer and they thrived outdoor very well. when i transferred them inside they got powdery white substance and all the leaves get damaged and only the stems are remaining. how

jasmine plants problem

QuestionI live in Missouri, have had 2 jasmine plants all summer long, I have moved and after the move, one of my jasmine plants has had the leaves get dry and fall off, and today noticed the plant looked like I had

Jasmine plants

QuestionI am here near Chicago. I brought the Jasmine plants indoors. They are close to a patio door and a hot air vent. some leaves are falling off, and there is a spidery web type covering on the buds and leaves.

scale?

QuestionQUESTION: what is scale and how can i identify if my plants suffer from diseases before they become problems and i hear and use coldpressed neem oil on the indoor plants to protect from pest but i find

Dieback

QuestionMy Grevillea Jenkinsii looks as if it is dying. I suspect the disease is dieback. I have recently lost other plants nearby. My question is, Are still more plants at risk and what is the best way to dispose o

Paperwhites

QuestionI am forcing paperwhite bulbs in shallow bowls filled with gravel. The leaves are between 18-22 tall so far and are beginning to show the bulges where the flowers will emerge. Im concerned becaus

pink chitalpa multi

QuestionI live in boulder city NV and I have what appears to be frozen or damaged pink chitalpas. I did cut them back in the middle of the season and I may have gotten to cut happy or I cut them to close to really l

Pecan pest

QuestionThere was a question on this website about this leaf blistering / nodules and the answer said they were caused by a nymph like creature that overwinters as eggs in thei dead mother. My 2 year old pecan

Triple Robellini

QuestionHi Kathy, We have two Robellinis planted close together. One is doing great and the other has a black colored mold like coating with gray spots on the fronds. Weve only had this plant a yea