Adenium Obesum

QuestionMr. Creed, I was reading about Heathers problem with her plant. I have one also. I live in the upper Midwest. I took my plant outside after a very long winter. I forgot to bring it inside one night and the t

corn houseplant

Question cornplant1 cornplant2 my plant is more than 12 ft. long, it is getting too big for my house. It is blocking the hand rail, and we have three old people living at this home. I would like to cu

Type of Palm

QuestionI dont know the name of my house plant. It has stalks the color of eggplant or deep purple. Its leaves are large and green on top and the veins are prominent on the bottom..I believe its a type of Palm

Damaged desert rose

QuestionWe live in south Fl, came home yesterday after a windy stormy day and found our prized potted desert rose damaged. It is large about 4 tall multi trunked with the main fat succulent stem broken at the base o

curly leaf ficus

QuestionI have a 6ft. curly leaf ficus tree. At least thats what I think it is. The leaves naturally curl. Ive had it for about 2 years. I repotted when I acquired it as it seemed like it was in too small of a conta

sago palm

QuestionPurchased a few months ago and is growing, growing, growing. I notice the tips of a few of the older fonds are almost white in color, otherwise appears healthy. Is this a concern? What causes it? A response

bonsai gardenia

QuestionI received a bonsai gardenia for mothers day from my son. He sent to me from Pro Plant. It is healthy looking, however it had many leaves that became brown spotted, eventually turned brown and fe

money tree assitance

Question sick money tree we purchased a 10 braided money for my office, when I noticed bugs in the soil (gnat like) I tried to dry it out for a week. Seemed to have worked. Then I watered once per week with

Hawaiian Ti plant

QuestionI have an Hawaiian Ti plant that has grown nicely since I bought it as a log in 1971. It has flourished no matter where I had it. It now resides in the largest plastic pot I have been able to fin

Identity and how to re-pot

Question philodendron This plant came from my Grandmothers funeral over 25 years ago. My Mother has had it all this time, but due to her health has had to hand it down to me. While I have a numerous amount of

rozelea

Questionwhy do you recommend vinegar in water when your allexperts Will says it will do more harm than good? AnswerJoy, The instructions that I passed on came directly from the creators of rozelea. At 1 teaspoon

Philodendron oxycardium

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Will I have another question. I have very hard mineral water and a few leaves and stems have accumlated alot of calcium on them and I was wandering if theres something I can use thats safe for t

Plant care

QuestionHi Will I use 100% natural tea that I spray on the leaves of plants and I was wondering if its good for them and if it is good how much do I use and how often? Thanks for help. AnswerHi Cynthia, There are

plant nutrients

QuestionHi Will I use liquid fertilizer. I use Seachem flourish and Kent marine pro plant also I put In 3% hydrogen proxide (half teaspoon) and mix it in 1 gallon of water then water the plants. I was wandering if t

Gardenias

Question gardenia Hello, I two weeks ago I purchased a gardenia plant from my local nursery. The description said that it produces lots of fragrant, white flowers when in bloom. The plant looked very healthy

begonias

QuestionI have two large pots with red begonias growing nicely, however, the red colors arent very bright. Just a few houses away there red begonias are a bright red, and much prettier. IS thee any way t

Ficus tree problem

QuestionHello, I have a ficus tree that is over 10 years old. It is about 8feet tall and was very bushy. We had moved it 1.5 years ago to a new home under a sunlight in our home. It was doing well and then about 6-8

Boston Fern

QuestionWhat would an ideal humidity for a Boston Fern be? AnswerBilly Bob Ideal humidity for a Boston-fern would depend on numerous factors - location (indoors/outdoors), lighting (sunlight/artificial), etc. They

spider plant babies

Questionhi will, I have a spider plant that has about 10 runners of babies. I was wondering if it will get more runners with babies? Ive seen pictures of plants with lots of babies, and would like mine to look like

plant identification

Question smelly pkant Hi, Tracy. Can you help me identify this fragrant plant? Besides the pungent, almost minty scent, the leaves are soft, fuzzy. A stem may shoot up to nearly 3-4 feet! It reroots easily i