fiddle leaf fig plant

QuestionI got this plant when my father passed away on Dec 10th. I brought it home around the 20th when I left my Moms. The leaves have started turning black so I repotted it yesterday which was the 23rd of Jan. Am

Varigated Umbrella plant has brown leaves

QuestionI have an umbrella plant that I recently took from my old job to my house and then to my new job. Ive had it for years and it is very healthy. The very odd thing is that new leaves AND ones alrea

ming aralia brown spots (bacterial?)

QuestionMy ming aralia is about 2 years old, 2 feet tall in South sun and has been thriving until recently when its leaves started yellowing and falling off. Ive have many other mings and know they periodicall

Peace Lily Flowers

QuestionHi Richard: My Peace Lily is very large, healthy-looking, with glossy leaves that keep on coming. I notice some people have problems with their plant not blooming. Mine has bloomed a couple of times al

euphorbia lactea cristata

Question Euphorbia Lactea Crist Euphorbia Lactea Crist Plant is in a 4 deep x 4 wide pot (plant comes out of pot with soil intact). Plant was thriving...and clean.. I bought it 1 year ago. G

Bromeliad has lost its color

QuestionHi Darlene, My bromeliad plant used to be a bright orange color, but it has faded and has now almost completely lost its color. Its seems healthy otherwise. Is there anything I can do to help it

Identifying a large houseplant

Question Mystery plant 1 Mystery plant 2 Hello here! I was wondering if you could please help me identify this house plant, or at least point me in the right general direction. I got this pl

new growth failing on indoor yucca

QuestionYucca close-up Yucca QUESTION: My yucca tries to put out new growth from the center of each leaf cluster, but the shoots keep dying back, as you can hopefully see in my photos. Whats goin

Splitting up a tree philodendron.

Question Stems Hello there! My parents recently began spending their winters in Florida, and a result I became the happy new owner of all my mothers house plants. Among them was a large Tree

Dieffenbachia-root bound

Question Roots in 4 inch pot As you can see from the picture the Dieffenbachia I just bought appears to be pretty badly root bound. It came in a 4 inch pot. It is winter, and I did just buy it yes

Yucca House Plant

QuestionI have a yucca type palm, did great by my pool in the summer. I am wintering it by a window in my office and I have recently found that it has some yellowing leaves at the base of the shoots. I pulled

House Plants and natural gas furnace

QuestionI have always had beautiful healthy house plants, some of them are starts from my great grandmothers house plants. We moved to a new home six months ago and they have went from being in a home he

Yucca cane dried out.

QuestionMy yucca cane dried out. It has a hole in the trunk and it slowly dried out. But the side shoots are still strong and growing and from the bottom, poking out of the soil, there are 2 more shoots starting to

Snake Plant

QuestionHi Will, I have a Snake Plant for the past 1 year. I have near a window - about 3 feet.... it does receive an adequate amount of light. Ive noticed past few months - a white - almost fungus like growth on t

Yucca, corn and Ficus plant problems

QuestionI had a Dracaena Massangeana, Yucca Elephantipes and Ficus that were in 20 inch pots, approximately 15 yrs old. They were all healthy, including blooming on Dracaena, they had the following problems an

My palm has diese

QuestionMY palm has very tiny black things covering the limbs. How do I treat it. I put it out doors in the spring is that good to do? AnswerLupe, You have given me very little information.I do not know what kind

Plant ID and Propagating

Question Plant Plant Im hoping that you can help me regarding a house plant which we assumed was a yucca but which has now been suggested as being a dracaena. Unfortunately we had an infestation of bla

Northfork pine house plant

QuestionMy son has a Northfork pine tree and it was real pretty and green now the needles has turn hard like they are dying. what can he do for this plant They are a very light green now instead of dark green. than

Peace lily health

QuestionMy peace lily was in bloom when I bought it. It is on the small side compared to others I have seen. My problem: The leaves and stems turn brown or nearly black. I cut those off

dracaena marginata wilted overnight

QuestionMy dracaena marginata has totally wilted. I had no problems at all with this 8 month old plant purchased from a big box store. Its still planted in its original 9 plastic pot, which sits in a decorativ