Yucca cane temps

QuestionTracy, We have had 3 yucca cane plants for over 7 years which we have always brought inside when the temps got below freezing. The problem now is that they are too big to fit in the house. I would like to kn

Corn plant not doing so well

QuestionHi Will, After doing lots of Internet research, I kept coming upon your answers to posts, and it seems you are the most knowledgeable! I have what I believe is a massagenean plant. I got it from lowes

Fica Tree Roots

QuestionWe just got a new Fica tree from a neighbor who was moving. The leaves are dropping and turning yuellow. I read your response about the tree adapting to a new environment and light. That was good

Weeping fig

QuestionWeeping fig QUESTION: We were given a weeping fig as a gift from a florists shop toward the end of summer 2011. Brought it inside and kept it in a north-facing window over the winter, and it dropped i

frost-bitten arrowhead

QuestionHello, Darlene, My pet of 14 years died this past Friday after Thanksgiving, causing my distraction from the one flourishing plant (an arrowhead) I have on the patio, brought to life quite nicely through th

Calathea In

QuestionHi Jonathan I recently purchased a Calathea. Some of the leaves had a fungus and I promptly removed them. The problem now is that the plant has 11 leaves of which 7 are curled up. I have it sitting in the l

Fabian Aralia with mold

QuestionI have a collection of Fabian Aralias that I love. And they love my condo. Recently, I had some leaf drop from one of my three trunk specimens...on closer inspection, there was some surface mold, and the tru

Palm plant

Question Palm Hi. I have a plant that was my Moms. Its a palm (feathers palm) camedorea. It has sprouted what I want to call groups of branches green with little tiny nodules on them. They came out of the st

flowering plant

QuestionDoes a Dracaena reflexa flower?? I have had one for 10 years now, and suddenly it has begun to flower from the very top. AnswerRay, Yes, a Dracaena reflexa will bloom. It usually has to be at least 10 year

my corn plant

QuestionHi, my corn plant is having trouble this is the 2nd one i have had and i seem to be killing it also. the stalk that holds the leaves turned brown and bent over. Can you please help me? AnswerHi Kelly, I ca

House fern dying

QuestionMy house fern is close to 100 yrs. old from my great grandmother. It is on a stand near an east window, and is mostly in filtered light. Over the summer, it has many brown fronds, losing leaves.

100 year old fern

QuestionQUESTION: My house fern is close to 100 yrs. old from my great grandmother. It is on a stand near an east window, and is mostly in filtered light. Over the summer, it has many brown fronds, losin

millions of green eggs in the soil!

Question green eggs zoom lots of green eggs I am quite certain these are not time-released pellets -- these appeared in my soil after a week of heavy rain. they range in diameter from hair-width t

Cactus Plant????

Question Cactus Could you identify this plant in the attached photo and tell us how we can get it to bloom. Apparently the blooms are fantastic. AnswerWally I think it is an Epiphyllum sp. (Orchid cactus,

Health of my braided tree.

QuestionI have an azelea tree , braided. Some of the leaves r not soft anymore, seems to be dry even. I see falling leaves when i shake it a bit. I have brought in indoors for the winter, as i live in Manitoba Canad

Crassula Ovata leaf loss

QuestionNancys Jade 2 Nancys Jade 1 QUESTION: Hello, I live in Maryland, and I am a plant lover. My jade plants are exhibiting some leaf loss, and I sincerely hope that you can help me. The paren

Fiscus Tree

QuestionHi, I have a beautiful 20 yr old tree, every fall it sheds like crazy. All I have to do is walk by, and a leaf falls.However, I see new growth coming. What is going on? Thanks AnswerHi This is what Ficus d

STROMANTHE LEAVES STILL CURLING

QuestionHi Darlene, I followed your advice regarding my Stromanthe Burl Marx. The leaves were vertically curling and the stems drooping. I had kept it on a bed of pebbles and watered the pebbles only. &n

exotic palms indoors and out

QuestionIm thinking of getting some verschaffeltia splendida, bentinckia nicobarica, calyptrocalyx forbesii,dypsis cabadae, and pritchadia affinis and forbesiana to grow for the kind of grow indoors then summer outs

verschaffeltia splendida, bentinckia nicobarica, calyptrocalyx forbesii,dypsis cabadae

Questiondo you think any of these palms i specified in the subject line can tolerate low humidity in result of a drought. i would water them all the time. thanks im thinking about buying them along with pritchardias