Rubber plant care and watering

QuestionHello! I received a rubber plant as a gift in October. It appears to be doing fine and even has new growth. It has been moved around a bit due to some remodeling in our home. This is not id

sick yucca elephantipes

Question the full plant Hi, I bought a yucca about three months back. Its this plant. http://www.ikea.com/fi/fi/catalog/products/66804071/ Seems I over watered it. It has lost most of its leaves and only a f

neoregelia raphael

QuestionI bought this plant about a year ago. About 3 months ago a new start came up off the main one. The new start is 8 inches tall (from the top of the soil to the center) the leaves are starting to cut into the

New Tropic snow dieffenbachia

QuestionMy husband & I are not plant people by any means however we wanted a plant that is good for purifying the air & obviously providing more oxygen for us in our apartment. We bought ours from Meijer, our local

CLIVEA PROPAGATION

QuestionGood morning. I have just read the thread in respect of propagation of the baby clivea, which was very helpful, but could you tell me if there is a specific time of the year that this should be done. My plan

fig tree

QuestionHi, I asked you a question about a rubber plant a few days ago and you said not to put it in a bigger pot, but to prune the roots to encourage bushier growth. Thank you for that - I will try it. I am now won

Yucca cane and light

Question My yucca cane Hi there...my mother just bought me a beautiful yucca cane. I am horrible with houseplants so I figured I would ask a few questions so I dont kill it! I read on the tag that it needs hi

Habiscus

QuestionI live in Minnesota where winters are brutal and store my two Habiscus (one plant, one small tree) in a sunroom......the sunroom is heated but nightime temps in the sunroom can get down to the low 50s.  

sticky leaves on Ficus plant

QuestionHi Darlene, any suggestion re. how to deal w/the incredibly sticky leaves that have developed on my otherwise healthy ficus plant? id like to treat it naturally. Thank you very much! Lauri:) AnswerLau

Cat Palm

Question My Cat Palm I just purchased a cat palm two weeks ago and it was looking lovely until the past 24 hours. It is by a Northwest facing window, however directly under a heat vent. As of today it is lean

mushroom or toadstool in indoor plant

QuestionThis morning I noticed two mushrooms/toadstools in my African Violet plant. The largest one is 4 inches across and is fairly flat with small ridges. It is a light yellow. The underside is a

worms in a house plant

QuestionI noticed some small worms or caterpillars (not sure what they are) in my house palm plant. I took a picture but do not see an option to upload it. Can you let me know what they are and how I can get rid of

Unknown plant

Question Unknown Leo Hi Will, I am including a picture of my unknown plant. Ive had this plant for a very long time ( maybe its an offspring of the original, I couldnt say, since I have several others). The p

caterpillars or worms from a house plant

Question house plant problem Hello, I noticed some caterpillars or small worms in the top portion of the soil of my house palm plant. Attached please see the picture. What are these? How do I get rid of them?

lucky bean plant

QuestionHello :) My question is about re-potting my lucky bean plant. Ive already put it inti its new pot w a drain at bottom,but is it best for the plant to have the beans showing out of the dir

What kind of houseplant is this?

Question mystery plant? My son potted this plant at a nursery nearly seven years ago, and weve never been able to identify it. It doesnt seem to need much sunlight--or water--and has been repotted several tim

bloom info

Question azalea buds Hello, I have a florist azalea which a neighbor was going to throw away, but knowing I have a green thumb and could most likely resurrect it, she gave it to me. It was on my patio all su

Overgrown Norfolk Pine

QuestionI rescued a Norfolk pine from an office, it has very long branches on one side and short on the other. It is doing fine here with new growth but is very lopsided. This make it difficult to fine a place

Trouble with Crotons

QuestionJaylas Crotons QUESTION: Hello Will, I live in Charlotte, NC. Ive enjoyed reading the information that you post on Allexperts.com and have learned a great deal from yo

Ficus leafdrop

QuestionI have a new Ficus tree about 24?tall in a plastic 6?pot (which it was in when I purchased it 4 weeks ago). It lives with the chameleon in a 36 tall cage. It sits under 5.0 Reptisun UVB lighting for about 1