OVERWINTERING DATURA PLANTS

QuestionQUESTION: I just bought two white and two yellow datura plants. I live in a s.w.suburb of Chicago. How can I overwinter them? I also bought a trumpet angel plant - same question. ANSWER:

Palm trees and water

QuestionQUESTION: Hello. Youve probably answered this question several times, but its difficult for me to track down where. I live in Southern California, three miles from the coast. I have sev

My Dracaena Marginata

QuestionQUESTION: Im not sure if i need to use a fertilizer on my plant or not and I also would like to know how many times I should water my plant ANSWER: Hi Season, you didnt mention whether it was potted or not,

Fiscus identification, reddening, growing?

Question Ficus identification My friend gave me this plant when he moved out of his apartment. I repotted it because the roots were on top of the soil, appeared to need a larger pot. But now Im wondering if its too

Bougenvillas

QuestionI bought a beautiful bougs for Mothers Day. The blooms disappeared in June. We live in SW MO. She has it sitting on her covered patio/porch. She waters it everyday. What is the best way to take care of it?

dwarf banana trees

QuestionI live in western New York state, in a very old, drafty house. Ive been through a few dwarf musas, but I think I have finally worked out how to keep them happy during our very cold, dark winters. I now have

pineapple

Questiondoes a pineapple continue to ripen after it is picked? AnswerHi Mary, it will, but it wont get any sweeter, only softer; this is why its important to hold off as long as possible , picking it, wait until it

Indian Rubber Plant PRUNING Question

QuestionIve read and been told that the ideal time to prune back my indian rubber plant is while it is dormant. I live in the south and it lives outside during the summer, so it is certainly not dormant right

bop

Questionour plant was doing great and all the sudden the flowered part dyed, it was outside and we think got to much water due rainy season in florida. could to much water make it die off and should we cut off the d

Night Blooming Jasmine pests

QuestionWith regards to night blooming jasmine and catepillars, is is possible that the offending catepillar is a bougainvillea looper? Both my jasmine and my bougainvillea tree seem to get attacked on the sam

Yucca Elephantipes Cane Plant

Question Yucca Elephantipes I have 2 Yucca Elephantipes Plants One in one pot and two in the other pot can i put them all together or not? And on the one that is in a pot by its self the bottom leaves are turn a lit

Pygmy date palm in freeze

QuestionHi, I have 2 triple pygmy date palms in my back yard. They both have two (of the 3) trunks that will not grow palms. I live near Tampa and we add a couple of bad freezes this past winter an

Palm Tree damage

QuestionPalm tree damage QUESTION: I just moved into a home that has a palm tree that I am unfamiliar with at the end of a driveway. While moving in the moving truck backed into the tree, leaving a 2.

soil for tropical fruit tree in the container

QuestionQUESTION: I just bought 6 grafted tropical fruit tree that are mango, soursop, sugar apple, wax jambu and barbado cherry. I need a good draining mix for these tree. There are so many different potting

Yellow Leaves

QuestionQUESTION: Hello I live in Las Vegas and I have a pygmy date palm on my patio facing west. Its gets plenty of sun on the patio and my leaves are turning yellow. I drop the blinds and I give it pr

yucca plant

Questionnick i have a yucca plant for indoors could i plant it outside all year round if not what yucca plant do i need to plant outside? i live in the uk. AnswerHi mick, Yuccas are susceptible to cold, so I wouldn

Heliconia/Bird of Paradise

QuestionIs the Heliconia part of the Bird of Paradise family? I see it sometimes included in the Bird of Paradise family, but sometimes it is called a false Bird of Paradise. Either way it is a beautiful

palm roots

QuestionWe have a palm tree (I think is a Med. Fan) that planted itself via seed about 10 yers ago. Now its bigger than my 2 story house. Its trmmed and straight and green and pretty. PROBLEM: There are

Hoyas bud falling off

Question Hoya Hi! Can you please tell me whats wrong with my Hoya? And what type it is? It grows many many buds but most of them wither and fall off before they bloom. The buds started in my living room over the win

Adonodia Palm stopped growing

QuestionHello Nick, Im in Florida and have about 20 palms in my yard. I only have an issue with one, an Adonidia Palm that I planted about three years ago. It had two trees in the clump when I bought it. About a yea