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Bonzai bougenvillia plant

QuestionHi Ive found a beautiful little banzai bougainvillea that had many blossoms on it when I purchased it at Home Depot. It was very expensive but Both my wife and myself loved it. We asked about how to care for

Can Palm Roots be a problem?

QuestionI have a palm someone gave me 7 years ago. I kept it short, but lately the trunk has become very large. At least 3 or 4 ft in diameter. It is in the san francisco bay area in a sunny area but the back

Foxtail palm questions

Questionfoxtaill palm tree wit QUESTION: I bought about 11 6ft foxtail palms at a garden center closeout sale approximately 1 1/2 yrs ago. Please forgive me if my plant lingo is not correct. They

Subtropical Foliage During a Cold Spell

QuestionI live in SW Florida, and during the month of January, the temps do go down to mid 30 degrees. I have an automatic sprinkler system that waters 2 days a week. Somewhere I read that in case of frost, make sur

Brown Foxtails and Xmas Palms

QuestionHello, my name is Greg. We live just east of I-75 in North Port, Florida. It was unusually cold last night and we did not cover the palms. As of today the foxtails (2) and the xmas palms(2)are brown. The pig

Frost/freeze damaged plants

QuestionI live just north of Daytona Beach. This past week we had 3 nights of freezing temperatures. This severely damaged the papayas (though covered), the banana trees, one of the gardenias and the rub

Recent freeze

QuestionWe live in Central Florida. How soon after our recent freeze can we cut back our bouganvilla and other plants affected by the cold? Thanks in advance. AnswerHi Pat, the general rule of thumb is to be patien

Is my Fan Palm dying?

QuestionQUESTION: Hello! I live in Cyprus (hence, Mediterranean weather) and had to replant 2 large fan palms (approx. 20 years old each about a year ago. I asked for advise from experts for how to replant them and

Travelers Palms

QuestionWe have 2 Travelers Palms planted between a privacy fence and the pool cage. The trees are planted with the palm fronds going East & West, the trees face South. This why we thought theyd be ideal

knats in my corn tree

QuestionI have had my corn tree for about a year. it has done well until recently it has knats and i think the bugs are starting to kill the tree. I have used household insecticide but it doesnt really seem to be he

damage to lychee/avocado

QuestionThe trees were covered during the recent cold snap. When I uncovered them the leaves look dried and brownish. It doesnt look like the frost damage in the rest of the yard, but looks more like dro

Canary Island frost damage

QuestionI just planted 100 Canary Island palms. They were about 2-3 years old, in 5 gallon containers. A week after they were in the ground we got some cold weather here in Southern California. It

palm tree care

Questionmy palm tree has leafs growing at the base of the tree. i dont know what kind it is. it came in a floral arrangement at a funeral. Ive had it 2 or 3 years it about 3ft. tall one stem or trunk with single lea

Florida cold spell

QuestionWe had two nights in a row that got down to 27 degrees and now my foxtail & christmas palm tree frans have turned brown I would like to know, will the trees survive? AnswerHi Richard, this is the most commo

lychee tree/ avocado tree

QuestionI scratched the bark like you suggested to check if the tree is still alive. It appears to be brown under the bark. Since it still has a few leaves that look alive, I snipped the end of a branch.

jade plant

QuestionI have a jade plant that was given to me and is doing very well, a lot of growth and healthy looking. However, it has starting to get tiny white dots on the older leaves. They dont rub off but you can scrape

Bromeliad help

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Nick, I recently received a bromeliad as a gift but I have very limited knowledge on how to care for it. The type of bromeliad I have is a Silver Face or Urn Plant (Aechmea fasciata Prime

Queen Palm pods?

QuestionMy neighbor gave my husband some pods off their plant. He was told to soak them in water until they sprout? But, I loooked at one of your postings and it says to plant them an inch in the ground. They are or

banana palms, look dead?

QuestionHi Nick, This is my first year at this homme and we have several 8-9 ft tall banana palms near the house, we have had several below freezing temp nites and they are very brown and dead looking - not a

Trimming & transplanting corn plant

QuestionHi Nick, I have a corn plant (Draecena?) that I purchased at a street fair several years ago and has thrown off many flowers at this point and grown so high that it is hitting my ceiling and bending as thoug

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