cane plant

QuestionI GOT A CANE CUTTING YEARS AGO.THIS CUTTING WAS IN A BOTTLE OF WATER WITH ROCKS IN IT.IT REALLY HASNT GROWN MUCH AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT OUTSIDE IN THE GROUND.WE LIVE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. CAN I PUT THIS

Travelers Palm/White Bird of Paridise

QuestionAm I able to transplant the off shoots via digging & moving them from the mama plant? Have lots of Tropicals that I have to try to give away. Thank you. AnswerHi Diane, yes, but make sure you cu

tropical plant help

QuestionQUESTION: I have a tropical plant indoors, and it is not doing so well. I transplanted it into a clay pot 2 months ago because the plastic pot it was in was not enough room. Well, recently, most of it is dyi

Silver Queen Plants

QuestionQUESTION: Is the silver queen a bulb plant or not? Im planing on replanting mine in a bigger pot in a couple of weeks.If you have any suggestions,Id apperciate any advice! &nbs

red banana plant/palm

QuestionQUESTION: I have two red banana plants about 2 yrs in the ground, 1 of them has grown what look likes a new plant/bud from the center of the plant about 4 feet above ground. It did not send any leaves up to

Yellow Bird of Paradise

QuestionQUESTION: Up till now it had that beautiful yellow flowers with touch of red.Now they started falling off. I do not over water.Whats the problem.Thank ANSWER: Hi Nikki, ok, I just researched it and it

Mandevilla ( Ruby Red) Brown spots on bottome leaves

QuestionQUESTION: Hello and thank you , I have 2 Mandevillas which I purchased and planted in the ground several months ago. They were doing well, 1 of the plants developed brown spots that started at the bottom o

dieffenbachia amoena

QuestionHello, I would like to know how tall can a dieffenbachia amoena can grow, mine was to high for my flat so I moved it to a greenhouse in a botanical garden. It is now more than 13 feet high. It was ver

showboat or monster philodendron

Questioni bought a huge one of these least year,,,it has lost all its leaves,,it does get new ones,,the leaves turn a bit brown on the tips and eventually die,,i repotted it last week ,,it gets light but not direct

transplanting elephant ears

QuestionI live in the central US and started elephant ear bulbs in pots in my family room til they sprouted. I want to put them in the ground now but am afraid it will hurt them. Any adivce? Many are leafing out. Th

Pindo palm (butia capitata)

QuestionHello, Nick - My pindo palm has sprouted abt 5 large seed pods this yr. The pindo is probably 8 ft tall. It has produced a few new fronds this year as well. My husband wonders.... if we remove the seed

Pindo palm seed pods

QuestionHi Nick, I just read the question and answer about removing seed pods. My question is can you use whats inside the seed pods to propagate new palms? If not, how are they propagated? Thanks

various tropicals

QuestionWe live in San Diego. Its particularly warm right now. We just planted a pigmy palm, a flax and a red banana palm and they are all struggling. We used a multi-purpose soil when planting the

SPLITING TRUNK

QuestionHello, I live in Puerto Rico and about six months ago did a little landscaping which included a fish tail palm tree. It is a young specimen and very healthy looking, but about two weeks ago I have noticed th

Pachira Twisted

QuestionHi NIck, I brought a pachira twisted when it was looking a bit poorly. I over watered it slightly, before reading up and finding out that they liked catus soil and a larger pot with good drainage. So I chang

tropical plants for sandy soil

QuestionI live in Florida and my front yard gets full sun and has extremely sandy soil. What is a good tropical plant that will thrive and be at least 3 feet tall? AnswerHi Pamela, are you looking for color and a m

Leaning Palms of Katy

QuestionI have 2 SAGO palms which are about 9 years old. Fo over 7 1/2 years they grew straight as an arrow. They both now seem to have begun to lean and grow directions which are obviously contrary to s

Night Blooming Jasmine

QuestionMy night blooming Jasmine is still being eaten alive every time it begins to bloom I followed the advise about caterpillars and grubs but this has not helped. The plant only seems to be attacked when i

Spots on Pindo fronds

QuestionWe had a Pindo palm planted in our Central Florida landscape 3 months ago. It has done very well, but just recently I noticed that most of the fronds have tiny black/dark brown spots and some larger sp

palm tree dying

QuestionQUESTION: I am not sure the exact type palm,it looks like a coconut palm but has like berries it grows.The problem is a fungus type growing at the base by the ground its white underside brown top grows large