re potting a money tree

Questionhi there, i have a super money tree that needs re potting. please could you advise me on the best soil to use and what drainage i should consider, i need to keep this baby happy!! thanks mandy. Answer

white mold

QuestionMy ponytail palm has what appears to be white mold on its leaves. How can I get rid of the mold and save my plant? AnswerHi Meagan, its either powdery mildew (fungus) or white scale (tiny insect infes

Banana plant (tree)

QuestionHi Friend, I have an indoor banana plant(tree). The new leaves are beautiful but after awhile they start to brown up around the edges. The plant sits in front of a window. Could the sun be too much. I

dwarf bannana plant

QuestionI have a bannana plant that the bottom leaves are turning yellow and brown and also I noticed that there seems to be some small flies in the soil or around the plant and there seems to be a powder residue in

Chewed Leaves

QuestionHi Nick, Well I am getting discouraged with my poor plants along one side of the house. My beautiful Bird of Paradise plants have leaves turning brown with holes in the leaves. Persian Shield are all

Bouganvillia stopped flowering

QuestionQUESTION: I have a bouganvillia tree on the south side of my house that I planted 3 years ago. Last year it stopped flowering, and started losing its leaves. My gardener said it was because I had

bird of paradise thinning

QuestionThere appears to be black spots on the stalks of our 6yr old large bird of paradise. It is loosing leaves and did not produce blooms this year. Am I dealing with a fungus, bacteria or root rot? &

amaryllis

QuestionQUESTION: I bought 2 bulbs at Christmas. The foliage came up, but there has been no sign of the flower stalk. I had grown many amaryllis bulbs and this has never happened. What might cause this, prevention t

Rubber Tree

QuestionMy Rubber Tree is not doing well. It has lost all of its leaves that it had when we got it and now the new leaves that have grown are wilting and falling off. I water it once a week, it sits in a

Bouganvilla dying back/leaves turning brown

QuestionI just realized the water timer was drip watering the bouganvilla 45 minutes every day. Could this be the problem? Ive cut back to 45 minutes twice a week. And thank you! AnswerMary Lou, way too

Foxtail palm cold damage

QuestionNick, we had a foxtail palm planted a few weeks ago. The following weekend Central Florida experienced some unusual low temperatures (around 32 for a couple of hours with winds). We tried to wrap

Pygmy Palm Disease

QuestionQUESTION: We live in Tampa Bay area and our beautiful 3 trunck palm is sick. It has little white dots and yellow and rust looking patches. We sprayed it every other week with an insecticide but t

White stuff growing in my Palm Tree

QuestionMy palm tree has white fluffy sticky stuff all over the trunk of the tree. The trees dont look too happy - the leaves are browning. Is this a fungus or a bug? What would be the simplest way the fix the probl

Full sun tropical plants

QuestionHello, I live in Tiburon California and have 2 large clay planters on my FULL SUN back deck, in front of coated windows which act as mirrors in the summer. the only thing I have found that can take that heat

Bougainvilla Cuttings

QuestionQUESTION: I have a beautiful Red Bougainvillea here in Lakeland, Fla. After the hard freeze a few weeks ago, I have tiny new growths all over the twelve footer. Can I get cuttings from it to start new

miniature orange tree

QuestionQUESTION: I just got a miniature orange tree. A few days after I got it, it bloomed beautifully. It has been two weeks since and alot of the flowers have fallen off, a few are coming back.

fox tail not growin

Questionmy fox tail has new shoots but they are just all bunched up in the middle and have not spread outward what is wrong with my palm its still the same height too AnswerWhen new fronds emerge stunted, its usual

Cold Shock Musa Dwarf Cavendish

QuestionHi, I have a Musa Dwarf Cavendish that was exposed to about 10 degree F weather for 15 minutes, and then was in a heated car for about an hour and half when the weather outside was about 0 degrees. Its leav

disease of palm tree identification

QuestionHello, I have a medium sized palm tree that is in a large pot, covered with small rocks on top of the main soil line. Im not sure what kind of palm it is but its very thin and fan like with a few branc

pony tail palm, shriveled feet!

QuestionI bought a ponytail palm at Home Depot not too long ago because I think they are just the most beautiful plant. My guy has a double-base and his feet have puckered and drawn away from each other. Perhaps he