repotting a bouganvillia

QuestionShould I pot up my bouganvillis? I have a small bouganvillia glabrea (two feet high, grown like a standard, in an 8 inch pot). It has just flowered well for its second year since I bought it. B

areca palm worms

QuestionYesterday I bought a gorgeous areca palm, only to notice, when I was watering it, a dozen or so inch-long grey-ish worms or maggots surfacing from the dirt. Is this normal? Can they become moths? AnswerA co

Repotting Croton and Chinese Fan Palm

QuestionIm looking to repot 2 plants I just bought from a Home Depot. Both are still in their original black plastic containers. One is a Chinese fan palm; its in a 9 container. I bought a 14 clay pot, but now Im

mussaenda plant

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Nick,im not sure of this plant as tropical or not.It is called mussaenda or buddas lamp. My problem is the plant has been in my front garden for about 5 years,each yr. I have cut it back after i

Taking cuttings from Banana Tree

QuestionHi,we live in Bristol which is in the south west of England and have a banana tree growing in the ground in our back garden. We only planted it last summer and are very surprised that it has grown already to

king palm tree

Questioni have a king palm and it froze during the winter we cut back the brown leaves and the trunk still looks green and u can see another leaf inside the trunk but it looks brown what can i do is it dead or i hea

annuals in a tropical climate

QuestionQUESTION: I am living in Bangkok Thailand and I have all tropical plants and flowers in my garden. However in the nurseries I always see annuals which I grew during the summer period in New York and Pennsylv

Star Fruit

QuestionCan I grow Star Fruit from their seeds and how do I do that? AnswerHi Peggy, yes! but they have to be utilized within a couple of days, for they lose their viability (and wont germinate); select nice plump

Seagrape transplant tips

QuestionI have just transplanted several large Seagrape bushes. Some of them now look like they are in shock...leaves are falling off. Is there anything I should do to help them recover? Lots of water...

I am aware that Mings will droop when they get wet feet, but this is ridiculous

QuestionI have a wonderful Ming Aralia, which was, until about a week or so ago, quite healthy. I admit that I can become over-attentive to my house plants at times, and given its past vigor, I thought no harm would

Bougenvillea

QuestionI also bought a Bougenvillea plant. Is there simpler name for the plant? I have been calling it Gracie for the time being. Most of all the plant is very root bound, when would be a good time to transplant in

Fig Tree Roots

QuestionQUESTION: I have an 8 foot fig tree in my yard that is threatened by some construction were doing. We need to dig away the earth on one side of the tree. Unfortunately, the digging would cause us

Dwarf palm trees

QuestionI have six dwarf palm trees, my wife thinks they are called Pygmy palms, about 4 ft. tall in large pots around my lanai pool. In the past, white powder spots appeared on the lowest palm branches and I

allamanda in winter

QuestionI have this plant in mid georgea and I would like to see how to winterize it. I hope that can be done. It is flowering now but do I need to cut it back when it starts to get colder? AnswerJack, I think your

Transplanted Queen Palms

QuestionQUESTION: I was given Four 16-22ft [dying]queen palms. 2 transplanted into pots with drainage and potting soil and 2 placed in the ground. I received them with very small root balls and they were out of the

Large Bird of Paradise-Leaves dying

QuestionQUESTION: I have one of those large BOPs with dark blue/white flowers. The leaves seem to be systematicall turning brown then dying (sort of a white) from outer edge of leaf to inner. I water twice a week .

transplanting

QuestionI have several maui ixoras planted too close to some other shrubs. I live in north Florida. When is it ok to transplant them? What follow up do I need to do once transplanted? AnswerHi Jes

care & pruning of bannana tree

QuestionI have two bunches of bannanas on the top of the stalk then there is a corn cob shope hagging below that that daily a leaf opens an exposes new plooms bannanas appreared on the first set of flowers that fell

winterize banana plantin crowley,texas

Questionhi, i had planted two type of banana plants which i couldnt tell ya what kind it is, but one has red spots, and the other is solid red on the bottom and green on top. my question is,since they are young plan

Tropical Plants in TN

QuestionI live in southwest TN and I am wanting to landscape my pool area with tropical plants. Please advise what will work in my area. Thank you in advance AnswerHi Ronnie, I am not sure what your climate zone is