ficus menjamina

QuestionI have a ficus benjamina growing in a 6 pot. Ive had the plant for a little over a year and up until about two weeks ago everything was fine. At that time it started dropping leaves althoug

Chilli Pepper plant care

QuestionI have a fruiting hot chilli pepper (2 feet tall, not counting pot) on my sunny (diffused sunlight) windowsill. While the big fruit is still growing, the flowers and fruitlets are dropping. My question is, h

repotting shoots

QuestionQUESTION: I know little about plants. From my plant I cut off a stem with leaves on it (I assume thats a shoot) and put it in a glass of water, thinking it will grow roots and then Ill pot it, thats ho

schlefferra

QuestionMy schleffera has been in the same pot for four years. The branches are curving out and down a bit. What do you recommend? A bigger pot? Or pruning the branches? If pruning please explain how to do it. Than

plant pots

QuestionIm a total newbie and was wondering the proper size of <a href=http://www.newprocontainers.com/>plant pots</a> like these, for growing everything from orchids to lilies. Are these flowers e

Violet

QuestionQUESTION: I was given a cutting off of an unusual violet plant that was a friends great grandmothers plant. I work in a greenhouse and its not a Gloxinia or an Africian Violet. My friend told me

Beaucarnea Guatemalensis

QuestionQUESTION: I recently purchased a 3 tall Beaucarnea Guatemalensis (Ponytail Palm) through a mail order and when I received it I noticed that it had barely any roots on the base of the large trunk and its leav

new leaves of wax malphigia are turning black

QuestionQUESTION: Hello, My wax malphigia was v much healthy, but recently it lost all its leaves and new leaves are also turning black.I m in India here summers are very severe, i had kept it in shade. ANSWER: Pri

Yukka house plant

QuestionI have had my Yukka for almost 2 years and it is very healthy and sprouting new leaves continuously. Recently the tips of the leaves have turned brown and dry looking as if they have died. Other than this th

Somona flower colour change

QuestionHi Diana, I have had a Somona succulent for about 4 or 5 years now, which has been producing bright peachy-pink flowers throughout the year, and in larger numbers every Summer. This spring I noticed

Indoor calla lily blooms wont open

Question Calla lilys Hi, 3 weeks ago, I purchased a calla lily plant in a 6 pot as an indoor plant. It came with 2 large and 2 smaller buds, but none have opened yet to date. How long do the buds typically ta

Hoya/cotton like stuff

QuestionI had a hindu rope hoya that developed cotton like stuff on it and Im thinking spider mites of some type. It died, so I threw it out. My other hoyas, in a different room, have now developed the s

COFFEE BEAN PLANT

QuestionWILL MY COFFEE BEAN PLANT REALLY GROW COFFEE. ITS A HOUSEPLANT I JUST BOUGHT. and CAN YOU GROW A PINEAPPLE PLANT AND HAVE IT GROW FRUIT HOW WOULD I START ONE AnswerHello Doris, As a houseplant

REX BIGONIA

QuestionQUESTION: I HAVE A LARGE BIGONIA I PURCHASED 2 WEEKS AGO SITTING IN A BRIGHT HALLWAY. THE LOWER LEAVES ARE DYING AND THE OTHER LEAVES ARE TURNING BROWN AND CRUSTY AROUND THE EDGES. WHAT AM I DOIN

Dying Split-Leaf Philodendron

QuestionI have had my Split Leaf for about 8 or 9 years now and he is quite dear to me- about four weeks ago I repotted him to give him fresh healthy dirt because there hasnt been any new growth in a while.

umberella plant or dollar tree

Questionleaves of my plant turn in some spotty I feed it water it wvery two wks and I amm stumped! AnswerDear Delilah, I will answer your question within a day or two - cant right now Im afraid as was in a c

pleomela, Song of India plant

QuestionI have a pleomela that is 5 ft tall, 6lst many years old and have rooted numerous plants from its cuttings. Despite its prolific healthy growth, it - and all of the offspring get brown tips on the leaves.

funfus in my plant?

QuestionIve got something terribly wrong with my indoor plants. The leaves are shiny with a sticky substance - and the room surfaces all around the plant are also sticky. (I discovered the plant as the source

identify house plant please

Question unidentified plant I had a house plant given to me a few years ago and dont know what it is called. Since it has been flowering (? only since it has been pretty pot bound) it has drawn a lot of attention. T

indoor lighting for houseplants

QuestionI have houseplants placed in front of an east window that faces alot of trees which block the sun. I would like to use artificial lights but the metal halide bulbs are too bright for my living room. &n