Hibscus Tree

QuestionI have a Hibscus plant and have scene hybscus plants that look like they have a Twisted Trunk that makes them look like a tree as opposed to a busy plant. Can I make my plant look like a tree somehow? If so

my yucca plant

Questionhi could you please tell me why my yucca plant leaves are very light green and curl in slightly at the sides it looks rather limp new leaves keep growing on it all the time which is quite encouraging but it

indoor palm and corn plant

QuestionMy indoor palm plant has bugs in the soil. There are little white ones, and millipede like bugs. The millipedes are a gray silver with multiple legs and are mainly around the base of the palm. The little whi

re potting my yucca

QuestionHi. I have had my yucca elephantipes for about a year. It is doing better then I could have imagined. It is about 3 to 4 foot tall and about two foot in diameter. But the only thing is that the pot is starti

crassula

QuestionQUESTION: I have the same problem with the white spots. I could definitely interpret them as mineral deposits, and I did for a while. Then I placed the plant on a black, well-finished, shiny, end

Please Help My Avocado Plant!

QuestionHello, I am in need of help for my avocado plant. My baby has caught a bug. :( Long, bright white in the shape of a miniature millipede. The seed, half way sticking out of the dirt has light orange bumps

Re Dragon Madagascar house plant

QuestionMy plant is about 2.5 feet tall & i had kept it in the patio however when the temperature droped it got cold the plant has become pale & looks limp. please let me know how i can revive it? AnswerNivedita,

Tree

Question Palm? Im not sure what this tree is- I think its some type of palm, but its very unhappy. Theres a little sprout that seems to be sucking the life from the top....anything I can do? The plant wa

Small bugs in plant soil

QuestionWe have a lot of plants in our home. All of a sudden we are getting these little flying bugs (the look like fruit flies but are actually coming out of the soil). Im not sure what to do about them

Webs on my umbrella tree..........

QuestionI just adopted an over-watered umbrella tree I am going to transplant. It is showing brand-new growth, however, the tiny frond is already turning brown! I noticed some web-like material between l

Mad. dragon plant

QuestionI to have this wonderful. Mad. dragon plant. I have it in a drain pot, but, is it a good idea to leave water in the drain part (the part that doesnt touch the plant just the bottom snap on part of plas

Bonsai Bumble

QuestionGreetings Darlene Kittle, My questions have to do with a couple house plants I have. I have a bonsai tree (I dont think youd call it a real bonsai but just a really small cute juniper plant that looks like

tiny off white bugs in the soil of my hawaiian schefflera

QuestionI just got this plant about two months ago and I have been noticing a significant drop in the leaves, although looking at other questions, it seems as though this is normal. I have recently noticed tha

Sick citrus trees

QuestionHi Darlene, I used to live in Fort Wayne, 95-98. I taught music at IPFW! Now, I live in Beirut, Lebanon, eastern Mediterranean coast. Climate is similar to California. I have an orange and a l

Marginate white spots

QuestionI have a marginate tree in my morning room. I have notice some white stuff all over the plant. I was told to spray it with an insecticide but it did not seem to help, the leaves started to die an

dipladenia indoors during winter with ample light from grow lights

Questionmy dipladenia (vine with yellow flowers) came indoors with scale and black spots. I got rid of the scale (or have it under control, using alcohol swabs and a pyrethrum spray), but what do I do about the smal

Cat Palm brown tips of leaves

QuestionI recently bought a cat palm - 5 foot high in a 10 diameter plastic pot w/ 5 drain holes on the sides - about 2 from the bottom. I am an experienced gardener but never had this kind of houseplant, so I immed

Amy

QuestionWOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE PROPER CARE FOR A PEACE LILLY AnswerAmy, Most instructions say this is a low light plant but it needs very bright light, just no sun. Try to keep it within 5 to 8 feet of a window fo

Ficus dropping leaves

QuestionWe received a ficus about a month ago in a pot for my fathers wake. We brought the tree home and put it in our house so that would have it forever. The tree is slowly dropping all of its leaves (

Coconut house plant.

QuestionWe purchased a coconut palm about a year ago and have done a really good job of killing it. Our questions are 1) how much of the coconut should be in the soil (ours is about 1/8) and 2 with only one sm