Portulacaria Afra is too spindly

QuestionQUESTION: Hello, I was just wondering if you had any thought/insight about a portulacaria afra (elephants bush?) I have... it is amongst my bonsai collection, but is in a slightly large pot for bonsai... pla

Please help save my ivy.

QuestionI recently purchased this ivy plant and have found the leaves to dry quickly and become weak. The overall health of the plant is deteriorating despite the fact I water weekly (with either distilled wat

donkeys tail

Questioni have a sedum burrito in my Chicago apartment. It is a year old plant and it has become a spindly, dry with barely any of the beautiful whorls of leaves on it. I had planted it in a hanging basket wit

Ponytail plant...

QuestionOver the winter, my large (about 5 high, bulb fills a 15 pot...I gotta find a bigger pot!) ponytail plant evidently got too cold in the garage and the top died. All of the leaves fell off and now there are a

My Bamboo Plant

Questioni have a three stock indoor bamboo plant and one of the stocks has died and i was wondering if im suppost to remove that and if so how? AnswerTearran, You say it has died, has it turned black and mushy or

mass cane worms

QuestionHi, I was wondering if you could help me out here? Ive had these mass cane trees for about 6 years now and have never had them outside, other than to give them a through rinse for a few seconds and the

Dying Norfolk Island Pine

QuestionI have a Norfolk Island Pine with 4 trunks. 3 of the trunks are dried out, and I must admit I got busy for a long time and neglected it. (It wasnt in a convenient location for watering it.) I have been tryin

rubber plant bumps

QuestionI have recently repotted my rubber plant (not realizing it I used garden soil instead of potting soil). About two weeks since repotting, the plant has formed very small bumps all over its leaves and th

Majestic Palm dying

QuestionQUESTION: I have a Indoor Majestic Palm Ravena that I bought a year ago. I water the plant once a week and have indirect sun light coming through the patio door. All of a sudden my palm leaves are turning ye

Hybiscus indoor plant

QuestionThe plant is 5 years old, and I repotted in March 2007. Today, I noticed many leaves with dense white substance on them. The leaves are dark green, and white substance is obvious on top-side of leaves. The p

Pests & Diseases

QuestionHi Sam. My problem is that l have a wonderfulunbrella plantand it is growing great.But just over the past couple of weeks or so l have noticed on the new leaves that are forming there are tiny brown spots a

Unidentified tall houseplant with yellowing leaves

QuestionQUESTION: HI Sam, I recently purchased this tall plant which I cant identify. I have had it for several weeks and suddenly the leaves are turning yellow and limp. I moved it from a shady part of the room to

erica heathers

QuestionI recieved an erica heather for my birthday this year, and decided to keep it as a houseplant instead of planting it outside. I just dont know that much about them other than the soil conditions that t

yucca catastrophe

QuestionHello, please can you help me, this is an emergency. I have a yucca plant (I got it 18 years ago when I was a student and its the only plant Ive managed to keep alive), which has had an accident.  

Ponytail palm plants

QuestionMy ponytail plant is out on my covered deck. We have indirect sunlight on my deck. We live in Florida. I put the plant out on my deck. The tips of the palms toward the bottom are turn

My fiddleleaf plant

QuestionHi, I keep my fiddle leaf outside here in Phx. AZ. I actually got it out of someones trash. It was doing pretty well for about a year, until we had an unusual freeze. It started coming back and

indoor ficus tree leaves turning brown

Question I bought a ficus tree about 3 months ago. It had some bugs on the top of the soil and I sprayed it with insecticide and those went away. About 2 weeks ago some of the leaves started turning brown especially

sticky house plants

QuestionI have sticky stuff everywhere..HELP! What do I do? I have moved all the house plants outside. It started with one ficus but now 2 others ( I am not sure what they are) are doing it too! I am thinking of g

How to propagate Ficus

QuestionDear Will Creed, I have a Ginseng ficus bonsai tree. I would like you to simply teach me how to propagate it by cutting leef Thank you in advance. Regards, Farhad AnswerHi Farhad, Ficus plants cannot be

Yellowing Aglaonema

QuestionHi Will, Despite the thousands of questions you receive every month, you might remember me from the winter when I asked you for a plant id (Cordyline, not Aglaomena as I originally thought). Though you advi