Is my plant a caladium

QuestionI got a lil starter from an aunt & potted it...it has grown beautifully but the taller it gets its falling like its to heavy for the stalk section (if i worded that right) almost like it wants to grow like i

Ponytail Plant pests

QuestionHi Will, Thanks for your response. My plant is indoors. The bug is very tiny, hardly visible, unless you look very closely. I would say they are much smaller than a pin head, and I have seen them move.

Swiss Cheese Plant

QuestionI have a large swiss cheese plant. It is currently approx 7 feet tall. I am having problems maintaining its health, and keeping it under control. In the three years that I have owned it I have cut it back on

Yellow Mushrooms in House plants

QuestionHi, Lately weve been noticing LARGE yellow mushrooms coming up - within a day even; probably 2 inches in height in 2 plants: A china doll and an ivy - of which i dont know what kind. There are

plant damaged by cat

Questioni have an african jade plant which i recently discovered my cat has been chewing on. many of the leaves have teeth marks in them and a few have been half eaten. the other leaves and the stems seem to be d

plant for dark bathroom

QuestionI would love to put a plant in my bathroom but it has no windows all of my plants are used to light is there any plant I can put in there that can survive. i am sure even if i buy one it will come from

repotting multiple Schefflera plants

Question will, i have 6 verigated schefflera plants growing in an 8 pot. this plant was neglected and needs to be repotted. how can i successfully separate and transplant each individual pl

flowers stay green on peace plant

QuestionMy flowers never turn white. There are alot of them but they are green. Ive been putting blossom boosters the last few months. ------------------------- Followup To Question - Howdy, I

Bachelor pad, zero knowledge of plants. Any recommendations?

QuestionHowdy, I recently moved into an airy, well-lit farmhouse that is screaming for some plant-life. However, my mom raised me on plastic flowers and microwave meals. Do you have any recommendations f

Our defenbachia

QuestionOur defenbachia plant is slowly losing the bottom leaves as new leaves are added to the top of the plant. Is this a normal phenomenon? AnswerSelma, Yes, this is normal. Eventually you will want

help in identifying

QuestionIs this dumb cane? http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/Wishing2005/P8020304.jpg Its a small plant--about 12 inches tall or so. AnswerHi Natalie, Thanks for the photo. Yes, it is dumb cane. M

Bergpalm

QuestionI have a chamaedora elegans (I think - it looks like it but is bigger - the typical palms you can buy at every home depot). It has more than one sort of pest. It has the sucking bucks on the leaves that can

Help! Im killing my spider plant!

QuestionHello, I bought a spider plant last month from a foreign country. It came without a pot, instead in a dirt-filled seashell with no drainage. It is a small plant with about 10 small leaves. When I bought i

Splitting Peace Lilly

QuestionIs it possible to split a peace lilly like you can with other plants. I gave my sister my peace lilly a while ago and I want it back! I though perhaps we could split it. Suggestions? AnswerKelly, Yes

White flea things

QuestionJust recently I have noticed white bugs in the house plant soil. They are very small and have legs, they are about 1-2mm in lengh. Could you please let me know what they are and if they cause any damage to t

carbon dioxide

QuestionHere are my sources: http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/plant2.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4269066.stm http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/askextension/thisQuestion.cfm?ThreadID=7879&CatID= http://www.nps.

indoor potted plants - soil turns white

QuestionI have replants some african violet and some mixed ivys into a larger pot. This has been done three times now. Each time after a few weeks the soil turns white on the top of it. I have cleaned it out, I have

Corn plant - poison or not?

QuestionIve recently bought a massangeana cane and would like to know if it is poisonous. I have to cats and would realy hate to see them sick because of a plant I liked. Thank you ever so much. Nicole Answ

How do Ire-root the top of a corn plant

QuestionThe top of my corn plant broke off. Do I re root it in water or replant in a pot? AnswerHi Esther, If it is the upper two feet or less that broke off, then I suggest rooting it in water. When it has develo

Fungi in the dirt

QuestionShefflera. Pot is in 28 OD Pot. was repotted approx April, 2006. Plant is 9 tall from floor to ceiling. When repotted moved indoors from heated garage/outside in the summer months. Just recently