Getting Jade to Bloom

QuestionHi Will, I have recently acquired a Jade plant and have heard many different opinions of how to get your Jade to bloom in the winter. I believe that my plant is relatively young. Currently it si

Dracena Reflexa Anita

QuestionHi, I have had a 3 foot dracena Anita for a year, the plant is indoors. I have recently noticed small white specks of what seems like mold all over the trunk. Other than that the plant is fine. Any suggestio

Jade plant with bark powdery or sooty

QuestionHello, my jade tree is fairly healthy and blooming now. It is in a sunny location. The issue is the bark or the branches have a white soot on it, that I can clean off but Im wondering if it is a

Mass Cane...not so healthy.

QuestionI got really involved in landscaping my yard last summer so for Valentines Day amidst the blizzard-like weather outside (Missouri) my husband decided to buy me a bunch of lost cause plants from a local home

New Houseplants

QuestionQUESTION: I recently acquired a Geranium, Golden Capella, Dieffenbachia, and Majesty Palm from a local home and garden store in their lost cause so to say section on clearance and theyre not very pretty. The

zamioculcas zamiifolia

QuestionQUESTION: I have a new zz about 18 tall, the leaves of the tallest stalk are turning black one by one from the top down. I brought it home 7 days ago potted it the next day into a small (6?) pot - it w

Cheese plant

QuestionDear Will, Ive just read your answer re how to prune a cheese plant and now understand why, when Ive pruned the plant it keeps growing back just under where I have cut. I was trying to stop my cheese p

name of plant

QuestionI used to have a plant that had lemon-scented leaves and would trail depending on the size. I am hoping you can help me with the name because I cannot find it on line or in any greenhouses. It is known to me

Acclimating and quarantining new houseplants

QuestionHello, Mr. Creed. I would love some guidance about acclimating and quarantining new houseplants. I recently found out that new houseplants need acclimated to their new environment. Although I ha

lost

Question plant leaf I need help i moved into an apartment it came with a big plant that was over grown and drying out since we moved in and started taking care of it it has responded really well it has many new shoo

Holy Basil infection

QuestionThe dots. QUESTION: Hey. I have Tulasi [Holy Basil] plants at home. Recently they started dying all of a sudden with some strange yellowish-white spots appearing on leaves and branches. Leaves start g

Pony Tail Bonsai

QuestionMy husband got me this beautiful plant for Valentines Day. Do I need to remove the plant from the original pot (dried moss and glued pebbles) and put it in one that has drainage holes? Is water the only nuri

Time of day to water? Period of darkness nec?

QuestionThanks for lending your knowledge to all of us brown thumbs, green thumbs, and in between thumbs. I have learned a lot from many of your other questions/answers. 1. Is there a right time of day

Dragon tree

QuestionI bought a dragon tree last summer and now the tree is losing all the leaves. I have been spraying water on it almost every day, since i live in a very dry climate. I was watering it twice per month, giving

House Gnats

QuestionDear Will Creed, My dumb cane dieffenbachia has a case of house gnats and i just dont know how to get rid of them without hurting him i have tried almost everything i have put lemon essential oil around the

Orange Tree Pest

Question Orange Tree Pest I have an indoor potted orange tree (about 3 feet high), and recently, the leaves have become all chewed up. I noticed a couple of leaves have a white spider-webby substance on them. Ive be

Interior Fig Tree

QuestionHello Will, I live in Alabama.I have an interior fig tree that was put outside in fall,while I was away and two nights the temperatures dropped quite low. The leaves were very wilted when I returned home;at

Help with Bromeliad care and identification

Question Bromeliad Hello, I bought two bromeliad plats from garden centre last year and they seemed to be quite happy for several months. Over they past few weeks they have started to die/turn grey. The leaves are

China plant/tree

QuestionI have a china plant that is also about 6 feet or taller and I would like to take pieces from it to replant and every time I do cut a piece it dies. I have put it in water to root and I have put it in

Corn Cane Plant

QuestionI have 2 corn cane plants that I purchase in 2006, growing very well. About 2 weeks ago I notice a different leaf coming out of the top, and then I notice that it had flowers on the branch, it kinda look lik