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Spathiphyllum Help

I apologize if you don’t cover indoor plants, but I thought I’d take a chance and ask. My mother kept a spathiphyllum plant for many, many years, and she has since passed away, so this plant is sentimental to me…

Jade Tree Blooming

Hi thanks for your response. It is a 5 year old Jade that lives on the balcony, part sun for the warm months. This year I brought it in an set it by a south facing window and about 2…

Dipladenia vining inside the house over winter

Hello I brought in my three dipladenias this month, and one of them has started to vine. Should I prune or cut back the thin shoots / vines now? There’s no trellis as these were mounding.…

Jade Tree Blooming

I wanted to share that for the first time in my indoor house plants life, and the previous generation my jade tree is blooming! It is so thrilling.…

Cutting and rooting a Schefflera

  I Have an 8′ schefflura. Single trunk.. I want to root the top 3-4 feet of the plant. It is bushy and healthy. How fo I go about it…

Artificial Surrogate Plant Use

I understand that a plant can’t distinguish between sunlight and correctly selected artificial light. If a plant is like my brain, doesn’t my brain have a similar reaction with the joy from artificial as opposed to live plants? Is there…

Overwintering large Rio Dipladenia in container

I have a lovely full blossom Rio Dipladenia in an outdoor container. It is too big to bring indoors to overwinter. Could I take the bulbs out of the soil and store the bulbs over the winter. If not, can…

Peperomia obtusifolia problems

My peperomia obtusifolias have tiny reddish brown dots on the leaves (top and bottom). Any idea what it is? They don’t move and i can’t wash or scrape them off. Leaves are also dropping.…