My Ficus is not doing well

My Ficus has not been doing well for about a month now. I understand they are finnicky and it might be due to the change in season. I initially had the ficus in my bedroom, which does not receive a…

House Plant Benjamina Ficus

                    My Benjamina Ficus developed white soft balls at the back of the leaves and they started falling. I took it outside, pruned it severely, hosed it thoroughly, and sprayed the…

Benjamina House tree

My benjamina tree developed white wax like spots on the leaf stem, near the junction where the leaf meets the branch. It started shedding leaves so I put it outdoors, gave it a serious hair cut, hosed it down and…

Large ailing Ficus

I have a large, well cared for and suitably potted and watered and fed, ficus. Over the last week (while I was away) it appears to have become “Ill”. It has a great deal of dead leaves still on the…

Soft scale?

In December, we noticed “honey dew” on the leaves and on the floor in our plant room. We thoroughly washed all the leaves with a soap, water and alcohol sotion. All the plants were then moved and spaced out through…