Arrowhead Vine

At a gardening seminar recently, the presenter indicated that if we use city water for our plants then we should use Miracid once a month on them. Your thoughts?

I have an aloe plant that is about 9 years old. It has gotten so big that I would like to cut pieces off and give them to my friends.  How do I do that? 

I moved my Angel’s Trumpet indoors for the winter.  It seems to be surviving but just.  Any suggestions for keeping it alive until I can move it back outdoors for the summer?

The buds of my azalea plants keep falling off.

Why do my begonia plants die every winter? I keep them in containers and move them indoors when cold weather sets in. Should I set them in a sunny location?

Nephrolepis exaltata

My columnar-type cactus has reached the ceiling.  Now what do I do?

I have some red and green caladiums growing in pots. I’d like to bring them inside to use as Christmas decorations, but I’ve heard that they need to rest during the winter in order to return in spring. Is this true?

I am leaving town for several weeks and want to know how I can keep my houseplants alive?

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

How do I start new plants from an existing Christmas cactus?

I have an 8 year old Clivia miniata. It has not bloomed in the 3 years I have owned it. What do I need to do to get those beautiful orange flowers?

Clivia miniata

I now live in Waunakee, WI (just north of Madison). I have several great 
Sun Coleus in my yard that I would like to somehow overwinter and use
as the basis for several beds next year. These plants have spouted 
flower stems and the plants are rather large. What is a good way to
 store them? I also want to store quite a few sweet potato vine tubers as well. Can
I place them in vermiculite and in a plastic tub in my basement?

Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana'

Codiaeum variegatum var. pictum

We may be moving and I want to take cuttings of some of my favorite shrubs if possible. Is November too late to try? Most of them have dropped leaves already, is there a way to do it indoors?

I have a Diascia ‘Little Charmer’ that I brought into the house for winter. Can you recommend the proper winter care?

Dieffenbachia

When should I fertilize my houseplants?

Anthurium species

My gardenia was doing fine outdoors, but now that it is indoors for winter its leaves turned yellow and began falling off. What can I do to save it? 

I have a gardenia with beautiful green leaves and no flowers.  I have had several buds on it over the last year, but they fall off.  How can I encourage and keep more blooms?

Each fall I cut back my regal geranium and stick all of the cuttings in soil. I end up with about 20 rooted cuttings in small containers.  When is the best time to replant these and what soil or fertilizer should I use?

Pelargonium

I have had three large pots of healthy colorful geraniums for several years. Then one summer they were all red. What happened?

I have two large pots of geraniums that I brought into the house before frost and now have them in our sunroom. What is the best way to preserve these so I may take them outside again in spring? Do I treat them as a houseplant, prune back, store in a cool dark place? I have heard various options.

I have German Ivy in my outdoor window boxes. I left these outdoors this winter, will the ivy come back in the spring? I live in the north.

Cissus rhombifolia

Philodendron scandens

My husband bought a hibiscus bush for me for Mother's Day from a local garden center. It is doing so well and the flowers are beautiful. Is it necessary to bring it into the house in the fall? It is rather large and would take up a lot of space.

I have a beautiful honeysuckle vine that I'd like to share with friends and family. Can I start it from a cutting? If so, how do you suggest I do it?

I received a plant from my mother called Hot Water Plant.  If I protect it in winter, it returns in spring bigger than before and then blooms all summer. Can you tell me its real name and a little bit more about it?

The leaves of my Hindu rope plant (Hoya carnosa ‘Crispa') are wrinkling.

Crassula ovata

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

Lantana camara

I want to grow a lemon tree but live in zone 5.  Is it possible?

I received a Mandevilla vine for Mother's Day.  It is growing outside in a large container on a chainlink fence.  I know it is not hardy in my area and would like to save it for the winter. But I don't have room for this big container.  Is this possible?

Rosa x hybrida

I received a mum as a holiday gift. How can I keep it growing until it is warm enough to plant it outside in my garden?

On November 20^th my husband was given a stalk of night blooming cereus for rooting. I have read several sites but none tell me where to cut the stalk for rooting. The stem is almost three feet long with a "Y" branch. One side of the "Y" is one foot long with a new shoot just off the tip and the other branch is two feet long. Do I cut only at the branch joints or can I divide up the three and two feet sections as well? I mentioned the date because it seems that this particular plant is very sensitive to specific times of the year. Any additional suggestions for propagating the cuttings would also be greatly appreciated.

I purchased a Norfolk Island pine in December to use as a Christmas tree.  Can it be transplanted outdoors next spring?  What kind of care should I provide?

My orchids suddenly dried up. I can't figure out if they had too much water or not enough.

Spathiphyllum

Calathea makoyana

Euphorbia pulcherrima

Hypoestes phyllostachya

Epipremnum aureum

I was recently given a prayer plant (Maranta leuconeura).  It was very full and beautiful.  Now the bottom leaves look okay with some withering at the edges, but all the inside and top leaves are withered and brown.  I do notice new sprouting.  What should I do?

Maranta leuconeura

Gynura aurantiaca

We’ve shared cuttings of our rhododendron with friends, but they’ve ever been able to get them to grow. How do you start a rhododendron from a cutting?

Aglaonema commutatum

I have a small wild rose that I found on my property in the north woods and transplanted to a pot this summer. It was growing very well until about September. The leaves are now turning yellow and dropping off. Because I live in an apartment, I have to keep all my plants inside. Unfortunately, all my windows face north (no direct sunlight). I water my rose about once a week. Is it just dropping leaves for winter or is there another problem I should be addressing?

I have a Rosemary plant that has started to wilt and die since I moved it in for the winter.

Schefflera actinophylla

I would like to know of some plants that you can grow inside. I am unable to do too much due to health problems. Also my income and window space are limted.

I have a maroon shamrock that I cannot grow. I keep it in a well lit place. It will do beautiful, and then it goes crazy and dies.

I have Siberian elm hedges and have been unsuccessful in getting the cuttings to grow. Do you have any suggestions?

Sansevieria trifasciata

I garden in zone 5 and would like to know how I can bring an outside snapdragon plant inside for the winter so I can replant it outside in the spring.

Chlorophytum comosum

Cordyline species

What can you tell me about wax plant?

Ficus benjamina

My neighbor has a beautiful wisteria vine growing on their arbor and offered me a cutting to put on our newly constructed arbor, but I do not know how to take a proper cutting without affecting their vine.

Do you know how to propagate wisteria vine? I have some vermiculite, but I'm not quite sure what to do.

Is it possible to grow Yucca from leaf cuttings? If so, what is the technique?

Calathea zebrina