A tall, pale green spear rises from the center of your kentia palm, and it has been sitting there tightly folded for what feels like months while the older fronds arch around it. Kentia palm fronds not opening is one of the most common worries with this slow, elegant palm, and most of the time … Read more >>
Your dieffenbachia is leaning toward the window, roots are poking out of the drainage holes, and the soil dries out two days after you water it. That is a plant telling you it has run out of room, and dieffenbachia repotting is the fix that gets it growing steadily again. The short version: Repot a … Read more >>
Your Madagascar dragon tree has grown tall and bare at the base, with a tuft of thin red-edged leaves bobbing near the ceiling. If you have been wondering how to propagate Madagascar dragon tree stems instead of letting the plant keep stretching, the answer is simpler than it looks. One cut can give you a … Read more >>
You walk past your fiddle leaf fig and notice the big leaves hanging limp, with one or two lying on the floor beneath the pot. This guide covers fiddle leaves drooping and falling off, with reasons and solutions for each cause, so you can figure out what changed and correct it before the plant loses … Read more >>
Your peacock plant sits near the window with crispy brown edges, a few yellow leaves at the base, and patterned foliage that looks dull and tired. If you are asking why is my peacock plant dying (reasons and solutions) are usually simple once you match the symptom to the cause. The short version: Most peacock … Read more >>
Your polka dot plant sits on the windowsill, and the leaves that used to be speckled pink and green now look washed out, chalky, or almost entirely white. If you are asking why your polka dot plant leaves are completely white and what the causes and treatment are, the answer depends on whether the white … Read more >>
Your cycad sits near the window with a crown of stiff, glossy fronds arching out from a rough, pineapple-like trunk, and it has not seemed to change in months. That stillness is normal, and learning how to grow cycad palm indoors mostly means giving it steady conditions and then waiting. The short version: Give your … Read more >>
Your dieffenbachia sits a few feet from the window, and its newest leaves look paler than the older ones even though you water and feed it on schedule. When light and watering seem fine, soil chemistry is often the next thing to check, and what is the ideal pH of an indoor dieffenbachia plant’s soil … Read more >>
You walk past your fiddle leaf fig near the window and notice its big, glossy leaves folding inward along the midrib, cupping like taco shells, or arching down at the edges. If you are asking why are the leaves of my fiddle leaf fig tree curling up, the plant is reacting to stress in its … Read more >>
Your dieffenbachia’s broad, patterned leaves are hanging limp from the stem, and you want to know why your dieffenbachia is wilting when it looked fine a few days ago. Wilting is one of the most common complaints with this plant, and it is almost always fixable once you find the cause. The short version: Most … Read more >>