Foliage plants
This is a community for plant enthusiasts who love the lush beauty of foliage plants. Alocasias, Calatheas, Pothos, Snake plants or anything green discuss it here
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I’m new to the plant world and so far 3 of my plants have died or are dying. My struggle is my cat likes to try to eat everything but my succulent. I am working on getting some shelves for my wall to keep them away from him. Any suggestions for green or leafy house plants that are safe around animals?
Hello! I’m new to the group and a fairly new plant mom. I recently purchased some new plants. One being the tornado dracanae. It has seemed to develop some black leaves in the center of the plant. It’s fairly small, no more than 5 inches tall. I read in another blog to remove the leave and add cinnamon. Any other suggestions? Thanks
Any advice on why my arrowhead is drooping so much?? It looks healthy to me, but I am also a new plant mom for this type of plant and don’t know much about it!! Is this normal for this plant to do this?
If I’m interested in getting a monstera plant, should I get the whole plant, or the node, because I’ve seen that getting singular nodes are less expensive, but I’m not sure how to plant it and make it grow.
My girl Doris here was next to death and only 2” tall shortly after I got her home. Now it’s over 2 foot tall and won’t support its own weight. Does anyone know if I should let it droop over the pot or keep it propped up with a trellis? Root growth has been crazy and I have had to repot it twice now. Wondering if I should make this a hanging plant and let dangle over the edges? Thanks for the help
And the sadder post. My silver inch plant was really struggling with half of it dying off very quickly. Through some research I found out that watering it with the shower head which I did once was not the smartest move especially as it was still in the same pot and soil from the nursery so all of the roots died. My entire plant was connected to roots in only three spots most of it was disconnected. First photo is how it looked the day I brought it home. I took the time to carefully separate out what was still good and was had already died and then put the cuttings in water. Planta and several websites said that you can safely propagate this plant in water if it is in a spot with bright indirect light. I put it in my window sill with all my other plants that need bright indirect light (second photo shows it in water) and a couple of the cuttings have rotted shown signs of rot on the bottom of the stem. Is there a chance I just missed some spots that had already rooted and the water made it worse? Is there a better way to propagate this plant or am so just waiting it out to see what survives and what doesn’t? I also took that last photo before changing the water out. It is back in fresh water and anything that had rotted has been removed.
Happy post first my plants are (mostly) thriving. My purple waffle plant that I posted so concerned about it needing to be repotted has made the decision for me as it has a flower. It’s little but I didn’t even know this plant could flower so definitely not repotting at the moment just keeping an eye on it.
It was a really cold day today! But a beautiful day
What type of pine is this little guy!? 😩🪴
When I first got my aloe Vera in March 2022 and now (Dec 2023)! So happy with the growth of this little fella! Any name ideas? 🌿🪴🌱🌺
OMG! I just got my dream plant!!!🤩😍 His name is Ezekle, I talk to him every day! He is a Tillandsia xerographica!
So I am nervous about this plant. It was pretty root bound when I got it on clearance several months ago from Walmart and it has thrived as long as I pay attention to it. My concern right now is that it is acting root bound again where I need to water it a lot more often than I was watering it so it doesn’t wilt. I already repotted it in October but I am afraid to repot it again now in December as I don’t want to chance overwatering and root rot in too big a pot over the winter. The soil is still draining well so it’s not hydrophobic I am just watering about twice as much as I used to where as all my other plants has slowed down due to less light as it’s winter time. Is there a chance that I just didn’t put it in a big enough pot in October so going up a pot size again won’t hurt it or would it be better to wait and just water it more often as it needs?
I just repotted my tea tree I am so excited about it!!! ♥️but is her baby leaf ok? New plant mom.
Does anyone know what type of plant this is? I got it at Lowe’s a few months ago and can’t figure out what it is…maybe some type of succulent??
What does the browning on the leaves mean?
got a cabinet for christmas. pretty happy with the layout🌱
Is this mold growing on the soil of my money tree?
Alocasia Jacklyn has been resurrected :). Beautiful new leaf.
So I’ve had my money tree since May and it really flourished, but now its began getting droopy leaves and brown spots at the end of some leaves. I am not sure if it is because of the season because it is now winter or because I am doing something wrong. I have been watering it by placing the plant in a pot with holes at the bottom in a bigger pot filled with some water.
Also gave a shot at propagating my monstera as well, dabbed the mother plant cutting with some cinnamon to avoid contamination… wondering if i should dilute the water with some plant food?
