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Growing celosia outside in the UK

Can celosia plants be planted outside in the soil in UK climate? I have a small spiky celosia that I purchased from a gardening centre, where it was stored in a polytunnel. I understand that these plants prefer warm, humid temperatures. Is it…
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Please identify my plant

I've had this plant for about 2 years- always in the same spot. So far it seems to be ok with watering about once a week and occasionally spraying its leaves. It is growing new leaves quite often but recently one of them turned red. I'd like to…
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What is the name of this variegated plant?

I've had it for a month, but lost the tag with info on it. if anyone has the name and/or helpful info, I'd really appreciate it. I don't want to kill it! all I know is it's two toned, it's been indoors since I bought too. I water it like one or…
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Peace Lily: Are these spores or eggs?

So i have thise peace lily that has been recently been getting brown spots all over the leaves and today i decided to take a closer look at the whole plant and see if i can find anything immediately wrong with it. After a closer look i saw…
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My spider plant fell over! What do I need to do to keep it alive?

I have a spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) that I've had for about three or four years. I got it as a tiny plant in a 2 inch pot; I moved it to a 4 inch pot shortly afterwards, and it's been there ever since. It's been neglected and abused a…
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How do I get rid of these spots from my curry plant?

How do I get rid of these spots from my curry plant?
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Japanese Acer care

I have a Japanese Acer which I've had for 3 years. Every year around March/April it has regrown its leaves. This year it has not. I noticed last year that the pot that it was in was waterlogged. I regretfully didn't do anything about it and left it,…
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Why are my Mango leaves crinkled?

This is my first time on here but I have been growing a small mango sprout since last month and it has grown well. The leaves that are growing however are a little deformed and crinkled but when I checked the roots they were health and green with…
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How to store (Iris)-rhizomes?

I dug out Iris rhizomes yesterday in order to put them somewhere else, I was surprised by their quantity and couldn't put all of them to their new destination due to space limitation. So, now I have plenty of them dug out and before deciding what to…
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Schefflera arboricola , seems to be withering and dying, help!

I am not sure what is wrong, the plant seems to be rotting and withering from the top down. The tag says that it is a bush but it has grown to 5 feet or more in height. I tried trimming back the withering parts but the withering is continuing. …
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Hard Water vs Soft Water for Houseplants

I have read that certain house plants should be watered with soft water. I would like to know if this applies to all house plants and what consequences would be visible when watering with hard water vs soft water. I always use hard water just…
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Indoor Cat Palm looks very sad/dying. Please help!

Got this Cat Palm about 3 weeks ago and in the last week it has started to look very unhappy with yellowing of the fronds to now looking a bit brown-black just dying off. It is in our workspace so there is AC blowing all day and it has been getting…
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whats wrong with my my zz plant`s leaves

hi would you please help me what's wrong with my zz plant... its leaves are rolling as you see in pictures.i water it very carefully but it was started 1 month ago,after that i repot it. some roots rotted and i removed them and the tubers(potato)…
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Avacado sprout dying

My seed sprouted but it started to drying out from the top . Not sure what went wrong.
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What's wrong with my Pear tree?

Is it Pear blight? What's the best way to fix it?
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