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What is this houseplant with woody stem and varigated leaves?

What is the name of the plant pictured below and what is its watering cycle? Thanks in advance
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How to treat a magnolia with white fuzz on its leaves?

I can’t find photos with similar problem in the internet. Therefore, I don’t know how to treat this. Please help me, the tree looks worse each day.
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Identify caterpillar infestation on apple tree

tl;dr; Found caterpillar nests. Should I keep them or destroy them? I spotted three caterpillar nests(?) on my apple tree. The apple tree produces green eating apples (don't know what variety). There are three other apple trees of a different…
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Cutting long branches from oregano plant to regrow?

I have an Oregano brujo at home in a regular rectangular pot, but some of the branches are getting too long to stay upright and will eventually break. Is it possible to cut these branches and regrow them? If so, how should I cut them are where…
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What to do with avocado seed at this point?

I have an avocado seed that's sprouting. What should I do now so that the seed continues growing at a healthy rate? It will eventually grow in a pot.
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Exposed roots in a juniperus bonsai, plus probable fungi problem

A friend of mine has a juniperus bonsai similar to this, but it is not doing well recently. I noticed its top roots are now outside of soil, which I find not good, and I am about to suggest my friend adding a thin layer of a good substrate to cover…
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Is the trunk of this honeysuckle in danger of being strangled?

You are looking at a rare specimen of estimated 50 years old honeysuckle: (the honeysuckle is in the foreground; there is a high dark green conifer in the background, but it is not essential for this question) It grows from just a small piece of…
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What are these succulents in a decorative pot?

I got these awesome plants but I don't know what they are or how to care for them. Can you help me?
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Blacking of peace lily

Leaves of my peace lily are turning black starting from a brown tip. I water them once in 6 days unless water comes out of drainage hole, temperature is consistent on more or less 35° C . Humidity is arourn 35% . What wrong i am doing?
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Tulsi/ basil leaves turning yellow

I have a potted Tulsi plant got from a nursery a month back. The leaves were green then. After a pruning, the new leaves started getting yellow. There are two plants and both of them have the same problem. Any idea what is happening? Location is…
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Tomatoes and pepper plants dropping flowers

I am new to gardening and I have planted tomato and pepper plants. They make flowers but they drop them and they are not making any vegetable. Any idea what could be reason? I am in the city so I shake plants a bit for pollination like I watched on…
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Brown tips of peace lily?

I have 3 palants of peace lily, Placed more or less 6 feets away form windows(2windows), , I never over water them, I wait for my plants to give me signs of thirst(wilt a little bit),each pot has several drainage holes.. Also the soil is very vell…
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What is this large leaved young tree (US midwest region)?

What is this plant, and maybe more importantly, how big could it get? I like the large leaves (they're approx 18" wide) but will have to cut it down if it plans to get too large.
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Tomatoes at the base

Tomato plants were planted 4 weeks ago. Have tomatoes growing at the base of 2 plants. Shall I remove them? Worried about the stem.
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How should I care for my baobab?

I bought this baobab as a single branch last summer. I planted the branch in a pot and it grew many leaves and branches. I'm in Europe, so I have to keep it indoors a few more weeks. I left it a long time without watering: the merchant advised me to…
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