I bought this large houseplant at the bootsale yesterday. I thought it would go nicely in the lounge in my flat. Sorry that the pic is round the wrong way I could not see how to turn it round!
It looks a bit spindly and needs some tlc.
It was pot bound and the soil around it all dried out.
I am hoping to make it beautiful again 🙂
Can anyone tell me the name of it please and also what type of soil might be best for it as i'd like to repot it? Its a common houseplant I think. Looks a bit like a palm and has 5 branches growing from the main stem.
The lounge is fairly warm with good natural light. Its nice and big at around 6 feet tall and i'd like to give it the right care and attention if I can.
Any help on this greatly appreciated thank you!
That reminded me, I used to have one of those but I also had an 'umbrella plant' If anyone ever sees one you should get one, they're fun. It's a tall plant, the stems I think were a couple of feet tall and the 'leaves' all come out at the top in a circle, just like an umbrella spokes. The fun bit is, you cut off a stem and put it upside down in a bottle of water (spokes first) after a while, I think it's quite short like a couple of weeks, little roots grow out of the spokes. When they look big enough you plant it, spokes in the soil, stalk sticking up, and you get a new plant. Children love watching the process. 😄
http://herselfshouseplants.com/2008/09/umbrella-plant-cyperus-involucratus.html
I never know whether these will work or not.
I had an umbrella plant for years, it was stunning, I think in the end I gave it away as we were moving and it was too big.
remember cheese plants? ours grew like a forest plant!! we had to give that away too, it grew along the fireplace right across the room:^O
when I had mine I was told to keep it continually in water, it grew like mad!! I think I may get another one, I miss that plant. Will they grow in a window facing west, it would get a lot of sunshine in the afternoon onwards?
Okay, clever houseplant people - what should I have done with a Gerbera (which a friend kindly bought me, but it seems to be now dead) :_|
Started off very healthily, three lovely dark red blooms. Gradually, the flowers died off, but new leaves were growing, so I was hopeful. It was watered according to the instructions ~(mainly). Just went away for the weekend, came back to an extremely drooped plant, with mildew at the base. Did I overwater it in anticipation of it not getting anything for two or three days?
Lovely friends insist on buying me houseplants, but I can never keep them alive. :_| They're too complicated
No help here I'm afraid. I bought a gerbera (only from T*sco). It had three flowers on, they lasted about 3 weeks I think. They died off and I kept it inside and watered it etc. but it never did have another flower on it. After about two years I put it outside and let it die.:-(
You did well to keep it for two years, CG! I wonder if mine also came from that same store, as it also sported three blooms, which lasted for a similar length of time. The plant, however, lasted only another four weeks. It's outside now, in the rain, looking very forlorn, poor little thing.
If it were sunny today, it might get a new lease of life, but it's raining, so don't hold out much hope. 😐
Oh, thank you, Chez - I'll try to remember that next time I have a Gerbera. I really do like them, so was sad when it withered! I think I probably did overwater it (having been a victim of underwatering with previous houseplants)!!
When you say 'natural light', do you mean a sunny spot, or a not-so-sunny spot? I'm guessing not direct sunlight heat, just gentle natural light????
