Houston, TX, USA. One day I noticed a small tree growing in the brickwork outside of a second floor window of my office building. A coworker came to look and said it was a cedar (they call everything a “cedar” around here, but they mean the native Ash Juniper). I was relatively sure it was a cypress. It did not look healthy.

Weeks later, our company hired a contractor to paint the building. I arrived to find the little tree had been snipped off at the base and thrown down on the ground. I put the cut end in a cup of wet soil I scooped up from the grounds, and it went home with me that day.

I live in an RV because I travel for work. My rooftop air conditioner drips condensation through a small spout at the end of my front awning. So I put the cutting in a pot of soil right below the drip.

The top portion of the little tree died back over the course of a week, but a few days later there was new growth. I removed the dead part and it brought me a lot of joy to come home and see a little more growth every day. It seems happy here in soil that’s always wet and direct sun all afternoon! I feel less lonely with it here to greet me every day after work.

can any pros identify this? I’ve always heard Texans refer to all the native varieties as “Bald Cypress,” but I don’t know how to know from a little shoot like this.

If anyone is close to clarkesville georgia I just found a good spot to buy houseplants thats not Home depot or Lowes, its called The Plantique Market

Got this at the stor all it said was that it was succulent. I tried looking it up but keep getting different answers. Would love to know exactly what it is. Thanks in advance.

My favorite thing to do now that I have become a plant parent is propgating. Especially with pothos because they're so forgiving and cooperating. I did a trim on one of my plants and felt bad getting rid of the nodes. So, I stuck them in a wet paper towl and into a ziplock bag until they started sprouting. Then I planted them and now as a result I have created a total of 16 plants!!! 5 of which I have gifted to others.

One thing I wuld change is the method of sprouting the nodes. Next time, I might just get a clear container (fruit container) and stick some soil in it.. idk. What do yall think?

This bush tree behind my moms house

Pictures were taken 1.5 hours apart. 🙄

Just love the way this one turned out :)

What’s going on with her? It’s a happy plant that has been doing well, watered when the soil is dry and the leaves fold, but the front and back of the leaves have brown spots. Could it be thrips? I don’t see any larvae 😞

Hello everyone my mother showed me this plant which she believes to be oregano but looking into I see that it could possibly not be oregano. She said she tried making tea out of it and it tasted bitter. I would like to make sure it's not some kind of poison and know for sure what kind of plant it is. Please and thank you all for your help!

How do I plant ivy in the ground so it can grow up a wall? Here is the one to go into the ground and it’s ready

Context : I am a plant noob. This plant was left to me by my roommate, it had only one stem previously.

I saw it in a flower shop and even the owner didn't know what this plant is😂

I was given this by a sweet lady in the neighbourhood but idk how to utilise this. Any help and suggestions is appreciated

Its not the organizing that I had in mind! Lol

Aglaonema 'Pink Beauty' (Chinese Evergreen)

I have no idea how she got there! But was such a cool surprise to see today. ❤️

I bought this dwarf blue spruce from Home Depot a few weeks ago. It was pretty much the last one they had, and I was planning to plant it once we got some decent weather.

Since bringing it home, I have kept it outside in my backyard, where it gets plenty of sunlight and rain.

I was finally getting ready to plant it when I noticed that as soon as I picked it up, a bunch of needles started falling off. Looking closer, some of the lower branches are almost completely bare, and it seems to be losing more needles.

I live in Canada (Ontario), and with fall here and temperatures gradually dropping, I am wondering if this tree is even worth planting or if it is already on its way out.

To complicate things, I recently had my lawn aerated and overseeded in preparation for winter. I am reluctant to dig up a section of the lawn to plant a tree that might die shortly afterward, leaving me with a dead tree and a patch of damaged lawn.

For anyone familiar with blue spruce, does this look like normal seasonal needle loss, or is the tree dying? Would you plant it or return it to Home Depot?

These pictures were taken a week ago and it looks even worse now.