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Expert: Darlene K. Kittle - 8/30/2004


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I WAS WONDERING WHAT TYPE OF HOUSEPLANT I HAVE.  I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS CALLED SOMETHING LIKE BORACOLA SHEFRILLA. I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR YOU TO TELL ME WHAT IS THE REAL NAME...  

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Jennifer,

Your plant is an schefflera arboricola. For care info check out these websites:

http://www.evergrowing.com/tips/arboricola.htm

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/houseplants/types/schefflera.html

They like lots of light and like to dry out well between waterings. Good luck.

Darlene

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Darlene K. Kittle

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I have been a Master Gardener for 23 years and I raise around 300 houseplants and bonsai trees a year including tropicals, succulents, and cacti.

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She is also studying the Japanese art of bonsai with tropical plants and is President of the Fort Wayne, IN Bonsai Club.

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Fort Wayne, iN Master Gardeners. President of the Fort Wayne Bonsai Club. Allen County Master Gardeners

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I am not a hortculturist. I am a Purdue University Master Gardener for 23 years. I have studied plants on a personal level by growing hundreds of plants annually for the last 35 years. I have also studied under several nationally known American Bonsai experts.

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