About Trey Tarrant Expertise I can answer questions about plant identification, plant care, plant pest management, landscaping, and general gardening questions. Please post a picture of the plant you wish to identify, if possible. If you say something like, "I've got this plant and it's green with long leaves and white flowers" and do not include a picture, chances are I won't be able to help you. I may not be able to help with plants that are not grown in the Southeast/ Eastern US, but you're welcome to try me.
Experience Landscaping for 10 years. Horticulture Instructor at Lawson State Community College for 7 years.
Education/Credentials M.S. in Horticulture from Auburn University.
Question QUESTION: not sure what this is this was given to me 2 years ago this year it started blooming flower IMAGE: unknown plant
ANSWER: That is Swedish ivy, Plectranthus verticillatus, a very nice interior plant. It looks like yours could use some fertilizer.
Trey
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QUESTION: what kind of fertilizer should i use and should i have plant food sticks to, also for some reason all the older bigger leaves are wilting and the new leaves are doing fine is that normal?
Answer Plant food sticks are fertilizer. If you go to buy some other product, any water soluble fertilizer such as Peters or Miracle Grow will do, preferably something like a 20-20-20, or 20-10-20. The numbers will be on the package. Use at a rate of 2 teaspoons per gallon of water. Twice per year should be plenty if it is kept indoors. About twice that much if it is outside part of the year.
The older leaves wilting is probably a sign of Nitrogen defficiency, which will be corrected by the fertilizer.
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