Okay--we have one here at the store, came from my Grandma's funeral 16 years ago-"irene" as she is known is about 8 feet tall, after being "chopped" down 3 or 4 times, she got ot 12 feet tall like a Palm Tree and slowly bent her head over 1 day and came down on top of one of my employees head. He yelled ,Get that "weed" off of me and I thought he said get "irene" off of me--thus her name. Anyway, she all of a sudden has about 20 "spikes" (look the color of leopard spots) coming out of rolled up leaves all over the top of her. What the heck are they- in 16 years, she's never done that, Even her "babies" which were repotted during the chopping are about 3 ft now and don't have these things. What are they??? Help????

I have two jade plants, one money tree and one fiscus bonsai. can I use the same soil for all the above or would it be better to use different soil for each. what would you guys recommend for each if different is preferred? Any suggestions on store bought soils or easy to make soil for each would absolutely be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for helping me identify the name of the plant in question. I looked up the various suggestions and it turned out to be a "pachira_aquatica." Thank you aes123. Now I have uploaded a picture of how my propagation of this plants looks. Can I cut off the two original green leaves? Tne new plant is not dying and does have two area of growth but after being in soil for four months I thought it would grow more. Any suggestions or do I just continue to water, feed and talk to it. Thanks. Here is a link that might be useful: Pachira Aquatica

Jane I feel for you. I had the same situation with my Duranta. Like you I brought it with me from KY when we moved here. I had it in a 30 gallon pot for the last five years and every couple years had to wrestle it out of the pot, cut part of the rootball off, cut a good part of the top off and repot it. It finally got too big to keep doing this and too heavy to wheel in the GH so we planted it in the ground a few weeks ago. They don't like temps below 40 so I'm sure I'll have to cover it a few nights in the winter.