Dropping leaves: causes & fixes
Seeing dropping leaves on your houseplant? It is one of the most common indoor-plant complaints. Here is what usually causes it and how to put it right.
Most likely cause
A sudden change in light, temperature, or watering.
How to fix it
Keep conditions stable and avoid moving it often.
🪴Plants prone to this
Rubber Plant
Ficus elastica
Fiddle Leaf Fig
Ficus lyrata
Jade Plant
Crassula ovata
Croton
Codiaeum variegatum
Dwarf Umbrella Tree
Schefflera arboricola
Money Tree
Pachira aquatica
Jewel Alocasia (Melo)
Alocasia melo
Black Magic Alocasia
Alocasia infernalis 'Black Magic'
Hindu Rope Plant
Hoya carnosa 'Compacta'
Polka Dot Begonia
Begonia maculata 'Wightii'
Angel Wing Begonia
Begonia coccinea
Tamaya Cane Begonia
Begonia 'Tamaya'
Corn Plant
Dracaena fragrans
Dracaena Lemon Lime
Dracaena fragrans 'Lemon Lime'
Song of India
Dracaena reflexa
Burro's Tail
Sedum morganianum
Gollum Jade
Crassula ovata 'Gollum'
Ghost Plant
Graptopetalum paraguayense
Lavender Pebbles
Graptopetalum amethystinum
Black Rose Aeonium
Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop'
Panda Plant
Kalanchoe tomentosa
Elephant Bush
Portulacaria afra
Hen and Chicks
Sempervivum tectorum
Desert Rose
Adenium obesum
Jelly Bean Plant
Sedum rubrotinctum
Easter Cactus
Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri
Noble Dendrobium
Dendrobium nobile
Hornwort
Ceratophyllum demersum
Marsh Marigold
Caltha palustris
Red Mangrove
Rhizophora mangle
Curry Leaf
Murraya koenigii
Aluminum Plant
Pilea cadierei
Coleus
Coleus scutellarioides
Goldfish Plant
Nematanthus gregarius
Lipstick Plant
Aeschynanthus radicans