Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: Help! Zebra Plant losing all leaves, 1 by emilyrasmus

emilyrasmus wrote:
I currently have 3 Zebra (Aphelandra squarrosa) plants ranging from 6 months to 4 years old. I find mine tend to drop leaves when the soil gets too dry. I have all of mine in a south-facing window where they get bright light so I have to water the little ones up to twice a week and give the oldest one a good soaking about once a week.

Besides bright light, I also try to mist it during the morning (if I remember) and that prevents drying out. These guys also tend to attract spider mites, which misting helps control. I don't think these are one of the easier house plants to maintain. Mine dropped plenty of leaves before I learned to keep it moist. These are also not easy plants to propagate either. Took over two months for my cutting to root.