I bought this gorgeous plant in February, and it was doing really well. It's a Fatsia japonica elegantissima, and I don't think I'd ever seen one before, and I just had to buy it.
It quickly started to sprout new leaves too. But the other day I noticed a sticky substance on the floor near the plant, but thought it was something I'd spilled ... Then yesterday I picked up the plant to take it to the bathroom to water it, and I noticed the sticky stuff was on the leaves! It had an infestation of scale insects, so I put some washing up liquid in water and gave it a good spray, and then went over all the leaves with toilet paper and removed all the little brown bumps! It's left brown marks on the leaves, but the soapy spray and rub down has also made the leaves really shine!
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