Need advice on displaying your houseplants? An expert answered.

(Loop Living)

Eli Manekin, designer and founder of Loop Living, answered your questions about decorating with and displaying houseplants on Thursday. Manekin, who is based in Israel, started her 7-year-old online company to help consumers grow plants easily and beautifully. She started her company when creating a home for her family after she had her first child. “Plants were not just pretty accessories,” she says. “They were living breathing beings with their own language that I had to master.”

Here are some of the questions she answered:

• If you see a brown leaf on a houseplant, should you remove it?
• Is it necessary to repot houseplants?
• How do you know your plant is getting the right amount of water?

Read the Q&A below, or check out some of our past discussions.

Looking for more? Read some of our coverage on houseplants:

• Houseplants awaken in spring. Here’s how to care for them.
• Propagation is an inexpensive way to grow your plant collection. Here’s how to do it.
• 10 low-maintenance houseplants you are very unlikely to kill

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Helen Carefoot, writer and editorial aide for the Lifestyle section, produced this Q&A.