Gardening with Allen: Easy-to-grow trailing house plants - The Columbian
I love trailing house plants but have not had the best luck growing them. Could you suggest some varieties that are easy to grow inside a typical home? I particularly like plants that I can start more from.
Almost anyone can grow the following trailing house plants that are adapted to relatively low light conditions. Additional plants are easy to start from cuttings.
My favorite is Swedish ivy (also called creeping Charlie). It is a fast growing plant with shiny, scalloped leaves on long vining arms. Variegated Swedish ivy has green and white leaves, and grows a little more compact than the green type.
With plenty of fertilizer, Swedish ivy grows rapidly. It is actually more compact and attractive if it has less fertilizer. I have started several plants by sticking 10 or more 3- to 5-inch stem cuttings into a 6- to 8-inch hanging basket of potting soil and covering with a clear plastic bag for a week or two until they are rooted. Snap or cut the tips of stems to encourage branching.
If you like plants with colorful leaves, try purple and green striped wandering Jew. I was recently in a friend’s home and spotted a small wandering Jew plant growing near a window. When I looked more closely, I noticed that it was two stems that had been rooted in a glass of water. It was about 6 weeks old with only a little liquid fertilizer and had a mass of roots with no soil. The problem with wandering Jew is that it grows so fast that it becomes scraggly. Just cut back long stems to stimulate branching.
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