32 Hort 235
Plant Journal
Brandan Jones
Spathiphyllum species
C: Peace Lilly
Shade loving plant. High light gives it scorched leaves.
This plant will not live outside. They don’t like frost.
Not easily propagated.
Sansevieria trifasciata
C: Snake Plant, Mother in Law’s Tongue
Tolerates most light, but likes moderate light.
Yellow/white streaks are variegated.
Can grow to 4’, but 2’ is ideal.
Plant can be divided – get two plants from one.
Epipremnum aureum
C: Pothos, Phylladendron
light green, cascading.
Climber
Hard to kill
Ground cover in tropics.
Can take cuttings, easy to propagate.
Not a lot of pests.
Strong roots search for water.
Cubicle planters.
Likes filtered light, but wide range of lighting.
Nephrolepis exaltata
C: Boston Fern
can’t take cuttings.
Fronds are the leaf-like structure that most would call a leaf. Fronds and spores are two seperate structures.
Roots can start new plants.
Utilize inside
High maintenance, messy.
Not a good hanging basket.
High light, high heat.
Ficus lyrata
C: Fig Tree, Fiddle Leaf Fig
Would install just about anywhere.
Grows up to 40’ tall.
Woody, not herbaceous.
Gets spider mite, scale, but easily treated.
Large leaves.
Doesn’t like being too dry or too wet.
Ficus benjamina
C: Fig, Benjamin Fig, Leaping Fig
Stem cuttings, air layering.
Woody
Gets spider mites, scale.
Ants are a sign of spider mites, because they eat spider mite poop.
Grows 20’, up to even 40’.
Has a different color and texture of bark than Ficus lyrata.
Syngonium podophyllum
C: Arrowhead vine
Leaf extends past petiole.
Plant will vine, trail.
Tolerates a wide range of light conditions.
Popular hanging plant and ground cover plant.
Direct sun will burn leaves.
Pests: mealy bug
Dieffenbachia species
C: dumb cane
Very large leaves.
Can become a small tree (6’)
Variegated leaves that droop down. Drooping effect is normal.
Schefflera arboricola
c: Hawaiian Schefflera
Has a compound leaf.
Can grow very large.
Yellowing (chlorotic) leaves can be a problem.
Root bound, or girtling roots stunt growth. A small container leads to small growth (which might be intentional).
A shrub, can grow to 6’ tall.
No special diseases. Spider mites, mealy bugs, as usual.
Dracaena reflexa
C: small leaf dracaena
Small plant, can be a small shrub.
Stretches in leaves.
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Not too much to say about this one.
Hedera helix
c: English Ivy
Some are cold hardy, some are not.
A hanging basket will die over winter because it is above the freeze line. Plants in the ground have a better chance because their roots may be below the freeze line.
This is an indoor/outdoor plant.
It does not flower, it only has foliage.
It can be propagated by cuttings.