I have this house plant ( http://www.get-digital.ca/images/IMG_7709.JPG ) that has been outdoors all summer and I want to trim it down so it can be put inside.
First of all, what type of plant is it? Secondly, how do I trim it so that it will be more bushy and fall over the side of the pot less. As you can see from the pic it has 3-4 main vines that are hanging down and I would rather the plant be gwoing within the pot instead of falling over the side.
2007-09-23 09:24:13 · 7 answers · asked by jinkies! 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
you might get some ideas from the comments here....
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54483/
2007-09-23 23:25:18 · answer #1 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like a nephthitis to me. I grow them all the time. I just cut them back to the confines of the pot edges. That is, I would, as with pothos and any other plant that likes to vine, except that I like them to vine. Nephthitis likes a shelf to vine on, pothos likes cup hooks, both indoors. My mother used a totem pole (do they still make them?), which was a square length of peat moss in a mesh something-or-other to hold it together, anchored in the center of the pot for them to climb on, with a little help and encouragement. But when it starts to vine, cut it off (but not too short), which will encourage leafing, thus bushiness. Think they tried to take these things into space to purify the air, but plants like to know which way is up, so don't do well in negative gravity.
2007-09-23 09:44:07 · answer #2 · answered by Little Lulu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your plant appears to be 'Hedera Helix' or an 'English Ivy' houseplant. They do not flower & do not bush out within the pot. It is an ivy vine. Yours appears to be root bound & needs a larger pot or separate each rooted stem for its own pot. It will continually get longer not bushy. Sorry, its not what you wanted to hear. Just cut off vine that is getting too long.
2007-09-23 10:47:12 · answer #3 · answered by Carole Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its an arrowhead vine and if you start cutting foot long pieces off of parts of it just get another pot and put them in. they will root easily, but dont cut off to many at once it might die. and the original plant needs to be transplanted. Then you can take them all inside you should do this every winter. and soon you will have so many you can give to friends or something. :-) good luck
2007-09-23 11:10:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a vine. My mom calls them Philodonderons, but she's always getting her plant names mixed up.
You can get a hanging basket, and it will climb up the rope. You can also stick it in a tomato vine cage, I've seen peat "totem poles" but they are very hard to find these days, and probably quite expensive. A few sticks with rope wrapped around them will also work.
Vines are pretty hard to kill, so just hack away.
2007-09-23 09:55:14 · answer #5 · answered by ye_river_xiv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one of these. I do not know what it is, but it is not an ivy or a pothos. That I am sure of as I have had ivy and pothos. I just cut it off at the pot rim when it gets too long. Yours is very nice.
2007-09-23 14:36:26 · answer #6 · answered by Solanum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure of the name look up the ones you were given cutting your plant to bring it in the plant will put on new growth and that growth will be spindly if you can wait to cut it back till you put it out next summer it would be better
2007-09-23 13:19:02 · answer #7 · answered by Marcia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋