Plant care guide

Alexa Haris

Level: Level: Easy Easy

Syngonium Care Syngonium Care

Family Family: Araceae : Araceae

Common Name: Common Name: Arrowhead Plant, Arrowhead Plant, Arrowhead Vine, Goosefoot Arrowhead Vine, Goosefoot Syngonium podophyllum (and other Syngonium podophyllum (and other varieties) varieties)

Syngoniums are one of the most popular, easiest, and fast growing houseplants! As a vining plant, it loves to sprawl out and grow wild so feel free to propagate to grow more plants. Syngonium are also the perfect houseplants for the people with little to no plant care experience. They can live a long time without fertilizer, do well in any type of potting, and can thrive in low-light conditions.

Light: Thrive in medium to bright indirect light but are low tolerant, you may put them outside in the summertime but be careful of the afternoon sun to avoid leaf damage.

Water: Allow for the top inch to dry between waterings, if you don’t water enough, the leaves will dry up and turn brown.

Substrate Type: Make sure to use airy soil with perlite in it, many gardeners are privy to a dirt and perlite ratio of one to one. You can add coco coir and orchid bark, use this as an additive, not a base.

Humidity: Syngoniums, like many other house plants thrive in 60%, but will do well in normal indoor conditions. If the lighting in your bathroom agrees, place this plant in there.

Level: Level: Moderate Difficulty Moderate Difficulty

Hoya Care Hoya Care

Family: Family: Apocynaceae Apocynaceae

Common name: Common name: Wax plant, Wax Wax plant, Wax Flower, Porcelain Flower, or just Flower, Porcelain Flower, or just Hoya Hoya

Substrate Type: Soil with ample drainage is the best way to go, avoid dense soils.

Hoyas are renowned for their fragrant blooms, waxy leaves, and vines. Hoya admirers love adding new varieties to their collections, and that might include you! The more natural dappled light they absorb, the greater the odds they will shower you with flowers during the summer! Hoyas have simple needs, but letting them bloom and are susceptible to overwatering are two biggest reasons why some may consider these plants challenging to grow.

Humidity: Hoyas are tolerant of normal household humidity but prefer levels over 60 percent. You can raise the humidity by using a glass or acrylic cabinet, use misters or humidifiers, and grouping plants together.

Pro Tips:

Rotate your plant regularly after each watering or every week.

Wipe dust off the leaves to prevent pests.

If you see fuzzy white spots along the plant, these will most likely be mealy bugs. Wipe them off with a towelette and spray with diluted neem oil.

Light: Hoyas overall prefer at least 6 hours of bright indirect sunlight so keep away from windows.

Water: Let your hoya indoor plants dry out between watering. Soak the soil thoroughly until the water drains out of the drainage holes. During the colder season, cut back on watering.

If your plants and soil become infested with fungus gnats, you could use mosquito bits, diatomaceous earth, sticky traps, or Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis (BTI).